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Democracy Helpers @democracyhelpers.bsky.social · 17h

* You can dance if you want to *
Flash mob * Dance protest
2 PM, Saturday, October 11, 2025.
White House, BLM Plaza side.
Wear a mask if you want to. Look fabulous or look casual. Bring water and dress for the weather. We’ll have loud music and signs. A few brief speeches, but mostly it’s dancing.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

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Takoma Park Mobilization @tpmobilization.bsky.social · 10d

TODAY: Defend Rally and March
September 30 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Supreme Court Building 1 First St NE, Washington, DC

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Takoma Park Mobilization @tpmobilization.bsky.social · 12d

With 300 or so community members in Takoma Park, talking strategies to Resist Autocratic Rule.

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Takoma Park Mobilization @tpmobilization.bsky.social · 13d

Please join Rep. Jamie Raskin, County Executive Marc Elrich, and fellow advocates for a community forum, Resist Autocratic Rule, Sunday, September 28, 1–3 pm in Takoma Park.

Register at tpmobilization.org/DOD-9-28-25.

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Democracy Helpers @democracyhelpers.bsky.social · 14d

Please join Rep. Jamie Raskin, County Executive Marc Elrich, and fellow advocates for a community forum, Resist Autocratic Rule, Sunday September 28, 1–3 pm at Piney Branch Elementary School, 7510 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park.

Register at tpmobilization.org/DOD-9-28-25.

Community Forum: Defense of Democracy

Represenative Jamie Raskin and Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich are featured participants in a program that will explore to strengthen our defense of democracy, centered on discussion between e...

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Takoma Park Mobilization @tpmobilization.bsky.social · 20d

Resist Autocratic Rule: Rep. Raskin and County Executive Elrich in Takoma Park, Sunday, September 28, 1–3 pm. RSVP: tpmobilization.org/DOD-9-28-25 .

Community Forum: Defense of Democracy

Represenative Jamie Raskin and Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich are featured participants in a program that will explore to strengthen our defense of democracy, centered on discussion between e...

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 22d

Today House Republicans are going to lie, distort reality, insult our communities, and attempt to dehumanize the people of DC— especially our Black and Brown youth.

We are ten toes down for DC. Anyone who tries to say we deserve less doesn't know us.

A Black woman with braids pulled back into a ponytail faces a large crowd at 14th & U St. NW and raises her arms in joy. A gogo band plays behind her and in the intersection a huge crowd listens. The sun sets on buildings across the streets.

A Black boy with short purple twists runs through bubbles. His shirt reads "Nobody's free until everybody's free. Free DC." He looks back at other children behind him who run through the bubbles in a wide open field.

A woman sits on the grass of a wide open field as a child hugs her from behind. She closes her eyes and tilts her head gently. Bubbles drift in the air. A child's arm and leg run across the foreground.

A Black woman with an Afro, oversized sunglasses, and a bright orange dresses smiles and points at the camera. Behind her, people sit and listen to music in an open airy space.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 22d

Here’s all the ways you can take action against Disney, ABC, Sinclair, and Nexstar for silencing Jimmy Kimmel and attacking free speech.

Share WIDELY.
#BOYCOTTDISNEYABC

TAKE ACTION AGAINST DISNEY-ABC STOP BENDING TO THE ADMIN

DISNEY-ABC STOP BENDING TO AUTHORITARIAN PRESSURE. ACTION RESOURCE LIST WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE On September 17th, Disney-ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air—just hours after the FCC Chair Bre...

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 23d

Nothing about us without us.

We're at today's House Oversight Committee hearing about DC to make it clear DC communities don't want Congress's interference in our judges, prosecutions, sentencing, or police.

They can't talk about our communities without expecting to hear from our communities.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · Sep 11

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

1) pic of Melissa and Mark Hortman 2) pic of Melissa Hortman and dog Gilbert

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · Sep 8

Tomorrow, college students across DC walkout. Not just for ourselves, but for our neighbors. For everyone this federal occupation harms. You don’t need permission to demand freedom. You just need to show up. Sign up: smvmt.org/walkout #FreeDC @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Trump regime and its federal forces have occupied DC for too long. Over the weekend, thousands marched to the White House to make clear that DC belongs to its people and #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

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Thousands protest for a 'Free DC' on the fourth week of federal control in Washington

Thousands have taken to the streets of Washington, D.C., to protest President Donald Trump's federal takeover of policing in the nation's capital.

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · Sep 8

We need Congress to act immediately to end Trump's occupation and be on the side of DC communities.

We're visiting Senate offices today to tell Senators to end Trump's occupation of the District, stay out of DC's local spending, and block ALL attempts to take away DC's local power. Our full letter:

"September 8, 2025

Dear Members of Congress,

Thank you for your service to the people of the United States.

Today I am asking you to do everything in your power to end the occupation of Washington DC as swiftly as possible. DC residents and our allies want ICE and all recently reassigned federal law enforcement officers out of DC immediately. We want National Guard members deployed to DC to be sent home, and we want our local police to stop working with federal forces. 80% of DC residents share this view, in opposition to our mayor.

Federal forces in DC are showing a clear pattern of racially profiling, harassing, and arresting Black and Brown DC community members. They are armed, sometimes unidentified, and moving in gangs through residential neighborhoods confronting people who are simply at home, driving to work, or doing routine daily activities.

Trump’s occupation of DC is an ongoing and increasing danger to DC residents. It is also a direct threat to democracy in the United States. This is an active military takeover of the capital. It is a textbook indicator of backsliding democracy and intensifying authoritarianism. I understand this might come off as alarmist, but in the last 100 years of history the pattern is clear and we are witnessing it now.

As someone who has sworn a sacred oath to uphold and protect the U.S. Constitution, you have an obligation to act in this moment. Specifically, I am asking you today to take the following steps:

SUPPORT H.R. 5070, "To require Federal law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, and for other purposes."
SUPPORT H.R. 5051, "To require members of the Armed Forces performing active service in the District of Columbia in response to an order of the President which relates to crime or civil disturbance in the District of Columbia to participate in a program substantially similar to the Body-Worn Camera Program of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia."

"SUPPORT amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act introduced by Del. Norton.
SUPPORT Del. Norton’s request to the Secretary of Defense asking for information on the scope, legal parameters, mission, and cost of the National Guard Deployment in DC.
SUPPORT H.J. Res. 115, “Terminating the emergency determined by the President."
OPPOSE any bill to declare a crime emergency in DC.
ENSURE National Guard members leave DC on a clear and swift timeline.

In addition to these measures related to the occupation, you can also be in solidarity with DC in during the FY26 budget process, including any Continuing Resolution:

OPPOSE the 20 DC-related riders in the House Appropriations bill.
ENSURE any Continuing Resolution for FY26 exempts DC government from a federal government shutdown, and grants DC full power to spend our local budget.

Finally, reject ALL legislation that attempts to interfere in DC Home Rule. As of September 8, 2025, that means:

OPPOSE S. 2686 which would ban DC Council from changing mandatory minimums or sentencing guidelines, lower the age of youth offenders from 24 to 18, and remove judicial discretion in youth sentencing.
OPPOSE S. 2687/H.R. 5107 which would repeal the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022, or the CLEAN DC Act, from Sen. Cruz and Rep. Clyde, and any other attempts to undo police accountability measures in DC.
OPPOSE H.R. 5140 which seeks to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult in DC to 14.
OPPOSE H.R. 5143 to allow vehicular pursuit of suspects fleeing in a motor vehicle, making anyone in the city subject to unsafe car chases.
OPPOSE H.R. 5125 to eliminate the DC Judicial Nomination Committee, from Rep. Sessions
OPPOSE any new laws requiring cash bail in DC including HR. 5016 from Rep. Biggs, and S. 2706."

"OPPOSE any attempt to take away power from the DC Office of the Attorney General or replace its elected Attorney General with a presidential appointee as proposed in the DC Attorney General Appointment Reform Act.
OPPOSE the repeal of DC’s Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act of 2016 and the Second Chance Amendment of 2022.
OPPOSE H.R. 7530, “The DC CRIMES Act of 2024,” from Rep. Donalds.
OPPOSE H.R. 5163, to prohibit camping on public property in the District of Columbia by levying fines and jail time, an attack on unhoused persons with no relationship with crime, from Rep. Timmons.
OPPOSE the SOAR Improvements Act, which will remove funds from DC Public Schools and reallocate them to a school voucher program.
OPPOSE H.R. 5103, to establish a program to “beautify” the city managed by a new “Safe and Beautiful Commission,” from Rep. McGuire.
OPPOSE any attempt to undo Sanctuary laws in DC.

DC is home to 700,000 people including families, children, seniors, workers, and people of every age, race, ability and faith. These communities are joyful, powerful, and deserve dignity, not armed soldiers, masked agents, disappearances, and violations of their Constitutional rights.

I call on you to take action to end this escalating emergency as fast as possible.

Thank you for your attention and swift action on this matter."

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · Sep 6

It was just block after block of people coming from Malcolm X Park headed downtown. Lots of energy despite the heat, and cheers from passersby, as well as church bells ringing in support.

16th Street in NW DC, the road filled with demonstrators carrying signs and marching, with the trees of Malcolm X Park visible in e background.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Sep 6

Today, we march for a Free DC.

We Are All DC

On September 6, we march to Stop the Trump Takeover. Show up at Malcolm X Park (16th St NW & W St NW) on Saturday, September 6 at 11 AM. We march at 12 PM. Allies join us!

WeAreAllDC.com

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thousands of people will take action today in opposition to this president’s occupation of DC.

Here are the ways Congress needs to take action in this moment.

Send a letter in solidarity with DC: FreeDCproject.org/allies

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · Sep 4

Clearly it's not enough for this fascist administration to hunt down people in the streets.

They want to dismantle DC’s fundamental rights and governing power.

We will not cooperate.

House GOP weighing bills to remove elected D.C. AG, overhaul justice policies

The bills could shepherd in some of the most intense interventions in the city’s justice system since the federal government took over the local courts in the 1990s.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Takoma Park Mobilization @tpmobilization.bsky.social · Sep 4

Fire RFK Now! Thursday, Sept. 4, 9 am, Firksen Senate Office Building, 1st & Constitution NW.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Aug 30

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The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How To Fight Trump’s Occupation

With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.

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Takoma Park Mobilization @tpmobilization.bsky.social · Aug 31

Protest Tuesday, September 2 at 11 am at the White House -- Trump: Restore PEPFAR. Release HIV funds now. bit.ly/savepepfar .

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Takoma Park Mobilization @tpmobilization.bsky.social · Aug 29

Register for the #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day Mass Call this Saturday, August 30, at 1 pm: www.mobilize.us/mayday/event... .

Speakers include CTU President Stacy Davis Gates, @freedcproject.bsky.social's @keyachatterjee.bsky.social, journalist Michael Harriot & UTLA Pres. Cecily Myart-Cruz.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Aug 26

It’s official.

September 6th.

From all across this nation.

We march in D.C.

Join us.

We Are All DC

On September 6, we march to Stop the Trump Takeover. Show up at Malcolm X Park (16th St NW & W St NW) on Saturday, September 6 at 11 AM. We march at 12 PM. Allies join us!

WeAreAllDC.com

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Takoma Park Mobilization @tpmobilization.bsky.social · Aug 25

Workers across the DC region need to be in solidarity now more than ever before. On Thursday, August 28, kick off join a rally and march: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... .

Join TPM at the Takoma Metro Station at 3:15 pm for a sing-along, then we will take Metro at 3:30 pm to Dupont Circle.

Solidarity Season: Rally + March · Mobilize

Workers make DC run and we deserve better than mass firings, union busting, deportations, and occupation. Workers across the DC region need to be in solidarity with one another now more than ever be...

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