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peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 2h

It's simple, the Democrats want to give people cheaper Healthcare, the Republicans just want you to be sick or die. Do yourself and family a favor and vote for Democrats.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Democrats want health care tax credits to end the shutdown. Why the GOP says not yet.

Stalemate in Congress leaves millions insured by state marketplaces in limbo.

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 13h

@AbigailSpanberger.bsky.social
is a skilled public servant who has been a CIA case officer and U.S. Representative for Virginia, CD 7

Her focus as Governor of Virginia is to protect Virginians and get things done

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 6h

Rude, crude and unattractive is a horrible way to go through life.

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peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 3d

When the moment calls for it, and it certainly will, will our military leaders allow a President to create an Authoritarian country. Our brave soldiers fought and some died for our democratic experiment. Your code demands it. The American people expect it.

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peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 3d

Trump will not give up power because he'll be indicted. Those that helped him commit atrocities will fight to keep him in power so they don't go to prison. I see a battle coming and we must be strong enough to win.

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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 1d

Call it what it is, the South is invading the North, only this time instead of a president like Lincoln who did everything in his power to hold the nation together, you have one that is aiding and abetting the rebellion.

peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 1d

Why is the Texas national guard going to Chicago? Because the Texas governor and Trump are plotting for a government takeover. WAKE UP Military.

"Texas National Guard headed to Illinois, as Pritzker decries ‘authoritarian march’" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6lyd6ZKU/s...

Texas National Guard headed to Illinois, as Pritzker decries 'authoritarian march' (ABC News)

As members of the Texas National Guard boarded a plane on Monday, state and city leaders in Illinois were holding a news conference asking them to stay away ...

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peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 6h

Agreed

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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 1d

Quite simply, there is no current situation in our country that requires the insurrection act to be involved.

Yet.

If Trump, has his way, or whoever is pulling his strings, that will change and we will have another civil war between the states.

Only this time, no one is looking out for US.

peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 1d

The insurrectionist Trump is trying to invoke the insurrection act to attempt another insurrection. Really. The Military must stop this.

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peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 1d

The insurrectionist Trump is trying to invoke the insurrection act to attempt another insurrection. Really. The Military must stop this.

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peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 1d

Why is the Texas national guard going to Chicago? Because the Texas governor and Trump are plotting for a government takeover. WAKE UP Military.

"Texas National Guard headed to Illinois, as Pritzker decries ‘authoritarian march’" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6lyd6ZKU/s...

Texas National Guard headed to Illinois, as Pritzker decries 'authoritarian march' (ABC News)

As members of the Texas National Guard boarded a plane on Monday, state and city leaders in Illinois were holding a news conference asking them to stay away ...

l.smartnews.com

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peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 22h

To those generals and military leadership i say, STAND IN PLACE.
You can't stop Trumps Authoritarian aims by running to safety. Stand and fight for us like our brave soldiers have done in the past.

thehill.com/policy/defen...

thehill.com

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peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 23h

MAGA, This is what voting for Trump has done to you. Those that didn't vote for Harris did this to yourself. If you want to stop this attack on your livelihood, Vote for Democrats.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

Trump questions back pay for federal workers furloughed as part of government shutdown | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump is considering not giving back pay to all federal employees once the government shutdown ends, suggesting it could depend on the worker in the GOP’s latest attempt to force Demo...

www.cnn.com

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peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 6h

Screaming about the Authoritarian regime happening while running for the hills isn't good enough. It's cowardly.

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 1d

For Monday of Banned Books Week, we explore the Comstock Acts, enacted in 1873 and 1909. While we tend to think of this federal law today in terms of efforts to restrict access to birth control and abortion medications, they originally targeted literature as well. (Thread)

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What Are the Origins of the Comstock Act?
In 1873 - at the behest of anti-vice crusader, Anthony Comstock - Congress enacted a law banning the interstate mailing and receiving of
"obscene, lewd, or lascivious" writings, or "any article or thing designed or intended for the prevention of conception or procuring an abortion." In 1909, Congress enacted a similar law banning the use of express company or common carrier (such as FedEx or UPS) to mail
"any drug, medicine, article, or thing designed, adapted, or intended for preventing conception or producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral use." These laws came to be known collectively as the Comstock Act. The scope of what constituted obscene or lewd material was far broader at the time, and in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Comstock Act was used to prosecute a wide array of violations.

How the Comstock Act became inactive for books
• Passed in 1873: The original Comstock Act made it illegal to send "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" materials through the U.S. mail, which was interpreted to cover a broad range of publications, including anatomy books and classic literature.
• Obscenity standard narrowed: Over decades, court rulings progressively narrowed the scope of what is considered legally obscene, limiting the act's reach. Key Supreme Court decisions, including Roth v. United States (1957) and Miller v.
California (1973), established a more precise definition of obscenity, making it much harder to prosecute the mailing of books.
• Free speech protections: Subsequent First Amendment challenges further protected free speech rights, rendering the Comstock Act obsolete for censoring non-obscene publications.
As a result, the mailing of most magazines and books is now considered common and legal.
• Modern focus is different: Today, enforcement of the Comstock Act's obscenity provisions is focused almost exclusively on child and violent pornography.

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 1d

AI is not responsible for this video of Donald Trump saying how much he admires and respects both Hillary and Bill Clinton.

Donald Trump is.

And might bust a diaper if enough people repost it…

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 1d

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

VA House of Delegates Democrats, Dist 65-68

Re-elect Joshua Cole
jgcole.org

Elect Nicole Cole
nicolecole.com

Elect Mario Haggerty
haggertyforhouse67.org

Elect Elaine Walters
elainewalters.com

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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 1d

#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

VA House of Delegates Democrats, Dist 69-72

Elect Mark Downey
downeyforva.com

Re-elect Shelly Simonds
simondsfordelegate.com

Elect Jessica Anderson
jess4va.com

Elect Randolph Critzer
randolphcritzer.com

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 1d

On October 7 and every day...

You can be anti-Netanyahu and not be an antisemite.

You can be anti-Hamas and not be an Islamphobe.

You can be anti-Trump and not be anti-America.

You cannot be pro-Netanyahu, Hamas and Trump and be pro-democracy and humanity.

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 2d

“The idea that you’re going to arrest people… just because they oppose the president of the United States, there is something genuinely wrong with this man and the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked.” --Gov. JB Pritzger

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 1d

It’s beyond casual. The most documented liar in recorded history has literally inoculated his political and media flunkies into lying as shamelessly as he does.

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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 1d

We have a POTUS unable to tell the difference between TV and reality and thinks five year old videos are what's happening today. He's obviously being led around by someone and decisions are being made with him out of the loop (and possibly out of his mind). This is a very grave situation.

A mentally diminished Trump is clearly someone's puppet — but who's pulling the strings?

On Friday, the president changed his mind. He decided that he is not going to break the law by withholding $187 million in federal funding for an intelligence and counterterrorism initiative in New Yo...

www.alternet.org

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 1d

MAKE CRIME ILLEGAL AGAIN! --Criminal convicted of more felonies than Al Capone, Bernie Madoff and Charles Manson. Combined.

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 21h

In today’s writing club, we discussed writing dialogue. Some tips: dialogue occurs amid movement and action, in context that changes what the words themselves mean. The interactions among speakers, and among words and movements, and mannerisms, reveal characters—and lies.

Me, in a shirt that reads “Tell me a time in history when it was the good guys banning books.”

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peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 22h

To those generals and military leadership i say, STAND IN PLACE.
You can't stop Trumps Authoritarian aims by running to safety. Stand and fight for us like our brave soldiers have done in the past.

thehill.com/policy/defen...

thehill.com

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peaceandwar.bsky.social @peaceandwar.bsky.social · 23h

MAGA, This is what voting for Trump has done to you. Those that didn't vote for Harris did this to yourself. If you want to stop this attack on your livelihood, Vote for Democrats.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

Trump questions back pay for federal workers furloughed as part of government shutdown | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump is considering not giving back pay to all federal employees once the government shutdown ends, suggesting it could depend on the worker in the GOP’s latest attempt to force Demo...

www.cnn.com

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