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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 5h

Question: What incentive is there to reopen the government for a president who wants to destroy it, and a congress who gets paid anyway?

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eddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 6h

⛔️ Idk who needs to hear this but…
Americans are GROSSLY
UNDERREACTING to what's going on in our country right now.

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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 6h

The permission to be racist. 100%.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions

"It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”

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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 10h

It is guaranteed by First Past The Post voting.

You will never have democracy until you get STAR voting, which costs nothing and could be done with an executive order.

But, oddly, neither party has EVER mentioned it.

Maybe because it would kill the two-party duopoly.

Whatever...

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 11h

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11h

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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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 21h

The press are causing a huge problem by not calling out what anti-fascism is and how it is anti-American to support fascism.

By let stand the nonsense of declaring antifa an organization and a terrorist one, the press is putting democracy and liberty and America at risk.

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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 1d

I hope the attack on the scheduled, Oct 18, 2025 No Kings protest...

...calling it Antifa terrorism....

...will result in the most overwhelming turnout ever!!!!

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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 1d

We have been betrayed by the press. When/if a politician lies, the press should call it out and demand their resignation relentlessly.

By not doing so, they are complicit in the propaganda those lies sew.

We are to the point there are two realities and complete confusion about what is real.

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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 1d

This is disgusting. ICE are Trump's Secret Service reigning terror on US citizens.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3d

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 3d

Depressing convo with Claude (excerpt):

Final Assessment
You Are Correct:
The US should prosecute Trump and administration officials to preserve international credibility.
This is strategically sound for:
Maintaining treaty reliability
Preserving reserve currency status
Sustaining alliance commitments
Attracting continued foreign investment
But It Won't Happen Because:
The political class prioritizes elite impunity over national interest.
The failure to prosecute will be studied by future historians as the moment when the US chose short-term elite protection over long-term superpower status - exactly parallel to how Rome's elites chose factional advantage over republican institutions.

Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sorry. I hear you.

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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 4d

We have to come together and fight the wealth class.
youtu.be/AWelTCqc1Mg

THE RIGHT IS LOOKING FOR UNITY, not all, but many. Follow him on TikTok @brianmurphy0109 #trump #gop

YouTube video by Cult College

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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 4d

Its not really that hard.

The wealth class doesn't want to pay taxes, and they don't want regulations.

They have 1,000,000X more political influence than you.

That's why you don't get healthcare, why you get tariffs, and why climate change is a hoax.

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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 4d

I guess I shouldn't be *surprised* but it is making my head spin that the feds have shot two people, with live rounds, killing one of them, in Chicagoland in recent weeks, and in both cases they were very clearly found to be lying about what happened, and essentially nothing is happening about it.

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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 4d

Superman hanging out with Clark Kent?

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Jim Robert @mollygrub.bsky.social · 4d

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 4d

ICE is a terrorist organisation funded by the US government and deployed against its own people

The time to rise and resist is now

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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 4d

Congress is supposed to stop presidents who try to become dictators.

This Congress isn't "enabling" Trump, they are coconspirators to Trump and these crimes against our Constitution.

All of them must face the full force of the law.

Richard Catalano @fabiancat.bsky.social · 5d

Governor Gavin Newsom: “The commander in chief is using the U.S. military as a political weapon against American citizens. We will take this fight to court, but the public cannot stay silent in the face of such reckless and authoritarian conduct by the president of the United States.”

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Mitch Randall @realityseaker.bsky.social · 5d

Why doesn't the invaded state call its own National Guard to protect the citizens *from* ICE?

That would be a welcome precedent to set.

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 5d

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 7d

Republicans are playing word games with “illegal immigrant healthcare” to gut subsidies 24 MILLION Americans rely on. The result? YOUR premiums could spike 75%—hundreds more every month. Don’t be fooled.

This is #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
social.demcast.com/s/kGRBHIiA

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badwebsites @badwebsites.bsky.social · 11d

Donald: Grape jelly will be tariffed 12%. Yellow & purple things are 3.14%. Spoons are 1%, forks 35% because you can stab somebody with a fork. Birds are 100% because they always poop on me. People named Marvin are 21%. If you can eat it, it's 114%.Tuesdays will be called Sunday now/I RAN OUTA ROOM

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