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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 3d

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know! Good question!

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 2d

Of course @jaketapper.bsky.social texted “Trump” questions and called it an interview with the President. Of course he did…

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 2d

Great job! Thank you for your work, your frankness and your support of our constitution. I gave you a roaring round of applause after your appearance on @maddow.msnbc.com tonight!

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 2d

As a CBS News alumni this breaks my heart to see the network of journalistic giants come to this. This background on this regime is helpful. It allows us to know, yet again, who and what we are dealing with. So, we stand strong and we point out who they are. It’s not CBS. It’s MAGA CBS.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss launched The Free Press with funding from Peter Thiel allies Marc Andreessen and David Sacks. She’s the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. 1/

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t buy stuff from IG or FB or Threads - period.

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 2d

What is this comment supposed to mean?

Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 2d

There is something going on we don’t yet know…

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 3d

Is it time to make America great again in Alabama?? Or, wait - maybe THIS IS America being great and MAGA just ships it violence out to relatively peaceful communities. So, great equals violence… hmmm…. Is it all starting to make sense yet? #MAGA

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 3d

This is MAGA America. These are MAGA Americans. How about this great country?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t not believe how hard it is to sleep when you’re watching your country, be dismantled by the dumbest people.

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 4d

Dictatorship. Authoritarianism.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 5d

Every American should see
this

They're having fun
Thousands of Americans losing their jobs
Millions of Americans will lose Healthcare
Healthcare Insurance premiums skyrocket
Grocery & Utilities costs soar

They don't care
They think it's funny
Wake up Americans
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 6d

youtube.com/shorts/OLq0Z...

We gotta do it…
#TakeOurDemocracyBack

This Moment Is About Standing up Against Those Who Would Turn Us Into a Dictatorship

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

youtube.com

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 6d

open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...

There are critical gubernatorial elections in NJ and VA! We are a month out from Election Day - If you want to stand up for democracy and our freedoms these races are crucial. Open the link for action ideas and share! #VoteNJ #VoteVA

The Future Is Female (and Fierce): Meet the Next Governors of VA and NJ

Qualified. Proven. Unstoppable. These women are about to make history.

open.substack.com

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 7d

Yep #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 7d

‘They Cheated Like Dogs, but We Got Them Back’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...

THIS is critical for our continuing democracy. The article is gifted so please read it even if you are critical of the NYT. Our democracy cannot stand if we don’t have a free, critical press. #TakeOurDemocracyBack

Opinion | ‘They Cheated Like Dogs, but We Got Them Back’

www.nytimes.com

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list.

PEN America warns of rise in books 'systematically removed from school libraries'

A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list.

n.pr

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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 7d

Today is the subcommittee hearing for S.C. Senate Bill 323, which would create a total abortion ban with almost no exceptions. It would equate abortion with homicide, and it would make it a felony to provide information about obtaining an abortion via the phone or internet.

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 9d

We can learn from #Moldova! Let’s stand up please and show the world we aren’t willing to hand over our country, our democracy to authoritarians!! #WeveHadEnough #TakeBackOurDemocracy

Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 9d

Well Russia tried and spectacularly failed to install their Russian backed puppet, but the voters in Moldova didn’t fall for it and elected President Maia Sandi bc they knew the assignment to save their democracy! Let’s learn from them, please!

Moldova's pro-EU party wins vote mired in claims of Russian interference - BBC News

The election was seen as critical for Moldova's EU path, and President Maia Sandu warned the country's future was in danger.

www.bbc.com

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 9d

Good questions but I believe, as with everything else, they don’t care. My thought- just don’t use USA TikTok. Don’t let them make money to spew their authoritarian propaganda until they prove they aren’t going to spew their authoritarianism.

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 11d

Trump has waged war on Antifa - which stands for anti-fascism. In waging that war, Trump has admitted he is a fascist, has a fascist regime and will not tolerate dissent. THAT is authoritarianism/dictatorship. We
have to keep speaking up & out against all who are allowing this to continue.

Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 11d

Trump unleashed “full force” on Portland & too many officials are silent. Democracy has been stomped on; it’s not theoretical anymore: it’s been crushed in practice.

We must fight to get it back. Demand leaders with spine who will rally the people, defend rights, and resist authoritarian power.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 12d

Your daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH.

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

🔊🔊🔊

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 12d

Don’t let them lie to you!

Republicans controls the House, Senate, and White House.

If the government shuts down, it's because Republicans and Trump chose to shut it down rather than pass a budget which destroys access to healthcare for millions of people.

#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

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