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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 2d

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zensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social · 1d

#ProudBlue Kurt has provided excellent resources to learn about how to combat what is happening in our country. Take a look 👇

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · Jul 7

Electoral politics as we know it will not lead us out of this. We are too far gone now. Instead, we need to look at the nonviolent paths other countries followed to free themselves from authoritarian regimes. Turn off cable news, turn down social media, and pick up these roadmaps and guidebooks: 1/

Photo of stack of nine books mentioned in this thread

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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spotonjay.bsky.social @spotonjay.bsky.social · 1d

A Gay hero from NEW JERSEY
(just sayin')

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 1d

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spotonjay.bsky.social @spotonjay.bsky.social · 1d

Shouldn't they be sued for forcing Apple to take down ICEblock?

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spotonjay.bsky.social @spotonjay.bsky.social · 1d

She is actively protecting the president from accountability for his illegal acts

Someday, she must be disbarred and if possible, tried, convicted and imprisoned

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds reasonable 🤔.........

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spotonjay.bsky.social @spotonjay.bsky.social · 1d

That's funny, but ICE agents should be treated with the respect they are denying others

Martin Luther King Jr and Mahatma Gandhi set successful examples of how to deal with unprovoked violent oppression

And protestors should absolutely NOT be wearing masks

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spotonjay.bsky.social @spotonjay.bsky.social · 1d

If they're fired upon, they can fire back

So American citizens, when dealing with American soldiers, must adopt the example set by Martin Luther King Jr and Mahatma Gandhi

It is important not to give soldiers following illegal orders any excuse for any violence acts on their part

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 1d

You’ll never be able to convince me ripping an American citizen out of their Chicago apartment in the dead of night, zip tying their hands and refusing to let them call their lawyer is ‘America First’

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Yes, It's Really 💙 Ted Diamond 💙 @ted-diamond.bsky.social · 2d

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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spotonjay.bsky.social @spotonjay.bsky.social · 1d

That was a question for her nomination hearing

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 2d

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spotonjay.bsky.social @spotonjay.bsky.social · 1d

How do we know that definition isn't an illusion?

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spotonjay.bsky.social @spotonjay.bsky.social · 1d

Why don't MAGA die-hards use the same bronzer that Donald Trump uses? Don't they want to be orange too?

spotonjay.bsky.social @spotonjay.bsky.social · 1d

The President of the United States has a history of raping teenage girls, and to quote Charlie Kirk:

PROVE ME WRONG

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 2d

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 2d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is threatening to withhold back pay for federal workers furloughed during the shutdown — which goes against a law he signed in 2019, by the way.

This should come as no surprise: Trump and his businesses have been accused of stiffing hundreds of their own workers out of pay over the years.

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Scoops @scooptown.bsky.social · 2d

They are all traitors.

That's an act of sedition right there.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

🔊TURN DOWN THE VOLUME

Californians don't want to hear commercials at a volume any louder than what they were previously enjoying their program at.

I just signed legislation enforcing this regulation across streaming platforms.

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