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@kileypike.bsky.social

Norfolk, VA | πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ | Dude who's forever seeking more unity in the "gay community" | Existential crises on my mind: 1) climate change; 2) collapse of meaningful democracy in the US & the rise of authoritarianism; 3) Russia/Ukraine & China/Taiwan

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2020 election deniers and allies amass power, in and out of the Trump administration | CNN Politics Nearly five years after the 2020 election, the debunked conspiracy that Trump was robbed of the election due to massive voter fraud has become gospel in many corners of the Republican Party. Back in p...

Deligitimizing elections and the voting process: one of the key indicators discussed in our recent Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics Assessment on Democratic Decline.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

25.10.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

This report from @steadystatevets.bsky.social is a MUST read πŸ‘‰ substack.com/home/post/p-...

#50501Movement #WeAreTheResistance #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere

25.10.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 262    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
Text in yellow on a graphic reads: Network of former intelligence and security officers: the U.S. is "on a trajectory" toward authoritarian rule, but the No Kings protests can be a "meaningful show of resistance." Photos of the report are seen in the lower right corner and 50501 logo is on the bottom middle of the graphic.

Text in yellow on a graphic reads: Network of former intelligence and security officers: the U.S. is "on a trajectory" toward authoritarian rule, but the No Kings protests can be a "meaningful show of resistance." Photos of the report are seen in the lower right corner and 50501 logo is on the bottom middle of the graphic.

WE ARE THE RESISTANCE! This report from @steadystatevets.bsky.social is a MUST read πŸ‘‰ substack.com/inbox/post/1...

#50501Movement #WeAreTheResistance #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere

26.10.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 401    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3
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ICE terrorists showed up in Rochester, NY, and Rochester said GTFO.

@50501-rochester-ny.bsky.social

09.09.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2710    πŸ” 706    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 61
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Protesters disrupted Trump’s dinner in DC, chanting β€œFree DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!”

This needs to be done nonstop. Keep making their lives hell. Make sure they know they’re despised.

These white supremacist, Christian nationalist, pedophilic fascists must know no peace.

10.09.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2198    πŸ” 564    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 60

The β€œproblem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

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β€œHealthcare workers are probably where we do start to see disproportionate effects of long COVID”

Not surprising. I've seen several doctors over the past 2 yrs, including this week. Not once have any of them or their staff worn a mask, nonetheless a respirator, or used air cleaners in any spaces.

05.09.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Are All DC: A National March β€” Free DC DC communities are powerful, connected, and under attack. Federal troops, out-of-state National Guard, and Trump controlled police are harassing, surveilling, and detaining Black and Brown residen...

It’s time to take D.C. back.

Register below.

#WeAreAllDC
#FreeDC

26.08.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 179    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

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23.08.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 302    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4
DO NOT TURN ON US

Did you know that soldiers have constitutional protection to NOT obey orders that violate their oath to the constitution?

A small group of individuals are working to educate the soldiers in advance of the possibility of martial law.

Want to get involved in informing soldiers?

Learn how at our upcoming webinar!

Sunday, August 24 5:00-6:15 EST

Register here:
bit.ly/oath0824

DO NOT TURN ON US Did you know that soldiers have constitutional protection to NOT obey orders that violate their oath to the constitution? A small group of individuals are working to educate the soldiers in advance of the possibility of martial law. Want to get involved in informing soldiers? Learn how at our upcoming webinar! Sunday, August 24 5:00-6:15 EST Register here: bit.ly/oath0824

Did you know that soldiers have constitutional protection to NOT obey orders that violate their oath to the Constitution?

A group is working to educate soldiers in advance of the possibility of martial law.

Learn how you can get involved in this webinar:

πŸ“… 8/24
⏰ 5 - 6:15pm ET
πŸ“ bit.ly/oath0824

23.08.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2822    πŸ” 1591    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 90

The firing of Erika McEntarferβ€”Commissioner of the BLSβ€”is how the Trump regime will start manipulating economic data.

On top of an already failing economy, none of our economic data will be reliable now.

This will lead to a crash, one that the fascists and oligarchs are positioned to benefit from.

01.08.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 708    πŸ” 342    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 14
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July 8, 2025 One hundred and eleven people are dead and more than 160 are still missing in Texas after Friday’s tragic flood.

July 8, 2025

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July 7, 2025 At about 10:30 this morning local time, heavily armed masked agents in trucks, armored vehicles, a helicopter, on foot, and on horseback, accompanied by a gun mounted on a truck raided the MacArthur P...

July 7, 2025

08.07.2025 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1343    πŸ” 447    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 76

It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.

01.07.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 12637    πŸ” 4242    πŸ’¬ 299    πŸ“Œ 130
Election Truth Alliance .org image of the Substack article entitled "These Patterns Aren't Consistent with a Free and Fair Election" Subtitled Expert Analysis Flags Statistical Irregularities in Pennsylvania's 2024 Vote. Published June 10th 2025. A quote reads "The patterns observed in Pennsylvanian are not typical of normal electoral behavior and suggest the presence of statistical "fingerprints" consistent with manipulation or error."

Election Truth Alliance .org image of the Substack article entitled "These Patterns Aren't Consistent with a Free and Fair Election" Subtitled Expert Analysis Flags Statistical Irregularities in Pennsylvania's 2024 Vote. Published June 10th 2025. A quote reads "The patterns observed in Pennsylvanian are not typical of normal electoral behavior and suggest the presence of statistical "fingerprints" consistent with manipulation or error."

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

World renowned election forensics expert Dr. Walter R. Mebane Jr., using his own independent analysis methodology, has produced findings from the 2024 U.S. general election that parallel findings of corruption in foreign countries! 😱

Read more HERE: buff.ly/noXiJfX

10.06.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 170    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 32
Memorial Day Week of Action flyer that reads "Honoring our fallen by defending our civic voices". The flyer lists calls to action for Monday May 26 to May 30 to contact officials. For all contact info, templates, and call scripts, go to Election Truth Alliance .org and under "Resources" select Audit Advocacy Toolkit

Memorial Day Week of Action flyer that reads "Honoring our fallen by defending our civic voices". The flyer lists calls to action for Monday May 26 to May 30 to contact officials. For all contact info, templates, and call scripts, go to Election Truth Alliance .org and under "Resources" select Audit Advocacy Toolkit

We remember those that gave the ultimate sacrifice by standing up and speaking out in defense of our democracy.

Please join us next week for our daily CALLS TO ACTION to #VerifyTheVote #AuditPA and #SecureTheMidterms

#MemorialDay #TruthMatters #PAperballots #ProofisinthePaper #TheMathAintMathn

24.05.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 164    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 73
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Bill Gates to wind down his massive foundation Philanthropist Bill Gates announced that he will wind down his massive charity in 20 years, doubling spending over that time to accelerate the work it hopes to achieve.

Big news today: Bill Gates will wind down the Gates Foundation in 2045, earlier than previously planned, with accelerated giving over the next 20 years. β€œThere are too many urgent problems to solve for me to hold onto resources that could be used to help people." www.statnews.com/2025/05/08/b...

08.05.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 585    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 11
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🚨 We are not in a theoretical crisisβ€”our American democracy is on its last breath.

But from coast to coast, city to cityβ€”the people are uniting.

Join our nonviolent resistance at www.FiftyFifty.one 🀝

#FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement #MayDay #May1 #ImpeachTrump

21.04.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3794    πŸ” 1686    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 129

If you see β€œEl Salvador” on the packageβ€”don’t buy it. Check every label. Let’s send a message. Asking or international supporter to join in also.

14.04.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 8993    πŸ” 1989    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 50

This is important.

15.04.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1713    πŸ” 590    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 22
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Elon has a seed problem.

10.04.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Updates For Pennslyvania, Audits, Dashboards, Analysis Techniques | Election Truth Alliance ✍️ Sign the Petition: Demand a Full Audit in Pennsylvania!https://chng.it/yMJ2vdNpCqπŸŽ₯ Watch the Livestream: Lights On with Jessica Denson:https://www.youtub...

Nathan has shared updates on our work and what's to come: buff.ly/gwIHHqF

Watch to learn more about audits, legal pursuits, data dashboards, and analysis techniques! πŸ§‘β€πŸ’»

Since recording, our PA Analysis is now up‼️: buff.ly/EANDVrx

#VerifyTheVote #AuditPA

07.04.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5

β€œWe look at these comparative cases in the 21st century, like Hungary and Poland and Turkey. And in a lot of respects, this is worse,” Levitsky said. β€œThese first two months have been much more aggressively authoritarian than almost any other comparable case I know of democratic backsliding.”

21.03.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œHonest to god, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Harvard political scientist Steven Levitsky told Amanda Taub of the New York Times. Along with his colleague Daniel Ziblatt, Levitsky wrote How Democracies Die.

21.03.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

From the piece:

The attack of Trump and his MAGA supporters on the courts and the rule of law has illustrated how quickly the United States is sliding from democracy to authoritarianism.

21.03.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It claims that these men are terrorists by virtue of their alleged membership in the Tren de Aragua gangβ€”but evidence of this affiliation is weak to the point of nonexistence."

21.03.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And the more we learn, the more obvious it becomes why the government is so eager to expel these individuals without any semblance of due process.

21.03.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re Finally Seeing the β€œEvidence” Against the Migrants Deported by Trump. It’s Unbelievable. The Trump admin said a soccer player had a gang tattoo. It’s a tattoo of Real Madrid’s logo.

"After the Trump administration rounded up hundreds of Venezuelan migrants around the countryβ€”without notice or court hearingsβ€”and sent them off to a prison in El Salvador, we’re finally getting details on who was deported and why.

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screenshot of paragraph from article reading "β€œI learned with concern that a French researcher” on assignment for
the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) β€œwho was
traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the
United States before being expelled,” said the Minister of Higher
Education and Research, Philippe Baptiste, in a statement sent to
Agence France-Presse (AFP). β€œThis measure was apparently taken by
the American authorities because the researcher’s phone contained
exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a
personal opinion on the Trump administration’s research policy,” he
added."

screenshot of paragraph from article reading "β€œI learned with concern that a French researcher” on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) β€œwho was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled,” said the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Philippe Baptiste, in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). β€œThis measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher’s phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration’s research policy,” he added."

A researcher from France was apparently denied entry to the United States because he had expressed personal opinions critical of the Trump administration's policies in digital conversations with colleagues and friends. They seized his personal & professional equipment and then expelled him.

19.03.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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French Scientist Reportedly Denied U.S. Entry Due to Trump Criticism So much for free speech in America?

Source:

20.03.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6

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