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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 7h

She's exactly right. www.liberalcurrents.com/billionaires...

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 15h

This is terrifying.

Dominion Voting, targeted by false conspiracy theories, sold | AP News apnews.com/article/domi...

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official.

apnews.com

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 2d

Stalin = Stephen Miller.

Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

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BlueSky Blogger @smblogger.bsky.social · 3d

Hmmm... how's that working for you?

All MAGAts... today, losing Grandpas 40 acres and a mule...

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 2d

Use your powers for good.

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 2d

Wreak havoc, cause death & destruction, and - run away. bit.ly/48gbZmV

Good News: JD Vance‘s Favorite Blogger Plans Escape from USA

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

bit.ly

Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 2d

Third amendment, y'all.
open.substack.com/pub/closerto...

For Chicago (and every city that follows)

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 2d

The things they scream loudest about tell you what they're trying to hide.
slate.com/news-and-pol...

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 2d

This is really important. Please share, and make your voice heard. thedemlabs.org/2025/10/07/h...

Protect your right to vote

Help protect your right to vote: Give the Election Assistance Commission your feedback now!

thedemlabs.org

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 3d

Be aware.

Trump’s Plan
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Trump's Plan

To invoke the Insurrection Act

open.substack.com

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 3d

Crystal clear description of how authoritarianism works. Share it everywhere!

Fascism and Wealth Inequality
www.closertotheedge.net/p/fascism-an...

Fascism and Wealth Inequality

How Billionaires Rebranded Authoritarianism for the Algorithm Age

www.closertotheedge.net

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 4d

Apparently it is.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

Is the irony of the president’s friend buying something called “the free press” and immediately installing a government truth compliance officer lost on everybody?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 4d

I just can't help thinking whatever this unhinged fool & his flunkies say about their enemies that it bounces off the enemies and sticks to the fool & his creeps. It's that playground vibe. Oh, and it's true. 😁

Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 4d

Very good piece. Don't give in to violence.

"Until we’ve raised our voices in numbers too large to be ignored, we don’t get to write off nonviolence as a failure."

thefulcrum.us/civic-engage...

Critical Mass and the 3.5% Rule: Why Nonviolent Protest Can Work When We Actually Try It

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably...

thefulcrum.us

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 5d

But Apple & Google had to delete their ICE location apps. Huh.

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 5d

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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 5d

Worth the send. I've been an independent contractor and a statutory employee, both of which are just other names for exploited workers. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...