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Doug Schwamb @4swami.bsky.social · 1h

I've lived in several parts of the country where if two characters like this tried to do an 'arrest" they'd suffer from a lead enema as they ran for their lives. Stop tolerating this illegal BS!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3h

9/ If you’re a MAGA and you SUPPORT what ICE is doing, you’re a bad person and hate the Constitution—you want an authoritarian federal government without due process.

You’re a Big Government goon.

But *some* MAGAs may realize that demanding a huge TAX HIKE to make states do federal work is insane.

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Doug Schwamb @4swami.bsky.social · 1h

I would promote the notion that we cannot stop learning from the events, the actions and behavior of Trump and fascist flunkies. He has and will continue to turn our Constitution inside out, including the minds of millions of our fellow citizens. Dive into the following as an example.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3h

(🧵) A key irony in what is now happening in Portland, Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis, and D.C. is something I have not heard much discussed: in order to meet the high legal standard for deployment of federal troops, Trump must not only argue but establish by evidence that his agents are... incapable.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3h

4/ As we all know, Trump never apologizes, admits a mistake, or voluntarily exhibits weakness, doubt or sensitivity.

And to be clear, this inability is pathological. He’s a sociopath.

So the one thing he needs to do to justify demanding state aid for basic federal work—admit a failure—he can’t do.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1d

Harris and Hillary were right about it all. Every shocking prediction is coming true.

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The DSR Network @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social · 5h

A ceasefire has finally been reached in Gaza. @alonpinkas.bsky.social and @stevenacook.bsky.social join @djrothkopf.bsky.social and dive into the important points of the plan and what Trump, Netanyahu, and Hamas leaders are hoping to gain. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

youtu.be/mJpqFQUp-mI

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🌈🐘✨🐝🌻 🫶🏽🪐 🏴‍☠️ @mairscott3.bsky.social · 6h

proud to be the daughter of
original
ANTIFA 🔥
Take it to the streets
We won’t back down 🙌🏽

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 7h

ICE shoots ministers. Pass it on.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h

BREAKING: A federal judge shuts down President Trump’s attempt to deploy any National Guard troops in Chicago, ruling he lacks such authority and that his “rebellion” claims were not credible.

Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · Sep 4

RFK Jr fails to protect us, endangers future generations, & peddles falsehoods. We require competent leadership in this context of emerging & returning pathogens. He must resign or be fired.

IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · Sep 3

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.

Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 6h

325,000 Massachusetts residents could lose their health care under Trump’s Medicaid cuts.

Yet Republicans are in a witness protection program, refusing to even show up to fix this crisis. Health is the first wealth, and Republicans want the American people to go broke.
youtube.com/shorts/UXZaC...

Senator Markey Calls Out House Republicans To Work Together to Re-Open Government

YouTube video by Senator Markey

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 14h

‘We took the freedom of speech away’: On First Amendment, Trump says quiet part loud

A week after the White House boasted that Donald Trump “is a strong supporter of free speech,” the Republican declared, "We took the freedom of speech away."

dlvr.it

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Doug Schwamb @4swami.bsky.social · 13h

Trumpollini's 3rd member, his fall guy, all mob bosses and strongmen need one when they hear jangling chrome bracelets

Doug Schwamb @4swami.bsky.social · 13h

Merchants of Malice and Depravity. This Scalice fella is merely professing his loyalty to Trumpollini, doing his part in distracting us from the biggest scandal in history. Guardians Of Pedophiles aka GOP

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 19h

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues Trump administration over First Amendment threats in Chicago
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 20h

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Hey America,

believe and protect the victims . . .
... not the damn perpetrators !

Trump is on the Epstein List !!
Holds him and the other bastards accountable.

💠 🧐 💠

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 20h

Trump’s first months back in office have tested the limits of presidential power.

Now, the Supreme Court seems ready to erase many of those limits — embracing the “unitary executive theory”, a Republican idea from the 1980s that could make the presidency all-powerful.

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Doug Schwamb @4swami.bsky.social · 1d

The Gone Nazi Goons.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 This is protecting the American people. “Full force” is not defined by the military. More of this!

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d

NEW: A right-wing group known for pushing states to purge their voter rolls wants SCOTUS to turn a landmark pro-voter law into a weapon for mass voter removals.

If SCOTUS agrees, anti-voting groups could be empowered to sue states into aggressive purges with ease.

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges