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John D ❌👑

@everythingisjake.bsky.social

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Mundus sine Caesaribus Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. ~ James Baldwin

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John D ❌👑 @everythingisjake.bsky.social · Mar 15

I like the idea of a #PurpleCaucus made up of senators and representatives declaring themselves:

Independents

Even a small number, working together, could shift votes and make both right and left come toward the center.

Their platform would be to promote what the majority of Americans want.

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John D ❌👑 @everythingisjake.bsky.social · 3h

We need to see a DHS budget dashboard…

Between lawsuits against them, obscene hiring bonuses and salaries, detention center build outs, international deportation flights, foreign payments for gulags, propaganda videos… I can’t believe they have much $$ left.

#DefundICE

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 4h

"Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs, primarily crime-fighting jobs. The admin “is deprioritizing all other types of criminal law enforcement,” says Cato Institute’s David Bier"

Trump's deportation machine has diverted some 42,000 crime fighters from other tasks

Feeling safer now?

www.motherjones.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

(Reuters) - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday that it is opening an investigation into 2.88 million Tesla vehicles equipped with its Full Self-Driving system over traffic-safety violations.

@reuters.com $TSLA

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 7h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 18h

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 8h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5h

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9h

We’re making 1,000,000 calls to voters to help Virginia Democrats build a vital defense against Trump’s authoritarian overreach — a Democratic trifecta in his own backyard! All you need is your phone and a computer to help. 👇

Indivisible National · Indivisible on Mobilize

We’re a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.

www.mobilize.us

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John D ❌👑 @everythingisjake.bsky.social · 9h

Reality Tv at its crappiest !

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Aivery @aiverynorth.bsky.social · 1d

#nokings #nokings2025 #24hourmusicfestival #fdt #standtogether

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John D ❌👑 @everythingisjake.bsky.social · 12h

a baby is screaming in a crowd of people while sitting in a stadium .

ALT: a baby is screaming in a crowd of people while sitting in a stadium .

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John D ❌👑 @everythingisjake.bsky.social · 13h

Is this kind of like the Nazi’s in Ukraine?

Enough of the nonsense!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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John D ❌👑 @everythingisjake.bsky.social · 13h

Instead… the group should KICK out governors who aren’t standing by the constitution !

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John D ❌👑 @everythingisjake.bsky.social · 13h

Agreed… that should be made law!

They should also use the same healthcare system as the poorest Americans. Might improve their perspective.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14h

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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John D ❌👑 @everythingisjake.bsky.social · 13h

The lights are on but nobody’s home at Cabeza del Trumpo !

John D ❌👑 @everythingisjake.bsky.social · 13h

In LA they have set up ICE free zones around schools…

Frankly, this should be ICE policy… no abductions within a mile of any school.

Legislation required please!!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

My quote of the day

If you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started.

John McCain

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John D ❌👑 @everythingisjake.bsky.social · 22h

Practical ideas… thanks Bernie @sanders.senate.gov

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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John D ❌👑 @everythingisjake.bsky.social · 23h

ICE Bergs