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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 16h

#trumpHasNoPlenaryAuthority
#trumpIsUNFIT

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h

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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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 17h

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#StandWithNoKingsOnOctober18

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 1d

If you are in the Bay Area, there will be another human banner in San Francisco on Oct. 18 No Kings Day.

human-banners-at-ocean-beach.org

10.18.2025

WE SAY

NO KINGS

(IMAGE OF CROWN CROSSED OUT)

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 1d

#FireRFKJr

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 2d

On this day in 1956 Albert Sabin announced an oral polio vaccine, which surpassed Jonas Salk's vaccine in making polio a thing of the past for millions around the world.

Polio afflicted FDR, Mitch McConnell, Robert Redford, and many others.

Let's not let RFK Jr bring it back.

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 1d

#BookBansAreUnAmerican

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 2d

For Monday of Banned Books Week, we explore the Comstock Acts, enacted in 1873 and 1909. While we tend to think of this federal law today in terms of efforts to restrict access to birth control and abortion medications, they originally targeted literature as well. (Thread)

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What Are the Origins of the Comstock Act?
In 1873 - at the behest of anti-vice crusader, Anthony Comstock - Congress enacted a law banning the interstate mailing and receiving of
"obscene, lewd, or lascivious" writings, or "any article or thing designed or intended for the prevention of conception or procuring an abortion." In 1909, Congress enacted a similar law banning the use of express company or common carrier (such as FedEx or UPS) to mail
"any drug, medicine, article, or thing designed, adapted, or intended for preventing conception or producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral use." These laws came to be known collectively as the Comstock Act. The scope of what constituted obscene or lewd material was far broader at the time, and in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Comstock Act was used to prosecute a wide array of violations.

How the Comstock Act became inactive for books
• Passed in 1873: The original Comstock Act made it illegal to send "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" materials through the U.S. mail, which was interpreted to cover a broad range of publications, including anatomy books and classic literature.
• Obscenity standard narrowed: Over decades, court rulings progressively narrowed the scope of what is considered legally obscene, limiting the act's reach. Key Supreme Court decisions, including Roth v. United States (1957) and Miller v.
California (1973), established a more precise definition of obscenity, making it much harder to prosecute the mailing of books.
• Free speech protections: Subsequent First Amendment challenges further protected free speech rights, rendering the Comstock Act obsolete for censoring non-obscene publications.
As a result, the mailing of most magazines and books is now considered common and legal.
• Modern focus is different: Today, enforcement of the Comstock Act's obscenity provisions is focused almost exclusively on child and violent pornography.

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful !

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed !!!!

Both men are anti-democracy !

#FreePalestine
#trumpAndnetanyahuAreCRIMINALS

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 1d

On October 7 and every day...

You can be anti-Netanyahu and not be an antisemite.

You can be anti-Hamas and not be an Islamphobe.

You can be anti-Trump and not be anti-America.

You cannot be pro-Netanyahu, Hamas and Trump and be pro-democracy and humanity.

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 3d

Kudos to those who post facts daily to fight this fascist regime. I turn to comedy because, let’s face it, this administration is a joke and deserve ridicule 24/7. Love Paula Poundstone, she roasts Hegseth’s disaster messaging to OUR top military leaders #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 2d

#RepublicansWILLPayForTheirLIES

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 3d

Confusion persists about immigrants’ eligibility for federal programs.
Eligibility for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), i.e., is limited to CITIZENS and CERTAIN lawfully present immigrants.

#TheGQPLieAboutImmigrants

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Sometimes people don’t think the obvious things through because they’re consumed by hate…

📌 Most Americans don’t even have affordable healthcare right now. But MAGA is convinced that undocumented immigrants get free healthcare. 🥴

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 3d

HOUSE RULE 1, CLAUSE 8:

The Speaker of the House shall administer the oath of office to Members-elect, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER, the oath of office may be administered by ANY member of the House.

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 3d

HOUSE RULE 1, CLAUSE 8:

The Speaker of the House shall administer the oath of office to Members-elect, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER, the oath of office may be administered by ANY member of the House.

🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 3d

HOUSE RULE 1, CLAUSE 8:

The Speaker of the House shall administer the oath of office to Members-elect, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER, the oath of office may be administered by any Member of the House.

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 3d

Someone else can !

HOUSE RULE 1, CLAUSE 8:

The Speaker of the House shall administer the oath of office to Members-elect, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER, the oath of office may be administered by any Member of the House.

🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 3d

HOUSE RULE 1, CLAUSE 8:

The Speaker of the House shall administer the oath of office to Members-elect, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER, the oath of office may be administered by any Member of the House.

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 3d

HOUSE RULE 1, CLAUSE 8:

The Speaker of the House shall administer the oath of office to Members-elect, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER, the oath of office may be administered by any Member of the House.

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 3d

HOUSE RULE 1, CLAUSE 8:

The Speaker of the House shall administer the oath of office to Members-elect, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER, the oath of office may be administered by any Member of the House.

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 3d

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