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piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 1d

If you need to get some pre October 18th NO KINGS protest motivation go see “The Librarians“. Also support your local libraries by using them regularly. 🫵✊✌️❤️🇺🇸📚💳🗽

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piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 1d

Power belongs to those who remain nonviolent! Takes amazing fortitude and strength. Shame belongs to those who inflict violence.

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 5d

Tired of Peter Thiel trying to destroy democracy by forcing his dystopian vision of the world on us?

You can join @purgepalantir.bsky.social, a movement that is protesting the billionaire and his companies.

And @solidaritydept.bsky.social has a full report exposing Thiel that you can share widely:

Peter Thiel - The People's Audit | DOCS

Learn about Peter Thiel's role as Chairman at Palantir Technologies. Net worth: $25.6 Billion. Key threats and impact on democracy.

classsolidarity.org

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piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 2d

🤔 so clever it got removed!

piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 3d

Preparing for the week!

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3d

🗳️ SCOTUS will rehear a case that could gut one of the last protections against racially biased voting maps, potentially locking in GOP control of the House for a generation. Join us Wednesday at 10 AM ET on Bluesky @democracydocket.com for live coverage.
https://bit.ly/4q7aQ7D

GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 5d

👏🫵✊✌️❤️🇺🇸🖕🧊🎆

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5d

The biggest news story of the week that you may have missed is the real possibility that TikTok will go MAGA. Subscribe now to have all of Democracy Docket's premium content, including my exclusive newsletters, sent straight to your inbox. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 5d

I could not watch this documentary about what is happening in NY Immigration court in one sitting. Not because it's long—it's less than 20 minutes—but because it's so wrenching and heartbreaking. I still think you should watch it. It's extremely important. youtu.be/AF-k7Mq5Xqs

ICED out of America

YouTube video by The Real News Network

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago: Come for the tacos, stay to watch us show ICE how they can go fuck themselves into oblivion.

www.chicagomag.com/news/chicago...

Chicago Is Organizing for All

Everyday Chicagoans are proving to be the first line of defense against the federal incursion into their city.

www.chicagomag.com

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piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 5d

👏✊🫵❤️✌️🇺🇸☝️🖕fascists

coalminephoenix.bsky.social @coalminephoenix.bsky.social · 5d

There is a great interview with Chicken suit guy from a (probably former) writer at the Washington Post in a local outlet. Chicken suit guy has a degree in economics! www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

www.wweek.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 5d

Hey Tom Emmer(R-MN) you’re so Trump whipped: those taking a stand against the destruction of our nation’s constitutional ✅&⚖️ are NOT the problem. TRUE patriots saying “NO KINGS on October 18th have a deep love for America! Solo el pueblo, salva al pueblo!

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 13d

VOTE “YES” to retain all 3 PA Supreme Court Justices! Or in other words VOTE “YES”
NOT Yass! ✊❤️✌️🫵🗳️

piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 13d

yep

Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 13d

I have criticisms of ICEBlock, but this is authoritarian bullshit, and the fact that nearly all smartphone use one of two app stores controlled by US corporations does not bode well for the future

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13d

There's nothing illegal about ICE block. This is solely about Apple appeasing the Trump regime.

With Google removing sideloading next year, these companies will have total control over what runs on your phone.

www.businessinsider.com/apple-iceblo...

piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 13d

Clever!!!🤣👏✊❤️✌️

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Adam Zyglis @adamzyglis.bsky.social · 13d

Hegseth’s Department of War…

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 13d

Trump's erstwhile spiritual consigliere, Pastor Robert Morris, cops to fondling a 12-year-old girl in the '80s, unmasking the pious veneer over predatory pulpits. #TrumpAdvisers

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piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 13d

🫵✊❤️✌️👏🔥

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14d

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

open.substack.com

piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 13d

Hmmmmm

Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 13d

Well, well, well. Jack Posobiec, the loudest voting-fraud conspiracy theorist, lives in Maryland.
He votes in Pennsylvania.
slate.com/news-and-pol... By @jsweetli.bsky.social & @marisakabas.bsky.social on @slate.com

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 13d

Well yes this is immensely sad and inappropriate but if you did indeed leave your wallet in El Segundo it’s probably gone up in flames 🔥 like the refinery that’s currently ablaze! But

piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 13d

Here I am asshats come and get me! FUCK🧊

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 13d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 13d

It’s not just one bad APPLE it’s the entire bunch of cowardly companies and institutions “obeying in advance“ to demands of tge fascist regime! As food delivery guy on bike said to to the ICE NAZIS in Chicago FUCK TRUMP!

404 Media @404media.co · 13d

New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

piesdaughter.bsky.social @piesdaughter.bsky.social · 14d

Is it possible to get the entire world to boycott every pathetic tech travesty Musk monetizes? Tesla Takedown all his ASS crap!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15d

Elon Musk says he's launching a competitor to Wikipedia called Grokipedia

Elon Musk's Wikipedia Competitor Is Going to Be a Disaster

Remember when Grok praised Adolf Hitler?

gizmodo.com

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