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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 6d

Project 2025 was the plan all along

The fever dream of Stephen Miller

Fire as many government employees as possible

Roll back regulations so billionaires can exploit ALL of our resources-including US workers

End anything that promotes equity

Destroy the rule of law

Burn down American democracy

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · 6d

Pennsylvania: a critical Supreme Court retention election is on the ballot in Nov. GOP billionaires want to flip the court & gut worker rights, abortion rights, & voter access. Most voters don’t even know it’s happening: spread the word! #PACourtsMatter social.demcast.com/s/2la6xwcI

Sign up to phone bank & GOTV🗳️

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · 12d

Rehire some. And mess with a lot of lives in the meantime.

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · 12d

Postcard writing is also a great win-win: support the USPS while fighting fascism and
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · 12d

The GOP is refusing to negotiate and refusing to do their job by keeping Congress in session until the deadline!

#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · 12d

The GOP controls every branch of government. They are creating this shutdown, and planning to exploit it by firing thousands of federal workers.

#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

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Bren @kindofnerdy.bsky.social · 12d

🎧 Don’t Let Them Lie to You!

The GOP controls the House, Senate, and White House, and the lives & livelihoods of 15M people are on the line!

If the government shuts down, it's because THEY chose to shut it down rather than pass a budget that serves the American people.

#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · 12d

The administration is refusing to negotiate, and planning to exploit the shutdown they create to gut more government agencies through layoffs.

#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · 12d

The White House is weaponizing a shutdown to hollow out federal agencies gutting services Americans rely on. This crisis is due to Trump’s refusal to negotiate.

A MAGA plan to exploit a crisis they create

With the funding deadline days away, Americans will pay the price
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

NBC News headline:
White House lays groundwork for mass government firings if there's a shutdown

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 16d

The perversity of Stephen Miller channeling Joseph Goebbels cannot be overstated. The descendant of Jewish refugees from Belarus mimicking the words and attitudes of the chief propagandist of Nazi Germany is sickening.

Do not turn away. Remember this. Stand up against this.

Mary Wood @maryrosewood.bsky.social · 16d

This is terrifying but necessary to watch. Speak now or they will forever hold your tongue.

#MomSky

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · 28d

#Trumpflation in action!

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · 29d

#Trumpflation isn't just the inflation we're all suffering from now -- it's the stagflation we're going to have to live with for years to come unless policies change

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 29d

This woman went to three grocery stores and found produce sections either bare or rotting. That’s #Trumpflation. Trump’s war on immigrants and careless financial policies make him richer while families struggle with higher prices and empty shelves. Seems fair?

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · 29d

#Trumpflation in action!

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olliebp.bsky.social @olliebp.bsky.social · 29d

With the de minimis exemption gone, everything now comes with surprise duties, broker fees, and shipping surcharges.
That hidden tax shows up at checkout and in grocery prices too.
Tariffs pile up, prices soar to outrageous levels. #Trumpflation social.demcast.com/s/TCcAlRJb

The felon holding a huge blasting device that says trade tariffs and it’s blowing up in a worker’s face

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · 29d

They just snuck through one of the biggest tax increases in the history of the United States.

#Trumpflation !!!

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SweetWitch2697 @sweetwitch2697.bsky.social · 29d

The rich keep getting richer while the minimum wage stays stuck. Thanks to inflation, that $7.25 from 2012 in the US barely buys a bag of chips today. #Trumpflation

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · Sep 8

The League of Women Voters of the Plymouth Area (MA) are holding a panel discussion on immigration detention in the commonwealth this evening (Mon. Sept 8) at 7pm at Plymouth Town Hall.

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · Aug 28

Disaster responders are also at risk of being swept up in a "papers! you must show me your papers!" raid:

www.king5.com/article/news...

2 firefighters working on Bear Gulch Fire arrested by Homeland Security

It's unknown why two firefighters working on the Bear Gulch Fire were arrested by Homeland Security on Wednesday.

www.king5.com

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · Aug 26

At a Missouri town hall, farmer Fred Higginbotham said what millions are thinking: enough of GOP politicians bowing to Trump while working people lose farms, health care, & futures.

Farmers aren’t mincing words anymore: this is rebellion from the ground up.

And we are here for it. Stay angry!

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · Aug 21

Fort Bliss is being used for immigrant internment now, just as it was used to intern Japanese-Americans during WWII. Racist history is repeating itself.

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · Aug 21

🤬 this is why he’s trying to normalizing federal troops in blue state cities. 🤯

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · Aug 20

Private prison companies, like GEO Group (a large Trump donor) have a perverse incentive to squeeze a profit out of minimizing care and maximizing abuse of detainees.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · Aug 20

Ryan Walters’ PragerU “woke” spot tests are a purge, not education. Teachers are fleeing, programs closing, kids stuck with emergency hires—and Walters, mired in scandals, won’t fix it. Oklahoma is dead last in education.

Sellers nailed it: “Why not focus on being #45 instead of #50?”

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Steve Semick @newarsenalofdemocracy.org · Aug 20

Walters is too busy displaying porn at public meetings to spend time actually focusing on improving education in Oklahoma.

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Okla County Sheriff delivers Walters investigation to DA

The Okla County Sheriff has given the DA its investigation into State Supt. Ryan Walters after board members alleged they saw nude images on a TV in his office.

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