@lshade.bsky.social
Retired teacher; Teeny tiny blue dot in ruby red rural MO. They said I was overreacting in 2016!
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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Republican logic: Hold the majority, refuse to negotiate, go on vacation, blame Democrats for the shutdown.
FACT: @housedemocrats.bsky.social have been showing up to work ready to stop the shutdown and save health care. Republicans have not.
FACT: @housedemocrats.bsky.social have been showing up to work ready to stop the shutdown and save health care. Republicans have not.
October 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Republican logic: Hold the majority, refuse to negotiate, go on vacation, blame Democrats for the shutdown.
FACT: @housedemocrats.bsky.social have been showing up to work ready to stop the shutdown and save health care. Republicans have not.
FACT: @housedemocrats.bsky.social have been showing up to work ready to stop the shutdown and save health care. Republicans have not.
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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.
Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.
It’s illegal and un-American.
October 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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.
Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.
It’s illegal and un-American.
Authoritarianism Has Arrived
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Authoritarianism Has Arrived
Welcome to Trump/MAGA/ Project 2025 America
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August 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Authoritarianism Has Arrived
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I want every blue state to do what Gavin Newsom is doing.
Give the GOP no quarter. 
Give the GOP no quarter. 
August 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I want every blue state to do what Gavin Newsom is doing.
Give the GOP no quarter. 
Give the GOP no quarter. 
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Dems should fight on every front.
If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.
We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.
Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.
We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.
Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
August 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Dems should fight on every front.
If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.
We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.
Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.
We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.
Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
Goodbye to All That www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
Goodbye to All That
My resignation from the FBI.
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July 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Goodbye to All That www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
June 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
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Whenever law enforcement agents are given a quota of a specific number of people to arrest or detain, especially with the WH policy director screaming at their superiors to hit those target numbers, bad things are going to happen. Quotas always result in civil rights violations.
June 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Whenever law enforcement agents are given a quota of a specific number of people to arrest or detain, especially with the WH policy director screaming at their superiors to hit those target numbers, bad things are going to happen. Quotas always result in civil rights violations.
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I think it’s notable that ICE isn’t conducting raids in red states, but is instead targeting deep blue states with big migrant communities that will fight back.
They want violence to justify more violence. This is fascism 101.
We should laugh at them and treat them like the cowards they are.
They want violence to justify more violence. This is fascism 101.
We should laugh at them and treat them like the cowards they are.
June 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I think it’s notable that ICE isn’t conducting raids in red states, but is instead targeting deep blue states with big migrant communities that will fight back.
They want violence to justify more violence. This is fascism 101.
We should laugh at them and treat them like the cowards they are.
They want violence to justify more violence. This is fascism 101.
We should laugh at them and treat them like the cowards they are.
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Tyranny requires constant effort. Oppression is the mask of fear. Authority is brittle. And most importantly: you are never truly alone when standing up to authoritarianism. You have friends everywhere.
June 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Tyranny requires constant effort. Oppression is the mask of fear. Authority is brittle. And most importantly: you are never truly alone when standing up to authoritarianism. You have friends everywhere.
Yes! Exactly this! Push back! Stand up and speak out for a change! Being Mr/Ms Nice Guy/Gal isn’t working with all the corruption!
May 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yes! Exactly this! Push back! Stand up and speak out for a change! Being Mr/Ms Nice Guy/Gal isn’t working with all the corruption!
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Last Friday, Trump's EPA shut down a Biden-era website mapping locations of dangerous chemical plants.
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
The Government’s Chemical Disaster Tracking Tool Just Went Dark
The chemical lobby demanded Trump make the locations of high-risk chemical plants secret. The EPA did just that.
www.levernews.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Last Friday, Trump's EPA shut down a Biden-era website mapping locations of dangerous chemical plants.
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
April 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Proud rebel here!
April 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Proud rebel here!
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This is my America.
April 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is my America.
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In the dead of night, the Senate advanced Trump’s budget.
A great night for billionaires — a bad night for everyone else.
A great night for billionaires — a bad night for everyone else.
April 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
In the dead of night, the Senate advanced Trump’s budget.
A great night for billionaires — a bad night for everyone else.
A great night for billionaires — a bad night for everyone else.
I got my signs ready! It’s going to be rainy but I won’t get wet! I’m going to feel the power of the rain! Hands off our democracy! Dump Trump!
Today. Find the location nearest you and join everyone.
If you’re upset about the chaos and corruption Trump is inflicting on your country—whether your focus is the nihilistic dismantling of government, the economy, our foreign relations, or his threats to the rule of law—please join the nationwide marches on April 5. Learn more here 👉
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April 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I got my signs ready! It’s going to be rainy but I won’t get wet! I’m going to feel the power of the rain! Hands off our democracy! Dump Trump!
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Today. Find the location nearest you and join everyone.
If you’re upset about the chaos and corruption Trump is inflicting on your country—whether your focus is the nihilistic dismantling of government, the economy, our foreign relations, or his threats to the rule of law—please join the nationwide marches on April 5. Learn more here 👉
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Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
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April 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today. Find the location nearest you and join everyone.
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We were cleaning Chinas clock economically. Many predicted they would surpass us by now, and they haven’t.
But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots
But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots
April 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We were cleaning Chinas clock economically. Many predicted they would surpass us by now, and they haven’t.
But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots
But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots
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Authoritarian Predictions ::
1. Pardons to License Lawbreaking
2. Directing Investigations Against Critics and Rivals
3. Regulatory Retaliation
4. Federal Law Enforcement Overreach
5. Domestic Deployment of the Military
6. The Autocrat Won’t Leave
www.authoritarianplaybook2025.org/what-we-can-...
1. Pardons to License Lawbreaking
2. Directing Investigations Against Critics and Rivals
3. Regulatory Retaliation
4. Federal Law Enforcement Overreach
5. Domestic Deployment of the Military
6. The Autocrat Won’t Leave
www.authoritarianplaybook2025.org/what-we-can-...
What We Can Expect — The Authoritarian Playbook for 2025
www.authoritarianplaybook2025.org
March 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Authoritarian Predictions ::
1. Pardons to License Lawbreaking
2. Directing Investigations Against Critics and Rivals
3. Regulatory Retaliation
4. Federal Law Enforcement Overreach
5. Domestic Deployment of the Military
6. The Autocrat Won’t Leave
www.authoritarianplaybook2025.org/what-we-can-...
1. Pardons to License Lawbreaking
2. Directing Investigations Against Critics and Rivals
3. Regulatory Retaliation
4. Federal Law Enforcement Overreach
5. Domestic Deployment of the Military
6. The Autocrat Won’t Leave
www.authoritarianplaybook2025.org/what-we-can-...
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Shoulda, woulda, coulda listened to Sotomayor.
I do wonder if Roberts understands yet.
I do wonder if Roberts understands yet.
Sotomayor's dissent: A president should not be a 'king above the law'
The Supreme Court is allowing a president to become a “king above the law,” in the use of official power, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in a biting dissent that called the majority opinion on immunity ...
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March 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Shoulda, woulda, coulda listened to Sotomayor.
I do wonder if Roberts understands yet.
I do wonder if Roberts understands yet.