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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 8h

• coming to a city near you in 2026
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurre...

Insurrection Act of 1807 - Wikipedia

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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 20h

ps: I went to Midwest City High School

!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 20h

• Sen Warren: how do we “fight” back?
• March? Complain? Post things?
• storm the White House and poop on the Resolute Desk?
• “I have had enough?” Does that help?
• our moment to fight could have been forcing RBG to quit before she died or making Biden not run again

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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 20h

• How about this: “when they go low, we go high”
• does that help?

!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 20h

Ok, Thank you
Good luck

!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 20h

• maybe have a prayer circle and sing “Amazing Grace” then wait and see what happens
• yes, the Democratic Party is a total embarrassment
• and, I am a Democrat
• good luck
• fyi, I contributed to Bernie Sanders and he is still correct, IMO

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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 21h

• don’t forget the Notorious RBG

!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 22h

• no more information than that is needed
• the Republican party is immoral, dangerous and is destroying America
• but, the feckin eejit Democrats are also to blame: Obama, Clinton(s), Biden, Harris, etc
• Democratic Party, as it exists, has simply lost and allowed this to happen

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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 22h

• The sacrifice has to happen sometime
• imo — Democrats must hold their position, which is: “The Republicans have “shut down” the government”
• the remedy: (1) complain, (2) vote every Republican out of office
• women’s health care, public health, gun control
• it isn’t close

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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

My hindsight prognosis

• had Harris won — the entire country would be shut down from the violence

• Trump won — just the “government” is somewhat “shut down”

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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 10d

m.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gO...

Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming | Nick Hanauer

YouTube video by TED

m.youtube.com

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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 10d

youtu.be/q2gO4DKVpa8

This is from over ten years ago

Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming | Nick Hanauer

YouTube video by TED

youtu.be

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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 11d

Does this look familiar?

!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 12d

A Suggestion

• when a person asks you to “define what a woman is?”

• take a moment …, …

• ask that person to “define what a pedophile is?”

!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 16d

• Trump indicts the person that got him elected — how [ ]!

• fill in the blank

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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 17d

“Gaslighting”

• to politicians and those in the broadcast world

• please stop using the word “gaslighting”

• no one really knows for sure what you mean — I know I don’t know for sure what you mean — just say “lying”

www.powerthesaurus.org/gaslighting/...

GASLIGHTING Synonyms: 180 Similar Words & Phrases

Find 180 synonyms for Gaslighting to improve your writing and expand your vocabulary.

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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 17d

Trump wants to prosecute the very person that got him elected

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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 17d

James Comey should know something about the Epstein Files

!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 17d

James Comey should know something about the Epstein Files

!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 19d

What about taking medical advice from a heroin addict?

!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 19d

Is It Just Me?

• to all of the people on tv and politicians —

• stop saying: “…, …, bend the knee …, …,”

!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 19d

Read the Book of Revelation

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!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 19d

• Homan and money?

• ask Merrick Garland — he should know

• ask Lisa Monaco — she should know

• ask Christopher Wrea — he should know

!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 22d

www.gunviolencearchive.org

Gun Violence Archive

Near real-time tweets of American gun violence incidents. Non-profit. Non-advocacy. Just the facts.

www.gunviolencearchive.org

!! @johnhmurphy.bsky.social · 22d

“Moments of Silence”

• there should be “Moments of Silence” — everyday — in Congress and all public events

• why?

• to honor the victims — and their families — of American gun violence

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