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Liz Dundov

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Animal lover, believer in democracy, equality, freedom, love, decency and fairness. #RESISTANCE The success of our democracy rests on an effective opposition movement.

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Liz Dundov @lizdundov.bsky.social · Feb 19

3.5%
That’s all it takes to make a huge impact and make a change.

#3.5%

Let’s do this!

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The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world

Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 9h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Liz Dundov @lizdundov.bsky.social · 8h

Once again, the voter fraud is being done by those on the right. The ones screaming about voter fraud.
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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

Despite getting whatever anti-trans narrative they wanted out of the Charlie Kirk shooting, the American right is now blaming the Jews instead, because content must be created. It is almost like the "first they came for" thing is not hypothetical!

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

It's the golden rule of grievance politics: you will never be happy. You are a permanent captive to the infinity goalpost.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · Aug 6

"The struggle for the soul of America is not a distant, imagined future; it is here and now, demanding our immediate and unwavering resolve." Steven A. Cash, Executive Director of The Steady State

The Steady State (@steadystate1)

And we have only begun the battle.

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Steven A. Cash @cashsteven.bsky.social · 15h

Honored to have spoken to an amazing group of Vassar Students on behalf of @steadystatevets.bsky.social

Vassar @vassar.bsky.social · 1d

The country is facing the gravest threat to its constitutional democracy since the Civil War. That was the assessment of the current political situation from former national security official Steven Cash ’84, who spoke with students.
https://bit.ly/4pNBkeg

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 14h

We at The Steady State have studied the indicators of authoritarianism for decades — usually dry words in intelligence reports. But sometimes, a single photograph says it all.

Authoritarianism doesn’t arrive all at once. It creeps in under cover of “order,” cloaked in uniforms, justified by fear.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 12h

"A Free Press is as essential to a democracy as State Controlled Media is essential to a dictator. President Trump has been raging against our free press since before he became president, and has continued to rage until this day." -- by @hgrit70.bsky.social

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American Samizdat

The Steady State | By Margaret Henoch October 8, 2025

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 11h

Trump’s threat to jail a mayor and governor is a direct assault on the rule of law. In the United States, no president has the power to imprison political opponents. Trump speaks as if he were a dictator — and that’s exactly the danger.

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h

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:
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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.

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Liz Dundov @lizdundov.bsky.social · 9h

This explains a lot.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Power Causes Brain Damage

How leaders lose mental capacities—most notably for reading other people—that were essential to their rise

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH:

djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."

Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."

djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."

And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.

#PedoPrez

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Liz Dundov @lizdundov.bsky.social · 12h

Everyone needs to read this. We are at a dangerous crossroads.

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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jaynie’s Got a Bun @freegirlnow.bsky.social · 23h

Shameful

Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 1d

This story is so descriptive of the decline of this country, the presidency and the Republican Party. Shameful.

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“Why Sergio?”: Deportation ends 36-year dream for celebrated Waco chef

Sergio Garcia built a wide following for his regional Mexican cuisine over the decades, becoming a favorite of the White House press corps visiting Waco during the Bush presidency. Then in March, ICE ...

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Liz Dundov @lizdundov.bsky.social · 23h

He can pretty much use that line as an answer to just about any question, apparently. 🙄

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

So Bondi plans her congressional hearings by bringing up dirt on the senators who questioned her rather than answering the questions. This is the lying schemer that is running the DOJ.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Liz Dundov @lizdundov.bsky.social · 23h

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End State Terror on American Soil

Text SIGN POWMAS to 50409 to send this to your officials.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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