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Democracy Today. Democracy Tomorrow. Democracy Forever. Read a lot, write a bit, help wife, love kids, pet cats, play klezmer. Retired. Slava Ukraini. Save the Republic. (No DMs please.)

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itโ€™s all just a grift

08.10.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5544    ๐Ÿ” 2295    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 392    ๐Ÿ“Œ 129

Horrifying

08.10.2025 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

08.10.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4922    ๐Ÿ” 1346    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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So Cuba is going to send troops to fight against Ukraine for Russia. I hope the Convicted FElon never decides to do that.

08.10.2025 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Source: @democracyactionnet.bsky.social

08.10.2025 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Sen. PADILLA: This Justice Department fired a 15-year career prosecutor who put away sex traffickers and transnational terrorists. She was marched out of her office. Why? Because she had the audacity to remind Border Patrol that it should follow court orders.

07.10.2025 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5147    ๐Ÿ” 1888    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

It is a sad day for democracy when the commander in filth tells the troops that the enemy is enemy within. The Fuhrer needs to be stopped by the 25th amendment asap.
He is destroying the United States and the world. GOP grow some ๐Ÿ€ and get rid of this traitor. JD Vance needs to do the right thing

08.10.2025 09:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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How Trump gets and processes information How Trump is making potentially lethal decisions

How did I miss this? Trump thinks Portland is on fire and is justified in sending in the troops because he watched a five-year-old clip on Fox? Are you kidding me? We are so in 25th Amendment territory. Biden never did anything close to this:

07.10.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2321    ๐Ÿ” 569    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 121    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40

Before WWII went south most Germans were happy with all of the infrastructure jobs, thrilled that Germany was ignoring the Versailles Treaty, and were unwilling to speak out about all of the people who were disappearing.

08.10.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"If reelected, Trump has vowed to be a dictator on day one and openly said he intends to weaponize the Department of Justice against his enemies."
- VP Harris warned us in 2024.

08.10.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Senators will vote today on whether to block Trumpโ€™s use of US Armed Forces to attack vessels in the Caribbean.

Trump may soon expand these illegal attacks into a full-on war with Venezuela.

Call your Senators and ask them to vote for the Schiff-Kaine resolution.

Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121

08.10.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 117    ๐Ÿ” 68    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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He knows if his face is spread over the internet, he, and his family, will be affected. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

08.10.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

08.10.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23358    ๐Ÿ” 6838    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 966    ๐Ÿ“Œ 485
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If youโ€™re not alarmed yet youโ€™re not paying attention. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

08.10.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3457    ๐Ÿ” 1275    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 128    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50
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๐Ÿ“Œ OH SNAP โ€ผ๏ธ Stank Ice just
brutally shot a Priest with a pepper ballโ€ผ๏ธ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ‘€

โŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ด E N O U G H ๐Ÿ”ดโŒ๏ธ โฌ…๏ธ๐Ÿฅ

08.10.2025 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 627    ๐Ÿ” 537    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 105    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump is very much like Pope Alexander IV, the Borgia pope who also made a fortune selling indulgences and conducting church policy to enrich his family. The Borgia pope also paid bribes to secure St. Peterโ€™s throne.

When history rhymes, it sneers

08.10.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donald Trump is setting not just the federal government against one of the states, but pitting armed soldiers from one state against the citizens of another. This is an emergency.

And so, an emergency Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

08.10.2025 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 243    ๐Ÿ” 83    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

07.10.2025 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2641    ๐Ÿ” 1251    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 106    ๐Ÿ“Œ 60
Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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Homeland Security @DHSgov We're having an All Night Revival Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row 14:30 07 Oct 25 2.1M Views 5 Reposts 940 Quotes 42.2K 2,584 Bookmarks

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

08.10.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8993    ๐Ÿ” 2518    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 317    ๐Ÿ“Œ 136

The mediaโ€™s job is to make you think that the people who want to give you healthcare are just as crazy as the people trying to take it away.

08.10.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2097    ๐Ÿ” 459    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Agree. Agree. Agree.

08.10.2025 03:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4129    ๐Ÿ” 1609    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 117    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
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This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.

07.10.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5622    ๐Ÿ” 2026    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 484    ๐Ÿ“Œ 142
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The Emerging Shape of American Politics Dynamism v. Reaction / Open v. Closed

โ€œI wish I could be the guy who says, โ€˜everyone calm down; things have been just as bad before, and we got through it.โ€™ But I canโ€™t be that reasonable-sounding moderate floating above it all. Things are very bad. People should be far more alarmed than they are.โ€

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08.10.2025 00:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1034    ๐Ÿ” 282    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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Thereโ€™s no limit to ICE agents depravity, whether itโ€™s senior citizens or people of Faith they pretend to align with

07.10.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 162    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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CNN: โ€œAn older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 โ€” 30% of their income.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜ณ#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

07.10.2025 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15152    ๐Ÿ” 7320    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 513    ๐Ÿ“Œ 300
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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

08.10.2025 00:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5669    ๐Ÿ” 2951    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 143    ๐Ÿ“Œ 225
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BREAKING: Gaza Freedom Flotilla attacked by Israel, multiple ships boarded, members being taken into custody by the IDF.

08.10.2025 03:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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