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"The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political & cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" —Isaac Asimov
@schumer.senate.gov, @durbin.senate.gov, @duckworth.senate.gov questions you need to be asking: how many current ICE & CBP agents are Proud Boys, 3%-ers or 1/6-ers? & why are the agents who killed yesterday on the streets today in violation of all law enforcement standards? bsky.app/profile/verm...
Curious why ICE and CBP agents are so brutal? Here's a useful explainer I wrote last week, before Saturday's outrageous murder, about how uniquely unsuited ICE and CBP are for this moment—and why they were so corruptible into Trump's own fascist secret police: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
"ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 25, 2026 at 9:12 PM
@schumer.senate.gov, @durbin.senate.gov, @duckworth.senate.gov questions you need to be asking: how many current ICE & CBP agents are Proud Boys, 3%-ers or 1/6-ers? & why are the agents who killed yesterday on the streets today in violation of all law enforcement standards? bsky.app/profile/verm...
@durbin.senate.gov @casten.house.gov @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social so the president can just demolish parts (or all) of the white house and they do not need an ok from congress? this is outrageous! is this building not landmarked? please explain bsky.app/profile/linc...
October 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
@durbin.senate.gov @casten.house.gov @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social so the president can just demolish parts (or all) of the white house and they do not need an ok from congress? this is outrageous! is this building not landmarked? please explain bsky.app/profile/linc...
honestly, can we just go back to a time when EVERYONE agreed that nazis were bad ... is that too much to ask?
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deeply sick of all the goddamn nazis
October 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
honestly, can we just go back to a time when EVERYONE agreed that nazis were bad ... is that too much to ask?
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@casten.house.gov given your recent comments can you explain your vote .... please ... we may not agree with you, but you do owe your constituents an answer and detailed explaination
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Here is where the members of Congress stand on impeachment.
Voting no=supporting impeachment.
Voting no=supporting impeachment.
clerk.house.gov
June 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@casten.house.gov given your recent comments can you explain your vote .... please ... we may not agree with you, but you do owe your constituents an answer and detailed explaination
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12 million americans = real change
please repost far and wide ... thank you
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please repost far and wide ... thank you
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The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
www.bbc.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
12 million americans = real change
please repost far and wide ... thank you
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please repost far and wide ... thank you
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@warren.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THIS?! please halt work in the senate until we get some real answers and hold people account!
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This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
March 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
@warren.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THIS?! please halt work in the senate until we get some real answers and hold people account!
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@whitehouse.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @duckworth.senate.gov WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THIS!!!!! WE ARE IN A CRISIS!!!!! PLEASE HELP we are begging for leadership and fight in this moment. Show us you are up for the job!
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BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
@whitehouse.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @duckworth.senate.gov WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THIS!!!!! WE ARE IN A CRISIS!!!!! PLEASE HELP we are begging for leadership and fight in this moment. Show us you are up for the job!
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This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @governorwalz.mn.gov @sanders.senate.gov Ds should host a “town hall night in america” 300 town halls, 1 night. house, senate, govenors, former cabinet members if needed. “democracy is not a state. it is an act” —john lewis
March 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @governorwalz.mn.gov @sanders.senate.gov Ds should host a “town hall night in america” 300 town halls, 1 night. house, senate, govenors, former cabinet members if needed. “democracy is not a state. it is an act” —john lewis
this is Mongo
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November 16, 2024 at 4:56 AM
this is Mongo
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