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Law, Truth, and Scientific/Academic Reason is being subverted by those peddling Lawlessness, Lies, and Magical Thinking. Strong Democratic Institutions and Civic Education protect our Freedom and form the core of Our Common Defense. 🧿 Bluesky Native 🧿

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 24d

“No person shall be… deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…”

It's right there in the Constitution. 5th Amendment.

No person. No exceptions.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 3h

Trump’s been targeting DEI since “No means No” shut down his game in the '90s

Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 4h

Every state should invade Mississippi to retrieve their tax dollars

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 8h

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 8h

An errand boy, sent by a gameshow host, to collect a bill.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 13h

The Republican attack on ACA Premium Tax Credits is a targeted attack on women.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 15h

If 60 Senators can agree on reopening the government, there's hope that 67 Senators can agree on Article I, Sec. 3.

Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you. Keep up the good fight.

Most of history, mankind has been ruled by fear—subjugated by power and cruelty. We once stood up to that. It is here again.

There’s an entire statue dedicated to Liberty somewhere around here. Look for it.

No one is free unless everyone is free. No exceptions.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 17h

Great question.

A country and its people can be admired for their ideals and principles—or feared for their cruelty and power.

History is littered with evil men, selling cruelty and power as a righteous path for their nation.

We had dodged it, and ruin—until now.

How you are respected matters.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 17h

How can Johnson and Thune credibly guarantee back pay for federal workers when Trump said:

“We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible… like cutting vast numbers of people and cutting programs that they like.”

— Donald Trump, Oval Office briefing
Sept. 30, 2025

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 18h

Tax Giver vs. Taker States

💸 Top Givers: NJ, WA, MA — get ~$0.50 per $1 tax
🧲 Top Takers: NM, WV, MS — get $2.50–$3.40 per $1 tax

- Urban blue states fund rural red districts via federal flows
- Medicaid, infrastructure: subsidies run blue to red

Maybe WA should invade MS to retrieve its taxes

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 20h

Perjury is a criminal offense and involves:

Making a false statement about a material fact
While under oath or affirmation
With the intent to deceive

Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 21h

The U.S. healthcare system is being restructured and downsized to serve millions fewer people in order to pay for a tax cut for billionaires.

What's left will cost everyone more each month.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 1d

Voodoo Doughnut offers a limited-edition Pride Bar donut with rainbow hearts down the center.

A portion of proceeds from the Pride Bar go to It Gets Better, supporting LGBTQ+ youth worldwide.

It's nice to see our troops supporting local youth.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 1d

The Republican tax cut for billionaires is so massive that the U.S. healthcare system is being restructured and downsized to serve millions fewer people in order to pay for it.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 1d

Historically correct.

Focusing on the process used for Trump's budget.

President Trump and Congressional Republicans used reconciliation to pass it—every “give” was reconciled with a “take.”

They gave tax breaks to billionaires, upped the debt, and took our healthcare + other things.

Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 1d

... whales, whales are being murdered by wind turbines.
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s billionaire tax cut is so vast that Republicans had to shrink the U.S. healthcare system itself, run up the debt, and raise healthcare premiums just to pay for it.

Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson has no interest in swearing in anyone who would trigger the release of the Epstein Files.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump and Congressional Republicans used reconciliation to pass their budget—meaning every “give” was reconciled with a “take.”

They gave tax breaks to billionaires and took your healthcare.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 1d

Doctors Agree:

Epstein Files Transparency Act complicated by Obstruction of Justice is the leading cause of Congressional Recess and Government Shutdown

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 1d

Doctors Agree:

Epstein Files Transparency Act complicated by Obstruction of Justice is the leading cause of Congressional Recess and Government Shutdown

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s billionaire tax cut is so vast that Republicans had to shrink the U.S. healthcare system, run up the debt, and raise healthcare premiums just to pay for it.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump and Congressional Republicans removed exemptions for veterans receiving SNAP—so billionaires could get their tax breaks.

The savings from veterans’ benefits help fund those breaks.

1.2 million veterans use SNAP; there are 902 U.S. billionaires.

Priorities.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and the Republican healthcare teardown funded the billionaire tax cut.

When your premiums rise, think of it as your personal contribution to their wellbeing.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 2d

The deployment of federalized forces from one state into another, in violation of its sovereignty, marks the collapse of collective governance.

That is civil war.

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