The Defenders of Democracy
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The Defenders Of Democracy bring people together with the common goal of taking back our power and strengthen ties that bind us as lovers of democracy. We invite you all to join our milestone celebrations. It is a great way to meet strong resisters
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As #DefendersOfDemocracy we refuse to go quietly into night and pledge to fight in order to strengthen and improve the lives of all people, and secure democracy for generations to come.

Here is our Defenders of Democracy team!
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maplemama20.bsky.social
Is this the thing to make trump supporters finally get mad at him. Kendall @kendallyb.bsky.social thinks so. Here's her take on trump allowing Qatar to build a air force facility on American soil in Idaho
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chuckcjmmn.bsky.social
History will lump Trump, Miller, Noem, Bondi, Homan, etc along with all the other miserable people who tortured others for their sadistic pleasure.

If you don’t speak out against them, you’re forever tied to them.

#DefendersOfDemocracy
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namwella1961.bsky.social
So, Trump did not win his coveted Nobel Peace Prize.

Has someone checked, is he out of the Emergency Room for a severely wounded ego yet?
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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tizzywoman.bsky.social
Your daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH.

If these times feel like you’re living in an episode of The Twilight Zone, you’re not wrong.

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup
Rod Serling: Imagine, if you will, a world where the President of the United States is a rapist.
Oh, wait...
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chuckcjmmn.bsky.social
The imbeciles at the White House need nonstop help correcting their propaganda.

I fixed this one for Karolying Leaveit! Feel free to use or share!

#DefendersOfDemocracy
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mindcite.bsky.social
Joseph Goebbels predicted "We shall down in history as the greatest statesmen of all time, or as the greatest criminals."

How'd that work out for Goebbels, his goons and Germany, GOP? bsky.app/profile/mind...
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mindcite.bsky.social
GOP strategist Stephen Miller: "The president has plenary authority."

Nazi strategist Joseph Goebbels: "We have made the Reich by propaganda."
#WakeUpAmerica #NeverAgainIsNOW
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alongcametrisha.bsky.social
The only thing better than trump NOT getting the Nobel Peace Prize is that it went to a WOMAN who is more courageous than trump will ever be. She worked to fight the authoritarian govt of Venezuela to bring democracy to her people. She is the antithesis of DJT.

Congrats to Maria Corina Machado!
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ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social
Woot woot! All day long with this great news! I just love the taste of tangerine clown tears in the morning. 😏

#NobelPeacePrize #TrumpLost #Pinks
Gaby Oraa/Reuters: 

María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised the opposition politician for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."
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hkdevine.bsky.social
Proud to be a part of this awesome team! 💙
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jackie--o.bsky.social
Following 🦋💙🦋
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celebrate-life.bsky.social
We are stronger together.
#SpeakTruthToPower
#StandUp
#PeacefulProtest
#GoodTrouble

Pushing back matters. If you do fight, you don’t always win. But if you don’t fight you always lose.
— S2025 E60 | The Rachel Maddow Show
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thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social
As #DefendersOfDemocracy we refuse to go quietly into night and pledge to fight in order to strengthen and improve the lives of all people, and secure democracy for generations to come.

Here is our Defenders of Democracy team!
thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social
We do have a great team. Thank you again for all of your help❣️
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squireafd.bsky.social
Of course you could. We have a great team. 🫶
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jeffroushwriting.bsky.social
As we look at current and recent book bans and restrictions, we see the same pattern: the pretense of deep morality proffered as an excuse to attack words and ideas—typically regarding LGBTQ books, characters, and ideas. Old story, new chapter. (3/3)

library.piedmont.edu/c.php?g=5213...
Arrendale Library: Lillian Smith Studies: Author of Strange Fruit Shares Her Mail
Arrendale Library: Lillian Smith Studies: Author of Strange Fruit Shares Her Mail
library.piedmont.edu
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jeffroushwriting.bsky.social
In fact, the bans had much more to do with an interracial romance and an unflinching look at racist violence in the United States. The bans on Strange Fruit were a product of prejudice, wrapped in the comfortable blanket of appeals to morality and protecting youth. (2/3)
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jeffroushwriting.bsky.social
This Banned Books Week Thursday, we’ll take a look at Strange Fruit. This book was published in 1944 and almost immediately banned in Boston and Detroit, on the basis of “obscenity.” That charge, ostensibly, was based on one profanity and a few lines of sexual content. (1/3)
Cover of Strange Fruit, a novel by Lillian Smith.  The cover shows a black woman and a white Nan together, divided by flames from a small town.
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