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stgael.bsky.social
I don’t feel sadness or fear. Just anger. Feeling betrayed by Democrats and their passiveness and decorum. By my Governor for not maximizing Constitutional authority. For progressives pretending like it’s business as usual. Now they’re seizing documents but they’re just trying to provoke.
January 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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stgael.bsky.social
What our end-goal Congressional action should be. Impeachment won’t succeed.
January 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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manmademoon.bsky.social
Much of the bullshit happening around the world is because Putin paid shills to stir up division & discontent in other countries & make Russians feel democracy & progress were not worth having…

But I take a grim satisfaction that his huge successes on that front aren’t doing him a damn bit of good.
January 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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billcorbett.bsky.social
Absolutely. It’s our job to make sure they don’t get a moment’s peace. They want all the power, they take ALL the fucking blame.

And any Democrat who enables them even slightly gets no peace either. No mercy for quislings!
faineg.bsky.social Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Jan 30
Every single bad and evil thing that happens in the USA is Donald Trump and the GOP’s fault.

Everything can and must be blamed on them.

We are at war with a murderous death cult. Act accordingly.
January 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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billcorbett.bsky.social
Just donated to Trans Lifeline to help our friends and family being persecuted by this new regime. IF you have some $ to spare, please consider doing likewise? Even a few bucks helps. But if not, some real LOUD support from the cis community would also be great. ❤️

link: translifeline.org/donate/
receipt for donation to Trans Lifeline
January 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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piperformissouri.bsky.social
If you are in a red state, flood your Governor’s offices with phone calls demanding to know what the plan will be if Medicaid and Meals on Wheels and SNAP and Headstart don’t receive funding this week. This is on them for going along with a insane autocrat.

Call them. They knew.
January 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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calltoactivism.bsky.social
BREAKING NEWS:

SIX State Attorney generals vow to work together (NY, CA, IL, MA, NJ, RI) to SUE to stop Trump's funding freeze.

NY AG Latisha James reveals that 20 states have been frozen out of Medicaid reimbursement and says the move is illegal, dangerous and unconstitutional.
January 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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maxwellfrost.bsky.social
Just got off the phone with a medical provider who accepts Medicaid. Because they are shut out from the Medicaid portal, they might not be able to make payroll. They exclusively serve low-income Floridians.
January 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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maxwellfrost.bsky.social
Flood the zone. Electeds, activists, & leaders, don’t assume people know what’s going on. Tell them everywhere that:

Trump & Republicans stopped Medicaid.

Trump & Republicans stopped housing assistance.

Trump & Republicans stopped schooling for children.
January 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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jwoodlands.bsky.social
MA delegation have been out in front making a statement. Everyone call your Senators and Congressional reps. Also there's a rally today 5 PM at the WH to protest the coup. www.mobilize.us/climateactio...
WHITE HOUSE RALLY · VizEvents
The White House has just frozen federal funding, a move that could halt payments within days to states and households relying on essential programs like SNAP food aid, housing assistance, education, h...
www.mobilize.us
January 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
Imagine if a cyberattack did this.

It would be an act of war.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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jamellebouie.net
this is an illegal order. the president does not have the legal authority to discriminate against entire categories of americans on the basis of sex. this order is no different than if he had issued one reinstituting segregation.
January 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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rawcognizance.bsky.social
Criminals will be criminals.

What Donald Trump just did by freezing federal aid across the board is illegal.

The president does not have the power to freeze federal aid. Congress does.

It also hurts his constituency. Even his supporters use federal aid.

Oops.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FETJx1/
DJT FREEZES FEDERAL AID ACROSS THE BOARD. REPOST AND SHARE THIS!
TikTok video by Raw Cognizance
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January 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.
Hey friends! We're seeing a lot of terrible things. We're not able to cover all of them, but we felt this latest one is a really big deal and needs much more awareness. Our summary is this: It's an administrative coup. Trump has ordered tens of billions (maybe up to $3 trillion) of budget halted indefinitely in a blatantly illegal move. He's claiming power to halt and potentially redirect funding that's already been authorized by Congress — a classic authoritarian move. Here's what we know. And we're doing our best to catch up with this story, because it's moving fast. There's a memo from Matthew Vaeth, the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget. (That's the same government entity who set-up the DEI "snitch" line, that's now been spammed by tens of thousands of our fellow residents.) In typical Trump-style, the memo gets its facts wrong. It claims in FY2024 the US government spent $10 trillion (actually it was $6.8 trillion). It says money should be used for the administration's priorities — "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve." (Again, it's very fact deficient.) The memo says a pause will begin at 5pm on January 28th where, "Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal." Anyone promised federal grants might have their money at risk, even states. This is Congressional directed spending and Trump is ordering people to not do it. This funding includes universities for education and research programs, nonprofits, local and tribal governments, disaster relief aid, e… So what can we do? It's been a lot. And the shock approach of this administration is to overwhelm us with nonsense and a state of paralysis. We continue to believe the best thing is to stay grounded and keep yourself sane amidst insanity. At this juncture, three actions we suggest that make sense to us: 1) Urge media to cover this story properly This is not "possibly illegal" — it's "patently illegal." You can read notes on that here. It's not "temporary" — it's "indefinite." There's no timetable for ending it. It's not just a memo — it's an administrative coup. 2) Urge your Representatives to act like this is a big deal If you know us, this isn't a knee-jerk action we suggest. We think this is a strategic because it's Congress that's being violated — their power is being directly undermined. 3) Continue to support ACLU and Democracy Forward These groups have been preparing litigation for some time. Unless Trump revokes this, this will certainly make its way through the courts. Our read is even the biased courts will have trouble swallowing this — so it may end up being shut down. Keep breathing. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again," Nelson Mandela. Warmly, - Choose Democracy
January 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
#NeverForget
auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Jan 27
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
January 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
Americans voted for cheaper groceries. Less than a week on the job and Trump's already managed to get us into a trade war that will drive up the cost of coffee and be a gut-punch to American farmers and manufacturers, all because Colombia hurt his feelings.
axios.com Axios @axios.com · Jan 26
After President Trump hit Colombia with tariffs, President Gustavo Petro said his government will "raise import tariffs from the U.S. by 25%"
Columbia hits back at Trump by moving to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products
The U.S. is Colombia's largest trade and investment partner, per the State Department.
www.axios.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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thomaszimmer.bsky.social
The best way to think about Project 2025 was always to see it as the clearest manifestation of the Right’s vision for America. It was itself the distillation of their political project:

A visceral disdain for any kind of pluralism and diversity channeled into a program aiming to extinguish it.
January 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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rawcognizance.bsky.social
DEAR DEMOCRATS:

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@IAmPoliticsGirl INSPIRES BY @IAmPoliticsGirl REPOST AND TAG EVERY DEMOCRATIC SENATOR AND CONGRESS PERSON. #Politics #POLITICSTIKTOK #NEWS #fyp #foryoupage #fypシ
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January 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
What happens when you try to overthrow the government in a functioning democracy with the rule of law
bachynski.bsky.social Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Jan 26
“South Korea’s impeached and arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was formally indicted on Sunday on charges of leading an insurrection last month when he briefly imposed martial law, prosecutors said.
Mr. Yoon’s indictment means that his trial is likely to start soon.”
South Korea’s President Yoon Is Indicted
President Yoon Suk Yeol will stand trial along with his former defense minister and others who participated in his short-lived imposition of martial law.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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manmademoon.bsky.social
Horrendous, but i agree. Thats what he’s trying to start.
His brown shirt movement.
therealjackhopkins.bsky.social Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · Jan 24
It’s clear to me; he wants to make it easy for people like Fauci to be murdered.
January 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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marcelias.bsky.social
FACT: The law requires 30 days notice.✅

FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅

W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀

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January 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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theempresscjj.bsky.social
Maga will succeed in all the ways that N--- Germany failed to? 🤦🏾‍♀️
January 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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mmpadellan.bsky.social
It says a lot that trump spoke more harshly about a woman of the church, Bishop Mariann Budde, who asked him kindly to "have mercy," than he has EVER spoken about a murderous dictator like Vladimir Putin.

Fucking coward.
January 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.

The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.

History is repeating. Pay attention.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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theotherhappyplace.bsky.social
Today I'm watching Inglorious Basterds
January 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM