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Glen from So Cal

@glenc.bsky.social

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He/Him. Husband, cat-lover, kung fu artist, pagan Buddhist, vegetarian who loves art & music. I teach math, history, life & English to young people. TTRPG fanatic, D&D DM. Covid-concerned: wear a mask & take vaccines. Fight bullies, abusers, and scammers

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Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · Jan 30

Here's what the Republican Party is working towards. A future where the Party and Big Brother are absolutely in power.

Think globally. Act locally. Resist fascism. They are just getting started and they HAVE NO LIMITS. There's no end to how horrible they'll be to reach their goal.

"Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me." George Orwell, "1984"

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Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 6h

If there's violence in the streets, this administration will start martial law. If this admin starts martial law it will NEVER END.

Time to make our protests so peaceful, there's NOTHING he can say to stop us.

a man in a hard hat is holding a trash can and says " we got work to do rise and shine !!! "

Alt: a man in a ranger's hat is banging a trash can and says " we got work to do rise and shine !!! "

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Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 6h

We need to be prepared for the Insurrection Act to be invoked by our horrorshow-in-chief.

youtu.be/31X8vrfgHqs?...

The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 6h

I wish. They are trying their hardest to make their delusions become real.

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 7h

Still a definite call to action, Miller is WORSE.

WAKE THE FUCK UP!!

We are losing whatever "war" we might be in with radical conservatives, who want to take the USofA back to 1850, when slavery was legal, women had no rights, and white dudes RULED OVER ALL!

I hate this timeline so fucking much.

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Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 8h

What he's saying is that the President has power over everything and that no one else has any power.

The Constitution was specifically written so that this wouldn't happen.

They're destroying our country to create an authoritarian dictatorship.

Wake the fuck UP!

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 8h

Stephen Miller accidentally blurted out that Trump had "plenary authority" on TV today.

They're going for full-scale dictatorship.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...

Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.

www.nytimes.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 8h

Reminder this is all happening because Republicans refuse to let you have affordable health care.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 8h

Good. Maybe his head will fall off.

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 8h

That's great. I'm sure lawyers will enjoy arguing about it while we're all working on prison farms.

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 8h

And how is that exactly supposed to stop this administration? They don't CARE what legal precedent has been set & have a Supreme Court, Congress, and Senate that will all back them up.

It may have been said in that context, but he doesn't care and will do what it takes to abuse his opponents.

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 9h

Great. That's just great.

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 9h

How is this funny then?

Sure, they'll find some "leaders" of Antifa, probably people who have no real ties to anything, prosecute them, and throw them in jail, and that will be ridiculous, but they're all little steps towards "1984" and it scares the shit out of me.

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 9h

They don't CARE if there is actual evidence. They'll keep spouting lies and hate until no one has the energy to keep fighting.

❀𝕀𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕪𝕞𝕒𝕞𝕒❀ @irmaspikeymama.bsky.social · 9h

Here’s The Evidence……

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 9h

It may seem funny now, but when the government starts scouring our social media feeds to look for evidence of anti-government activity we're all fucked.

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Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone who has said anything negative about this administration is labeled "Antifa."

Are you scared yet? You should be. They're going to go after everyone who says bad things about our fucked up idiot asshole bullshit monster President.

Because that's "terrorism."

Fucking assholes.

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 9h

The one where they get to say whatever they want, the media covers it, and the general public believes it because they're ignorant and manipulated to believe what they see on TV.

If this doesn't stop, we're fucked.

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 9h

If you haven't read this, please read it. Then contact every elected representative you can get in touch with to stop this administration from destroying democracy. Start making plans to protest and end up in jail for it.

I'm not fucking kidding.

www.rawstory.com/trump-free-s...

'We took the freedom of speech away': Trump makes eye-popping remark during roundtable

President Donald Trump gave off-the-cuff remarks at a round-table meeting on Wednesday that included Attorney General Pam Bondi, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, FBI Director Kash Patel, and o...

www.rawstory.com

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Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 9h

The only "paid anarchists" I'm seeing are employed by the Federal Government.

This is terrifying. He is doing everything he can to demonize anyone who disagrees with him so that he can use the powers of the Presidency to destroy democracy.

This is how democracy dies, folks. We are in serious shit.

Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 11h

'We took the freedom of speech away': Trump makes eye-popping remark during roundtable

www.rawstory.com/trump-free-s...

'We took the freedom of speech away': Trump makes eye-popping remark during roundtable

www.rawstory.com

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 9h

This is almost the biggest pile of bullshit in the airwaves today. If I find something that's more bullshit, I'll try to point it out.

But this, this is some full-on lying propagandist BULLshit right here.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

Noem: “We are hoping…we will get more and more information about the network and how we can route them out and eliminate them from the existence of American society…Antifa is just as sophisticated as MS-13, as TDA, as ISIS, as Hezbollah, as Hamas, as all of them. They are just as dangerous.”

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Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 9h

How does ANTIFA make money? Do they deal drugs or do crime?
No, they don't. This is what an administration looks like when it is flailing and failing. They label any opponents as "enemies of the state" and aggrandize them to make them scary to dumb people. Then the gov't cracks down on EVERYONE.

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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · Apr 10

The save act says if your legal name is different on your birth certificate you can't vote without special, expensive documentation - passport

ALL Married women who changed their names and all trans people

"If married men won't control their wives - we will"

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

a picture of a woman going into a voting booth - over the top are the words "If married men won't control their wives - we will"

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Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 10h

"Yesterday" wouldn't be quickly enough, so...yeah.

SIGH.

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 10h

Male height? Maybe it's just because I'm pretty tall, but that seems a little weak sauce to provoke death threats.

How sensitive must someone BE about how tall they are?!

Unless you're 4'10" and really pissed off about it?

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 10h

You think sooner? Could be, I wouldn't be surprised.

Isn't the kind of dementia he suffers from fatal?

Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 10h

When people say things like "Murder is murder. And one day it's going to be your turn," they are threatening to murder you.

Do not make the mistake of thinking anything else. This is a threat to murder you. Why is the Lt. Governor of Virginia threatening to murder people? Oh, she's Republican.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in a 2022 interview warned supporters of reproductive rights that "one day it’s going to be your turn."

"Murder is murder. And one day it's going to be your turn."

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Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 12h

ICE agents are going to continue to escalate this, and use every opportunity to point fingers at the "lefty terrorists" who are interfering with their illegal and unConstitutional acts.

I'm betting the WH will try the Insurrection Act before the new year.

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