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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16d

So many coverups.

Release the Epstein files.

Release the Homan tapes.

Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.

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Dr René MD 🇺🇸🩺 @drrenemd.bsky.social · 22d

PASS IT ON 🙏

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · Aug 13

Beginning in 1933 the Nazis took control of & transformed the police forces into instruments of state repression &, eventually of genocide. They did so by Nazifying policing. The government removed anti-Nazi police leaders, reorganized police forces, and reoriented police culture towards Nazism.

German Police in the Nazi State | Holocaust Encyclopedia

The Nazis utilized the German police for mass repression and genocide. Learn more about the Nazification of the police force from 1933-1939.

encyclopedia.ushmm.org

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · Aug 12

National Guard patrolling our cities.

Masked men snatching people off the streets w/o due process.

Warrants on elected representatives for defending the Constitution.

Journalists muzzled for reporting the facts.

Judges attacked for upholding the law.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Aug 11

Donald Trump complaining about violent crime in DC is rich.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨 State Representative Ann Johnson from Houston, TX, is speaking some truth to power. Her message carries weight; it carries values, American values. ✊🏼

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Jul 15

Republicans are blocking the release of the Epstein files. I wonder why.

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · Jul 15

Rules voted 5-7 to deny my amendment calling for a FULL release of the Epstein file a vote in the House.

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Dana Clark @danaclark7.bsky.social · Jul 4

Me too. I was disappointed to see what looked like a canned, pre-planned snippet about shopping, instead of addressing what the hell just happened, including the monstrous increase in the budget for heavily armed masked thugs and concentration camps.

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · Jun 30

There are only 33 people in America who make a billion dollars or more per year.

Republicans are ready to explode the deficit, shutter hospitals and rob kids of food—

So the top 0.00002% can get a tax cut they don’t need. Read that again.

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Dana Clark @danaclark7.bsky.social · Jun 23

ICE thugs are too afraid to go after actual gang members, and instead they are ripping law-abiding parents from their families, including separating breastfeeding mothers from their infants. Can you imagine the trauma?
Families Belong Together.
Babies Deserve to be Safe.
This Must Stop.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 23

WATCH: “She keeps looking for her mom and doesn’t want the bottle.”

A mom married to a 🇺🇸 citizen with a legal family petition was grabbed by Trump’s Gestapo at her immigration appointment and taken from her husband and baby.

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DLONDhV...

Dana Clark @danaclark7.bsky.social · Jun 22

Hello! It seems to me that brilliant analyst @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social might be able to help provide some insights to your questions... antoniajuhasz.net/about/

About

Antonia Juhasz is a leading energy, climate, and environmental justice author, analyst, and investigative journalist. An award-winning writer, her bylines include Rolling Stone, National Geographic,

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Gwyllm Llwydd @gwyllm.bsky.social · Jun 21

I Give You... Baby Squirrels!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 22

Iran’s stockpile dropped to 0 after Obama made the Iran Deal… until Trump pulled out of it (against the advice of his own Defense Secretary, General Mattis… because he hated Obama)

Feels pretty relevant in this moment.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jun 21

Instead of CUTTING Social Security benefits, Congress should INCREASE payments by $200 per month and extend the solvency of the Social Security program by 75 YEARS.

How? Make the wealthiest Americans pay a fairer share.

I’ve got a bill to get it done.

Social Security's insolvency date is now a year earlier. Here's how it could impact your benefits.

Social Security is dipping into its trust fund to pay current retirees, with spending outpacing its revenue from payroll taxes.

www.cbsnews.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jun 18

When you are faced with the mendacity of Trump, Hegseth, & Johnson, it’s pointless to try & get clarity from them.

Go to the trusted sources. If you want to understand how we got here and what Trump & Netanyahu are up to, I present to you she who knows: Christine Amanpour. Breaking. It. Down.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · Jun 17

In recent weeks the Trump regime arrested, handcuffed/decked:

• Judge
• Member of Congress
• US Senator
• Mayor
• Mayoral Candidate/city official of NYC.

Schumer's Sen. Dems have returned the favor by voting with Republicans to gift Trump a massive shady crypto bill to sign making him richer.

Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · Jun 17

GENIUS Act passes Senate 68-30. Took more than a month from the first vote!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Jun 15

What we learned yesterday.

The Times They Are a-Changin'

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · Jun 14

Hit the streets tomorrow.
Be nonviolent.
Be joyfully defiant.
Be defiantly joyful.
Ridicule him.
Condemn fascism.
Oppose I.C.E.
Affirm diversity.
Embody America.
Love your neighbor.
Refuse to be intimidated.
Be safe.
Be loud.
Be encouraged.
#NoKingsDay

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Jenz @jenzunleashed.bsky.social · Jun 13

Apparently it wasn’t important enough to interfere with business as usual in the Senate.

prospect.org/politics/202...

Padilla Assault Fails to Stop Senate Business as Usual

Democrats did not withhold votes for pro-crypto legislation even when DHS goons were handcuffing their own colleague.

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Dana Clark @danaclark7.bsky.social · Jun 12

Trump’s Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness newrepublic.com/article/1966... via @newrepublic.com

Trump’s Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness

The media has it wrong. Trump is not coming across as fearsome and strong. Instead, his watch-me-play-fascist-on-TV routine is self-evident overkill.

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Audrey @parickards.bsky.social · Jun 9

Martin Phillip Fjellanger

Let this man go viral
Los Angeles

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AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov · Jun 8

We’ve been in touch with local law enforcement in LA. They have the resources they need to meet the moment, and we stand ready to assist should the need arise.

There is no emergency and the President’s order calling in the National Guard is unnecessary and counterproductive.

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Dana Clark @danaclark7.bsky.social · Jun 8

ICE arrested an asylum applicant from Afghanistan, a father w 8 children, who "helped to guard a base where American and Afghan soldiers worked."

"He has not been charged with any crimes . . . .He was just seized and taken away."

*Qs: How can we support this family? And also stop this targeting?*

Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says | Houston Public Media

The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.

www.houstonpublicmedia.org

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