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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 20h

Whaaaaat am I looking at here

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 15h

1. Torpedo negotiations and shut down the government with no plan of any kind
2. ???
3. Win the midterms

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 15h

Wise

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 18h

I don't think people are getting their heads around just how profoundly not normal it is to weaponize official government communications this way for blatant party political propaganda

Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 18h

Oh wow, I have never seen politicization of government communications like this

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 17h

Good for him. Smart.

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 17h

U.S. Navy, nothing nefarious

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 20h

Whaaaaat am I looking at here

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 20h

Sure grandpa let’s get you to rest

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 20h

They came for Comey
They came for James
They came for Bolton

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 20h

Let them seethe

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 21h

He must love pain

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 21h

Did Alexander Hamilton even get a visa???

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 21h

I believe 🫶🏼

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 22h

Agent Provocateurs from the FBI & police forces caused significant setbacks in public perception of the Civil Rights movement in the 60’s & 70’s. Later studies showed why:

Through a complex research design that evaluated county-level data and voting patterns, Wasow discovered that proximity to disciplined civil resistance (i.e., nonviolent protests) resulted in white people focusing on the issue of "equality" and "civil rights," while proximity to violent protests and riots shifted their focus to "law and order" and made them more supportive of state repression against the Black Freedom Movement. Nonviolent protests also "helped to grow the egalitarian coalition of white liberals, white moderates, and blacks," but protests perceived as violent strengthened an opposing coalition that pushed a more racist and authoritarian outlook. These shifts had major repercussions on politics and society. Critically, Wasow (2016) found that "in Presidential elections, the proximity to black-led nonviolent protests caused increased white Democratic vote share, whereas proximity to black-led violent protests caused substantially important decline and likely tipped the 1968 election from Hubert Humphrey to Richard Nixon." Wasow (2016) closes with this conclusion: "Tactics matter... and while violence in response to repression is often justifi-able, this research suggests it may not be strategic."
Despite agent provocateur activity and agent provocateur-like
behavior that harmed and weakened US social movements in the late 1960s, some important reforms were still won. The decline in movement effectiveness was mitigated to an important degree by persistence in disciplined civil resistance strategies by many movement activists and by the public exposure of agent provocateur activity in the early and mid-1970s. The news media and congressional hearings on the undemocratic behavior of the FBI and CIA certainly helped
spark some public backlash.

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 22h

The good guys today are nonviolent. Period.

Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 23h

In Trump’s 1st term (incl. BLM protests) a disorganized & disoriented opposition sometimes played right into fascist hands, missing that far right agitators were regularly causing their peaceful protests to escalate & get or at least appear violent.

Opposition is smarter now. Please read:

Deborah @idajo.bsky.social · 1d

Free to download: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/how...

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 23h

In Trump’s 1st term (incl. BLM protests) a disorganized & disoriented opposition sometimes played right into fascist hands, missing that far right agitators were regularly causing their peaceful protests to escalate & get or at least appear violent.

Opposition is smarter now. Please read:

Deborah @idajo.bsky.social · 1d

Free to download: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/how...

How Agent Provocateurs Harm Our Movements | ICNC

This volume explores the danger of agent provocateurs to movements, and offers ideas for how activists can inoculate their movements.

www.nonviolent-conflict.org

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 22h

Truly

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 1d

This is a subtweet

Trump won this year’s anti-Peace Prize

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

“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist”, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its citation.

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations Maria, and may the Venezuelan people regain their freedoms 🫡

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” https://to.pbs.org/3IZu4v6

WATCH: María Corina Machado, champion for democracy in Venezuela, wins Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “...

www.pbs.org

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 1d

Nice

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 1d

Make Mike Johnson more angry

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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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 1d

Have Republicans decided to govern yet, or nah?

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 1d

Very convenient!

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 2d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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J6 Plaque @thejan6plaque.bsky.social · 1d

Pedantry

SO sorry 😞

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