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Democracy Matters!

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Husband/girl dad with faith that democracy is the way to go; still idealistic enough to believe it's achievable. The only thing I'm selling is democracy. Banned (3x!) by the fowl site for calling out GOP lies.

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Democracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 53m

The answer depends on the season!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3h

Join me and Demi Palecek this Sunday at @raygunsite.com for a sign-making event in Andersonville on October 12, just before No Kings Day!

We'll provide crafting supplies, food, and drinks—just bring your favorite tagline to make some posters with us!

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 57m

“We’re taking you to have that hand looked at, sir”

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2h

Seriously, is this a trick? It’s everyday now.

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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 56m

General Mattis says that Trump is the most dangerous person in America.

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Democracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 54m

Why the fuck does Elizabeth Holmes have a phone?!?

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 2h

love your work mrs theranos but how do you walk into this

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1h

She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 4h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 3h

this is not to say that they’re going away any time soon or that things won’t get worse before they get better, but last week felt like the administration started coming unglued and this week feels like the unraveling is speeding up

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

California is the first state to define ultra-processed foods and phase them out of school meals.

DC politicians can talk all day about "Making America Healthy Again," but we've been walking the walk on boosting nutrition and removing toxic additives and dyes for decades.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 3h

Weird how Antifa never asks me for money. Everyone else does, but Antifa is very quiet.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1h

"On Wednesday, Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, rode the full route of the M57, a crosstown bus that traverses Midtown Manhattan and is one of the city’s slowest, to remind New Yorkers that he wanted to speed up their commutes."

Mamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 8h

Library cards are cheaper than an Amazon unlimited subscription

And they have better ebooks available anyways

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putawomanincharge.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social · 2h

FYI ..
EPSTEIN used young boys too.
Yes. He. Did.
Another HUGE reason they are fighting this.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5h

Hoping these federal agents are held accountable, breaking the law should have real consequences. A federal judge has ruled that federal immigration agents illegally arrested more than two dozen people.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Democracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 59m

Fat Satan is my favorite nickname.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2h

Fat Satan: “In Portland, the dinosaurs and furries are eating the dogs — they’re eating the cats.”

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4h

Who needs cameras in the courtroom when you’ve got this

Doodle of parties at the comet arraignment. Messy stick figure drawings

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Democracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 1h

Fucking clowns!!!

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2h

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if the prosecution is just getting its hands around the evidence *after* it criminally charged the former FBI director?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 8h

Yesterday, the leading GOP mapmaker behind Texas’ new gerrymander said he:

🔺 Sent numerous Signal messages to the White House over the redistricting effort
🔺 Saw a draft of the DOJ letter stating constitutional concerns
🔺 Ignored the input of Texas voters

RNC-Hired Mapmaker Denies Using Racial Data in Texas Gerrymander, Sparks Debate