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#Bluedot in a red state. #Ukraine #NAFO. #Texas. I read history, law, politics so know we’re in deep shit right now. Fight back!

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · Mar 29

💯! @betoorourke.bsky.social is a no BS fighter!

We’re 4-5 grassroots ppl that organized a rally in deep red Fulshear demanding our TX-22 Rep hold a town hall. 50-60 ppl turned up!

13 days later Beto/Walz are here, holding the town hall! 🤯

Donated to marquettegreenescott.com so she can win 2026!

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 2h

At no point did I even get close to saying “that everything that comes out of a cop’s mouth is a lawful order”!

Nor was I “encouraging protesters to blame themselves”.

I am encouraging protesters to comply with the law. And a key reason I raised it is coz it’s critical to achieving our goal!

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks to a good question here, I found an upcoming training on “Know Your Rights” and de-escalation training jointly organized by ACLU and Indivisible.

act.aclu.org/a/no-kings-k...

No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training 10/15

I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

act.aclu.org

Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 2h

Went to find link, and apparently there’s a “know your rights” and de-escalation training session coming up, hosted by both Indivisible and ACLU. 🤗

act.aclu.org/a/no-kings-k...

No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training 10/15

I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

act.aclu.org

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 2h

There’s a lot of online training now, ahead of “No Kings”!

I’ve done training with Indivisible before, and that was very good!

I’ve also seen ACLU organizing training too.

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 4h

One of the things we train protestors on is “comply with the law”.

Because when we don’t comply with the law it enables police and Trump to point at us and screech “they’re breaking the law!”

This is part of why lawful, peaceful protests are far more effective!

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

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

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 4h

I’m not so sure.

If you see the stop sign and the breadth of the sidewalk, it looks like quite a few people are standing in the street.

Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 5h

Zampolli is one of those grifters without scruples that FSB often hire to do their dirty work.

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 5h

Zampolli has dirt on Trump and Melania!

Maybe why Trump put him on board of Kennedy Center 2020 (no relevant experience).

And made him US Special Representative for Global Partnerships in 2025 (no relevant experience).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Z...

Paolo Zampolli - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 5h

The guy that brought Melania to USA, Paolo Zampolli, ran ID Models. He made Trump a partner after Melania started dating Trump.

www.snopes.com/news/2025/09...

Unraveling claim Melania was an escort before meeting Trump at Ghislaine Maxwell party

The U.K. tabloid Daily Mail settled a defamation case after spreading the rumor in 2016.

www.snopes.com

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 5h

Melania arrived US in mid-1990s, at a time it was known that the NY Russian mafia (working for FSB) were central in exactly that kind of human trafficking.

www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtua...

Capitalizing on Transition Economies: The Role of the Russian Mafiya in Trafficking Women for Forced Prostitution (From Illegal Immigration and Commercial Sex: The New Slave Trade, P 42-73, 1999, Phil...

www.ojp.gov

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 7h

That’s probably merely a statement of fact.

The Peace Prize announced today was the outcome of all the nominations the Norwegian Nobel Committee received between Feb 1 2024 and Jan 31 2025.

Likely all the nominations-as-bribes-to-Trump came after he became president Jan 2025.

So, for 2026 Prize.

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Agar86 @agarv.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes the truth slips out.

Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 1d

Wrote about why it *really* feels like Stephen Miller's nuclear-level on-air gaffe should be getting more attention.
badfaithtimes.com/the-stephen-...

The Stephen Miller Gaffe Every Judge Needs To Bookmark

Maybe Miller realizes the 2024 election did not mark the end of history.

badfaithtimes.com

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 8h

The interview with the author above ha expressly says it was very short, a passing comment. Slightly off topic to the story. That’s why he agreed to remove it.

The claim was verified though.

Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 13h

Thanks for this link.

A really good listen!

Now I’m really curious about what he wrote about Melania!

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 14h

Fetterman is not well.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Fetterman clashed with wife over Israel support and aides questioned mental health,

‘They are bombing refugee camps. How can you support this?’ Gisele Barreto Fetterman reportedly told her husband in the early weeks of the Gaza war

www.independent.co.uk

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BarryDC @barrydc.bsky.social · 1d

This guy was Antifa, pass it on.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 22h

"... part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration..."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 22h

Downright sad that “US Presidential tantrum” is now a major political risk.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 1d

If civil war is in the cards, how do I as a Texan swear allegiance to a blue state?

I was born in MA. Does that give me citizenship?!

a man with a beard is making a funny face and says we need to know

ALT: a man with a beard is making a funny face and says we need to know

media.tenor.com

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for being on the frontline.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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vanala.bsky.social @vanala.bsky.social · 1d

Shooting a Priest in the head, another one of those Christian values I keep hearing about.

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been to protests where counter-protesters turn up.

The police place themselves as a barrier between the two groups, to protect citizens’ first amendment rights.

Chicago PD wouldn’t need to stop ICE. Merely shield the protesters from the violence of ICE.

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 2d

Where are the local police?

Peaceful protesters in their city are being shot by federal agents - simply for exercising their 1st Amendment rights!

Doesn’t the police in Chicago protect the constitutional rights of their residents?

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