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@schwarzenegger.bsky.social Governor Schwarzenegger, I received your No on Prop 50 mailer. I see no viable solution given while Texas and possibly other Republican led states are planning to rig our voting system. Politics is a dirty business, sometimes you need to get dirty.

08.10.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve lived through government shutdowns.

Under normal circumstances, I understand why compromises are made to keep the government running.

These are not normal circumstances.

01.10.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1841    πŸ” 606    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 22
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When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900 The world is in a β€œwave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces β€œU-Turn” as ...

β€œ52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”

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20.09.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1402    πŸ” 478    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 96

Punishing college students for protesting him.

Pressuring TV networks to fire late night talk show hosts for criticizing him.

Suing newspapers for reporting he doesn’t like.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

19.09.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3818    πŸ” 1081    πŸ’¬ 224    πŸ“Œ 63

If President Trump gets to run in β€˜28 then so does President Obama

14.05.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump is saying Americans shouldn’t pay more for drugs than those in other countries.

But instead of an EO that will get challenged again by Big Pharma, why not work with @sanders.senate.gov & me to make this law!

13.05.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

the thing is, people really do believe that trump can’t be corrupt because he’s rich, and it is hard to persuade people that trump has a different relationship to money than the rest of us (it is a literal fetish object for him)

14.05.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3827    πŸ” 565    πŸ’¬ 318    πŸ“Œ 68

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