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Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 28d

This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Sep 29

100,000 federal workers are set to resign on Tuesday.

“Federal workers stay for the mission. When that mission is taken away, when they’re scapegoated, when their job security is uncertain, and when their tiny semblance of work-life balance is stripped away, they leave.”
-Anonymous FEMA employee

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Sep 18

What rights has Ben Shapiro taken away? And before you say that you’re talking about the people he supports, you called Ben the perpetrator.

Next, please list the rights you’re talking about. And when you do, keep in mind that I’m a liberal lawyer on Bluesky, not some RW mouthpiece.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Sep 16

“Talking to each other about our disagreements isn’t something we should be doing in grief of in horror, it’s just something we should be doing.”

Most of y’all didn’t watch the video. And for those that did and still posted these comments: you, not Ezra, are missing the point.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Sep 14

Observing the bumper sticker evolution from faded “terrific kid” to brand new “student driver” is one that really makes me feel connected to other drivers on the road in a way that I feel like needs to be talked about more.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Sep 8

Day 5 of a child SA trial got me like...

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Sep 6

If a judge found out that I threatened to send someone to Eswatini if they didn’t plead guilty, two things would happen:

1. I’d be asked if I made that country up.

2. I would be disbarred for prosecutorial misconduct.

This justice department is a disgrace to the profession.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Sep 5

I know this is like so not the point of RFKs testimony or existence, but his ties are entirely too thin.

It’s sartorial malpractice and I don’t know why he continues to get away with it.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Sep 2

It’s rare that I get to read a 150-year-old law originally enacted to limit federal interference in the post-Reconstruction South—and even rarer when the brother of the late Justice Breyer uses that law to curb a so-called limited government Republican’s executive overreach.

But today is that day.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Sep 2

As members of Congress return from their month at home, I was reminded of my favorite Nancy Mace quote (there aren't many).

It’s something she and I agree on deeply, and I’m sure she will remember her convictions as Trump is likely to sign the 200th executive order of his second term this week.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 31

So you’re a Democrat because you believe that democrats will vote to make minority rights equal to majority rights.

You also believe that the government should subscribe to the Warren court model of fundamental rights directed at necessities and equal opportunity.

Did I get that right?

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 31

This is what I’m trying to get to the bottom of. When I was a candidate, I spent hundreds of hours calling donors who would not donate unless I was their type of Democrat.

So if you were a Democrat, what would that mean?

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 31

I’ll go first: I’m a democrat because I believe in a more expansive interpretation of the preambles language that says that the government should “provide for the common defense and promote the general welfare.”

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 31

I’ve been thinking about this for a while:

There is so much discourse on what the Democratic Party needs to do, what we want from our elected officials, that we shouldn’t have purity tests, etc.

But what I want to know is this: why are you a Democrat?

Please repost so there are more responses!

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 31

But I mean also yes we are already energy independent, the forecasts just aren’t great.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 31

Fossil fuels won’t be able to keep up with the demand of the next 50 years. Emerging technologies are THIRSTY for energy, and our current production won’t keep up.

It’s already estimated that we need 500 new nuclear power plants by 2050 to meet demand and export energy for dominance.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 31

And energy independence is the key to America’s global future.

We could be energy independent today had Ronald Reagan not killed off solar panel manufacturing in the 80’s.

It’s not too late to correct that mistake, but we have to start now.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 28

Democrats will say its guns, Republicans will say its mental health.

But Dems have worked to fund mental healthcare while Republicans have crusaded to end it. We've tried to come for the guns, but Republicans have sat on their hands. We're the only ones acting to end a solvable issue.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 22

That’s over 1/3 of recipients for those keeping track at home.

The attack on public education embarrassingly sloppy and is being carried out by people trying to bring “competency” back to education.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 21

Individual polls should not dictate policy or be used for false hope, but trends should still be accounted for.

Until we find a new way to take the temperature of the population, we need to figure out how to use the tools we have most effectively.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 21

Only 13% of moderates say they wouldn’t vote.

I take your point about nationwide trends, but I’m mainly concerned with SC where our districts rely on moderates to vote dem because of our “F” rated gerrymandered maps.

Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our party has a problem with overly relying on polls, I’ll grant you. But when they all align like this, I think we’d be foolish to ignore them.

Not only that, but we’re countering a narrative that republicans are “entitled” to more seats when the numbers look like this.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 21

If the midterms were held today, a new poll from The Economist has independents voting for the democratic candidate by TEN points.

If this redistricting war continues, the GOP is going to have to eat their own shoes.

The wave is blue, and it is coming.

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Alex Harper @harperforjustice.bsky.social · Aug 14

My statement ending my campaign for Congress. It has been an honor to even be considered as a candidate, and I hope that you will read my final statement.

I'm not gone forever, I'll run for something again. But the reality is that this race deserves a candidate that can do what it takes to win.

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Rep. Jermaine Johnson @drjljohnson.bsky.social · Aug 8

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