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WE NEED A WARTIME LEADER!!! #WARTIMELEADER PLEASE REPOST THE POST TO GET IDEA IN PUBLIC DISCUSSION. FREE ABREGO GARCIA. Member - Indivisible Baltimore County https://bsky.app/profile/indivisiblebaltoco.bsky.social No bio or posts no follow back

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · Mar 31

WE NEED A WARTIME LEADER! We are at war with a dictator. First we had hope in Congress but it appears they cannot do a whole lot beyond performative actions and make speeches. Then we had hope in the courts but with the Justice Department being corrupted, they cannot enforce their orders.

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 17h

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 1d

People need to fact check themselves everything that is reported even by sources they believe they can trust. Unfortunately most people also only read the headlines which are why memes are so popular.

Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 2d

Love this. Aww this problems of the GOP shutdown. Keep it going. Poor babies

thePrisoner @theeprisoner.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump and Epstein statue is back up. At first It was taken down by the park service, but since the GOP has closed down the government, now there is nobody to take this one down.

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 5d

This is fantastic work. Congratulations to who ever organized it!!!

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 10d

I believe Van Hollen is a great candidate for President. He is out there confronting ICE and the deportation of people, Israel and it's genocide, urging Dems to keep a backbone and confronting the dictator.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Van Hollen: "It's good to see the president finally get off the golf course and decide to talk. He's been much more focused, as we all know, on keeping the Epstein files locked up than keeping the government open."

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 12d

The State Department is revokng his visa because he called him Hitler in his speech at the UN. Well done President Pedro.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12d

The US State Department says it is revoking the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro.

The State Department claims that President Petro “stood on a NYC street and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence.”

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 16d

I was born in 1952 3 years before Tylenol was even introduced but I have Autism. This was not realized until I was 68. It has probably been around a long time before I was born. So this assertion by the dictator and his toadie is blatantly untrue much like his drink disinfectant to cure Covid.

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 16d

Hurray!!! We stood strong and we won. Everyone celebrate. Can't wait for maga's reaction.

Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 BREAKING NEWS — Breaking via @NBCNews: Jimmy #Kimmel to return.

Statement from the Walt Disney Company: "We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday."
www.nbcnews.com/business/med...

Jimmy Kimmel's show returning on Tuesday, ABC announces

The network pulled the show after the Federal Communications Commission chair threatened to revoke ABC affiliate licenses after the host's comments about Charlie Kirk's death.

www.nbcnews.com

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 18d

Love Neil Young. He opened Farm Aid with his new song Big Crime in DC at the White House. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B9A...

Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts - Big Crime (chicago sound check) - (Official Video)

YouTube video by neilyoungchannel

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 19d

Mr Newberger keeps putting out great anti-dictator songs, Love this blues song Everything Under Trump is a Little More Stupid covers a lot of ground. His No Kings Day song was fantastic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8d1...

NEW BLUES SONG - Everything Under Trump is a Little More Stupid

YouTube video by Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies

www.youtube.com

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 20d

i call it a tie

Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 20d

This is the kind of information we need to get through these difficult times. Though Ohioans must be complete idiots if they would vote for Vivek Ramaswamy. www.meidasplus.com/p/dems-outpe...

Dems Outperformed 2024 in 38 out of 40 Races in 2025

Polls in several key races for governor in 2025/26 are also encouraging.

www.meidasplus.com

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 20d

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 21d

You tell them Senator Van Hollen

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21d

Trump and his cronies are using blatant government coercion to suppress speech they don’t like — a gross violation of the 1st Amendment. Shame on ABC for caving to political blackmail.

We must stand with those who resist the bullies and call out those who appease them. NO KINGS.

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure

www.nytimes.com

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 21d

Damn right we need to build our own infrastructure to counter these boot licking nitwits.

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 21d

On social media Wednesday night, after Kimmel’s suspension was announced, The Onion’s Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social wrote: “[it’s] Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love.”

Who’s after Kimmel?

Corporate-owned media is bending the knee to our dim-witted dictator

www.thealtmedia.com

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 27d

Very happy that my Senator Van Hollen and Senator Merkley are detailing the genocide that Netanyahu is perpetuating on the Palestinian people.

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 27d

Today @merkley.senate.gov and I released a report on our recent trip to the Middle East.

Our inescapable conclusion: the Netanyahu government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

Tune in as we discuss what we saw and where we go from here:

Van Hollen, Merkley Release Report Detailing Findings on Humanitarian Situation in Gaza

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 28d

I can have sympathy for his wife and kids. But not much fo him

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 28d

This is very well said concerning the death of Charlie Kirk.

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 29d

This is the kind of action we need evey time action we need every time ICE is encountered. 'Gestapo!' Immigration agents swarmed and tires slashed in explosive standoff www.rawstory.com/ice-arrest-2...

www.rawstory.com

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 29d

Don't do many memes but this is too good.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · Sep 8

Surprise, surprise: Trump’s White House wants to get rid of the watchdog that holds the executive branch accountable to the American people on critical budget issues. They don’t like anything with “Accountability” in the job description.

We cannot stand for this. No Kings.

OMB director says Government Accountability Office "shouldn't exist"

"They are a quasi-legislative independent entity and something that shouldn't exist," he said.

www.axios.com

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · Sep 9

This Trump-packed Supreme Court is ramping up its reckless practice of providing ZERO rationale for striking down orders from appellate courts that rein in lawless acts by the Trump Admin.

Calling this ‘temporary’ doesn’t change the reality: they are enabling authoritarianism.

Chief justice allows Trump to fire a Democratic FTC commissioner for now

The ruling comes after an appeals court last week found that Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter could be reinstated to her job because the president had fired her “without cause.”

www.washingtonpost.com

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · Sep 6

Live coverage of the massive Free DC protest www.youtube.com/live/IF6bOHk...

WATCH LIVE: Protestors Hold 'Free D.C.' Protest In Washington D.C.

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

www.youtube.com

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is the kind of information every Democrat needs to get through days of WTF is the dictator is doing now. Subscribe to the @thedownballot.bsky.social

The Downballot @the-downballot.com · Sep 2

Florida counts quick! And they've just tallied up two more sizable overperformances for Dems:

• In #SD15: +22 vs. 2024 presidential results
• In #HD40: +15

Dems now averaging +15.7 vs. 2024 across 38 qualifying special elections.

Complete Big Board: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thank you Senator Van Hollen and Senator Merkley for be forthright about the genocide that Netanyahu is committing against the Palestinians. Most of are politicians are afraid to speak out.

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · Aug 31

In 2024 Sen. Merkley & I visited the Rafah gate on the Egypt-Gaza border. On the other side was Gaza’s thriving city of Rafah—home to 270K. Today we saw it reduced to rubble.

The Netanyahu govt has gone beyond targeting Hamas to waging a war of destruction against all Palestinians. It must end.

Rafah has been reduced to rubble

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

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