Michelle Harkanson

Thanks for this info!

Yes, but unlike the average federal worker, you will collect back-pay when the shutdown ends if your check is withheld now. It’s a nice thought to go without pay in solidarity, but there will be a paycheck waiting for you whenever this ends. So it’s just performative and is an empty gesture.

I didn’t see your comment; just wrote this same thing.

Meanwhile there were 2 homeless camp shootings in MN Monday night, with 13 wounded…. Unrelated, I’m sure.

Interesting… I clicked on the link here and it did NOT send me to an article with the info in the summary. It appears to redirect to live updates and other info related to the shooting in UT.

Aaron Rupar (@aaronrupar) Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."

@governor.ca.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov the raging alcoholic SecDef proclaims “maximum lethality, not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct” in a press conference after illegally bombing a boat and killing 11 people in international water….

HELP!

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It shouldn’t be a lifetime office!! Step aside and let some fresh, modern, new ideas from younger/diverse Americans shape new policies and laws that can benefit more Americans!!

We need to get all of the white supremacists out of Congress and the government. There is no room in this country for such hate.

And we need to have term limits. Grassley planning to run again at the age of 92 after 44 years in office…. No wonder we can’t make any progress….

Exactly

That is the proper way to greet a war criminal.

Where’s the ‘well regulated militia’ that’s been crying about a tyrannical government for their entire lives now that the tyrannical government is actually here surveilling us, consolidating our private data and sending our own military into the streets to tread the fuck all over us???

My thoughts exactly. The next group to target when they are done with immigrants/brown-skinned people. Disgusting.

WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO STARVE TO DEATH A HUMANITARIAN COLLAPSE BEYOND LANGUAGE

Thank you for talking about this!! It’s unfathomable and horrific what is happening there.
Closer to the Edge wrote a powerful and gut-wrenching piece about Gaza yesterday. Sharing here for anyone interested. It will (or at least should) make you lose your appetite.

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Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.

The F-Bomb Is a Freedom Weapon: Why Strategic Profanity Might Just Save Your Sanity, Your Strength, and Your Country This Isn’t About Civility—It’s About Survival

Jack Hopkins wrote a post today about well-placed F bombs…..

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I enjoyed this video by @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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America is Losing Its Soul in Brown-Skinned Screams and White-Skinned Silence America is dying.

Thank you for this!! John Pavlovitz wrote a good piece about this today:

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Unfortunately, not until 2028. 🤦‍♀️

He isn’t up for re-election until 2028. 😑

You forgot the quotes around “Christians”…

The United States Can No Longer Safely Host the 2028 Olympics We Should Push for the Olympics to be Relocated from Los Angeles to a Different Country

@stephchurch.bsky.social wrote an excellent article on this very point:

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The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom—and of Tyranny Twenty-seven truths about America, our Democracy and Rule of Law, and our rights, freedoms, and liberties.

Judge J. Michael Luttig is now on Substack and he wrote a piece that should be read on the House & Senate floors. @raskin.house.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @joeneguse.bsky.social @tomsuozzi.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social

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“That’s what I’ve seen.” We have all seen it, Maxwell. Thank you for not backing down.

We need more “train takes”!!!

This is awesome!! Also, I need to re-do one of my signs now 😳

@maddow.msnbc.com @chrislhayes.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov
This gang is beating this man in broad daylight!! Do something!!

Fourteen Steps to Tyranny: How Autocratic Breakthrough Happens — And How We Can Stop It Autocrats follow a predictable playbook. Learn how we can disrupt their rise before revolution or civil war become the only solutions...

Thom Hartmann just wrote about the 14 steps to Autocracy today. We are well into Stage 2, but very close to the final stage. The gates for getting out are closing. We must stop this autocratic slide while the gate is still slightly ajar!!

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Michele My Bell on Substack This happened yesterday! ICE is kidnapping children right out of Foster homes!! How fucking evil do you have to be hear to hear the cries of these children, and continue to rip families apart⁉️ #...

It’s so infuriating!! I saw this clip yesterday of those evil and heartless masked kidnappers taking a 3 yr old child from her foster home!! substack.com/@democraticw...