JEM Hall aka Ruraldogs
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JEM Hall aka Ruraldogs
@ruraldogs.bsky.social
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Borderline GenX/Boomer. Flash frozen in the Grunge era. Retired Art & Journalism teacher. Coined the phrase "Dog Rescue Facilitation." 🎯Freedom & Democracy Now > Faction Later 2028🎯 ⛔🚫Autocracy Oligarchy Timocracy Plutocracy🚫⛔
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#SelectiveMourning is very much part of an #autocrat's manipulative #PoliticalPlaybook. It strives to define and amplify which #death we're supposed to grieve for as well as any non-loyalist death we should ignore due to lack of worth.

Have a read about this #autocratic #indoctrination tactic ⏬
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It’s true. Since January 20, Americans haven’t had representation. Instead, Republican legislators have abandoned their constituents for Trump’s P25 agenda, making decisions that are NOT in the best interest of the majority of Americans.
Ha. I came back looking for these comments this morning.
I have no problem getting new blood in there. This has nothing to do with settling for the lesser evil . We are going to have to depend on anti-trump Republicans in this upcoming election to help get this done. Right now, all I care about is removing Maga from the driver's seat.
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Newsom: I cannot wait for all the punditry. Historic victories all across the United States of America. Proposition 50 winning by double digits. A new governor of New Jersey, a new governor in Virginia.

I’ll end as I began: thank you for giving a damn.
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And of the things in the book so far this might be the most impt for change:
“The Supreme Court’s handpicked cases look … like a legislative agenda.”

Yes. The Court currently controls its own docket, which gives it extraordinary power.
Congress could dictate most of the cases the Court can hear.
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“John Roberts was photographed inside the event with his arm around Laura Ingraham, a fmr Thomas clerk who later became a FOX entertainment host known for defending Trump.”

This was in 05. Before Ingraham was on Fox. But it illustrates how close Roberts is to political actors.
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“The result in Citizens United vs FEC was *orchestrated* by the Roberts Court, which ordered an out-of-season oral argument” in time to affect the 2010 midterms.

To close watchers like Ms Graves, it’s long been obvious Roberts and his co-partisans on the court are carrying out a political plan.
So if someone you don't like wins the primary are you going to sit the next election out, knowing what's at stake if the blue party loses?
If we get to vote. In the past month I have heard those five words repeatedly from publicly known, respected experts. Between Scotus 's pending blow to voting rights coupled with the Trump administration's planned interference in the midterms & beyond, I am genuinely worried.
Retired, junior high art & journalism teacher here, still adhering to the who what where when why & how approach to information gathering. 🙂 I'm still mourning the loss of the tenets of ethical journalism in today's media & corporate driven AI so try to do my part here ❤️.
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Obama: When I think back to a year ago, I remember talking to some people, who would say, this election doesn't matter all that much. That however the next president ended up being, it wasn't going to matter to them. If nothing else, the last nine months should have cured us of that idea.
3rd party NOW will split the vote and keep MAGA in place. They'd love that. If we are even allowed to vote in 2028, we get one shot to fix this. We have to unite for freedom first or accept autocracy forever. Dissatisfied factions won't matter with the latter.
I hope people realize we may not see another election by 2028. Whoever the Democratic candidate is we have to unite, even if our personal ideals are not satisfied this round. Freedom before faction in 2028. Get all safeguards in place against autocracy & move on.

Freedom before faction 2028.
Save that until AFTER Trump's gone and encourage others to do the same. What we need is a Democrat that has the fortitude to hold Nuremberg trials & get safeguards in place to prevent this from EVER happening again. Unite for freedom before faction for 2028, if we are allowed to ever vote again.
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We have yet to enter “dark times.” We are only at its beginning… the reaching dark of dusk, when the wind is coldest.
Genuinely great, original quote. Thank you.
speaking in NY. Since Trump revoked visas the no vote ensured a pre-recorded video address would be shown at the meeting. Trump's been stewing over it since the September vote. It's personal revenge masked as religious righteousness.
abuse of SNAP dependent Christians.

More than likely the "Prince of Peace" is ruling by a bruised ego rather than religious crusading because Nigeria (& 144 other member states) undermined his authority by voting against his UN General Assembly resolution banning Palestine's delegation from
Interesting that he is obsessed with "religious intolerance" in an area 6.6k+ miles from here, especially when we are supposed to be a secular nation and, under him, the US is rapidly & severely declining in myriad areas of domestic humanitarian concerns, including his recent, illegal