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poeticlicensedk.bsky.social @poeticlicensedk.bsky.social · 26d

As my dad has often said, it's not bad enough yet.

I would add, nobody cares about injustice on a visceral level unless it affects them personally.

My dad's been trying to sell the world on a framework for economic justice since 1962. At 95, he's never quit.
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The Economic Democracy Act Network

The Economic Democracy Act Network is a not-for-profit 501c4 organization devoted to the passage of the Economic Democracy Act legislation.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

🚨BREAKING: A coalition of pro-voting groups is suing Indiana over two new anti-voting laws they say unfairly target naturalized citizens and threaten to remove eligible voters from the rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Indiana’s New Anti-Voting Laws Challenged for Targeting Naturalized Citizens - Democracy Docket

A coalition of pro-voting groups is suing Indiana over two new anti-voting laws they say unfairly target naturalized citizens and threaten to remove eligible voters from the rolls.

www.democracydocket.com

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 12h

He’s destroying…
The Constitution
Due Process
Public Safety
Free Speech/Press
The Economy
Small businesses
Farms
Jobs
Healthcare
Women’s access to safe healthcare
ACA Subsidies
Medicaid/Medicare
SNAP/Food access programs for children/elderly
Voting Rights
Our military
…And the actual White House

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20h

It’s beyond pathetic. The mainstream media, on the whole, is comprised of feckless cowards and shameless hypocrites.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 9h

In the wake of Trump disgracefully & corruptly seeking $230M in compensation for the investigations into his criminality—money that would come from us, the taxpayers—you might find relevant my story questioning our tax paying to fund this criminal’a actions.
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-w...

Snapshot: We Are Funding Trump's Attacks on America

It's painful to realize Donald Trump is using our tax dollars to wage war against Americans

www.americaamerica.news

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 10h

I talked about Paul Ingrassia on PBS Newshour tonight but I was a little inarticulate because there’s only so many ways to say, “this guy isn’t fringe. This is what Trumpism is.” 1/

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 11h

Since 8 million people protested Tangerine Palpatine on Saturday, he’s doing everything he can to take back control of the narrative by getting you mad about bulldozing the White House and shitting on everyone.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10h

Asking earnestly, how is the ballroom project at all legal under the Anti Deficiency Act?

www.gao.gov/legal/approp...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

Racial profiling. All day every day.

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 13h

I don't understand why stupid, right-wing arseholes are becoming so much bolder in this country just because there's been little to no action taken to deter them at a systemic level.

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Ann 🦋 📎 @annokla.bsky.social · 1d

He said it won’t interfere with the White House. He lied.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11h

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 11h

We look at the influence of Trump’s top budget adviser and the architect of Project 2025, Russell Vought, over the Trump administration’s policies and Trump himself.

www.democracynow.org/2025/10/21/r...

Shadow President: How Russell Vought Is Using Shutdown to Gut Federal Agencies

We look at the influence of Trump’s top budget adviser and the architect of Project 2025, Russell Vought, over the Trump administration’s policies and Trump himself. Vought is “the driving force behin...

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 16h

A pardoned Jan. 6 rioter has plead not guilty today, after allegedly threatening to “eliminate” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries over the weekend. Only the best people. Between the group chats, the AI videos, and this…The GOP is really showing what they believe in.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 15h

I just went to the House floor to demand that Speaker Johnson swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the GOP gaveled out without even recognizing us.

We’re not going anywhere. I’m here with Leader Jeffries and Adelita Grijalva. Speaker Johnson must swear her in.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 17h

He can control the DOJ. The IRS. The FBI.
But not the foreign banks about to expose his money trail.👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Raskin with Jeffries: "It's an alarming situation where now we have many of these January 6 defendants who have been picked up on other defenses. The Department of Justice is not zealously prosecuting them for other crimes they have committed ... it's a very dangerous situation."

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17h

Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅

#Ugh🤢✅

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

He’s spending millions for a ballroom while American soldiers go without pay…

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Johnson: They go before cameras incredibly and just lie to the American people. Over and over. It's a stunning thing to watch

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you, Judge Susan Graber for calling for an immediate en banc review in the 9th Circuit. Yesterday's decision must be vacated "before the illegal deployment of troops under false pretenses can occur.”

The military has no place in our cities.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 13h

Honestly I think they could just keep demolishing the White House bit by bit until it was completely gone and no one would even stop them

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 17h

I’m disgusted by the photos of Ttump’s demolition at the East Wing, but I’m even more sickened by the renderings of his mar-a-lago ballroom dwarfing our White House. Once we’re rid of this despicable man, that ballroom must also be removed.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

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