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Seta Ghazarian

@setaghazarian.bsky.social

Educator, Activist, Advocate CDP Region 11 Director

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How Regime Change Happens In America Podcast Episode ยท Fresh Air ยท 02/19/2025 ยท 45m

Most people imagine that democracy ends with a military coup. But they are wrong

With @nprfreshair.bsky.social

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27.02.2025 03:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2411    ๐Ÿ” 713    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 84    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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US Supreme Courtโ€™s Roberts pauses federal judgeโ€™s order on Trump administration foreign aid funding U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients.

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients reut.rs/4hWDrIe

27.02.2025 03:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 122    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Apparently, allowing Americans to file their tax returns for free is a bad thing. A big gift to the Big Tax lobby and a big middle finger to Americans.

03.02.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30868    ๐Ÿ” 8830    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1565    ๐Ÿ“Œ 575
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Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

03.02.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67663    ๐Ÿ” 17523    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2389    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1340
A tweet by Michael McFaul (@McFaul) that reads: "In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights โ€” ie causes that threatened Putin's dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want."

A tweet by Michael McFaul (@McFaul) that reads: "In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights โ€” ie causes that threatened Putin's dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want."

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

03.02.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47446    ๐Ÿ” 14225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 812    ๐Ÿ“Œ 443
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Of course.

30.11.2024 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 441    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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What Trump Doesnโ€™t Understand About the Military Politicizing the U.S. armed forces wonโ€™t just hurt democracy. It will make the military weaker.

โ€œMaking the military a political tool of civilian leaders is also a threat, not only to democracy, but to the integrity of the military itself,โ€ Kori Schake writes. A politicized military will struggle to maintain personnel and legitimacy:

30.11.2024 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 592    ๐Ÿ” 164    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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๐Ÿšจ In re: Provisional Ballot Sufficiency Determination and Provisional Ballot Challenge Hearing of the November 5, 2024 Election Learn more.

๐ŸšจBREAKING: Pennsylvania Court REJECTS David McCormick and GOP lawsuit to discard Philadelphia provisional ballots. This victory ensures that 966 voters will have their ballots counted.

Congratulations to Team Casey who fought and won for these voters!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...

19.11.2024 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48763    ๐Ÿ” 7758    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 813    ๐Ÿ“Œ 295

Just had a great coffee meetup with some fellow local activists. We can't control the universe, but we can lobby our elected officials here in California to eliminate dark money from our state's politics.

17.11.2024 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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