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WORLD PREMIERE: A Song for Heather Cox Richardson I have adapted "Letters from a Democracy Defender" from poetry to music

WORLD PREMIERE: A Song for Heather Cox Richardson
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Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know he had granted her son a full pardon.

So ... when is the biggest drug trafficker of all time, Ross Ulbricht, getting summarily executed? Oh, wait ... he got PARDONED BY TRUMP? www.bbc.com/news/article...

In 1900, 31% of all deaths were children under the age of 5. Today it’s 0.7%. Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why. Trust the science, it’s been proven to work safely and efficiently time and time again.

Trump and his grifting family needs to launder the billions in bribe they continue to receive in crypto!! What do you think his sons have been doing. They are doing shakedown of countries and corporations on tariffs and other favors. This bitcoin and crypto order allows them to launder those bribe.

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This whole thing is to distract all of us from the passing of the "One big beautiful bill." All while they turn us fully into an authoritarian regime.

We’re #1!!!

If only we had warned folks before the election that the real plan wasn’t border security…it was mass deportation in the interior, federalizing the National Guard, ripping people out of homes, families, jobs, and schools.

Oh wait…we did.

This segment with the author of 2025 aired one year ago.

This is a United States Senator mocking the assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband. He pretends to be a good Mormon. He’s a sick fuck.

Look what I found when I searched "ICE uniform" in Google Shopping.

None of us have any way of knowing if the "ICE agent" pushing you into a car, isn't just some unbalanced vigilante into cosplay. These are very dangerous times.

@pelosi.house.gov: "On January 6th...we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it...And yet, in a contra-constitutional way, he has sent the National Guard into California. Something is very wrong with this picture."

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office posts a video of Emperor Palpatine reciting Donald Trump’s Truth Social post about L.A.

via @swholocron.bsky.social

The Strategic Logic of the No Kings Protests By Leah Greenberg, Indivisible Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director

Why another protest? What is it going to accomplish? Shouldn’t we be [insert alternate tactic] instead?

These are good-faith questions, and they stem from very reasonable concerns. So let’s take a step back and talk about the role of a peaceful mass mobilization like No Kings.

map of the united states black with dots of protests in places both big and small

ngl this map of scheduled protests for this weekend is *wild*

Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."

Trump has wanted a police state with himself sitting at the top as its undisputed boss since his first administration.

The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. ✊🏻

Army to place metal plates on DC streets to protect them during June parade The Army will place large metal plating at key points on Washington's streets

I will not have my tax dollars pay for this.

I will not have my tax dollars pay for fascism.

We need to make more noise

Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...

Rafael Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His father, Rafael Bienvenido Cruz, is a Cuban immigrant who married American Eleanor Darragh.

The guy Trump called an “anchor baby” and who is only American because his mother was American, thinks birthright citizenship is a terrible policy.

🔥 “There’s something wrong in this country… everything has gone up but wages… how many yachts and houses does one person need? — They want us to stay poor, stay hidden, and die silently.” 🇺🇸 #FightTheOligarchy

H/T @violadavis.bsky.social

YouTube video by Mother Jones The Curious Case of Kash Patel's $25,000

According to Kash Patel’s own financial disclosure statement, he pocketed $25,000 from a production company operated by a filmmaker associated with a Kremlin-subsidized propaganda project, a pro-Putin oligarch, and a pro-Kremlin disinformation agent.

@davidcorn.bsky.social's NEW video explains:

We don't live in a democracy; we live in hypocrisy. - Sarah Silverman

Question for those who are way smarter than me:
Even if Trump were impeached and stripped of power, he would continue to run a shadow government & call Mike Johnson to heel. Everyone is so afraid of him bc he has Kompromat. Why would impeaching him and removing him from office stop this nightmare?