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Badger for life, pro democracy, the climate is changing...and we aren't, pro choice/mind your own fucking business, pro gun control, diversity defines us, liberate Ukraine, Go Pack Go!

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JDub @jjwagner973.bsky.social · 20d

Chicago Strong!

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JDub @jjwagner973.bsky.social · 12d

Looks like a bunch of Proud Boys and donning their cosplay getups.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 15d

Roy’s rhetoric uses a core tenet of authoritarian politics: replacement of democratic pluralism with religious absolutism. By saying opponents promoted Marxists and Islamists and declaring “there is a King,” he’s pushing a vision where faith is weaponized against citizenship--Christian nationalism.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 18d

“What can we do?” - Share Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline with Congress

Tell them: Read it. Act on it.

Call, write, email—then send this link ⤵️
steadystate1.substack.com/p/accelerating-authoritarian-dynamics, or a pdf of the report (available online)

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JDub @jjwagner973.bsky.social · 20d

Chicago Strong!

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 23d

I am Antifa

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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Aunt Patty @auntpatty.bsky.social · Oct 3

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JDub @jjwagner973.bsky.social · Sep 11

Spot on accurate.

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JDub @jjwagner973.bsky.social · Sep 3

His level of stupidity is astounding.

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JDub @jjwagner973.bsky.social · Aug 18

Free DC!

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JDub @jjwagner973.bsky.social · Aug 10

We’ve been in a constitutional crisis ever since Emil Bove <who was following orders by Prez. Grifter> told the DOJ immigration attorneys to tell the judges “Fuck You” and make sure the planes were on their way to El Salvador. Nice headline CNN but we are long past entering a constitutional crisis.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · Aug 6

#ResistanceEarth
#BlueEarth

Blue whales aren't singing as much, and scientists believe it's because they don't have enough to eat. Increasing ocean temps have reduced the amount of krill available for the whales to eat.

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Blue whales have gone silent, and that has scientists worried

A dense pool of warm water dubbed ‘The Blob’ drove unprecedented temperature increases in the Pacific Ocean, affecting the blue whale’s primary food source

www.independent.co.uk

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Aug 2

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing

As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements

This is a big deal

August 1, 2025
AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
Committee on Economic Statistics and Committee on Government Relations

Statement from the American Economic Association on the
Dismissal of the BLS Commissioner

Leaders of the American Economic Association express their grave concern over the dismissal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) earlier today.
The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions. Undermining the independence or credibility of these agencies threatens the integrity of the information that markets, institutions, and the public rely on every day.
Measuring the vast and dynamic U.S. economy in real time is inherently challenging. It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as more complete and higher-quality data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor-not failure or bias.
The BLS has long had a well-deserved reputation for professional excellence and nonpartisan integrity.
Safeguarding this tradition is vital for the continued health of the U.S. economy and public trust in our institutions.
We call upon elected officials to respect and preserve the independence of the nation's statistical infrastructure.

Lawrence Katz
President, American Economic Association
Katharine Abraham
President-Elect, American Economic Association
Karen Dynan
Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics
Kenneth Troske
Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Government Relations

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Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · Aug 1

I left the traditional field of law bc of this. You cannot fix a broken system if you are a cog in the broken system. It is impossible, and you end up playing politics at best, or losing yourself at worst (if the two can even be bifurcated).

Our most powerful movements have stemmed from the people.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Aug 1

This is moving.

Kamala Harris feels the pain we feel. Not just from her loss, but from the trauma and abuse our country is living through.

What could have been…