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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 13h

#StandTogether

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 17h

10 days!

fire @branfont.bsky.social · 1d

We’re 11 days out! Here’s an easy way to “do something”. Attend a #NoKings event on Oct 18. There are over 2200 of them scheduled all over the country—they’re expected to be the biggest protests in U.S. history. All the info is at nokings.org.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 18h

The EAC is considering a requirement that voters show a passport or other proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote. Eligible voters will be excluded from participating in elections if this goes through. There are actions we can take to prevent this from happening.

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 1d

We’re 11 days out! Here’s an easy way to “do something”. Attend a #NoKings event on Oct 18. There are over 2200 of them scheduled all over the country—they’re expected to be the biggest protests in U.S. history. All the info is at nokings.org.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

nokings.org

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Owns This Shutdown

Post, share, and flood every platform with truth! Share these posts with the hashtag #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown and spread the word! 📣 @demcast.com

Trump’s HealthCare Shutdown

Spread the Word!

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 1d

Join the Visibility Brigade!Nonviolent action is the antidote for despair and the more that you do to help save our democracy, the better you will feel. Learn what you can do right now! @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social

The Visibility Brigade: Resistance is Possible!

Activating citizens with our overpass actions!

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, fear is catching, but courage is more contagious yet. So many who want to rise up are just looking for a local leader. Be one! You are the ones we’ve been waiting for. It is your courage that will be remembered in the history books. Let’s get to work! @jesscraven101.bsky.social

Chop Wood, Carry Water 10/6

The momentum is ours.

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 2d

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 2d

How Americans built a new infrastructure for modern democracy in the 1920s does not offer a step-by-step map for 2025. But it does suggest a way out of our destructive spiral. The answer to how this all ends turns on bold new institutional forms and experiments we have only barely begun to launch.

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 2d

Whatever it takes to slow their roll… this may be the most feckless coup ever.

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Brian! #StandTogether

fire @branfont.bsky.social · 3d

When all of this is over - and someday it will be - what will you say to your children?

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 3d

Trump keeps losing. A federal judge in Seattle granted the ACLU’s request to block a directive from the Trump administration that sought to exclude certain immigrant families from Head Start for the first time in the program’s 60-year history.

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Bar Some Immigrant Families From Head Start

A federal court stopped the administration’s attempt to exclude some immigrant children from the nation’s largest early childhood education program, protecting millions of families while the case cont...

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 3d

Trump keeps losing.

In her ruling, Trump appointed Judge Immergut wrote that the president exceeded his constitutional authority in mobilizing federal troops.

Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore.

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 3d

@anntelnaes.bsky.social

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 3d

It begins with the ones deemed expendable, and it ends with the ones who thought they were safe. #StandTogether Everyone to the streets Oct 18th! @jojofromjerz.bsky.social

Fascism is Not Coming To America, it is Here

Chicago. Masks. Flashbangs. A country out of excuses.

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 4d

The good news for Democrats is they have many effective communicators with big platforms. They need to listen to the roar of the crowd. @mollyjongfast.bsky.social

Opinion | What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

I said what I said.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 5d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 5d

To the streets Oct 18th! #StandTogether

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 5d

Activist, organizer, and “Chop Wood, Carry Water” founder Jess Craven joins Sane(ish) for a conversation about reclaiming hope and power in the face of political chaos. @jesscraven101.bsky.social @jojofromjerz.bsky.social

How to Defeat the GOP Fear Factory with Jess Craven

Jo interviews activist, organizer, and “Chop Wood, Carry Water” founder Jess Craven

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fire @branfont.bsky.social · 5d

Trump loses again. The First Circuit Court of Appeals rejects the administration’s attempt to enforce Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. @democracydocket.com

First Circuit Rebukes Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order as Unconstitutional