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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 27m

NEXT WEEK! #NoKings in Prescott Valley - Register here 👇

NO KINGS National Day of Mobilization 10/18 · Prescott Indivisible

Join Prescott Indivisible, Yavapai County Democratic Party, Democratic Women of the Prescott Area, and Martin Luther King Committee for No Kings National Day of Mobilization Sidewalk Protest. We rose ...

www.mobilize.us

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 37m

Thank you! 🙏

Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · Mar 26

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 1d

Chilling. Former Prescott resident is harshly mistreated by the PPD in ‘Everybody’s Hometown’…

“I was prosecuted with extreme prejudice,” he said. “No one did their due diligence. Nobody was interested in finding out the truth. They only wanted to go with what their friend said.”

julieodoolie.bsky.social @julieodoolie.bsky.social · 1d

Please consider promoting this local story. I believe part 2 airs today on ch. 15

www.abc15.com/news/local-n...

(in)Defensible: One man’s fight to prove self-defense against a top small-town fire official

Young construction worker Matt Massucci was accused by a Prescott, Arizona fire department deputy chief and his family of pulling a gun and threatening them outside a gas station convenience store.

www.abc15.com

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 1d

Third world thuggery is happening in the USA thanks to MAGA.

It doesn’t have to be like this.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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East Valley Unite ❌👑 @eastvalleyunite.org · 1d

Adelita Grijalva needs to be sworn in
NOW. It's an essential part of the democratic process. #swearherin

Arizona groups - we need to be as vocal as we can about this! Many Arizonans don’t have representation right now, and we need that to change.

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 1d

Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 6d

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 1d

Lying sack of shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups
via @reuters.com

“The list includes Soros' Open Society Foundations; ActBlue, the funding arm of the Democratic Party; Indivisible, a grassroots coalition opposed to Trump policies & the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights”

www.reuters.com

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 2d

How do these people sleep at night?

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 2d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 2d

The threat of legal consequences would perhaps be taken more seriously had the DOJ insured real accountability between 1/20/2021 and 1/20/2025. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 2d

Zero chance that this is true.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 2d

Word

Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 3d

Gotta say--dressing up in costumes is the kind of creatively brilliant resistance we all need. It brings joy and humor to things while vividly painting the authoritarian as foolish and absurd. Hats off Portlanders! @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org I think this counts as the sprite of mischief.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Nationwide protests against Trump and the rise of fascism are taking place on Saturday, Oct. 18.

You can find a local protest here:

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 2d

One would think that after seeing something like this it would be an appropriate time to invoke the 25th Amendment. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3d

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Anita zx @omi684.bsky.social · 3d

🚨HOLY SHIT: Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego just confronted Mike Johnson as he walked by - and grilled him for “covering up” for predators by pushing Adelitta Grijalva’s swearing in.

This is how you confront COWARDS - with the truth and cameras rolling.

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 3d

More this 💯

Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 3d

Ran into Speaker Johnson and told him exactly how I feel about Republicans shutting down the government to protect pedophiles and jack up health care costs for 24 million Americans.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 3d

Who is going to do something about it?

Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 4d

@nytimes.com survey of 50 legal experts: “Every single one of the 50 respondents believe that Trump and his attorney general, Pam Bondi, have used the Justice Department to go after the president’s political and personal enemies and provide favors to his allies.”

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 4d

The overreach of the Jim Crow regime in response to peaceful lawful protest brought it down

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 4d

Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long?

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

www.theatlantic.com

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 4d

🙏 💪💪 #StrongerTogether

Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · Dec 30

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4d

Things like "constitutions" or "principles" or "the rule of law" only have the power to constrain what politicians do if those politicians (& the people who vote for them) actually believe in them and are willing to adhere to them. If all you believe in is your own righteousness, then anything goes.

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