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altnps.bsky.social
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit voted to block the U.S. DOGE Service’s access to sensitive Social Security records!
April 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
designofdissent.bsky.social
Not so “lil” turnout today in little ol’ Bozeman Montana #handsoff #50501
April 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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chrismj199.bsky.social
any liberal party:

*moves right*

*polls stay the same*

*moves further right*

*polls stay the same*

*moves further right*

*loses election*

liberal party: “we did everything we could”
March 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
designofdissent.bsky.social
To be clear. This is the energy we expect from our democratic representatives right now youtu.be/adoUALAYt2o?...
New Zealand: MPs perform Maori Haka to protest against a controversial bill
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March 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid
March 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Impeachment Announced by Congressman Al Green:
Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere (MLK). Injustice in Gaza is a Threat to Justice in America. Watch Rep. Green's floor speech online: youtu.be/N2xG1K0izqs?...
Impeachment Announced by Rep. Al Green: Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere (MLK).
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February 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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We still need to freaking solve climate change. Everyone needs to hop off the liberal train and get with the communist program. Like last year
March 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
designofdissent.bsky.social
Got some spare change from boycotting Target, Amazon and Walmart? These two elections can help flip the house:

Gay Valimont FL-1
Josh Weil FL-6

Go give em’ some love 🏳️‍🌈
demsoldier.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 DemSoldierJr 🏳️‍🌈 @demsoldier.bsky.social · Mar 5
@housedemocrats.bsky.social

You should be doing everything you can to see that the Democrats running in the 3 special elections have the party's backing and financial support.

Winning these seats would FLIP the House.

Get to fucking work @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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msmalarkey24.bsky.social
Who’s running DOGE?

Found this list in black & white… mostly white… okay pretty much basically all white

archive.is/2025.03.05-0...
March 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
designofdissent.bsky.social
TL;DR sending PHYSICAL letters to representatives, not calls or emails, is working.
rhutabhayga.bsky.social Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · Mar 6
We all need some news - ANY NEWS - that Dem leaders are doing SOMETHING - ANYTHING - to fight back against this seemingly unstoppable coup.

I saw this on FB, and am copying here because it contains important information, and action suggestions.
#StopTheCOUP
Some signs of hope ... A couple of weeks ago -- a week or so into the new Musk-Trump (kind-of-Vance) administration, I posted info from someone who said that calling your (mainly Republican) representatives was much more effective than writing letters. But since then, we've found out that most of those calls are going unanswered (or listened-to), and it turns out that, at this point, writing letters might be more effective. Here is some very interesting info about what is happening that most of us don't know about, and what we can do. This comes from a group phone meeting with Representatives Jamie Raskin, of Maryland, and Melanie Stansbury, of New Mexico, as reported by activist Ariella Elm: She says: "Here is some of what I got out of the call: "Melanie talked at length about what is going on behind closed doors. She said that all 215 Dem are communicating on a scale they never have before and the senators are doing the same. She said they are using their voting power and using actions to put sand in the gears and be unruly even if we’re not seeing or understanding at all. "She is on the DOGE subcommittee and she is using her oversight authority on that committee "Also, every Dem House member is on some sort of task force. Only the Rapid Response one is public, but there are a lot of others as well. "She also said that Republicans who publicly say positive things are not doing the same privately. And when we have letters that work, she referenced the fact that they quietly ended mass layoffs for tribal programs, it is because Republicans were speaking to the secretaries and to the administration and expressing their disdain. "So one way the letters are working, is that they get Republican electeds to act behind-the-scenes. That is probably the same thing that happened with Sen Jon Ossoff and how he got the admin to resume funding for the HBCU agriculture scholarship program. "So we need to stop making fun of the letters and saying they’re not doing anything, they are. "She said “don’t be fooled by the mirage they put on TV” "She also said that the Democratic AG are meeting daily to decide how to push forward, which are the best lawsuits, what organizations to work with for those lawsuits. "Raskin spoke next and he answered a bunch of questions in the clearest terms I have heard so far. First, what do we do if DT refuses to comply with the court orders? "The judges can issue a contempt motion, which criminally we don’t have any standing for because that involves the DOJ, which is not on our side, but civilly it does not involve the DOJ. "The courts can do things like seize property and impose fines, even on a daily basis. So for EM that would mean a fine of 100K a day until he does what the court ordered "And if that doesn’t work, then we are at bigger actions that will be facilitated by the Democrats themselves, BUT WE ARE NOT THERE YET "We are winning in court, and he is complying with some cases "Next he talked about our data. "We are winning in the treasury case, but that doesn’t imply our data is safe. "There is a class action lawsuit that we can use. Thanks to a Reagan law from 1986, that Raskin will provide more detail for in the very near future. For us to have standing, we have to have proof that our data has been tampered with and right now we have speculation, not proof. But the idea is that the entire US will be able to be a plaintiff. "He was asked what they are doing to bring Republicans over. "He said that they’re focusing on Republicans who are retiring or who are freshmen and didn’t know what they signed up for, yes, there are some. "He also said that he had Boebert and her family over for dinner. So if you’re asking how they’re talking to their Republican colleagues to try and talk some sense into them it’s really colleague to colleague conversations. They are trying every single tactic in the book. "And he reiterated that the administration is offending and threatening a number of Republicans in moderate districts "He was asked directly about the shadow cabinet idea. "It’s going to require negotiations between the House and Senate and the DNC who will take the lead. "But the biggest concern right now, and the reason that it hasn’t started, is because some electeds are worried that once someone is assigned to be a shadow to a certain agency no one else will do their job. Kind of like how when you have a group project and one person takes charge, the rest of the people don’t do anything. So the people in favor of a shadow cabinet are having to convince the people not in favor of it that will run smoothly and be successful
March 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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rhutabhayga.bsky.social
We all need some news - ANY NEWS - that Dem leaders are doing SOMETHING - ANYTHING - to fight back against this seemingly unstoppable coup.

I saw this on FB, and am copying here because it contains important information, and action suggestions.
#StopTheCOUP
Some signs of hope ... A couple of weeks ago -- a week or so into the new Musk-Trump (kind-of-Vance) administration, I posted info from someone who said that calling your (mainly Republican) representatives was much more effective than writing letters. But since then, we've found out that most of those calls are going unanswered (or listened-to), and it turns out that, at this point, writing letters might be more effective. Here is some very interesting info about what is happening that most of us don't know about, and what we can do. This comes from a group phone meeting with Representatives Jamie Raskin, of Maryland, and Melanie Stansbury, of New Mexico, as reported by activist Ariella Elm: She says: "Here is some of what I got out of the call: "Melanie talked at length about what is going on behind closed doors. She said that all 215 Dem are communicating on a scale they never have before and the senators are doing the same. She said they are using their voting power and using actions to put sand in the gears and be unruly even if we’re not seeing or understanding at all. "She is on the DOGE subcommittee and she is using her oversight authority on that committee "Also, every Dem House member is on some sort of task force. Only the Rapid Response one is public, but there are a lot of others as well. "She also said that Republicans who publicly say positive things are not doing the same privately. And when we have letters that work, she referenced the fact that they quietly ended mass layoffs for tribal programs, it is because Republicans were speaking to the secretaries and to the administration and expressing their disdain. "So one way the letters are working, is that they get Republican electeds to act behind-the-scenes. That is probably the same thing that happened with Sen Jon Ossoff and how he got the admin to resume funding for the HBCU agriculture scholarship program. "So we need to stop making fun of the letters and saying they’re not doing anything, they are. "She said “don’t be fooled by the mirage they put on TV” "She also said that the Democratic AG are meeting daily to decide how to push forward, which are the best lawsuits, what organizations to work with for those lawsuits. "Raskin spoke next and he answered a bunch of questions in the clearest terms I have heard so far. First, what do we do if DT refuses to comply with the court orders? "The judges can issue a contempt motion, which criminally we don’t have any standing for because that involves the DOJ, which is not on our side, but civilly it does not involve the DOJ. "The courts can do things like seize property and impose fines, even on a daily basis. So for EM that would mean a fine of 100K a day until he does what the court ordered "And if that doesn’t work, then we are at bigger actions that will be facilitated by the Democrats themselves, BUT WE ARE NOT THERE YET "We are winning in court, and he is complying with some cases "Next he talked about our data. "We are winning in the treasury case, but that doesn’t imply our data is safe. "There is a class action lawsuit that we can use. Thanks to a Reagan law from 1986, that Raskin will provide more detail for in the very near future. For us to have standing, we have to have proof that our data has been tampered with and right now we have speculation, not proof. But the idea is that the entire US will be able to be a plaintiff. "He was asked what they are doing to bring Republicans over. "He said that they’re focusing on Republicans who are retiring or who are freshmen and didn’t know what they signed up for, yes, there are some. "He also said that he had Boebert and her family over for dinner. So if you’re asking how they’re talking to their Republican colleagues to try and talk some sense into them it’s really colleague to colleague conversations. They are trying every single tactic in the book. "And he reiterated that the administration is offending and threatening a number of Republicans in moderate districts "He was asked directly about the shadow cabinet idea. "It’s going to require negotiations between the House and Senate and the DNC who will take the lead. "But the biggest concern right now, and the reason that it hasn’t started, is because some electeds are worried that once someone is assigned to be a shadow to a certain agency no one else will do their job. Kind of like how when you have a group project and one person takes charge, the rest of the people don’t do anything. So the people in favor of a shadow cabinet are having to convince the people not in favor of it that will run smoothly and be successful
March 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
designofdissent.bsky.social
So when do we acknowledge that holding up witty slogans on cardboard and calling reps that refuse to hold town halls isn’t going to make the change we need?
March 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM