B Present
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Designer. Politically engaged. Pro-Democracy. Pro-Labor. Pro-Rule of Law. Pro-Transparency. Cyclist. Runner. Zendou MMA. Zen Buddhism. #SaveDemocracy
The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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The Warning with Steve Schmidt | Substack
Explains what is happening, and why in our turbulent era. Speaks truth to power. 1 written & 1 broadcast commentary/day 6x/week. Click to read The Warning with Steve Schmidt, a Substack publication wi...
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April 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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REMEMBER, IMMIGRATION OFFENSES ARE CIVIL OFFENSES! NOT CRIMINAL!!
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Video Captures Man Dragged Out of Car After Window Is Smashed by ICE Agent. His Lawyer Says They Have the Wrong Guy
ICE agents were filmed smashing Juan Francisco Mendez's car window and forcibly pulling him from the vehicle during a chaotic immigration arrest in Massachusetts. The Guatemalan immigrant's lawyer ins...
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April 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
REMEMBER, IMMIGRATION OFFENSES ARE CIVIL OFFENSES! NOT CRIMINAL!!
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Northwestern graduate student workers protest Trump's actions against universities. Keep up the good work!!
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Northwestern graduate workers protest Trump actions - Evanston RoundTable
Graduate student workers at Northwestern protest Trump's actions against universities, demanding funding from university sources and protecting international students.
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April 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Northwestern graduate student workers protest Trump's actions against universities. Keep up the good work!!
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Mass deportations, no due process, suppressing the media and bulldozing Congress and the Judiciary. Fascism isn’t coming, it’s here. New Episode of The Breakdown tonight at 7 PM EST: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_JB...
April 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Mass deportations, no due process, suppressing the media and bulldozing Congress and the Judiciary. Fascism isn’t coming, it’s here. New Episode of The Breakdown tonight at 7 PM EST: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_JB...
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ICE says it’s just doing what it’s told. The president of El Salvador says he’s powerless. Trump officials are acting like they’re not responsible. But the monster’s already been unleashed. And when a modern-day Gestapo like this is allowed to thrive, where will it all end?
The ICE Man Cometh
Trump’s Gestapo is here. It operates throughout the country. It can suddenly arrest anyone, with no crime alleged, and deport them for permanent imprisonment overseas. Will anyone stop this?
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April 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
ICE says it’s just doing what it’s told. The president of El Salvador says he’s powerless. Trump officials are acting like they’re not responsible. But the monster’s already been unleashed. And when a modern-day Gestapo like this is allowed to thrive, where will it all end?
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Defend Public Broadcasting!
Public broadcasting provides Americans with access to local news, educational programming, and independent journalism without corporate and political influence. Public broadcasters like PBS and NPR ar...
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April 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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IMPORTANT! STOP THE EVIL. No Kings. No Oligarchy.
IMPORTANT! STOP THE EVIL. No Kings. No Oligarchy.
Hands Off! Rally and March to Rise Up and Fight Back Against Trump/Musk Attacks · Hands Off
Join the Chicago Federation of Labor, Equality Illinois, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Indivisible Chicago, Personal PAC, Sierra Club Illinois, and many others to rally and marc...
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March 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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IMPORTANT! STOP THE EVIL. No Kings. No Oligarchy.
IMPORTANT! STOP THE EVIL. No Kings. No Oligarchy.
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This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
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Protect NOAA: Our Safety in a Climate-Changed World Depends on It
As part of the Project 2025 assault on basic and essential government functions, President Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). With recent f...
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March 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Tell Trump to Keep His Hands Off The Post Office
The U.S. Postal Service is again under attack by Donald Trump and the world's biggest business con, Elon Musk. Trump’s plans to overhaul the post office and privatize it would be disastrous for people...
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March 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Fantastic and important conversation. Must watch. #SaveDemocracy
‘Truly Chilling’: Mehdi on Trump’s Crackdown on Free Speech zeteo.com/p/truly-chil...
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‘Truly Chilling’: Mehdi on Trump’s Crackdown on Free Speech
Mehdi joins former Republicans Stuart Stevens and Rick Wilson for a discussion on Trump’s latest and dangerous threats to democracy.
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March 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Fantastic and important conversation. Must watch. #SaveDemocracy
‘Truly Chilling’: Mehdi on Trump’s Crackdown on Free Speech zeteo.com/p/truly-chil...
‘Truly Chilling’: Mehdi on Trump’s Crackdown on Free Speech zeteo.com/p/truly-chil...
Great article on the brazen incompetence, malice and stupidity of the Trump/DOGE brown shirts! #DOGE #stopDOGE #SaveDemocracy
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The Collateral Damage of Trump’s Firing Spree — The Wall Street Journal
From veterans hospitals to national parks, rapid cuts to federal workers are eating into services
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March 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Great article on the brazen incompetence, malice and stupidity of the Trump/DOGE brown shirts! #DOGE #stopDOGE #SaveDemocracy
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Click here to be connected with your Democratic senator. 👇
March 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Click here to be connected with your Democratic senator. 👇
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Congrats to ADL, AJC and the other mainstream Jewish orgs content to sit back while a fascist delivers antisemitic smears against the most prominent Jew in American government
Trump: "Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I'm concerned. He's become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He's not Jewish anymore. He's a Palestinian."
March 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Congrats to ADL, AJC and the other mainstream Jewish orgs content to sit back while a fascist delivers antisemitic smears against the most prominent Jew in American government
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Corporate monopolies aren’t just bad for business — they’re bad for your wallet. Minimal competition means maximized price gouging.
March 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Corporate monopolies aren’t just bad for business — they’re bad for your wallet. Minimal competition means maximized price gouging.
I am new to Bluesky. I’d like to try something. I’d like to start a dialogue, a movement that helps #SaveDemocracy. It may not go anywhere but it is worth a try. I am going to share thoughts, ideas on how to save the Republic, Democracy and representative government, in other words, the real USA.
March 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I am new to Bluesky. I’d like to try something. I’d like to start a dialogue, a movement that helps #SaveDemocracy. It may not go anywhere but it is worth a try. I am going to share thoughts, ideas on how to save the Republic, Democracy and representative government, in other words, the real USA.
It may seem grandiose, but if you think my ideas have value, please share these posts so we can get a real movement started. The majority of elected Democratic senators and reps ARE NOT going to save Democracy, WE ARE. We must triage our political, social and mental energies into #SavingDemocracy.
March 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It may seem grandiose, but if you think my ideas have value, please share these posts so we can get a real movement started. The majority of elected Democratic senators and reps ARE NOT going to save Democracy, WE ARE. We must triage our political, social and mental energies into #SavingDemocracy.
We can't spend time on lesser issues until US Democracy is again secured. MAGA and Project 2025 are parasites, gremlins that are breaking us down, seizing the engine of Democracy.
March 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We can't spend time on lesser issues until US Democracy is again secured. MAGA and Project 2025 are parasites, gremlins that are breaking us down, seizing the engine of Democracy.
We must fix the engine to get back on the road to reach important destinations. Right now, we are stuck on the shoulder with the hood up. We are not going anywhere. Beautiful destinations are unattainable.
March 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We must fix the engine to get back on the road to reach important destinations. Right now, we are stuck on the shoulder with the hood up. We are not going anywhere. Beautiful destinations are unattainable.
We must use the POWER OF WORDS. We must articulate, like MLK masterfully did, the key reasons why Democracy must be saved. Americans have always been wonderfully individualistic.
March 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We must use the POWER OF WORDS. We must articulate, like MLK masterfully did, the key reasons why Democracy must be saved. Americans have always been wonderfully individualistic.
THEY DO NOT LIKE BEING TOLD what to do, what to believe, who to worship, how to live, where to live and who and what to love. Fascism, Totalitarianism and Autocracy are the OPPOSITE OF INDIVIDUALISM. THEY tell you what to do AND force you to believe their lies. How is that American??
March 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
THEY DO NOT LIKE BEING TOLD what to do, what to believe, who to worship, how to live, where to live and who and what to love. Fascism, Totalitarianism and Autocracy are the OPPOSITE OF INDIVIDUALISM. THEY tell you what to do AND force you to believe their lies. How is that American??
We are stronger, more productive, more creative, WE ARE MORE when we are exposed to a variety of beliefs and ideas. Enforcing false narratives based on lies, greed and hate to serve interests of a tiny minority of rich, evil egomaniacs (Trump, MAGA, Fox, Republican establishment), is UNAMERICAN!
March 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We are stronger, more productive, more creative, WE ARE MORE when we are exposed to a variety of beliefs and ideas. Enforcing false narratives based on lies, greed and hate to serve interests of a tiny minority of rich, evil egomaniacs (Trump, MAGA, Fox, Republican establishment), is UNAMERICAN!
We need to wake up good people of all stripes to reembrace why we love the freedom and individualism of being an American. I believe at least 30% of Republicans want to do the right thing. They are not bad people, they are wildly misinformed, in particular about their self-interest.
March 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We need to wake up good people of all stripes to reembrace why we love the freedom and individualism of being an American. I believe at least 30% of Republicans want to do the right thing. They are not bad people, they are wildly misinformed, in particular about their self-interest.
We need to rebrand what it means to be a patriotic American, so we can recapture the imagination of our fellow Americans and the soul of what it means to be free, patriotic American.
March 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We need to rebrand what it means to be a patriotic American, so we can recapture the imagination of our fellow Americans and the soul of what it means to be free, patriotic American.