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Susan @susanoca25.bsky.social · Jan 6

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"We should never forget it is our democracy that makes everything possible — our freedoms, our rights, our liberties, our dreams. And that it falls to every generation of Americans to defend and protect it."

Opinion | Joe Biden: What Americans should remember about Jan. 6

Four years ago, our democracy was put to the test — and prevailed.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 16h

I hope everyone has the protest shoes ready and their signs made…we have a lot of action this week!

Join us 10/17 @3pm outside of HHS for a warm up and then hit the streets 10/18 for #NoKingsDay!

@50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 7d

FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ✊🌏
⏰ WHEN: October 17th, 2025
📍WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC!
RSVP to JOIN THE FIGHT IRL: zurl.co/LayiM ‼️

📲 Join us Virtually!: zurl.co/Um47l

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 15h

They really are eugenicists.

Democrats @democrats.org · 15h

7.5 million children with disabilities will be affected.

Graphic featuring Donald Trump with the following text:

UPDATE

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 13h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12h

ICE goons are terrorizing LA to the point where elected officials need to treat it akin to a public health and safety emergency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

LA to declare state of emergency over Ice raids to assist affected families

Move will allow county board of supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants amid immigration crack down on city

www.theguardian.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 12h

No notes

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 14h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, it is hard to conclude anything else when you see the US Atty firings and the Adams, Comey and James cases. They taint all of the other good work likely being done around the country by career prosecutors.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 11h

I just feel y’all need to be aware of that the membership of Young Republicans is currently attacking the few Republicans who have condemned the group chat.

These aren’t a few “bad apples.” This is who Young Republicans are. “I love Hitler” is the future of the GOP.

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Susan @susanoca25.bsky.social · 11h

Done!

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 21h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 13h

Pray that this is so

#nokings
#noice
#democracy

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15h

When people show you who they are, believe them.

And of course JD Vance refused to condemn this.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

lol can you *imagine* the kind of stuff in JD Vance group chats. (i mean, yes very easily)

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They're saying this because they want to say that you are Antifa, that you are a terrorist. That they are allowed to come after you. Don't let them get away with this."

Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social is a chilling must-read: www.thebulwark.com/p/are-you-an...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18h

Major news outlets are standing together and refusing to sign. ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News have all rejected a new Pentagon policy that would impose unprecedented restrictions on news gathering.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone wonders why we call them wannabe authoritarians, here you go.

They’re now shitting on the Bill of Rights.

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

“Policy says reporters cannot obtain or solicit any information the Defense Department does not explicitly authorize. Any media who does not sign by 5 p.m. Tuesday has 24 hours to turn in their media credentials and clear out.”

Absolute fucking abomination.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 20h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 19h

Meanwhile, no power at home.

Several districts in Kyiv
are without electricity
due to an emergency
in the city’s power system.

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