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George Balbona

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💙“Get in Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble.” 💙 Election Integrity Advocate. END ICE NOW!!! Sometimes Anti-Social, Always Anti-Fascist!!! EVERY DAY IS NO KINGS DAY!!! Support Ukraine. Librawl — Fighting for Democracy and America ™️

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George Balbona @gbalbona.bsky.social · Apr 20

Trump is anti-education because he doesn’t want Americans knowing World History. Trump has been using Hitler’s Playbook extensively.

He will use a terrorist attack to strip us of our freedoms like after 9/11 w/ Patriot Act & Reichstag Fire for Hitler.

Read Tim Snyder’s On Tyranny RIGHT NOW!!!

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13h

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George Balbona @gbalbona.bsky.social · 12h

And right on cue, the GOP voting shenanigans begin. Clearly, Dominion Voting Systems was not hurting for cash after their massive lawsuit win against Fox News: a $787.5 million settlement!!!

WTAF is going on here?! Nothing good for certain.

FTR!!!

www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics

Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.

www.cnn.com

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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 1d

WA voters!
Don’t let USPS delays stop you from voting. Mail your ballot early: 7-10 days before Election Day. As Nov. 4th comes, use official drop boxes to ensure your vote counts.
Let’s make sure every vote is counted!

Washington ballots mailed on Election Day or even days in advance could be thrown out due to postmark delays

Washington voters who mail their ballots on Election Day this November, or even days in advance, could have their ballots thrown out as a result of compounding cost-cutting measures by the United Stat

www.columbian.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13h

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 1d

On this episode of "Tweets That Aged Like Month-Old Milk Left In The Sun'...

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 17h

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

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

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

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

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Selina Grissom @lilrdvet2.bsky.social · 1d

This just happened in Deep Red Alaska…

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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 1d

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

He finally got the election-denying MAGA A.G. he always dreamed of. Bondi was openly partisan, scornful & highly combative, her non-answers dripping with disdain. Very telling when she was asked if she'd seen the photos of her boss "with half-naked young women." PATHETIC
#ProtectingHerPedophilePrez

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller accidentally blurted out that Trump had "plenary authority" on TV today.

They're going for full-scale dictatorship.

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

Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.

www.nytimes.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Am I reading this right? Did Trump say he took freedom of speech away?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Flagging Trump this afternoon:

"We took the freedom of speech away. Because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech — but what has happened is, when they burn a flag it, agitates and irritates crowds."

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 1d

This is truly brilliant. Such a way to communicate,
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 1d

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 1d

This video made me not just smile, but grin ear to ear 😁

🦋 Remember to always be like Dolly— and take care of yourselves out there!

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 1d

Need a boost?

I have found 32 wins in the last seven days that are not getting national attention. There are so many other wins that you probably already know about but I found 32 you probably don’t.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 1d

I am laughing so hard I’m crying. Is this going to be @mcbride.house.gov new thing the entire shutdown joining up with different Democrats to look for how Republicans?

Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 1d

We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Greg Abbott is a lackey of Donald Trump.

He’s going against exactly what he said he would do last year.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Remember this post? The Wall Street Journal just confirmed it was meant to be a DM to Pam Bondi.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Christian minister attacked by ICE agents. Waiting for the outrage from MAGA. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents

www.independent.co.uk

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 1d

#ResistanceUnited

Piss Drunk Pete apparently thinks cybersecurity is a distraction from his "warfighting" manly man schtick. The Pentagon has cut cybersecurity training programs at a time of surging cyberattacks on U.S. military and infrastructure. Genius.

www.esecurityplanet.com/news/pentago...

Pentagon Cuts Cyber Training Amid Rising Cyber Threats

The Pentagon reduces cybersecurity training to focus on warfighting, raising concerns about US cyber readiness and digital defense.

www.esecurityplanet.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified in federal court Wednesday that while he’s been instructed in the past to preserve minority congressional districts protected by the Voting Rights Act, he received no such direction when drawing Texas’ new gerrymander this summer.

Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington