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Jeffrey D Goff

@goatropecentral.bsky.social

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Former Navy, Submarine Service Cold Warrior; sick of 'winger trash; hope to make it through the next four years without being jailed as part of the "woke mob" by Ron DeSantis' stormtroopers or the Mango Mussolini's brownshirts. Resistance is *necessary*...

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JT Compton 🌊 fighting tyranny @jtcompton.bsky.social · 2h

Trump LIES that Blue cities are full of "insurrection" & "rebellion" in a deliberate bad-faith scheme to justify invoking the Insurrection Act to control America like a dictator.

But there's NO insurrection, only patriots with signs & frog costumes.

Keep exposing his un-American lies.

#FDT #ETTD

Quote by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything---and I guess we all are questioning that right now---the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked....they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Soon it will be show us your papers. This must stop.

A tweet by James Surowiecki replying to David J. Bier. Surowiecki asks, “Where in the Immigration and Nationality Act does it say that US citizens have to prove that they're citizens or else be arrested?” The quoted tweet by Bier reads, “ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog,” accompanied by a photo of a man wearing a face mask and standing near vehicles at night.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 2d

It is foolish to contend that we can somehow avoid the hard politics of climate action by rendering the challenge into a bloodless infrastructure problem somehow immune to the power & influence of the fossil fuel industry.

Twitter post by Stephen Lacey regarding the cancellation of the 6.2 GW Esmeralda 7 Project stating: "This is also a story about weaponizing veto points. These cancellations are direct retribution for fights over coal, KeystoneXL & LNG exports.

We absolutely need to phase out fossils as fast as possible. But this is the other side of the coin when infrastructure gets political."

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 3d

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 3d

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 3d

How the government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays buff.ly/p7IliYa

How the government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays

Air traffic controllers are considered essential workers and required to work without pay during the shutdown, but there are reports some are calling in sick in greater numbers than usual.

theconversation.com

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 3d

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 3d

Call to Activism

🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Senator Tim Kaine just pulled a major victory in the Senate.

For the first time ever, Congress is taking a war law off the books - closing a loophole that could have given Trump power to launch new wars in the Middle East.

The media isn’t talking about it.👇

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SB @zestyvines777.bsky.social · 3d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

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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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 3d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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