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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · 7d

Do you know about #Article2 #Section4 of the #Constitution? It can remove not only the 'president' but his entire #cabinet!
Take the time to #readtheConstitution.
Put pressure on #Democrats stand with us or lose their seat.
#RemoveTrump #RemoveVance
#RemoveFederaljudges
#ConstitutionAnnotated

Website Constitution annotated Article two section 4 states:
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 8d

I mean this. If you voted for this get the hell off my Bluesky feed. You voted against Every child and Every thing that I have spent my lifetime fighting for. If you voted for this we share No common ground and you are my enemy! . www.k12dive.com/news/special...

RIFs rip through federal Office of Special Education Programs

With OSEP reportedly decimated, one special education expert asks: How can IDEA "possibly function"?

www.k12dive.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · 7d

#NoKings #October18
Boycott businesses that do not share your values! #Buylocal #Buyused
Be prepared to side with the #resistance
Take a stand big or small #everyday to #weaken the authoritarian regime.
#Read the #Constitution
Remember our #UShistory!
Be prepared to #stand & #Strike

When you watched the Hunger Games, Star Wars, The Matrix, Divergent, and V for Vendetta you sided with the Resistance.
When it's fiction you understand. Yet you refuse to see it when it's the reality you're living in. Wild

J @jaejae00.bsky.social · 9d

✊🐸✊ Keep it up Portland. The rest of us see you & are inspired by your nightly nonviolent resistance! 🐸
#NoKings #Oct18th
Next level of nonviolent resistance is sustained #GeneralStrike
Shop small #Boycott #Tesla #Target #Hobbylobby #Amazon #Walmart!
Stay informed & support nonprofit journalism!

Portland resistance Frog costume with the word RESIST in large white letters. Portland protesters are showing up in costumes specifically Frog costumes.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 12d

No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”

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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · 13d

#Green #energy slashed in #bluestates. #Vought continues to target #Democrat led states #renewable projects already allocated #federal #funding.
Vought's short-sighted #revenge tour hit a new low of ignorance & pain for the #MAGA faithful. #Cuts #kill #jobs.

www.latitudemedia.com/news/theres-...

There’s a second DOE project cancellation list

According to a larger list circulating this week, DOE is planning to cancel many more awards.

www.latitudemedia.com

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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · 24d

Continue 2 #Resist! #ANTIFA #Boycott businesses & organizations that capitulate to #authoritarianism
#Stand with us & be prepared to #Strike
No one is coming to save us, we must #saveourselves.
The bombs will come from our fed up allies, once they realize we are a world threat.
#Resist everyday!

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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · 26d

It's inconvenient at best & terrifying at worst to be unable to make life-long plans because at any moment, you may become the hunted.
The powers that be openly hate you & your existence.
You watch in horror as others on their unwanted list are fired, deported, imprisoned knowing you may be next.

Pride flag which reads: You may never know fear of having your human rights challenged every time there is an election.
And may you never know the pain of watching loved ones vote against your right to exist fully, equally and authentically.

J @jaejae00.bsky.social · 27d

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WATCH: Trump 'authentically himself' for saying he hates opponents at Kirk funeral, White House says

While speaking at conservative activist Charlie Kirk's memorial service in Arizona on Sunday, President Donald Trump said he disagreed with Kirk on wanting the best for his opponents.

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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · 27d

For those praising Erika Kirk's 'I forgive him' comment should consider her sincerity. Kirk knew Trump would disagree.
If Trump was his 'authentic self', then perhaps Kirk's comment was inauthentic.
Perhaps, Kirk's quip was a tee 4 Trump's swing 2 lob a public threat to all who oppose his regime

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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · 28d

History is repeating itself. #Demonizing, #isolating #criminalizing the 🏳️‍⚧️ #Trans Community 🏳️‍⚧️ is wrong!
We must continue to ✊ speak out & #protect 🫂 the most #vulnerable.
Be on the right side of history. 🏳️‍🌈 Y'all means All! 🏳️‍🌈 Continue to #Resist 📢 #Oct18
#Strike #Boycott
www.them.us/story/trump-...

FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says

The choice is being championed by the Heritage Foundation, which is behind Project 2025.

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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · Sep 20

#Support #Local #Independent #Media #the19th #DemocracyNow #theGuardian #NPR #Politco #PBS #TexasTribune #Truthout #Substack #ChrisHedges #HeatherCoxRichardson #RobertReich
As 'mainstream media slides closer to becoming #state-run #media, look to #local and #indie #news #sources to stay #informed.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 20

I saw that an acquaintance on FedBook has personally gotten over 55 people to cancel their Disney subscriptions. This is a homebound person and she found her lane and is absolutely kicking ass at the moment. People are doing things.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Sep 19

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Sep 19

Goodbye, Disney+!

Bless All The People Boycotting Disney

Thou shalt defend free speech.

www.thegodpodcast.com

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Sep 19

He finally got his revenge against the man who asked him if he was up past his jail time.

Now it's up to us to ask why he's terrified to release #TheEPSTEIN_PedoFiles.

#StandWithTheSurvivors

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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · Sep 19

#Supportindiemedia #Donate #Truthout
#McMahon #DeptofEd Secretary proposes #rightwing #propaganda #K-12 #public #schools.
The whitewashing of U.S. minimizing #slavery #erasure of non-white, male contributions, complete #ban #LGBTQ #mythologizing #Christianity. #Resist

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Ed. Department Will Work With Right-Wing Groups to Push “Patriotic Education”

Critics point out that the federal government has been barred from seeking to influence or direct curricula since 1970.

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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · Sep 19

#NoKings #October18 #Resist #Authoritarian #✊ I am being #shadowbanned on Tik Tok.
Remember to wear good running shoes, bring a full water bottle, prepare a safety plan in case of #detainment or even #arrest. Stay in groups and watch each other's back.

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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · Sep 19

Just a reminder. All this #Kirk #martyr 🐂is nothing more than an excuse to #attack #FreedomofSpeech which states:
#Individuals are #protected from #government #censorship or #punishment for #expressing their #ideas.
#resist #authoritarianism ✊ When the dust settles be on the #rightsideofhistory!

We can agree to disagree and still love each other, unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist! - James Baldwin.
(Right to speak one's mind without government censorship and punishment.)
(Photo.of James Baldwin)

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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · Sep 10

Potential Russian nuclear targets. Texas cities Pantex Plant in #Amarillo, the U.S.'s primary nuclear weapons assembly & disassembly facility.
#Dallas-FortWorth
#Houston
Plus #D.C. #NYC #Chicago #LA #S.F #Miami #Philadelphia #LasVegas #SaltLakeCity #Denver
#nonukes
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Map shows US cities Russia would strike first if war brok...

"Everything is possible in the modern world," Russian President Vladimir Putin warned this week amid continued tensions.

www.newsweek.com

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The Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · Sep 4

🌱 If you could plant one seed in our faith for the next generation, what would it be?

A seed could be a value, a practice, a story, or something entirely new.

💬 Post your answer in the comments—we’d love to know what you’d plant!

#UU #UnitarianUniversalist #Faith

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J @jaejae00.bsky.social · Sep 4

While #capitalism did not create #inequality, it structured #society such that new methods & #tools were required to impose its uniquely #unequal #order.
The #police became one of the most important #tools, specially adapted to fit the contours of this new #socialorder
truthout.org/articles/pol...

Policing Has Always Been a Tool to Repress the Working Class

Modern policing was born out of a series of transatlantic ruling class experiments to repress radical rebellion.

truthout.org

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