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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Ailani 🌺 Brown Eye Girl @browneyegirlhi.bsky.social · 16h

👇🏼 Okay, so we gotta do dis, right? Him, VP, his entire cabinet, his federal judges. Everyone can be removed with impeach & conviction. Bribery, treason w high crimes & mistermendeers. How? We need to contact our repres, our senat, & we push for all of them to be removed. We have to do this!

Article II Executive Branch

Section 4 Impeachment

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Today I wrote about the importance of not falling into the trap of allowing career prosecutors to legitimize political prosecutions. Become a Democracy Docket member to receive all of my writings and other exclusive content while also supporting independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 1d

Happy birthday, my Dougie. I love you so very much.

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Joseph Young @jayoung3292.bsky.social · 1d

Get well soon, Mr President! 🙏

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 1d

Become ungovernable.

Photo of Dolly the brindle pitbull sitting on a sidewalk next to a bush and sign that says scooter parking.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

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Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

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MartenySabine @martenysabine.bsky.social · 1d

Our Rosie loves to hide in blankets 🤣

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe it's just me, but I like for my Nobel Peace Prize winners to not sic the military on their own citizens while engaging in extrajudicial killings in international waters.

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 2d

1984: Ministry of Truth
2025: Ministry of Truth Social

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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 1d

Let's get this straight: Speaker Johnson canceled session and refuses to swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva, who would be the 218th signer of the discharge petition to force a vote to release the Epstein files.

Bring us back in session, release the files, and let's open the government.

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PINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.social · 1d

Stay Strong !!!
The People are the Power

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Respect to those who got here first.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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MartenySabine @martenysabine.bsky.social · 1d

Bowing to the Heritage Foundation destroyer of the Constitution
“Those decisions include clearing the way for stripping legal protections from immigrants, keeping nearly $5 billion in foreign aid frozen and ousting transgender members of the military.”

Amy Coney Barrett responds to "heated dissent" with Supreme Court justices

Barrett defended the court's majority not providing an explanation for decisions made in cases on the emergency docket.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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New Mexican @mejicana.bsky.social · 2d

Noem says she'll send ICE to SuperBowl. Why? Not many undocs can afford even the cheap seats. Is it just a way to get ICE creeps into the game free?

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Oscar&Felix @oscar-felix.bsky.social · 1d

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 2d

“The House speaker is losing control of his party”

Three More GOP Reps Split From Mike Johnson Over Shutdown - The New Republic

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