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Steve Sawyer @stevesawyer12.bsky.social · 2h

Poppyseed, cream cheese and a couple slices of lox (preferably) or cold-smoked salmon.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

“.. Frank Miranda, 46, filmed ICE agents confronting him before work on Oct. 2, demanding that he answer questions about where he was born. When he refused, agents threatened him with a dog ..”

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Steve Sawyer @stevesawyer12.bsky.social · 2h

For most of our lives it seems to crawl by. But as I get older the passage of time seems to be quick enough that I can sense it as a chill breeze, rustling the leaves. /fin

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Steve Sawyer @stevesawyer12.bsky.social · 2h

Huh…

I didn’t stop to think while witnessing the frenzy over the celebration of our 200th birthday that I’d likely be around for the next big celebration at the quarter-millennium mark. 🤔

It’s something we take for granted, but time really is weird. /1

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Steve Sawyer @stevesawyer12.bsky.social · 2h

They might pass on this if they’re sensitive to going easy on family members. OTOH she keeps putting herself out there…

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 3h

Dems had the majority and did not do this.

GOP got the majority and nuked the filibuster.

Everything is projection.

Demos should use the very powers GOP/Trump have used to advance the benefits of the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Steve Sawyer @stevesawyer12.bsky.social · 2h

The lack of our centuries of democratic traditions (however imperfectly realized) is often cited as a factor in failures of democracy in other nations. /end

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Steve Sawyer @stevesawyer12.bsky.social · 2h

The third leg of my hope is that unlike most successful authoritarian takeovers, we have a population of 330m people that have 250 years of experience *NOT* being under the jackboots of tyrants. /4

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Steve Sawyer @stevesawyer12.bsky.social · 2h

They’re trying to consolidate power quickly which (again) makes all of this obvious even to people that aren’t usually paying any attention. /3

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Steve Sawyer @stevesawyer12.bsky.social · 2h

This regime doesn’t have the initial popular support that tyrants usually enjoy, providing a period in which they can slowly wrap their tentacles around the institutions with little concern among, and often enthusiastic support by the population. /2

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Steve Sawyer @stevesawyer12.bsky.social · 2h

This is one of the three legs of the hope I have for our future.

These guys are so stupid they’re advertising the stuff that is alienating their support, and further energizing their opposition.

The second leg is…/1

Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem.bsky.social · 3h

These do not look like police videos. They look like campaign ones." I spoke about DHS's glossy, military like videos. The deportations are for the camera. @cnn.com @zbyronwolf.bsky.social

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Analysis: DHS leans into propaganda with militaristic action videos | CNN Politics

When helicopters descended on a Chicago apartment building last week with federal agents kitted out in military gear, locals saw a terrifying escalation in the federal government’s incursion into Chic...

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 3h

My guess is the Qatari’s threatened to close al Udeid since we didn’t protect them from the Israeli strike, and this is a placatory move. We already train the Singapore Air Force at Mountain Home.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 6h

It’s a great way to protest
And effect at fighting bullies

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 7h

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 19h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 11h

⭐️ Nobel Committee delivers a tasty soupçon of ‘fat chance, butthead.’

“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said”

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12h

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 13h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 6h

More than convincing anyone, this makes opposition *fun*

There's a big chunk of our civilization that thinks we should do things that are important just because they're important; we shouldn't need them to be enjoyable. But there are also some who think, hey, let's make it fun to do the right thing

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 10h

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

The man was 77 years old and his wife previously organized one of the local ‘No Kings’ protests. All he did was write ‘You Lack Values’ and got an intimidation visit from Desantis’s Gestapo.

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𝔸𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 @amberdawn1116.bsky.social · 11h

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𝔸𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 @amberdawn1116.bsky.social · 9h

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Nancy Terhune @nancyterhune.bsky.social · 9h

Just this morning, I was thinking of a protest consisting of several hundred dinosaurs, Disney characters, M&Ms, sheep, and ears of corn.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 19h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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𝔸𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 @amberdawn1116.bsky.social · 8h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet.

MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 7h

"It’s important to be lucid about where we are. This isn’t Trump escalating a fight James started. It’s Trump being Trump the only way he knows how: smashing, smashing, and smashing until the last irritating opponent is gone from his sight."

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The Insidious Effort To Rationalize Trump’s Lawfare

This is not a president justified in going after those who went after him. It’s a person making a mockery of our justice system.

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stuartpstevens.bsky.social @stuartpstevens.bsky.social · 7h

Something happened in the Republican Party. Over decades we developed a system that rewarded compliance and punished independence. It was like a genetic experiment in how to cultivate a party of subservient elected officials.

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What Trump Understood about the Republican Party

How did a party that once prided itself on principle become in thrall to the most unprincipled president in history?

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