Democracy Matters!

Democracy Matters!

@democracymatters.bsky.social

Husband/girl dad with faith that democracy is the way to go; still idealistic enough to believe it's achievable. The only thing I'm selling is democracy. Banned (3x!) by the fowl site for calling out GOP lies.

15,200 Followers 11,905 Following 15,507 Posts Joined Dec 2023
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What Americans will read this weekend when they’re in line at the grocery checkout.

@people.com
people.com/trump-says-i...

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Tumultuous? Disastrous would be more like it. A catastrophe. And given the role the Kennedy Center could and should be playing a tragedy, a terrible waste.

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Most incompetent administration ever ‼️🙄

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Iran War Cost Tracker — First Week Cost $11.3 Billion The Pentagon told Congress the first week of the Iran war cost $11.3 billion. Track the running total in real time.

iran-cost-ticker.com

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where’s my money 😔

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🚨"They never did anything with it," -forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden told us regarding—as far as we know—DNA samples never being taken on noose Epstein allegedly hung himself w/ (DNA is normally taken to investigate potential homicide).

@jordanchariton.bsky.social @jtcestkowski.bsky.social⬇️

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Vote these legislators out first!

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Virginia just passed paid sick days and paid family and medical leave is up next. History is being made. Government can be a tremendous force for good—thank you, @abigailspanberger.com.

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Trump threatens to add 'sleazebag' NYT reporter 'Maggot Hagerman' to defamation lawsuit President Donald Trump melted down on his Truth Social platform, attacking New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman — and threatening to add her to an ongoing defamation lawsuit he's litigating against...

A lover's spat? Regardless, he can't sue all of us! He can't handle discovery.

Trump threatens to add 'sleazebag' NYT reporter 'Maggot Hagerman' to defamation lawsuit
www.rawstory.com/trump-haberm...

#NYT #Haberman #TrumpMustGo #USPol

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This Oscar-Nominated Doc Says Now’s the Time to Resist “Sometimes it is difficult to notice when fascism is knocking on your doorstep.”

Fuck Putin. Fuck his son, Donald Trump.

This Oscar-Nominated Doc Says Now’s the Time to Resist
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

#Putin #Russia #Resist #DonaldTrump #USPol

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Coffee shop sues over viral claim that employees cheered Charlie Kirk's assassination The owners of a Florida coffee shop are suing an out-of-town customer over a viral Facebook post they say falsely accused employees of celebrating the murder of MAGA podcaster Charlie Kirk – leaving s...

30% of Americans are bullies.

Coffee shop sues over viral claim that employees cheered Charlie Kirk's assassination
www.rawstory.com/charlie-kirk...

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Prediction markets are a pox on society and create all sorts of perverse incentives.

We're already all full up on perversion.

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Punchbowl News: Use case. Back in February, Selig argued that prediction markets provide "useful functions for society by allowing everyday Americans to hedge commercial risks."
We asked: Do everyday Americans need to hedge their commercial risks? Really? Selig's "yes" was emphatic.
"This is a real opportunity for everyday Americans to be able to manage certain risk," Selig said. "I do view this as something that democratizes access to our derivatives market."
Here's the example Selig posed to us:
"Say somebody has a condition. They want to be able to manage the potential risk of having a future treatment or medical costs.
They can enter into a prediction market and place a bet on the likelihood of something passing a drug trial."

CFTC Chair Mike Selig: "Say somebody has a condition. They want to be able to manage the potential risk of having a future treatment or medical costs. They can enter into a prediction market and place a bet on the likelihood of something passing a drug trial."

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U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

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A Georgia Hospital Turned Her In, Now She’s Charged With Murder It's not a crime to take abortion pills, it's not a crime to lose a pregnancy

The road to Gilead is paved by people who keep saying that women are being "hysterical" over our bodily autonomy, our privacy rights, our humanity being taken away.

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Americans are working harder & longer & still can't make ends meet.

I'm proposing a bill to cut taxes for 130 million workers, paid for by a surtax on income over $1 million a year.

It's time our tax code worked for working people & the wealthiest pay their fair share.

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The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box.

The Senate must reject this bill.

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Yeah. This didn't age well.

#USDemocracy

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I hope my Republican colleagues will join me in demanding straight answers from Epstein’s estate after the accountant changed his story for a third time about the estate paying off a Trump accuser.

My statement.

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Mamdani and other decent humans rip GOP senator for racist post GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama came under fire by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other leading Democrats Thursday after quote-posting the extremist “ End Wokeness ” X account, ...

No Republicans should ever hold public office again--at any level.

Mamdani and other decent humans rip GOP senator for racist post
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

#Racism #Republicans #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

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The Latest Economic Numbers Are Brutal for Trump There’s an increasing chance that the economy will be in recession come the midterm elections this fall.

REPUBLICANS: Stop him before he kills us all. You, too, are expendable!

The Latest Economic Numbers Are Brutal for Trump
newrepublic.com/article/2077...

#TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

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US airports ask for donations for unpaid TSA staff amid partial government shutdown TSA employees have been working in US airports without pay since the partial shutdown began in February

Trump and Republicans stiff workers and put us ALL at risk. They don't give a fuck!

US airports ask for donations for unpaid TSA staff amid partial government shutdown
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#TSA #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

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BREAKING: Judge blocks DOJ’s weaponized subpoenas targeting Fed Chair Powell

Court: no evidence of any crime — just a pressure campaign to do Trump’s bidding on interest rates

Today the rule of law won

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Today a judge ruled on what we all already know: the Trump Administration's weaponization of DOJ against Jerome Powell amounts to nothing more than a witch hunt.

The Senate should not move forward with any Fed nomination until the probes against Powell and Lisa Cook are dropped.

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Remarkable opinion quashing subpoena of Fed Chair Powell. The lower courts have caught on to Trump's tactics.

They're now just stating the obvious that we all know instead of entertaining the legal fictions Trump lawyers use as fig leafs for bullying. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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LOLOLOLOLOL! Who is she kidding? She's on the trolley train to Hell!

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U.S. Attorney Pirro: “Politics is not the lane I'm in right now…My job is to present evidence, and I can do so merely on the suspicion that the law is being violated, or even just because I want assurance that it's not…We are not focused on politics.”

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This is Jeanine Pirro answering one question today.

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Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Dodd-Frank Act and reducing regulations for mortgage lenders.

2008 would like a word.

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#JailTrump

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