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Esther

@esthersmith9.bsky.social

Happy ex-pat from Seattle living in New Zealand ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ’™. Retired teacher. Critical thinking skills. Never missed an election; never voted Republican ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’™. No DMs please.

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NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO STOP UNLESS WE MAKE IT STOP.

#FightFascism #FascismInAmerica

09.01.2026 03:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15085    ๐Ÿ” 4157    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 533    ๐Ÿ“Œ 190
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Just think where we would be on her 100th day in office ๐Ÿ˜ซ #IHateHumans

29.04.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 132    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.

17.04.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32216    ๐Ÿ” 8509    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 843    ๐Ÿ“Œ 288

The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.

17.04.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39273    ๐Ÿ” 9644    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1964    ๐Ÿ“Œ 615

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.

If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prisonโ€”accused of no crime, with no trialโ€”they can do it to anyone.

Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

16.04.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66291    ๐Ÿ” 17435    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1786    ๐Ÿ“Œ 681

I knew it wasnโ€™t a good idea to employ 12 year olds at the Pentagonโ€ฆ

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Beautiful ๐ŸŒ…๐ŸŒŠ! Good morning from Opua! Pretty murky up here this morning โ›…๏ธ.

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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But Iโ€™m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

12.04.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20469    ๐Ÿ” 5539    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 450    ๐Ÿ“Œ 278

From the 2024 presidential immunity oral arguments: "But the liberal justices voiced concern that by offering presidents a shield from prosecution, the court could turn the Oval Office into a โ€œseat of criminality,โ€ as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson described it."

11.04.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8170    ๐Ÿ” 2303    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 335    ๐Ÿ“Œ 144
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Hey, @schumer.senate.gov :: you better not be playing cute with your language about stopping the SAVE Act. I hope you intend to VOTE NO ON CLOTURE, as opposed to what you did with the CR when you told us you'd vote no on the bill, but still voted YES on cloture. We are in no mood for games.

11.04.2025 00:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24235    ๐Ÿ” 6784    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 959    ๐Ÿ“Œ 475

๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคฎ

11.04.2025 09:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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See you again, on April 19thโ€ฆ๐Ÿ‘‡

Be there, and bring a friend this time. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Hands. Off. Continues. โœจ

07.04.2025 08:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 632    ๐Ÿ” 322    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

By the way, both women who ran for president were right. They predicted this moment would happen. Says something very disturbing about our country that many still think theyโ€™re unrealistic or dramatic, when they were and are, in fact, correct.

07.04.2025 04:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9621    ๐Ÿ” 2282    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 228    ๐Ÿ“Œ 120
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The real reason we're in a national emergency Trump is creating national emergencies to gain more power. In the process, heโ€™s subjecting millions to real harm.

The real reason we're in a national emergency
Trump is creating national emergencies to gain more power. In the process, heโ€™s subjecting millions to real harm. robertreich.substack.com/p/america-is...

07.04.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We Could Have Had a President Right Now America could really use a President right now.

We could have had a decent, rational human being leading us into a future of possibility where everyone could have a seat at the table but now we donโ€™t.

It didnโ€™t have to be this way.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-could-h...

07.04.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3048    ๐Ÿ” 650    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 125    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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#HandsOffProtests

06.04.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26516    ๐Ÿ” 7601    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 444    ๐Ÿ“Œ 358
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IK, R? Then we can finally have the planet to ourselves!

04.04.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Mountain is out ๐Ÿฅน.

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Wait, these have been calculated??? He gives tr๐Ÿคฎmp and doge far more credit than I did! I thought they just copied a list of foreign countries from Wikipedia and assigned random numbers to them.

03.04.2025 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’ฏ

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Germany, 1933 ๐Ÿ˜”

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