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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 13h

Here’s an easy way to fight back this #BannedBooksWeek
Join Authors Against Book Bans + Little Free Library to flood communities with banned and challenged books! Drop one in your local Little Free Library, snap a pic or video, and tag us. Let’s fill the shelves with freedom.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14h

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 13h

www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/once-upon-...

It’s banned book week and with all we are facing in this country, it’s more important than ever to stand up for free speech. Take a look at some of the things you can do to bring the consequences of banning books to light! #BannedBooksWeek

Once Upon a Banned Book

When books are banned, freedom is stifled. Let's celebrate knowledge and reading while defending resistance!

www.digitaldrumbeat.com

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 15h

FLORIDA VOTERS!

TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

ATTENTION FLORIDIANS ‼️

If you got a new ID on or after July 31, 2024—you need to update your voter registration with your new ID number ASAP!

📢 www.wctv.tv/2025/10/03/n...

#DCFL

New driver’s licenses could cause voting problems in Florida, unless you update your registration

Since July 2024, Floridians renewing or replacing their driver licenses have been issued new, randomized ID numbers.

www.wctv.tv

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 15h

This scares the hell out of me. What kind of a country have we become? Mean, cruel, too lazy or too uneducated to stand up for our democracy? Nearly 40% of Americans believe the US military should be turned on its own people? That 40% aren’t American. They may be MAGA but they ARE NOT Americans.

KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly 60% of Americans don’t want troops deployed to our cities without the presence of external threats. Trump’s ICE and military actions in several USA cities are NOT popular #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

www.reuters.com/world/us/mos...

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 1d

Seattle Mayor signs 2 executive orders today to safeguard local control over law enforcement resources and protect immigrant communities from masked and unidentified Federal agents #DefundICE #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

komonews.com/news/local/s...

Seattle mayor to sign orders to counter federal troop deployment, ICE actions

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is set to sign two executive orders Wednesday morning in response to President Trump's federal immigration policies.

komonews.com

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 15h

It’s important that these words be said and that people listen to them - she won’t - Trump’s MAGA won’t - but the rest of us can and should listen and rise up to tell MAGA no.

TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Murphy, the ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, served a brutally honest #CupOfJoe to Cosplay Barbie, aka, Kristi Noem at a hearing on the administration’s fiscal 2026 budget. 💥

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 15h

Can @govpritzker.illinois.gov ask the IL National Guard to now stand up for its own people now that Trump/MAGA/authoritarians have federalized them?

Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 2d

Thus far, ICE and CBP in the Chicago region killed an immigrant

Shot a woman 5 times-after allegedly taunting her, saying “Do something, b****”

And shot a priest-who wasn’t remotely a threat-in the head

So when does Governor Pritzker deploy the National Guard to protect citizens from these thugs

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Dani M. ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 2d

Anti-voter advocates are trying to implement the SAVE Act through the Election Assistance Commission.

A chorus of the anti-voter rank and file is voicing their support for this move on the comments page. Don’t let them go unopposed!

Submit your comment now!

open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

open.substack.com

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you @drdind.bsky.social for this!! Sharing!

DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel Prizes, 5 of 6 having so far gone to US based scientists, are a reminder of why we must stand up for science against this horrid administration. Here are some great Scientist Activists to follow.

go.bsky.app/14W5Rdk

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 17h

When you have thugs and criminals in charge then you thug and criminal behavior. Who can be surprised?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 20h

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 4d

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know! Good question!

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 3d

Of course @jaketapper.bsky.social texted “Trump” questions and called it an interview with the President. Of course he did…

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 3d

Great job! Thank you for your work, your frankness and your support of our constitution. I gave you a roaring round of applause after your appearance on @maddow.msnbc.com tonight!

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 3d

As a CBS News alumni this breaks my heart to see the network of journalistic giants come to this. This background on this regime is helpful. It allows us to know, yet again, who and what we are dealing with. So, we stand strong and we point out who they are. It’s not CBS. It’s MAGA CBS.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 3d

Bari Weiss launched The Free Press with funding from Peter Thiel allies Marc Andreessen and David Sacks. She’s the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. 1/

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t buy stuff from IG or FB or Threads - period.

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 3d

What is this comment supposed to mean?

Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 3d

There is something going on we don’t yet know…

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 4d

Is it time to make America great again in Alabama?? Or, wait - maybe THIS IS America being great and MAGA just ships it violence out to relatively peaceful communities. So, great equals violence… hmmm…. Is it all starting to make sense yet? #MAGA

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 4d

This is MAGA America. These are MAGA Americans. How about this great country?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4d

I can’t not believe how hard it is to sleep when you’re watching your country, be dismantled by the dumbest people.

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 5d

Dictatorship. Authoritarianism.

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