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Structure-based oncology drug designer, liberal & #DemocraticSocialist advocating "supermax" prisons for Republican scoundrels who betray the U.S. Constitution. 💙🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗽🌍⚖️ LanternAndSwordWithJohnLox.substack.com

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · Aug 13

America’s democracy stands at a breaking point. This is a bold, uncompromising blueprint to crush authoritarian threats, reform our institutions & win decisive victories in 2026 and 2028. Strategy, courage & relentless action—because the Constitution won’t defend itself. #Project2026

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Democratic Project 2026-2028: A Strategic Imperative to Safeguard the Constitution

A Comprehensive Blueprint to Counter Republican Anti-Democratic Tactics, Restore Judicial Integrity, and Secure Electoral Triumphs in 2026 and 2028

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 19h

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 1h

Nothing screams “fiscal responsibility” like shutting down the government, jeopardizing military pay, and then pretending to be the adult in the room. Authoritarian incompetence wrapped in performative patriotism is still incompetence. #AuthoritarianGOPShutdown

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

BARTIROMO: What are the plans for military pay?

VANCE: We're doing some pretty non-conventional things to ensure our troops are able to get paid. But wouldn't it be great if the Democrats just opened up the government so that we did not have to make these very difficult decisions?

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 1h

You're very welcome Beth!

DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 1h

Calling cruelty “the Lord’s work” doesn’t sanctify it—it indicts it. Shooting a pastor and terrorizing migrants aren’t divine acts but the rituals of a state that mistakes fear for faith. No deity blesses the hands that wound in their name. #MAGAtsDeportNotGod
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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 2h

Once again, Trump showcases his unparalleled genius—firing CDC experts working on infectious disease & health data, then hastily rehiring them after realizing that maybe, just maybe, firing people who prevent pandemics isn’t a masterstroke of governance. #RepublicOfStupid
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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you Stuart.

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 16h

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 17h

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 19h

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 19h

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 19h

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 21h

Autocracy doesn’t begin with tanks—it begins with pink slips. Trump’s “reforms” are not about efficiency; they’re about obedience. Fire the experts, muzzle the truth, and what’s left is a hollowed republic run by vengeance, not vision. This is state capture in slow motion. #WarOnPublicService

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 23h

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SCOTUS is poised to sanctify ultimate neoliberal fantasy: a corporate para-state, wielding sovereign power w/o sovereign accountability. By outsourcing its coercive functions, the govt births a shadow apparatus immune to law. This is not merely privatization; it is the feudalization of justice.

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 23h

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The doctrine of "derivative sovereign immunity" is a perilous legal fiction. It posits that a private firm can inherit the state's shield to commit acts that the state itself cannot legally do. This isn't jurisprudence; it is the creation of an untouchable corporate Leviathan by judicial fiat.

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 23h

The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” is not law—it’s authoritarianism by stealth. When even Reagan’s judges call it a “war zone,” the veil has torn. Power now hides in the dark, unsigned and unaccountable. Democracy doesn’t die in daylight—it’s smothered at midnight. #JudicialCoup #EndTheShadowCourt

‘A war zone’: Federal judges sound alarm on Supreme Court’s use of 'shadow' rulings

A majority of federal judges who spoke with The New York Times recently – many of them appointed by Republican presidents – are sounding the alarm on the Supreme Court’s increased use of its emergency...

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 1d

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The Supreme Court won’t save us—it’s the instrument of our undoing. Only mass civic defiance can reclaim democracy from its captors. When courts betray the Constitution, obedience becomes complicity. History is watching. #PeopleOverPower #ReclaimTheCourt

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 1d

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Liberals worship “process” while fascists weaponize it. The right seized the courts because they understood the game: control law, control reality. Until Democrats abandon their fetish for deference, America remains a republic only in memory. #EndJudicialRule #RiseForRights

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 1d

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Every decision from this Court reeks of one truth: power, not principle, drives it. They cloak greed in “originalism,” bigotry in “religious freedom,” and submission to Trump in “constitutional restraint.” Language itself is now a casualty. #JudicialCoup #SaveTheRepublic

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 1d

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Let’s stop pretending this Court is legitimate. When billionaires buy justices and the bench shields authoritarians, the rule of law dies by gavel. The Founders overthrew kings—now we kneel before nine. That is not democracy. It’s regression. #CorruptionInBlackRobes #PowerNotLaw

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 1d

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The Supreme Court is no longer a judicial body—it’s a theocratic enforcement wing of minority rule. Six unelected ideologues are dismantling democracy while Democrats whisper about “norms.” This is not jurisprudence; it’s judicial fascism in robes. #CourtOfTyrants #DefendDemocracy

The Supreme Court v. Democracy

The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 1d

You have to admit, it is an intriguing question.

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DemSocialistGuy @demsocialistguy.bsky.social · 2d

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