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🙃 Let’s make America smart, not again. We should at least try it once first to see if we like it 🫠 I swear a lot! For a list of Logical Fallacies: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/logic_in_argumentative_writing/fallacies.html

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10h

Portland 🔥

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16h

Let’s be clear:

Republicans are 💯 responsible for the government shutdown. They don’t need a single vote from Democrats to reopen.

Republicans are 💯 responsible for firing thousands of federal workers. They don’t need a single layoff to offset the shutdown. It’s their Project 2025 playbook.

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 16h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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MD or Bust aka Applejuice @appyjumpindaze.bsky.social · 1d

Important information on what to do if you are a bystander to 🧊 kidnapping someone or another event where someone needs help (@tiktokce0)

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

This Is Fascism

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Aivery @aiverynorth.bsky.social · 22h

10/11/25
#power #people #nokings #nokings2025 #musicfestival #standtogether #fdt #fascism

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

Nice recap

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 8h

This one hits deep. The decision to wipe out the special education office isn’t just another bureaucratic “cut” it’s a betrayal of children who already fight every day to be seen, heard, and supported.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 15h

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17h

Our volunteers have been 3D printing whistles for ICE watch. Make your own today at 7016 N Clark St in Rogers Park from 12-3pm!

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 18h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

“We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close.”

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

Susan Collins is the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which means she has considerable power to influence the administration but she prefers to mumble weak protestations to the media

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 19h

Despite all of Susan Collins’s **concerns**, Russ Vought, who she voted to confirm, still went ahead and fired a boatload of hard-working Americans.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

SUSAN COLLINS, Wednesday: "I've made very clear that I do not believe there should be firings of furloughed workers."

RUSS VOUGHT, Friday: "The RIFs have begun."

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 17h

agree

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 17h

Yay ✋

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 18h

The museums are being shutdown.
Are we great yet?
Everyone’s being fired.
Are we great yet?
Food is rotting in our fields.
Are we great yet?
The market’s crashing greatly.
Diseases are now running rampant.
At what point aren’t we great?
Our military’s in line at food banks.
So super great.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 19h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021."

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 18h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 17h

Our job is not to throw 15 million people off health care and double insurance premiums for more than 20 million.

Our job is not to shutter community health centers, nursing homes and rural hospitals.

Our job is to fix a broken system and guarantee health care to all.

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

This is utter bull shit!

America First my ass.

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