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Indivisible ATL @indivisibleatl.bsky.social · 1d

Mario Guevara was wrongfully deported for filming ICE.

Join us on 10/18 Atlanta! Let's be brave together!

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

While Trump escalates his attacks on our freedoms with occupations of our cities and secret police forces terrorizing our communities, normal everyday people across the nation are showing up every single day with courage and defiance. Join your local peaceful protest: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Laura N. Rodríguez Presa on Twitter: “A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.”

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Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social · 1d

Now, we’re taking this momentum into the general — because our communities deserve a representative who fights for us, not corporate donors.

Let’s finish the job. 🗳️
➡️ aftynforcongress.com...

#AftynForCongress #TN07 #TeamAftyn #PeoplePowered #FlipThe7th

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Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social · 1d

Aftyn Behn Wins the Democratic Primary!

It’s official — Aftyn Behn is the Democratic nominee for Congress in Tennessee’s 7th District! 💙

This victory belongs to every volunteer, voter, and believer who knocked doors, made calls, and showed that people power still wins in Tennessee.

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 1d

Aftyn is exactly the type of take-no-shit leader we need in DC, and a fearless champion for working people in TN-7. You want a new face to rebuild the Dem party, fight Trump, and make life affordable? @aftynbehn.bsky.social is your gal.

Feed kids, fix roads, fund hospitals.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

⚡️ NEW: State Rep. Aftyn Behn has won the Democratic Primary in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District Special Election

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Indivisible Chicago Northwest @indivisiblechicagonw.org · 4d

U-Haul and Budget vehicles are being used by ICE to carry out raids in Chicago.

Transporting both people and firearms is a direct violation of their rental terms.

Are they okay with their vehicles being used this way?

#uhaul #budgettruckrental #boycott #indivisible #indivisiblechicagonw

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 8d

listening to ol Newt on a shutdown strategy would be like taking advice from Elon Musk on how to keep your rockets from exploding

Is there *relevant* experience? Sure. Is that experience useful in avoiding catastrophe? Well, as they say, scoreboard.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8d

In Opinion

“Democrats are poised to shut down the government in order to look like they’re willing to 'do something' — anything — to thwart President Trump," Newt Gingrich writes. “That might be what their base wants, but it’s not how you go about trying to win back the House majority.”

Opinion | Newt Gingrich: How to Win a Shutdown Fight

It’s hard to come out a victor without a clear objective and a clear message.

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 8d

"The Constitution is not self-effectuating. There must be some prospect of an effective remedy...Otherwise, this Court ought terminate these proceedings at this point lest it become no more than a divisive scold"

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 8d

"To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police. Carrying on in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it."

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 8d

this entire opinion is really remarkable, and Judge Young calls it exactly like it is when it comes to ICE hiding behind masks. We must not tolerate such an insidious assault on who we aspire to be as a nation.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 9d

It's that time again. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Now's the time to stiffen spines

This is a big week for the defiance.

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IndivisibleMayD @indivisiblemayday.bsky.social · 10d

Join us!

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 12d

I cosign everything in this thread. Biden foreign policy officials who want to align themselves with the policies and advocates they belittled, dismissed, lied about, and flatly ignored throughout 2023-2024 can start with an honest accounting of their own roles.

Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 13d

Though nice to see Jon Finer and Philip Gordon catch up to bare minimum of where activists and the public have been for nearly two years on restricting US arms to the Israeli government, their article erases their own role in abetting the Netanyahu government’s genocide.

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 12d

John Roberts is a pathetic figure, who is now personally implicated in the hundreds of thousands of lives this costs.

It's even more important that Democrats fight like hell for restrictions on this shit in the funding bill. SCOTUS isn't coming to save us.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid funding

President Donald Trump has asserted the power to unilaterally withhold funds allocated by Congress.

www.nbcnews.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 12d

The point of funding deals is to secure money that helps people. If the administration plans to just illegally ignore any deal you make with them, what’s the point of making a deal?

Don’t take it from me, take it from,,,,, Steve Womack, a senior GOP appropriator.

"If you're a Democrat - even just like a mainstream Democrat - your predisposition might be to help negotiate with Republicans on a funding mechanism," said Rep. Steve Womack, a senior GOP appropriator. "Why would you do that if you know that whatever you negotiate is going to be subject to the knife pulled out by Russ Vought?"

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 13d

I don’t even know what to say about this other than to any pals in Seattle consider who you think is prepared to show the courage this moment in history will demand of us

Hannah Krieg @hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 13d

NEW: Mayoral candidate Katie Wilson is boycotting KOMO until Sinclair reinstates Jimmy Kimmel. Instead of joining her, Harrell's calling her advocacy for free speech opportunistic and hypocritical. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayoral...

Mayoral Candidate Katie Wilson Won’t Participate In KOMO Debate Unless They Bring Back Jimmy Kimmel

In a press conference at KOMO PLAZA Thursday, progressive Seattle Mayoral candidate Katie Wilson told the press she will not agree to any appearances on KOMO until the network brings back Jimmy Kimmel...

www.theburnerseattle.com

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 15d

He’s right to say it, and he’s right to say it *now*.

But this isn’t doomerism. Trump has not already stolen the 2026 elections. He has not already consolidated power. He couldn’t even get a comedian fired. We can, and therefore must, continue to exercise our rights defiantly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 16d

Pressure works. ABC/Disney bought into the image of Trump as all powerful, but they found out pretty fast that everyday people hold a lot of power, too.

An attempt to subpoena FCC Chair Brendan Carr is being blocked. Tell your representative to demand an investigation into government censorship. 👇

Tell the House to investigate government censorship of Jimmy Kimmel Live!

On September 17th, ABC/Disney announced it was indefinitely suspending the late-night TV show host Jimmy Kimmel, supposedly in response to comments in his monologue regarding the murder of Charlie Kir...

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 16d

This is very good. I agree. A lot of commentators (and many participants) confuse posting with doing something productive. We’re just posting. You actually do need to get offline to accomplish anything.

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 16d

Kimmel getting his show back is not just about a late night tv program. It reveals Trump’s weakness.

Trump wants everyone to think that submitting to his will is the only option – but that is a lie. Defiance is not only available, it is the strategic choice.

indivisible.org/statements/i...

Indivisible on Disney Reinstating Kimmel’s show: ‘Executives got a wakeup call from the American public’

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 16d

No wannabe king can match the power we wield when millions of us take action together.

(below an image of the Star Wars cast on Endor) “Disney says ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ will return to ABC on Tuesday”

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 16d

everything about this @jamellebouie.net video is spot on, but I particularly appreciated the observation that the Trump admin is attempting to create a real-world version of AI slop as part of their propaganda efforts.

slick nik @coleskiiiiii.bsky.social · 16d

shit ain’t over til it’s over

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 16d

These downward trend lines are what Bob Iger and other Disney/ABC execs are tying themselves to. It’s weak, pathetic, and cowardly - and our democracy is paying the price.

But it’s also really stupid and bad for Disney. This guy is really unpopular!

#BoycottDisneyABC

John Reeves @reevesjw.bsky.social · 16d

@gelliottmorris.com: "many people fundamentally underestimate how unpopular Trump is."

Trump is currently underwater on all key issues, something our corporate elites should consider before capitulating to him.

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 18d

the revolution will not be televised (they canceled their subscriptions)

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18d

One thing here is critical. Democrats should only negotiate/talk whatever directly with Trump. Not Thune or Johnson. They're just Trump's messengers. Third tier members, at best, in the MAGA organization. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Top Democratic Leaders Ask Trump for Meeting to Avert a Shutdown

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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 18d

this is the mainstream position, and electeds are playing catch-up to their voters. Much love to @repcasar.bsky.social @ramirez.house.gov and @usprogressives.bsky.social for leading this effort. It’s long past time we stop arming Netanyahu’s genocide.

zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

EXCLUSIVE: US Bill to Block Arms Sales to Israel Endorsed by Progressive Caucus

The endorsement of the Block the Bombs Act by one of the largest caucuses in Congress gives a significant boost to efforts to hold Israel accountable for its genocidal war in Gaza.

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