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johnsmillie42.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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nicolesandler.bsky.social
Image of the day. Great job Dump!
April 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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indivisible.org
Comedy is legal on this platform. #handsoff
Susanne Ure on Bluesky: “#HandsOff protest. Ottawa, Canada.” (above an AI image of Trump running away from a beaver holding a hockey stick, a goose, and a moose with the Canadian flag displayed in the background) Dutchess Prim on Bluesky: “These signs are amazing! #handsoff” (above an image of a person holding a protest sign that reads “WISCONSIN HATES ELON SO MUCH IT COULD BE ONE OF HIS KIDS) Stephanie "LB" on Bluesky: (an image of a person holding a protest sign that reads “I WAS ACCIDENTALLY ADDED TO THIS PROTEST BY A SIGNAL GROUP CHAT”) Mark Jacob on Bluesky: “This embroidery in Evanston, IL, isn't the quickest-reading sign of the #HandsOff protests, but it sure does capture the public mood.” (above an image of a person holding a big embroidery design that reads “I’M SO ANGRY I STITCHED THIS JUST SO I COULD STAB SOMETHING 3,000 TIMES”)
April 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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democracyactionnet.bsky.social
We are right before, or have already crossed the ‘Lehman Moment’ - something has to give - either Trump fires his economic advisors and rolls back the tariffs or Trump resigns.
What Is a ‘Lehman Moment’? The term “Lehman Moment” refers to a situation in which the problems of one company or one seemingly minor component of the economy turn out to be so large that they become everyone’s problem. The term is a reference to the 2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, then the eighth-largest investment bank in the United States. The bankruptcy triggered a huge stock market downturn and put such pressure on the rest of the financial industry that the federal government stepped in with a $700 billion program of bailouts and arranged mergers to stabilize the financial system. 1 And the problem was not limited to the U.S. It spread globally and became the 2008 global financial crisis.
April 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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wcooperbooks.bsky.social
Today's *real* headline that @theonion.com wouldn't have even tried:

The President of the United States has placed a tariff on a remote island of penguins.
April 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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indivisible.org
“Let’s also be real: These tariffs are another tool to advance the authoritarian agenda at home.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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mcuban.bsky.social
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.

Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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democracyactionnet.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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stephenking.bsky.social
Musk is trying to buy votes in Wisconsin. Resend this if you’re from Wisconsin and you’re not for sale.
markhamillofficial.bsky.social Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Mar 28
Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin.

You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰

#VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍

This is super important.
March 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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meidastouch.com
No matter what side of the aisle you are on, you should be appalled that a billionaire thinks he has the right to buy elections like this.
March 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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indivisible.org
Trump’s new executive order is a dangerous attempt to restrict who gets a voice in our democracy, making it harder for millions to cast a ballot and be heard. Instead of voters choosing their leaders, it paves the way for MAGA extremists to decide who gets to participate in the first place.
Trump’s New Executive Order (EO) to Silence Americans: What You Need to Know
indivisible.org
March 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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lisegal95.bsky.social
This!!
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bornmiserable.bsky.social born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · Mar 28
an executive order is not a law
an executive order is not a law
an executive order is not a law
an executive order is not a law
an executive order is not a law
an executive order is not a law
an executive order is not a law
an executive order is not a law
an executive order is not a law
March 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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repstansbury.bsky.social
How many people out there believe an unelected billionaire who is only willing to discuss looting Social Security on Fox News and not under oath in front of Congress? 🤔

Anyone?

K, cool. Me neither. #HandsOffSocialSecurity #ThisIsAScam
March 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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michaeldeibert.bsky.social
Seeing Rumeysa Ozturk snatched off the street by masked thugs evoked the actions of so many tyrannies: The Basij is Iran, Mukhabarat in Egypt or Syria, Mano Blanca in Guatemala & El Salvador, FRAPH in Haiti. They're practicing on foreigners, they'll move onto citizens soon enough.
March 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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nadler.house.gov
I have a message for Texas: Don’t mess with New York.

Today, a court upheld New York's shield law and shut down Texas’ absurd attempt to criminalize essential medical care.
March 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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repsummerlee.bsky.social
Billionaires don’t have a constitutional right to own your government.

Today @khanna.house.gov and I unveiled the Abolish Super PACs Act to get money out of politics and restore democracy for, of, and by the people.

We must make it harder for billionaires + corporate interests to buy our politics.
March 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Exactly right.
charlotteclymer.bsky.social Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Mar 27
If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
March 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Agents of the state are kidnapping people off the street for exercising their first amendment rights. The definition of fascist behavior.
davidleavitt.bsky.social David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · Mar 26
Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk being detained by ice

Via @bedford.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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adamweinstein.bsky.social
Imagine foreign spy agencies right now
two women are working in a kitchen with a sign above them that says kitchen
ALT: two women are working in a kitchen with a sign above them that says kitchen
media.tenor.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
🤔🤔🤔
March 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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edwardarowe1.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: The ACLU has filed a sworn declaration from a Venezuelan woman who ICE sought to turn over to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act, who declares that "I heard two US government officials talking and they said 'there is an order saying we can’t take off but we already have.'"
Declaration of S.Z.F.R. 1. I am a woman from Venezuela and I am in detention at Webb County Detention Center in Laredo Texas. My initials are S.Z.F.R. 2. On March 9 at 7 a.m. I was in my dorm in El Paso and was told to get my things together and I was being transferred to another facility. There was one other woman and 14 men who were also transferred with me. 3. I was supposed to have a merits hearing for my asylum claims on March 10th. 4. They took me to the airport in El Paso and I was put on a plane. Already on the plane were many Venezuelan men and three other Venezuelan women. We flew to Laredo. 5. When we got to Laredo we met up with another group of Venezuelan men. 6. There were at least 10 Venezuelan women on the plane. We arrived March 9 in Laredo and were taken to Webb County Detention Center. 7. Thursday of last week, March13th, we were told to gather our belongings and we were driven toward the airport for about an hour. We were told we were being deported to Venezuela. We never made it to the airport. We were sent back to Webb and told it was because of a plane malfunction. 8. On Friday again we were told to gather our belongings and put on the bus at Webb and sat on the bus for about 15 minutes and then were taken back to Webb. 9. Saturday morning we were again told to gather our belongings and get on the bus. We went to the airport and 8 women were put on the plane with me. When we got on the plane there were already over 50 men on the plane. I could see other migrants walking to the plane but we took off before any additional people boarded. 11. Within a couple of minutes of take off I heard two US government officials talking and they said “there is an order saying we can’t take off but we already have.” 12. I asked where we were going and we were told that we were going to Venezuela. 13. Several other people on the plane told me they were in immigration proceedings and awaiting court hearings in immigration court. 14. We were not allowed to open our window shades. 15. We landed somewhere for refueling. We were there for many hours. We were arm and leg shackled the whole time. 16. We took off again and landed fairly quickly. I was then told we were in El Salvador. 17. While on the plane the government officials were asking the men to sign a document and they didn’t want to. The government officials were pushing them to sign the documents and threatening them. I heard them discussing the documents and they were about the men admitting they were members of TdA. 18. After we landed but were still on the plane a woman opened the shade. An officer rushed to shut the shade and pushed her down by her shoulders to try and stop her from looking out. The person that pushed her down had HOU-02 on his sleeve. 19. I saw out the window for a minute and I saw men in military uniforms and another plane. I saw men being led off the plane. Since I’ve been back in the U.S. I have seen news coverage and the plane I saw looks like the one I’ve seen on TV with migrants from the U.S. being delivered to El Salvador. 20. All the men got off the plane. The remaining women asked what happens to us? I was told that the President of El Salvador would not accept women. I was also told that we were going back to detention in the U.S. 21. We left in the middle of the night and landed in the early morning in Laredo. The 8 women who were on the plane were all returned back to the U.S. /s/ S.Z.F.R. S.Z.F.R.
March 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Blue state governors, take notes please
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · Mar 24
"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
March 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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out5p0ken.bsky.social
That is TWENTY THOUSAND more people than anticipated !!! 🥳🏆
aoc.bsky.social Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Mar 22
Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.
Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.
March 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM