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I am a 73 year old woman who goes to every protest I can make it to! I am Protesting for all the young people who can't because they have to work to feed their family!

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๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿชด๐ŸŒต

06.08.2025 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 122    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What if everybody bought ICE, FBI, POLICE, etc, clothing and we all started wearing it everywhere we went? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

07.08.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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LMFAO...all that's going on and poor little Justin doesn't care that the pedophile is cheating at golf....go figure....

06.08.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Multiple US distilleries are now preparing to file for bankruptcy. People are losing their jobs
and businesses due to trump's ridiculous tariffs. Wonder what business sector will be next......

05.08.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mike Flood was asked at the same meeting, why they cut snap and Medicaid, his response was we donโ€™t have unlimited money. We now see their priorities.

05.08.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Weโ€™re chipping away at the civic pillars Trump needs to cement and uphold his power โ€” media, business leaders, civic organizations, and beyond โ€” by training one million Americans to lead strategic non-cooperation campaigns in their communities. Join us: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

05.08.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 410    ๐Ÿ” 162    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Indiana used to mean something.

05.08.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At the extremes, such contempt can devolve into what the international democracy activist Srdja Popovic has called the "Maduro model" of governance, after the current leader of Venezuela. 

Autocrats who adopt it are willing to see their country enter the category of failed states," he says-accepting economic collapse, endemic violence, mass poverty, and international isolation if that's what it takes to stay in power. 

Like Maduro, Presidents Bashir al-Assad in Syria and Lukashenko Belarus seem entirely comfortable ruling over collapsed economies and societies. 

These kinds of regimes can be hard for the inhabitants of democracies to understand, because their primary goal is not to create prosperity or enhance the well-being of citizens. 

Their primary goal is to stay in power, and to do so, they are willing to destabilize their neighbors and destroy the lives of ordinary people.

At the extremes, such contempt can devolve into what the international democracy activist Srdja Popovic has called the "Maduro model" of governance, after the current leader of Venezuela. Autocrats who adopt it are willing to see their country enter the category of failed states," he says-accepting economic collapse, endemic violence, mass poverty, and international isolation if that's what it takes to stay in power. Like Maduro, Presidents Bashir al-Assad in Syria and Lukashenko Belarus seem entirely comfortable ruling over collapsed economies and societies. These kinds of regimes can be hard for the inhabitants of democracies to understand, because their primary goal is not to create prosperity or enhance the well-being of citizens. Their primary goal is to stay in power, and to do so, they are willing to destabilize their neighbors and destroy the lives of ordinary people.

Oh no! This paragraph in Autocracy, Inc. is prescient AF.

Anne Applebaum writes about the "Maduro model" of autocracy:

When an autocrat is perfectly willing to destabilize & rule over a failed state with economic collapse - if it means he can stay in power.

They will destroy to maintain control.

04.08.2025 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 249    ๐Ÿ” 87    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Look at the timeline below.
Plan accordingly if possible.

04.08.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....

04.08.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14976    ๐Ÿ” 5829    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 612    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1010
05.08.2025 07:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good luck in next yearโ€™s midterms. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

05.08.2025 07:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When your citizens fell down the MAGGOT HOLE

This is what Republican policies get you

This is what racism & sexism gets you

This is the carnage that results from trumps enrich the billionaires & f the little guy mentality

Unfortunately too many little guys fell for the cons bs & bought swampland

05.08.2025 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Numbers don't lie, (unless you put the right person in place to make them)

05.08.2025 09:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 724    ๐Ÿ” 266    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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#GVerse #MustWatch: Rep Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) @repjasmine.bsky.social has AG Pam Bondiโ€™s number and she saves a little for Elmo too. Crockett always brings the ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’ฅin committee. Check this out!๐Ÿ‘‡

02.04.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1642    ๐Ÿ” 369    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 78    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48
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Al gore is pissed off and Iโ€™m here for it

23.04.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39102    ๐Ÿ” 10584    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1411    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1417
The Curious Case of Kash Patel's $25,000
YouTube video by Mother Jones The Curious Case of Kash Patel's $25,000

"We have an FBI director who received $25,000 for appearing in a film, executive producing a film, made by a Ukrainian-American-Russian who worked on a propaganda project that was financed, in part, by Vladimir Putin's office."

"Why this isn't a bigger story, I don't know."

28.04.2025 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8230    ๐Ÿ” 3405    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 212    ๐Ÿ“Œ 149
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30.04.2025 06:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 948    ๐Ÿ” 392    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 73    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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Hell yeah! Put this on loopโ€”this wise man speaks for me. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

03.05.2025 03:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13896    ๐Ÿ” 4364    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1040    ๐Ÿ“Œ 629
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Holy shit. This is the funniest political ad Iโ€™ve ever seen.

The Republican House Caucus wants it taken down. You know what to do.

14.04.2025 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3565    ๐Ÿ” 1617    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 147    ๐Ÿ“Œ 234

This is the right approach โ€” speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.

09.05.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23423    ๐Ÿ” 5723    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 422    ๐Ÿ“Œ 193

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ Trumpโ€™s post didnโ€™t age well ๐Ÿฆ‹

13.05.2025 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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He brings shame to the US

19.05.2025 11:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 716    ๐Ÿ” 305    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did. ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ

03.06.2025 11:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2741    ๐Ÿ” 967    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51
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Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs.

โ€œYou feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. Youโ€™re on the wrong side of history.โ€

โ€œJohn Lewis said make good troubleโ€ฆ that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.โ€

09.06.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34925    ๐Ÿ” 12111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1175    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1118

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