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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14h

This is NOT making Chicago safer. And this must NOT be what America is.👇

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3h

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 4h

And don't think you can get around this by drinking artisanal cider. We grow 70% of the nation's apples too! And when you add in California, the three West Coast Alliance states produce over 90% of the nation's wine!!

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Traci with an “i” @tracig.bsky.social · 3h

His flight was cancelled

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 3h

Please read.
Please.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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lisa-111.bsky.social @lisa-111.bsky.social · 3h

This is scripted "reality" TV, the thing he is best at.
Not dementia, not belief. Intentional, purposeful and effective at creating the false narrative that is the foundation for his authoritarian takeover

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

lisa-111.bsky.social @lisa-111.bsky.social · 3h

This is not dementia and he doesn't believe it. This is scripted "reality" TV. The thing he is best at. It is intentional, purposeful and effective. He is creating the narrative that will move the authoritarian takeover forward @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social

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NanaMom @nanamom2021.bsky.social · 10h

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 11h

My wife @pattyskuster.bsky.social is in Portland today. It’s a war zone, insurrectionists and sunflowers everywhere.

Pretty flowers at the downtown farmers’ market.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

Step 5 of the plan:

Rig the rules and the information. Tilt the election playing field your way and destroy the idea of truth.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

Step 4 of the plan:

Seize control of Congress's spending and tax powers to use those powers to reward loyalists and punish opponents.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

Step 3 of the plan:

Use the military to perform political intimidation in places with high levels of opposition to the regime.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

Step 2 of the plan:

Use government power to compel the media to tell only the regime's narrative and to silence critics.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

Step 1 of the plan:

Turn the justice system into a political witch hunt operation that punishes critics for free speech and immunizes loyalists for actual criminality.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 4h

I have been warning about this exact scenario and people just roll their eyes at me.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4h

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 11h

Fear is the foundation of Trumpism. He knows that getting people to fear for their own safety activates their most primal—and manipulable—instincts.

Most Americans have never seen pure fascism before. Pritzker and Newsom are 100% right to describe what Trump is doing and why.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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lisa-111.bsky.social @lisa-111.bsky.social · 9h

scripted "reality" TV. All fiction

lisa-111.bsky.social @lisa-111.bsky.social · 9h

This is scripted "reality" TV. It is fiction NOT fact.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 18h

No Raids
No War
No Cuts
No Kings

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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 1d

But what was the distribution of this video?

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Betty💪 @bettyhumpter25.bsky.social · 1d

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lisa-111.bsky.social @lisa-111.bsky.social · 1d

Daily Press Briefings by Schumer or Jeffries, really???
They haven't done it since January, why now? Shadow Cabinet! Press Secretary for the resistance! That would require leadership and accepting that there are no rules

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe ask Justice Sotomayor to swear her in?

DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 1d

If Republicans can casually ignore precedent, so can Democrats.

Speaker Johnson has no right to stop duly elected representatives from taking office.

Call a press conference on the capitol steps, and swear in Democratic Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva - NOW.

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