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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 58m

At the times when #MLKjr grew despondent about America and the movement, he would recall Thomas Paine’s revolutionary words “We have it in our power to begin the world over again” 🇺🇸

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1h

The Case for the Forever Shutdown: Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate. newrepublic.com/article/2014... via @newrepublic.com

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

newrepublic.com

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3h

“I think patriotism- our patriotism - has never been better defined than by Paine - he hit it off in several places. For instance, where he says - the world is my country to do good is my religion - that is the whole gospel of politics, life.” - Walt Whitman, our great democratic poet 🇺🇸

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 5h

Museum of tje worst www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | The Second Trump Administration Is a Museum of America’s Worst Moments

www.nytimes.com

Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 6h

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Michelle @michellesea.bsky.social · 12h

California get your ballots in.

Check your texts to make sure your ballot was received.

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson To Betray The House To Protect Trump On The Epstein Files
www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/mike-johns...

Mike Johnson To Betray The House To Protect Trump On The Epstein Files

Speaker Mike Johnson has a plan to kill the Epstein files discharge petition, and it involves going back on his word and changing the rules.

www.thedailypoliticususa.com

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use Emergency Powers to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops

www.nytimes.com

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 1d

#MVC #Newsies with Rivka Rivera, Frank Cappello & yours truly podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Newsies (w/ Harvey Kaye)

Podcast Episode · Movies vs. Capitalism · 05/02/2023 · 1h 28m

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 2d

Trump appointee, Judge Immergut: “[T]his is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law." Administration arguments blur "the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation.”

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-5-...

October 5, 2025

On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 2d

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 2d

We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities.

Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.

It’s illegal and un-American.

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Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 2d

Newsom to sue Trump as Pentagon sends California national guard to Oregon.

Governor says president is ‘unapologetically attacking the rule of law’ after judge blocked Oregon national guard deployment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Newsom to sue Trump as Pentagon sends California national guard to Oregon

Governor says president is ‘unapologetically attacking the rule of law’ after judge blocked Oregon national guard deployment

www.theguardian.com

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David Borer @daborer.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone needs to post this everyday. And everyone needs to hit the streets and demand that this lawless attack on our cities be stopped. Don't look away. This image needs to be the end of the Trump Administration.

gagorilla.bsky.social @gagorilla.bsky.social · 3d

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 3d

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 4d

“The creative capacity itself seems to have gone out of American political life . . . What strikes me hardest about all this is the terrible waste of history it involves . . .”
— Max Lerner 1948

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 4d

Trump slump www.newsweek.com/trumps-appro...

Trump’s approval rating plunges with low income voters

Low-income voters appear to be shifting sharply away from Trump, largely driven by economic pressures and rising uncertainty.

www.newsweek.com

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 4d

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Harvey J Kaye @harveyjkaye.bsky.social · 4d

“The creative capacity itself seems to have gone out of American political life . . . What strikes me hardest about all this is the terrible waste of history it involves . . .”
— Max Lerner 1948