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"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”

For me, nobody epitomizes this quote better than Jimmy Carter.

Rest in peace, good Sir.

May your character, compassion and deeds inspire generations to understand the true meaning of a life well lived.

👉🏽 Weaponizes the criminal justice system to attack political opponents & eliminate competition
👉🏽 Openly incites violence/vigilante justice, creating Trump-treason troops
👉🏽 Installs a gov’t full of autocrats with pecuniary interests in favor of skilled public servants (3/3)
I’m over the bullshit…🤷🏽‍♂️

👉🏽 Conflates religion with patriotism, so that public policy is viewed as a directive ordained by God
👉🏽 Uses the press/media to spread propaganda
👉🏽 Revolves around one man, whose authority is final & musn’t be questioned
👉🏽 Uses hate/othering to create mass membership coalition to do his bidding…(2/3)

At what point does the #GOP just get renamed for what it is — the “American Fascist Party”?
👉🏽 Seizes power through (questionably) legal means
👉🏽 Declares its policies are the will of the nation as a whole, regardless of dissenting factions… (1/3)

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Absolutely yes…the longer we allow anti-democratic conservatives, Christian nationalists, and racists to baby-step their way towards fascism the harder it is to call it out, stop it, and dismantle it. #ComplacencyIsAcceptance #StopToleratingIntolerance #StopToleratingHateBeforeItsTooLate
#SpeakOut

💙 for Democracy. Screw the American Theoligarchy.

Makes sense why X is feeding everyone’s tweets to Grok. AI works best in a closed system that is fed the content it has to reference. As X becomes a ReTrumplican hellscape of an echo chamber, Grok will also force feed the GQP snowflakes exactly what they want to hear (what Elon wants them to hear).

Explains the panic, quick spread of hate/fear mongering.

Still doesn’t excuse their 💩 behavior & emboldened public displays of racism, transphobia, sexism, antisemitism, classism.

Whether their hate target-of-the-day makes up 25% or 5% of the population, hate is still hate 100%. #StopTheHate

#MTG is fraud/waste/abuse roaming the halls of Congress 🤮 but lemme tell ya, once the gov’t is dissolved/taxes abolished, I expect EVERY SINGLE CHURCH to put their money where their mouth is & start doing all “God’s work” they brag about to excuse their shitty behavior & tax evasion. #TAXTHECHURCH

Need an update STAT, counselor!

Trump's deportation vow alarms Texas construction industry Texas builders warn mass deportations of undocumented migrants could devastate the construction industry, threatening housing and infrastructure work in one of the nation's fastest-growing states.

You’d think Congress would have already acted to make legal #immigration easier to maintain the U.S. workforce & economy…except the whole point has been to exploit undocumented workers to keep wages low/profits up. Now they’re seeing that plan crumble as migrants walk off job sites in protest. #FAFO

It gets worse day by day. And what’s even more sinister is the co-chair nominee of the so-called #DOGE is the oligarch fascist of X who is silencing/deleting posts critical of Musk & the illegitimate agency. Illegitimate or not that’s a gov’t account restricting access and censoring criticism.

Who else thinks that buying banned books as presents is a great idea this year?

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A commenter on our YouTube channel sums up Trump’s picks

Anyone still on X noticing their posts won’t post or they’re instantly deleted without warning?

I made 3 separate posts that were critical of #DOGE. Conveniently for #ElonMusk, my posts kept disappearing or not posting at all. No warnings or error messages, just gone. 4th time’s the charm 😑 #🖕🏽MuskX

I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.

👉🏽 House rules were voted on & the #indgop voted down amendments to make the legislative process more transparent and timely so everyone has a chance to review what’s happening. Don’t be uninformed. Stream session and hearings. Submit comments. Go testify at hearings. It’s your house, not just theirs

👉🏽 #BraunBeckwith have no intention of making anything better. They want to cut budgets, slash departments, kick public servants out of the job, & leave Hoosiers to fend for themselves. Help fight for agencies/staff so they can keep delivering services and support for you!

Thanks to #IEDC & its lack of transparency, planning, #WaterRights are on everyone’s mind. The #LEAPdistrict requires water resources Lebanon doesn’t have. IEDC’s solution? Steal it from another county. Who does that impact? Farmers & agriculture; families; emergency services; public infrastructure.

👉🏽 Property taxes fund our local services —schools, parks, community centers, police/fire/EMS. The #indgop thinks towns/cities are just flush with cash. For many that’s untrue. Expenditures can’t exceed revenues or services get cut — services necessary for community comfort, safety, & prosperity.

👉🏽 Property taxes are a hot topic because it riles up wealthy GOP donors and voters. It’s an issue the state should leave to local gov’t…but it won’t. Speak up and out against any legislation that would stifle home rule and prevent local gov’t from exercising its budget and taxing authority.

Key things to remember about this session 🚨

👉🏽 It’s a budget year! Indiana sets its budget every 2 years. Keep a close eye on what the #IGA appropriates funds to & what it does NOT.

👉🏽 New admin is coming in during a budget year session. New admin doesn’t like gov’t and wants to make cuts.

Hoosiers, the #IndianaGeneralAssembly has opened the 2025 legislative session. This is not a year to sit around & be uninformed. Visit iga.in.gov to find schedules, house & senate rules, committee assignments, bills & reports, who your legislator is, and how to register to testify at committees.

Absolutely

House Republicans actually voted today to block the US Senate from receiving their report containing sworn witness testimony and documentary evidence about the nominee for Attorney General of the United States paying a child $10,000 for sex.

That’s where we are at.

Leak the report. Pass it on.

So true. 💯

We have to stop excusing the right’s behavior. It’s not elitist to be educated and informed. They’re able to make their own decisions and educate themselves about candidates and issues. Many of them chose blissful ignorance. Many of them chose hate for hate’s sake. That’s on them, NOT “elitists”.

Holy 💩 Twitzerland is taking a dive…white supremacist Barbie goes on racist rant about FICTIONAL characters — fish, blue fairy, green witch, brown Viking — not being white women…the #caucasity and #whitefragility is really pathetic and shameful to see. #MallyMouse

Today is #OrgDay at the #IndianaStateHouse. Senate and House will convene at 1:00pm ET to lay out their legislative agenda for this session.

Listen in at iga.in.gov!