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Inside the Injustice Department (fixed it)

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Dorian @flvillager.bsky.social · 19h

Eric Swalwell: One Republican just texted me that if there’s a discharge vote on Epstein they expect a “jail break” of over 100 members. Trump will go nuts!

Reshare. Barbara j sobel

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[email protected] @duenorth1.bsky.social · 4h

But . . but, but, didn't Reagan get tough with airtraffic controllers, and wasn't he revered for it by the rht?, He just wants his legacy tweaked as a big deal. 🫣🤔

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[email protected] @duenorth1.bsky.social · 4h

But then you would be admitting the country wasn't exceptional, and not great . . God forbid the reality that it's elections are bought and paid for like some banana republic. Who knew this was a both sides of the aisle problem? Beyond much of the western world, and swaths of the east of course.

[email protected] @duenorth1.bsky.social · 4h

As they make databases filled with those they want gone, it is prudent to make databases of the 'they' the reasons should be obvious. The leverage is the power of ability not the actual intent.

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Kerri A @desertcactus621.bsky.social · 7h

I read that Project 2025 mentions a reduction goal in US population, reducing it to a ‘more manageable’ 100 million people. I feel sick just thinking about how these Repub mf-ers plan on doing that.

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[email protected] @duenorth1.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe a black priest on board so can't take any chances. 🫡🙄

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Vjaybombs @vjaybomb.bsky.social · 9h

GOP

#vjaybombs

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[email protected] @duenorth1.bsky.social · 9h

PEACE In Our Time 🤞🤔

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Debrianna Mansini-I’m Spartacus @dmansini.bsky.social · 12h

Coming up at 6 pm MST!

Live on YouTube and Facebook #KitchenBitches #GoldenGooseKitchen

Raise a cocktail/ mocktail as we talk about our adventure seeing the #SirPaulMcCartney

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[email protected] @duenorth1.bsky.social · 22h

Her South Dakota is showing, but she needs to help her leader to . . .Rushmore.

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Christopher Lewis Kaneff @humanbeinghuman.bsky.social · 2d

Tailor to different audiences: students, civil servants, journalists, activists.

V. Closing Frame

The machinery is fragile.

The resistance is layered.

The time is now.

Authoritarian ambition thrives on confusion, compliance, and spectacle.

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Christopher Lewis Kaneff @humanbeinghuman.bsky.social · 2d

🧵Peaceful Dissenters Playbook:

Gumming Up the Machinery
of Authoritarian Ambition

Using forensic insight, symbolic disruption, and civic resilience

I. Structural Disruption Tactics

Activate the brakes. Exploit the inertia. Force institutional accountability.

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Jeff @jefflee65.bsky.social · 1d

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[email protected] @duenorth1.bsky.social · 1d

Million metric tons, but yes.

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[email protected] @duenorth1.bsky.social · 1d

If this proceeds, stick a fork in it, the country is cooked.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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gagorilla.bsky.social @gagorilla.bsky.social · 2d

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[email protected] @duenorth1.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the people you have ever known, which of them were quick to admit a mistake, especially as severe as this one has proven for them.

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Jon Wessel-Aas @jonwesselaas.bsky.social · Mar 16

So much for newly-knee-bending-for-Trump Zuckerberg’s (always hypocritical) calling for freedom from censorship

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Meta stops former Facebook director from promoting critical memoir

Social media company wins US emergency ruling preventing ex-director from publicising her book.

www.bbc.com

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Stephanie Ruhle @stephruhle.bsky.social · 7d

Breaking down the shutdown with @alivelshi #velshiandruhle www.youtube.com/live/zCjr90C...

It’s Happening with Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC LIVE Q&A

YouTube video by MSNBC

www.youtube.com

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[email protected] @duenorth1.bsky.social · 1d

For another day perhaps, but first this hill.

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[email protected] @duenorth1.bsky.social · 1d

Well described, the sooner its ramped up the shorter the confrontation, the exact opposite of normalcy is the least distance.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

The shutdown isn’t just about healthcare - it’s also about Congress reining in the president. We’re going to have a fight, so let’s have it now.

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Wonderful 🎃 Secret Czar 🇺🇸🇺🇦💙💛 @petczar.bsky.social · 1d

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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