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Raising awareness, getting more people to engage, etc.

Every march, protest, voice, message, community assist, town hown, piece of art, etc. matters.

Doing nothing would be a disaster.

🌊💙Democracy Rebooted💙🌊 @democracyrebooted.bsky.social · 6h

Boycotts of amazon are useless. People will boycott them for a week, which only means they delay their purchases and then catch up as soon as the boycott ends.

I have reduced my amazon purchases by over 60% since Febuary - shopping local whenever i can.

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🌊💙Democracy Rebooted💙🌊 @democracyrebooted.bsky.social · 6h

Yep, they are sporadic and typically temporary wins. But they have a cumulative effect, especially as they grow in size and frequency.

There is plenty we can do between the marches and boycotts...

open.substack.com/pub/reclaimi...

How to Talk with Your Trump-Supporting Friends and Family

Democracy has one last chance... your voice

open.substack.com

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🌊💙Democracy Rebooted💙🌊 @democracyrebooted.bsky.social · 6h

What? The marches, boycotts, or conversations?

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🌊💙Democracy Rebooted💙🌊 @democracyrebooted.bsky.social · 7h

Boycotts and marches are always good things to do. But between the gaps we can also do this... open.substack.com/pub/reclaimi...

The Case for Talking to Your Trump-Supporting Friends and Family

Your kitchen table is the last guardrail of democracy.

open.substack.com

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Seena_SWG @seenaswg.bsky.social · 7h

I mean, we could try boycotting Tesla and Musk again - and, there's always Epstein.

🌊💙Democracy Rebooted💙🌊 @democracyrebooted.bsky.social · 7h

In case you're sitting on your ass waiting for the election to save democracy...

abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

abcnews.go.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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🦋🕊️🦋GinLy47 @ginly47.bsky.social · 18h

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🌊💙Democracy Rebooted💙🌊 @democracyrebooted.bsky.social · 7h

In case you're sitting on your ass waiting for the election to save democracy...

abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

abcnews.go.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 6d

Nothing says America First like bailing out Argentina while making healthcare unaffordable for 20+ million Americans.

Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies.

Folks, I think America First might be a scam.

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🌊💙Democracy Rebooted💙🌊 @democracyrebooted.bsky.social · 9d

The easiest way, if done correctly, to turbo-charge the resistance...

open.substack.com/pub/reclaimi...

The Case for Talking to Your Trump-Supporting Friends and Family

Your kitchen table is the last guardrail of democracy.

open.substack.com

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10d

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🌊💙Democracy Rebooted💙🌊 @democracyrebooted.bsky.social · 13d

meanwhile, the planet continues to melt
grist.org/oceans/the-o...

The oceans just hit an ominous milestone

A new report sounds the alarm on mounting ocean acidification as Earth breaches the seventh of nine "planetary boundaries."

grist.org

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PandaMom @pandamom.bsky.social · 14d

Portland is war-ravaged?

Please Portland, send pics of the devastation. I’ve not seen a single thing in the news.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14d

If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it.

This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.