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Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 1h

We have become that which we always derided. Sigh.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

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

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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 1d

October 8th is one of my favourite days because this one time on October 8th - I went to Christopher Columbus' birthplace and installed a plaque on his home, claiming the property on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas.

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Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 5h

Dear IHIP News,

I love you two, I really do, but today you said "If we ever get in power again, ...". I'm sorry but that kind of defeatism is NOT helpful. We will be in power again. That has to be a defacto assumption - or we should go and find a new country.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uOF...

IHIP News: Trump Has DISASTER MORNING As His Civil War BACKFIRES, Cancels Freedom of Speech?!

YouTube video by I've Had It

www.youtube.com

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Rebel Alliance California @rebelallianceca.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, we turned Disney around. Now for @m@z0n.

Cancel your Prime subscriptions.

Shop at Costco. They are on our side.

Instant purchasing gratification is not worth our Democracy.

Let's drop stock by a large enough percentage to cause Bozo heartburn...

And maybe, just maybe, a side change.

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Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 5h

Stephen Miller really is Fascist in Chief.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 7h

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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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 22h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 19h

YES! MORE OF THIS! Thank you Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold from Oregon’s National Guard 🙏

Source: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

#Oregon #Portland #50501Movement

@WinterPolitics1
The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE.

And a photo of the Oregon National Guard General

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Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 5h

Now that's Presidential behavior.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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💙💙💙 @00-nature-girl.bsky.social · 8h

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Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 5h

Yup.

judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 18h

This disgusting nightmare...

Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 5h

Of course Trump hasn't given any evidence. There is no evidence. Trump is simply a murdering war criminal.

apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say

The Trump administration hasn't provided evidence to lawmakers that recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats were justified.

apnews.com

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Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 5h

Given America's current state and our horrific treatment of Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny did the right thing to stay seated.

www.tmz.com/2025/10/08/b...

Bad Bunny Remains Seated During 'God Bless America' at Yankees Game

Bad Bunny raised eyebrows at the New York Yankees game Tuesday night ... choosing not to stand during the singing of "God Bless America."

www.tmz.com

Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 5h

Hooray for Chicago!

talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

talkingpointsmemo.com

Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 5h

Agreed. Harvard needs to stand on its principles.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump’s Compact | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard, rather than quietly pursuing its own appeasement strategy, should lead the way to preserve academic freedom and democracy.

www.thecrimson.com

Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 5h

Buckle up fellow activists -- it is about to get worse.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

www.reuters.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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💙💙💙 @00-nature-girl.bsky.social · 9h

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Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 9h

Sigh. I might know her.

judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 18h

Yes, sadly...

Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 9h

Because either that money doesn't exist or because it's being stolen by the administration.

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 9h

Once again if you want mainstream media coverage of what's happening in America and how bad it is, you have to leave the country:

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got rid...

www.independent.co.uk

Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 10h

Go Chicago!!!

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 21h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 10h

How shocking that a man indicted by the DOJ 40 years ago for not letting black people stay at his hotel is firing black people from government jobs. Once a racist, always a racist ...

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 1d

Ever notice that restaurant food doesn't seem to taste as good as it used to? It isn't you -- it is true and the culprit is Sysco. Recommended. youtu.be/rXXQTzQXRFc?...

I Tracked Down The Company Ruining Restaurants

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 1d

It is utterly disheartening to see that even in Canada, human rights are under attack.

nationalpost.com/opinion/cana...

FIRST READING: Canadian bill would strip internet access from 'specified persons'

Not too long ago, Liberals were defending internet access as akin to a human right.

nationalpost.com

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Scott Johnson @fuzzygroup.bsky.social · 1d

"Images of Fascism" is the Coffee Table book title.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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