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Russell D.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 VOTE BIG BLUE Democratic WAVE 💙🌊 & eliminate all doubt‼️ Dad,Retired. Love Earth, Democracy,Justice,Peace. b.OK. READ www.project2029.me - a bold progressive plan of action for a future focused on human flourishing, fairness, dignity,& justice for all.

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · Jun 27

EXCELLENT MUST READ

PLAN for ACTION‼️

Please RESHARE far & wide.

Author is Dr. Pru Lee,
"Pru Pru" and @drprupu on Substack. She is an excellent thinker & writer. A valuable Substack to Follow!

She’s also Pru Pru & @DrPruLee on Instagram & FaceBook.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Going Viral: An actual plan for the Democratic Party - and everyone else who's ready to take action

The post below is going viral. It’s been attributed to Liz Cheney, apparently by mistake, but it appears it was actually written by a Dr. Pru Lee. I’ve taken the liberty of formatting it to make it mo...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 11h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 2d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.

Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods

This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.

organizingmythoughts.org

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sassafrasgirl @sassafrasgirl.bsky.social · 10h

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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 22h

Millions of us are coming together in solidarity to say NO to Trump and his corrupt regime.

JOIN US (and bring others as well)!

Oct. 18th
Visit nokings.org to find an event near you.

See you there!

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Adam Pavlacka @gamescan.bsky.social · 1d

This is a win for IL.

The TX guard members cannot be deployed (so they are effectively stuck on base) AND they aren't getting paid because MAGA GOP shut down the government. Oh and they can't just go home because Trump Federalized them. 😁

They should have refused those illegal orders...

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals PARTIALLY grants the stay sought by the Trump Administration.

The stay is GRANTED as to federalization of the National Guard.

But it is DENIED as to deployment.

So deployment still BLOCKED, but troops "do not need to return to their home states."

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 12h

READ this helpful guide for ideas to target MAGA.

Think about attacking their emotional belief system to dislodge them from their death grip. Simply using facts and logic to argue a case very often won’t cut it.

💙🌊🇺🇸👍🏽🔥👍🔥👊🏽🔥☝️

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𝕃𝕦𝕜𝕚𝕦𝕞 @americanmanifesto.news · 1d

Turn the 'Trump First' slogan back on Trump First. This guide shows how simple lines can shatter the cult, expose the fascist narrative, and offer a dignified exit—no shame.

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Shannon 🦇💩🤪 GOOD TROUBLE 💙💙💙 @shannonmaebreen.bsky.social · 1d

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 1d

Join MILLIONS of Americans who love America, our Democracy, Constitution, Rule of Law & Freedom‼️

Peacefully Protest
Sat Oct 18 NO KINGS DAY‼️

Join a rally or start your own!

Bring an American flag & waive it all day long‼️

💙🌊🇺🇸‼️

nokings.org

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No Kings — Freedom (video)

Why protest is patriotic

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is crazy & dangerous, failing, & screwing America & our global allies.

Many GOP in Congress agree & are prepared to join a
Super Majority to stop Trump cold, his lawlessness & madness.

The Emporer has NO clothes.

The end is nigh.

💙🌊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👊🏽🔥👍🔥👍🏽🔥☝️🔥🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸‼️

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Senator Roland Gutierrez @rolandfortexas.bsky.social · 6d

Abbott is again using unpaid Texas Guard members for political theater.

Instead of lowering prices and fixing the real problems, Republicans are sending military forces to American cities.

Shameful.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Did people actually believe Trump during his campaign, or did they just love the permission he gave them to be racist?

Trump on loop: “They’re stealing your jobs.”

If that were true, why aren’t Americans lining up to take those so-called “stolen” jobs?

Every Trump voter needs to see this.

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Estel Cooper @estel62.bsky.social · 5d

Henry M. Rosenberg

According to reports, Stephen Miller directed the attacks against the Venezuelan fishing boats. As Deputy Chief of Staff his duties are advisory & not part of the direct operational chain of command that authorizes military action.

He overstepped & must be prosecuted.

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 1d

The criminal acts of these and all ICE, and Trump, his authoritarian regime, and his functionaries

…will one day
be held to account

for their many unconstitutional and illegal criminal actions.

KellieB4Democracy @kellieb4democracy.bsky.social · 1d

Horrific

AMHotFlash @amhotflash.bsky.social · 1d

This is only a sample of what is to come…🔻

Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 1d

Americans agree that Trump & the DOJ must release ALL the Epstein files.

67% of all Republicans agree with 84% of all Democrats, & 77% of all adults in America, that Trump Bondi Patel Vance do that now.

We demand a full release of the Epstein files.

Graphic of Marist-NPR-PBS Poll results about Release all Epstein files with the victims names removed: 77% of all US adults, 84% of all Democrats, 83% of all independents, 67% of all Republicans.

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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 1d

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

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Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social · 2d

ANTIFA FLAG

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💙BringDemocracyBack🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🌊🦋 @morningcoffee1st.bsky.social · 1d

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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 2d

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 1d

Trump MAGA GOP
grifters, kleptocrats, con men, scammers, and criminals.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 1d

Will all be peacefully protesting Saturday, October 18 on
No Kings Day.

We’re all doing it because we support our Democracy, our Constitution and our Rule of Law.

And we’re doing it for free‼️

💙🌊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🔥👍🏽🔥👍🔥👊🏽🔥☝️✌🏽🇺🇸‼️

Protest poster: Nobody paid us to be here! We all hate you for free!

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Terzilla Ford @bassdiesel.bsky.social · 2d

Florida’s first "school chaplain" under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new law isn’t a counselor at all.
He’s a Jan. 6 supporter with extremist views, and he urges parents to avoid public education.
This program is already a disaster.

Florida's first public school chaplain is a Jan. 6 supporter—and a warning to everyone

The appointment of Rev. Jack Martin shows how Florida's chaplain law has become a Trojan horse for Christian Nationalism in public schools

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

I am once again asking... does anyone in the Trump administration know what habeas corpus is?

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

Michael Wolff: I've seen the pictures of Trump with Epstein's girls. Here's what's in them.

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