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8. Use your town square
Every one of us has a town square. It may include our social media accounts, our local book club or dinner table. Use your town square to speak out in favor of democracy and against what Republicans are doing. Do not shy away from difficult conversations; seek them out.
Every one of us has a town square. It may include our social media accounts, our local book club or dinner table. Use your town square to speak out in favor of democracy and against what Republicans are doing. Do not shy away from difficult conversations; seek them out.
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
This is so important. We have power and this is is how we use it.
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This hasn't received much attention but with 2nd seizure of oil tanker of Venezuela it will.
The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law.
China has taken the issue to the UN.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law.
China has taken the issue to the UN.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
China says US seizure of ships 'serious violation' of international law
The U.S. intercepted a China-bound oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast.
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This hasn't received much attention but with 2nd seizure of oil tanker of Venezuela it will.
The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law.
China has taken the issue to the UN.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law.
China has taken the issue to the UN.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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NEW: Ohio has just restricted mail voting, banning the so-called 'grace period' that allows mail ballots to come in the day after Election Day as long as they've been postmarked in time.
This is likely to lead to thousands of Dem-leaning ballots to be rejected.
Ohio is following Trump's demands.
This is likely to lead to thousands of Dem-leaning ballots to be rejected.
Ohio is following Trump's demands.
Ohio Bans Grace Periods for Mail Ballots, Fulfilling Trump’s Wishes - Bolts
Ohio is the fourth GOP-run state this year to ban ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. A Supreme Court case could force that policy nationwide next year.
boltsmag.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
NEW: Ohio has just restricted mail voting, banning the so-called 'grace period' that allows mail ballots to come in the day after Election Day as long as they've been postmarked in time.
This is likely to lead to thousands of Dem-leaning ballots to be rejected.
Ohio is following Trump's demands.
This is likely to lead to thousands of Dem-leaning ballots to be rejected.
Ohio is following Trump's demands.
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The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
dlvr.it
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.
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This week, a bill to stop Trump from launching strikes against Venezuela fell 2 votes short in the House.
Last month, our similar effort in the Senate came up 2 votes short.
4 more Republicans.
That's all we need to stop this administration from potentially dragging America into war.
Last month, our similar effort in the Senate came up 2 votes short.
4 more Republicans.
That's all we need to stop this administration from potentially dragging America into war.
December 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This week, a bill to stop Trump from launching strikes against Venezuela fell 2 votes short in the House.
Last month, our similar effort in the Senate came up 2 votes short.
4 more Republicans.
That's all we need to stop this administration from potentially dragging America into war.
Last month, our similar effort in the Senate came up 2 votes short.
4 more Republicans.
That's all we need to stop this administration from potentially dragging America into war.
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This is exactly what happens when broadcasters bend to political pressure.
CBS pulling a fully reported 60 Minutes segment just 2 hours before airtime—while Paramount pursues a merger requiring Trump administration approval—is a textbook case of self-censorship. [1/3]
CBS pulling a fully reported 60 Minutes segment just 2 hours before airtime—while Paramount pursues a merger requiring Trump administration approval—is a textbook case of self-censorship. [1/3]
CBS postpones '60 Minutes' report on El Salvador's CECOT prison
CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" report on El Salvador's CECOT prison just hours before its scheduled Sunday broadcast, saying it would air at a future time.
www.reuters.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This is exactly what happens when broadcasters bend to political pressure.
CBS pulling a fully reported 60 Minutes segment just 2 hours before airtime—while Paramount pursues a merger requiring Trump administration approval—is a textbook case of self-censorship. [1/3]
CBS pulling a fully reported 60 Minutes segment just 2 hours before airtime—while Paramount pursues a merger requiring Trump administration approval—is a textbook case of self-censorship. [1/3]
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Amid soaring starvation in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, one young mother of two said she had considered taking her own life to save her children, “because I heard the U.N. takes care of the kids when the parents are gone.”
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Amid soaring starvation in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, one young mother of two said she had considered taking her own life to save her children, “because I heard the U.N. takes care of the kids when the parents are gone.”
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted on X video she said shows US personnel apprehending an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. CNN's Kevin Liptak reports.
Read more: https://cnn.it/4j9QpnA
Read more: https://cnn.it/4j9QpnA
December 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted on X video she said shows US personnel apprehending an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. CNN's Kevin Liptak reports.
Read more: https://cnn.it/4j9QpnA
Read more: https://cnn.it/4j9QpnA
Science works, too bad we’re going backwards.
Congrats to Australia, this is really cool!
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
December 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Science works, too bad we’re going backwards.
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Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
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In Moscow, they call her “our girl Tulsi” for a reason.
December 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
In Moscow, they call her “our girl Tulsi” for a reason.
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Today is the deadline to release the Epstein files. The DOJ is refusing to comply.
This is about justice for survivors and holding participants and co-conspirators accountable.
The Epstein Files Act is the law, not a suggestion.
Release the files. Immediately.
This is about justice for survivors and holding participants and co-conspirators accountable.
The Epstein Files Act is the law, not a suggestion.
Release the files. Immediately.
December 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today is the deadline to release the Epstein files. The DOJ is refusing to comply.
This is about justice for survivors and holding participants and co-conspirators accountable.
The Epstein Files Act is the law, not a suggestion.
Release the files. Immediately.
This is about justice for survivors and holding participants and co-conspirators accountable.
The Epstein Files Act is the law, not a suggestion.
Release the files. Immediately.
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Trump is, and will always be known as, a mass murderer.
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Trump is, and will always be known as, a mass murderer.
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
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Experts tell US lawmakers that a crucial spy program’s safeguards are failing, allowing intel agencies deeper, unconstrained access to Americans’ data. www.wired.com/story/warnin...
Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers
Experts tell US lawmakers that a crucial spy program’s safeguards are failing, allowing intel agencies deeper, unconstrained access to Americans’ data.
www.wired.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Experts tell US lawmakers that a crucial spy program’s safeguards are failing, allowing intel agencies deeper, unconstrained access to Americans’ data. www.wired.com/story/warnin...
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“No, WE didn’t forget the mother in this situation. YOU did. You voted for this… it was ok until it happened to YOU.” #ForcedBirthNation
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“No, WE didn’t forget the mother in this situation. YOU did. You voted for this… it was ok until it happened to YOU.” #ForcedBirthNation
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I was told these kinds of things were not going to happen when Trump was president. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Two US soldiers and interpreter killed by Islamic State gunman in Syria, US military says
The Pentagon said three other service members were injured in the attack, during which the gunman was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I was told these kinds of things were not going to happen when Trump was president. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Where’s the lie?
December 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Where’s the lie?
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Some Miracles do exist at Christmas!
Indiana Senate rejects Redistricting Map in Defiance of Donnie Boy’s Push!
Indiana Senate rejects Redistricting Map in Defiance of Donnie Boy’s Push!
Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president
In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House itself, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 e...
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some Miracles do exist at Christmas!
Indiana Senate rejects Redistricting Map in Defiance of Donnie Boy’s Push!
Indiana Senate rejects Redistricting Map in Defiance of Donnie Boy’s Push!
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Whole of the American economy is now piracy.
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Whole of the American economy is now piracy.
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Beefing with celebrities online. Reposting AI-generated memes of Franklin the Turtle. Sharing videos of people being detained to copyrighted music.
All of these prove exactly what @annamerlan.bsky.social wrote about months ago: The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird.
All of these prove exactly what @annamerlan.bsky.social wrote about months ago: The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird.
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Beefing with celebrities online. Reposting AI-generated memes of Franklin the Turtle. Sharing videos of people being detained to copyrighted music.
All of these prove exactly what @annamerlan.bsky.social wrote about months ago: The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird.
All of these prove exactly what @annamerlan.bsky.social wrote about months ago: The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird.
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