Carol Downs
@cd284.bsky.social
A thankful and grateful Recovering, enlightened, woke, former evangelical.
Tell Your Representative to Vote NO on H.R. 22 act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...
Tell Your Representative to Vote NO on H.R. 22
House Republicans are once again pushing H.R.22, what we’re calling the “Silencing Americans Act,” a dangerous bill that would create unnecessary obstacles for millions of eligible Americans trying to...
act.indivisible.org
July 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Tell Your Representative to Vote NO on H.R. 22 act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...
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Maddow: 88% of the country says no, no, he cannot defy a supreme court ruling. Only 9% say yes he can. And you know, it's not the same thing. But I should mention that 9% is also the proportion of Americans who told yougov this week that they have a favorable view of the black plague
April 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Maddow: 88% of the country says no, no, he cannot defy a supreme court ruling. Only 9% say yes he can. And you know, it's not the same thing. But I should mention that 9% is also the proportion of Americans who told yougov this week that they have a favorable view of the black plague
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We’re not just witnessing history. We’re shaping it. So let’s keep pushing. Join a Tesla Takedown protest near you, demand your reps in the House call for impeachment, and stay creative and defiant as we shine our collective light.
Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit!
#oligarchy #dictatorship
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#oligarchy #dictatorship
April 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We’re not just witnessing history. We’re shaping it. So let’s keep pushing. Join a Tesla Takedown protest near you, demand your reps in the House call for impeachment, and stay creative and defiant as we shine our collective light.
Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit!
#oligarchy #dictatorship
Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit!
#oligarchy #dictatorship
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Stay loud
stay visible
stay brave
stay visible
stay brave
Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
April 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Stay loud
stay visible
stay brave
stay visible
stay brave
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Happy Easter, EVERYONE!! 👇
Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
April 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Happy Easter, EVERYONE!! 👇
Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
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Gil Durán on why tech billionaires are so captivated by Curtis Yarvin's theories.
April 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Gil Durán on why tech billionaires are so captivated by Curtis Yarvin's theories.
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It’s a recalibration of economic control.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
April 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It’s a recalibration of economic control.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
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Hollywood Florida over 2000!
April 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hollywood Florida over 2000!
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Join us Wednesday for an important discussion on the role of faith communities and faith-based activism in this moment with leaders from @moveon.org, @indivisible.org, and more!
RSVP here: bit.ly/faithcta
RSVP here: bit.ly/faithcta
March 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Join us Wednesday for an important discussion on the role of faith communities and faith-based activism in this moment with leaders from @moveon.org, @indivisible.org, and more!
RSVP here: bit.ly/faithcta
RSVP here: bit.ly/faithcta
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What did 14 years of autocratic populism produce in Hungary?
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Hungarian Model
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
What did 14 years of autocratic populism produce in Hungary?
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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IN ONE WEEK: We’re mobilizing to show the strength of our movement — because the fight against President Musk and Kennedy Center chairman Trump is just starting. Please join us next Saturday: handsoff2025.com/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
March 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
IN ONE WEEK: We’re mobilizing to show the strength of our movement — because the fight against President Musk and Kennedy Center chairman Trump is just starting. Please join us next Saturday: handsoff2025.com/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
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April 5th: REMOVE / REVERSE / RECLAIM
50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement.
Add your action by 3/28/25 to have your flyer shared on 50501 socials. Go to www.FiftyFifty.one and click “Add An Action.”
#50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #PeoplesMovement #NoKings #ImpeachTrump @polrev.bsky.social
50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement.
Add your action by 3/28/25 to have your flyer shared on 50501 socials. Go to www.FiftyFifty.one and click “Add An Action.”
#50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #PeoplesMovement #NoKings #ImpeachTrump @polrev.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
April 5th: REMOVE / REVERSE / RECLAIM
50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement.
Add your action by 3/28/25 to have your flyer shared on 50501 socials. Go to www.FiftyFifty.one and click “Add An Action.”
#50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #PeoplesMovement #NoKings #ImpeachTrump @polrev.bsky.social
50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement.
Add your action by 3/28/25 to have your flyer shared on 50501 socials. Go to www.FiftyFifty.one and click “Add An Action.”
#50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #PeoplesMovement #NoKings #ImpeachTrump @polrev.bsky.social
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Good quick primer on the role of Silicon Valley #billionaires in #Trump II.
@gilduran.com explains that the goal is the destruction of the government to be replaced by a tech dictatorship. Compelling stuff
#USPolitics #Technogarchy ##Broligarchy
youtu.be/OC629l-wZBQ?...
@gilduran.com explains that the goal is the destruction of the government to be replaced by a tech dictatorship. Compelling stuff
#USPolitics #Technogarchy ##Broligarchy
youtu.be/OC629l-wZBQ?...
Elon Musk & Silicon Valley’s Plan to Dismantle Democracy
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
youtu.be
March 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Good quick primer on the role of Silicon Valley #billionaires in #Trump II.
@gilduran.com explains that the goal is the destruction of the government to be replaced by a tech dictatorship. Compelling stuff
#USPolitics #Technogarchy ##Broligarchy
youtu.be/OC629l-wZBQ?...
@gilduran.com explains that the goal is the destruction of the government to be replaced by a tech dictatorship. Compelling stuff
#USPolitics #Technogarchy ##Broligarchy
youtu.be/OC629l-wZBQ?...
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Former US Attorney Jessica Aber found dead in Virginia at 43 abcnews.go.com/amp/US/forme...
Former US Attorney Jessica Aber found dead in Virginia at 43
Former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber was found dead Saturday morning, in Alexandria, Virginia, according to police.
abcnews.go.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Former US Attorney Jessica Aber found dead in Virginia at 43 abcnews.go.com/amp/US/forme...
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5/ In a stunning announcement, Trump said that no government contracts would go to companies that employ legal firms that represent Democratic causes, a brazen and illegal attempt to cut off legal support for his opposition and lawsuits against him. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US law firm Paul Weiss fired by client over Trump executive order
Law firm Paul Weiss said in a court filing on Wednesday that a former executive facing criminal bribery charges has fired it as his defense counsel because of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order this month targeting the firm.
www.reuters.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
5/ In a stunning announcement, Trump said that no government contracts would go to companies that employ legal firms that represent Democratic causes, a brazen and illegal attempt to cut off legal support for his opposition and lawsuits against him. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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The fight for our democracy is not coming. It is here.
When I say that we have months, not a year, to save democracy, I'm talking about this coordinated, relentless legal assault on political dissent.
1/ Let me explain a few elements of Trump's plan: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
When I say that we have months, not a year, to save democracy, I'm talking about this coordinated, relentless legal assault on political dissent.
1/ Let me explain a few elements of Trump's plan: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left
The president and his allies in Congress are targeting the financial, digital and legal machinery that powers the Democratic Party and much of the progressive political world.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The fight for our democracy is not coming. It is here.
When I say that we have months, not a year, to save democracy, I'm talking about this coordinated, relentless legal assault on political dissent.
1/ Let me explain a few elements of Trump's plan: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
When I say that we have months, not a year, to save democracy, I'm talking about this coordinated, relentless legal assault on political dissent.
1/ Let me explain a few elements of Trump's plan: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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Yes, defying court orders is part of the plan...
Along with government purges, dismantling entire agencies, building weird new cities, etc.
They've been bragging about it for quite a while.
👉https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas
Along with government purges, dismantling entire agencies, building weird new cities, etc.
They've been bragging about it for quite a while.
👉https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas
March 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Yes, defying court orders is part of the plan...
Along with government purges, dismantling entire agencies, building weird new cities, etc.
They've been bragging about it for quite a while.
👉https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas
Along with government purges, dismantling entire agencies, building weird new cities, etc.
They've been bragging about it for quite a while.
👉https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas
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WTF
ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.
No one knows why he was detained.
No one knows why he was detained.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 16, 2025 at 5:25 AM
WTF
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Elon Musk realizes he might lose his empire. Listen to this week’s Gaslit Nation: Nerd Reich here or wherever you get your podcasts: loom.ly/I2WzL2M
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
March 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Elon Musk realizes he might lose his empire. Listen to this week’s Gaslit Nation: Nerd Reich here or wherever you get your podcasts: loom.ly/I2WzL2M
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
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no elon musk isn't racist at all
March 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
no elon musk isn't racist at all
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A lot of *popular* so-called "tech criticism" is just controlled opposition. That’s one big lesson I’ve learned in the past two years.
I don’t write about tech. I write about power and politics.
And it's weird how the biggest "tech critics" missed the story—and STILL don’t seem to see it. 🫠
I don’t write about tech. I write about power and politics.
And it's weird how the biggest "tech critics" missed the story—and STILL don’t seem to see it. 🫠
March 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A lot of *popular* so-called "tech criticism" is just controlled opposition. That’s one big lesson I’ve learned in the past two years.
I don’t write about tech. I write about power and politics.
And it's weird how the biggest "tech critics" missed the story—and STILL don’t seem to see it. 🫠
I don’t write about tech. I write about power and politics.
And it's weird how the biggest "tech critics" missed the story—and STILL don’t seem to see it. 🫠
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Nothing screams HYPOCRITE quite like Trump complaining about & gutting school loan forgiveness for grads dedicated to service & bettering our communities while he’s had HUNDREDS of MILLIONS in debt forgiven due bankruptcy 6 times.
tinyurl.com/r6nkkz3j
tinyurl.com/r6nkkz3j
Report: Trump Had Over $280 Million In Debt Forgiven And Avoided Paying Taxes On Most Of It
The debt largely came from his Chicago tower.
tinyurl.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Nothing screams HYPOCRITE quite like Trump complaining about & gutting school loan forgiveness for grads dedicated to service & bettering our communities while he’s had HUNDREDS of MILLIONS in debt forgiven due bankruptcy 6 times.
tinyurl.com/r6nkkz3j
tinyurl.com/r6nkkz3j
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In Ukraine, when an activist was brutally targeted, including "disappeared," more people came out to protest. Any time they try to intimidate you into silence, they're scared. Keep showing up for each other. That's how we win. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Protests erupt after Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil taken by ICE; Trump says arrest is first of many
The Columbia University grad, who helped organize the school’s pro-Palestinian rallies, was detained Saturday night and told his student visa was being revoked, his attorney said.
www.nbcnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In Ukraine, when an activist was brutally targeted, including "disappeared," more people came out to protest. Any time they try to intimidate you into silence, they're scared. Keep showing up for each other. That's how we win. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...