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arrectorpili.bsky.social
@arrectorpili.bsky.social
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Hopefulness…is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. -Nick Cave
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Please bear with me while I work on following back. I must have ended up on someone's starter pack because I'm getting a lot of follows and I haven't even posted anything brilliant 😜 Oh, and thanks to whoever that was.

Life is coming at me fast these days but I'll keep making progress!
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THREAD: This was an all-white jury in rural Louisiana and a judge appointed by Trump. But when ordinary people hear about the everyday brutality pervasive inside our jails, they are outraged. But something deeper is going on here:
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Donald Trump's puppet DOJ has no business screwing around with next month's election.

Sending the feds into California polling places is a deliberate attempt to scare off voters and undermine a fair election.

We will not back down. Californians decide our future — no one else.
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This is patently untrue

First, ICE agents have only qualified-not absolute-immunity

Second, not every physical interaction with ICE is a crime-see the sandwich guy-plus there are multiple legal defenses to any allegations

Finally, states can prosecute federal agents if they commit state crimes
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
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Phang: One man has single-handedly disenfranchised 813,000 voters in the state of Arizona, all because he wants to kiss the ass of convicted felon Donald Trump.
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As Trump marches toward militarizing San Francisco:

- Memorize contact info in case of arrest
- Plan ahead if you have children or medication
- Speak out PEACEFULLY and at a distance

Stay smart, safe, and don’t give them the excuse they're wanting to escalate their crackdown.
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Donald Trump's administration is treating the people of this country as an adversary.

It's pushing the boundaries of its authority, terrorizing our communities, and disregarding all accountability.

We will not meet intimidation with fear — we will meet it with truth.
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Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
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It's a sad metaphor for what he's doing to the country
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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Swear her in Mike
Or 9 Republicans need to vacate you from your seat because you are worthless
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It is astonishing that a Circuit Court judge, in a concurring opinion no less, would take the position that a president can at any time, for any reason, and completely without any oversight, deploy the National Guard however he sees fit

That is the very essence of a totalitarian, fascist regime
Judge Nelson, a Trump appointee, amps up his campaign for a Supreme Court seat with a concurrence asserting that the president can, in effect, deploy the National Guard for any reason, regardless of statutory restrictions, because his decision is unreviewable.

An astoundingly dangerous argument.
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LAST DAY for Americans Abroad to register for important #California Election!
Voters Abroad from CA, NJ, PA, TX, and VA!
You have important elections; deadlines to register and request your ballot are looming.
Act now to ensure you receive your ballot and then return it right away.
Go to www.votefromabroad.org
#VoteFromAbroad #Elections2025 #YouGotThis #CA #NJ #PA #TX #VA
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Attn: Texas voters overseas! You have state elections on November 4th and must register by October 24.

Act now in order to vote!

For all details, go to: www.votefromabroad.org/states/tx
#Texas #2025Elections #VoteFromAbroad
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Colombia: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters”

“Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing.”

“The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure.”
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"No Kings" illustrates the uncomfortable truth about US politics: That the > 50% of white US people that want to turn the US into a white ethnostate (their words) is a lot of people. But the > 40% of white US people that don't want this, plus > 50% of brown people and > 90% of Black people, is more.