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Sam Bell
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Rhode Island State Senator. Democrat. Planetary Geologist.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d
Sanders: They have refused to negotiate. And anyone thinks that tomorrow they'll suddenly start negotiating. I think, is smoking what is illegal in many states

AOC: And should be legal in more.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4d
The whole ballgame (for American democracy) will depend on whether enough Americans--within the elites and on the streets--care enough to get involved wherever they can to resist Trump's march toward authoritarianism.
kateshaw.bsky.social Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 4d
Brown rejects the compact!

President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d
Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 4d
You’re right, but it’s not hard to see how an anti-Trump protest movement that turns out nearly 2% of the US population is both historically notable and has massive potential energy, if highlighted and harnessed by leaders and institutions instead of largely avoided by them
progressiveknife.bsky.social Kronos @progressiveknife.bsky.social · 4d
you should consider how you framed things; did no Kings turn out more than the civil rights movement? mostly likely. it being more historically notable remains yet to be seen.
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Sam Bell @samuelwbell.bsky.social · 6d
In RI, the No Kings Rally will be at 1pm this Saturday (October 18th) at the statehouse. All across our country, Americans will be rallying to say, “Hell no!” to a fascist king. Here in America, we have no kings!
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 7d
The deportation order derives from the crime of which he has now been exonerated.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11d
JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11d
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11d
As FBI Dir Comey comes to answer charges of lying to Congress, MAGA Bondi fails to cover FBI Dir Patel’s lies to Congress.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11d
Former FBI director James B. Comey is expected to plead not guilty to charges that he made false statements to Congress, making his first court appearance in a case President Trump demanded that prosecutors charge despite DOJ concerns about insufficient evidence.
Comey to make first court appearance in false statements case
James B. Comey will make his first court appearance in a case that has become a focus of concern about pressure by President Trump to prosecute opponents.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 19d
Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.

Today they attacked two journalists.

We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork
ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d
WHITEHOUSE: How many suspicious activity reports did you investigate out of the hundreds related to accounts of Jeffrey Epstein?

BONDI: I'm not sure if you're concerned, because you took money I believe from Reid Hoffman, if that's correct

WHITEHOUSE: You seem to have looked at 0 of them
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11d
Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11d
This is absolutely happening to the Trump admin, the problem is that the exact same dynamic has brainwashed the media and the Democrats, who are in the same bubbles. If institutions were reacting appropriately to Trump’s authoritarian excesses and demagogic lunacy, he’d be even more unpopular
audreyii.bsky.social audreyii_fic @audreyii.bsky.social · 11d
I might be wrong, but I think their X bubbles have led them to overestimate their own popularity and how much power over the public they've actually consolidated
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11d
This might be the worst ICE video yet, because it’s literally random dudes hanging around, and then a bunch of heavily armed thugs running them down completely out of nowhere, because they’re brown. It’s a nightmare that would have seemed excessive in Jim Crow. Everyone in America should see this.
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11d
ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12d
The complete and total bullshit about this is that it should have been the FIRST question asked of Johnson. It is a disgrace that he was not asked about this before he ended his press conference. Unbelievable that he continues to get away with this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d
Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d
NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 12d
will never get over the Washington Post Editorial Board recommending confirming Pam Bondi
ATTORNEY GENERAL Pam Bondi Florida's former attorney general is qualified; lawyers who have worked with her report that she is serious.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12d
Remember when the Boston Globe ran this supposedly over-the-top front page to attack the idea of Trump ever being president, and now this is just the news every day? We've fallen so, so far because of this man
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Sam Bell @samuelwbell.bsky.social · 14d
Great op-ed by @jackiegoldman.bsky.social. While I support @sabinamatos.bsky.social’s work on hunger and food deserts, her Israel views have long been problematic. With the famine in Gaza, backing up the Netanyahu regime in yet another trip to Israel is especially irresponsible. t.co/mv4OFjzEZJ
https://www.providencejournal.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/10/04/lt-gov-matos-stance-on-israel-hunger-in-ri-a-contradiction-opinion/86168337007/
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18d
Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 21d
I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d
Rand Paul: "Chicago is a nightmare. It is literally a war zone."
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Sam Bell @samuelwbell.bsky.social · 22d
And I say all this as someone who’s been a vocal McKee critic for more than a decade.
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Sam Bell @samuelwbell.bsky.social · 22d
And I say all this as someone who’s been a vocal McKee critic for more than a decade.
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Sam Bell @samuelwbell.bsky.social · 22d
This is also a wild position for a YIMBY like @samd.bsky.social to take. McKee has been a key supporter of our new laws that have made historic progress on upzoning. Foulkes has dodged the issue. All likely alternatives I’ve heard of would be even better than McKee on the issue.
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Sam Bell @samuelwbell.bsky.social · 22d
Yes, McKee sucks, but we should not listen to people out of state who haven’t learned about the truly evil things Helena Foulkes did to push opioids when she ran CVS pharmacy.

No Democrat should ever support Foulkes. We deserve someone who isn’t terrible.
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Sam Bell @samuelwbell.bsky.social · 22d
This is also a wild position for a YIMBY like @samd.bsky.social to take. McKee has been a key supporter of our new laws that have made historic progress on upzoning. Foulkes has dodged the issue. All likely alternatives I’ve heard of would be even better than McKee on the issue.
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