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Joan βŒπŸ‘‘

@still4dems.bsky.social

Love string quartets, cats, baseball, water aerobics. #DefendDemocracy #DemCast #Voterizer

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They are literally trying to convince you that starting a war is ending a war.

01.03.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2284    πŸ” 707    πŸ’¬ 180    πŸ“Œ 33
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Why Attack Iran? Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption

How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States.
snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...

28.02.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2473    πŸ” 1136    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 107
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Rep Jason Crow has seen war up close-and he says Americans are DONE with endless conflicts. Working-class people pay the price while DC elites talk tough. Congress must return now, hold a War Powers vote, and demand answers from Trump before this spirals into another forever war.

28.02.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Under the War Powers Resolution, presidents must consult Congress and get authorization for sustained hostilities. Trump’s Iran campaign is not a one-off strike.

Congress must assert its role and vote on the Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie’s War Powers Act before we slide into a full-scale war.

28.02.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 146    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard is closing the Strait of Hormuz, threatening the 20% of global oil that passes through it. Trump's "Operation Epic Fury" is pushing us toward higher gas and grocery prices. Elections have consequences. Organize! Speak out and vote!

28.02.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2
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Sen Andy Kim: Bring Congress back into session. Now. We should vote on Senator Kaine's War Powers Resolution today.

28.02.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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Fascist Failure The State of Trump

What is the state of Trump? He is failing at fascism. For Trump to succeed in his fascist transition, he needs a bloody, popular, victorious war. And that is out of his reach. The State of the Union was full of fascist atmospherics. It was also blowhard exhaustion
snyder.substack.com/p/fascist-fa...

25.02.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1303    πŸ” 462    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 30
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Live Updates: U.S. and Israel Conduct Strikes on Iran

The United States and Israel have attacked Iran:

Massive explosions in Tehran: it's not yet clear what the American & Israeli strikes are targeting.

Smoke is rising from where the Presidential Palace & the National Security Council are located.

Israel closed its schools, workplaces, & airspace.

28.02.2026 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let's be clear on what this admin is likely to try next. They're not just going to unconstitutionally insert the federal government into election processes... they may try to manipulate intel to make it look like there's a reason to.

27.02.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 5
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The SAVE Act is built to trip women up. About 69 million married women have names that do not match their birth certificates, and this bill turns that paperwork into a weapon against their voice.

Screw the patriarchy. #SaveActTaxesYourVote

27.02.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 442    πŸ” 322    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 0

If necessary, we have to stop him again!

27.02.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, Norm! Stop him again and again if necessary.

27.02.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Means didn’t complete her residency? She gave a garbled answer and cancer-causing pesticides.

27.02.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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The SAVE America Act puts millions of American citizens, not undocumented immigrants, at risk of losing access to the ballot, all in the name of solving a problem that doesn't exist.

Demand your senators keep it off the floor. #SaveActTaxesYourVote

27.02.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 195    πŸ” 153    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump CANNOT regulate elections by executive order February 27, 2026

Trump cannot make, change, or repeal laws by executive order. Therefore, he cannot ban mail ballots or require proof of citizenship by executive order. True, he can try, but courts can, will, and have invalidated Trump’s efforts to regulate federal elections by executive order.

bit.ly/3MKhZfp

27.02.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump is Arming ICE with Guns You Paid For Donald Trump and Kristi Noem are spending more than $144 million on guns, ammo, and β€œless lethal” accessories for ICE and CBP.

Trump is providing ICE with assault weapons funded by taxpayers’ dollars, instead of providing food assistance for children as well as health benefits. open.substack.com/pub/schiffno...

27.02.2026 08:08 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
Hillary Clinton calls for Trump to testify at US House Epstein hearing

Hillary Clinton calls for Trump to testify at US House Epstein hearing

Hillary Clinton calls for Trump to testify at US House Epstein hearing https://aje.news/um6udw

26.02.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
LIVE: House lawmakers speak after Hillary Clinton testifies in House Epstein probe
YouTube video by MS NOW LIVE: House lawmakers speak after Hillary Clinton testifies in House Epstein probe

LIVE: House Dems speak after Hillary Clinton testifies in House Epstein probe www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeLQ...

26.02.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 319    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 4

BREAKING:

WASHINGTON (AP) β€” Hillary Clinton in testimony says she has no information on Epstein's criminal activities and never recalls meeting him.

26.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1072    πŸ” 248    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 23

Hillary Clinton has officially answered more questions about Epstein than Donald Trump.

26.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1176    πŸ” 327    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 8

One of the tests of any nation is how it treats some of its most vulnerable: children. But on that front, under this current administration, our nation is failing.

26.02.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I just learned that Juana wanted to meet with me last week when I inspected Dilley, but ICE hid all the pregnant women from me. Over the weekend, ICE deported her 36 weeks into her pregnancy.

25.02.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 309    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6
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The American People Deserve the Truth Tonight, the President stood before Congress and the American people and painted a picture of strength and prosperity.

A beautifully delivered speech and the truth! open.substack.com/pub/schiffno...

25.02.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump Stole Our Money And we want it back.

FedEx, Costco, Alcoa and we want our money back! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

25.02.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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JB Pritzker on X: "@realDonaldTrump See attached. https://t.co/EMiBPUwVn0" / X @realDonaldTrump See attached. https://t.co/EMiBPUwVn0

Governor Pritzker says, β€˜Here’s what you owe the people of Illinois. It’s past due.’ x.com/jbpritzker/s...

25.02.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Governor Newsom calls for immediate tariff refund checks following Supreme Court ruling against Trump | Governor of California

Governor Newsom says, β€˜write the checks!’ www.gov.ca.gov/2026/02/20/g...

25.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Democrats β€” here's your campaign ad for 2026.

25.02.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3265    πŸ” 993    πŸ’¬ 209    πŸ“Œ 50
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The Bad Voting Bill that Refuses to Die The SAVE Act would stop millions of eligible Americans from voting.

The SAVE Act would make voting harder for millions of Americans. It’s based on the lie that noncitizens routinely vote in our elections β€” the truth is that noncitizen voting is already illegal and vanishingly rare. bit.ly/4qS8wBr

25.02.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

Speaker Johnson threatens us with a good time

25.02.2026 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1253    πŸ” 238    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 14

Maybe Mike Johnson is using this as his hostage video trying to get a secret message out to voters.

(I’m kidding, of course, he’s the worst sort of political toady, and too dumb to hear the words coming out of his mouth.)

25.02.2026 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0