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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 2h

From Harvard & UConn researchers on the June 14th No Kings Day protests. (report came out in August)

THIS is why MAGA is so spooked by the upcoming (Oct 18th) peaceful protests.

New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/new-...

New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history

The historic number of No Kings protesters and their expansive geographic spread are signs of a growing and durable pro-democracy movement.

wagingnonviolence.org

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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 1h

This week I showed 63 Up to my research class. Had to add Brexit to the British terms that I explain (like public school, East End, council estate). None of them had any idea what it meant. That said, they were blown away by the film. Especially the student in his 70s.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 2h

MIT says no to the Trump admin higher-ed compact clearly and emphatically. Other universities would be well served to read, remix, and respond similarly.

"In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences."

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 1d

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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 19d

Not only that, the President should not be communicating with the Attorney General by DM on some social media platform. But at least useful for people doing discovery to know about.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 5d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6d

Relatedly: If you're curious about Vought's religious background and support for Christian nationalism (by name!), as well as how historians cannot find any evidence for a religious quotation he regularly attributes to John Quincy Adams, see here —> religionnews.com/2025/06/23/o...

OMB's Russell Vought, the Christian 'nation-ist' driving Project 2025 and DOGE

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The director of the US budget has declared that Christians should be 'stewards of a blessing that has been God-given: to live in this land, this particular land.'

religionnews.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6d

While millions of Americans wait to see if their health care will be stripped and hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed, Mike Johnson and his Republican colleagues have announced they're going on vacation. No votes until at least Oct. 14th.

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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 6d

#nokings

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 9d

October 18, 2025. Bring flowers. Sing songs. Flood the streets. Nonviolent resistance is the best path forward.

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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 8d

Just wikipedia-en, but yes it's so funny, because if anything they spend time deleting pages about women.

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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 8d

Ridiculous that they would release with that level of error.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 8d

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 8d

It's like the "opt out" moms who all had actual income producing jobs or unpaid work in family firms who insisted they had left the workforce.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9d

Completely agree on this

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 9d

So nice to be on campus @lehmancollege.bsky.social

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 10d

Donald Trump is apparently so out of it that Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries surprised the president by describing to him the healthcare crisis that he is about to unleash.

Chuck Schumer And Hakeem Jeffries Stunned Trump During Shutdown Meeting

Donald Trump is apparently so out of it that Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries surprised the president by describing to him the healthcare crisis that he is about to unleash.

www.politicususa.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 13d

Good to see this getting coverage but California is NOT the largest #ACA market in spite of having the largest population. FLORIDA is.

Over 4.5 MILLION Floridians are enrolled in ACA individual market coverage, and nearly all of them are heavily subsidized right now.

acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...