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Write to Your Reps: Text RESIST to 50409 ๐Ÿ“ฒ Without rule of law, we have no democracy. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ“Ž ๐Ÿ’™ Democracy defender, digital organizer/coach, former congressional staffer, dog mom, classical music maker, textile artist, & advocate 4 the Oxford comma

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Want to change the world? Change the way you shopโ€”starting this weekend!

From 11/28 to 12/2 weโ€™re not shopping at Home Depot, Amazon, or Target bc they supportTrump & his policies.

Instead, letโ€™s shop at small businesses who need our support, enrich our lives and stand with our communities. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

23.11.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 149    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Write: Text resist to 50409
Answer a few questions, and they will deliver your message to your elected officials. This takes under 5 minutes.

23.11.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

Call: 5calls.org
Put in your zip code, select from a list of issues, read the backgrounder, follow the prompts to call your senators and rep. This takes 5 to 10 minutes.

23.11.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Petitions New and trending campaigns created by Resistbot members.

Friends,

Make a habit of contacting your reps regularly about what is on your mind. We must jam the phone lines and fill up the email boxes with our requests and comments. There are two very easy ways to do this, call or write.

23.11.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is all John Robertsโ€™ fault Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.

๐ŸŽฏ๐ŸŽฏMust read piece on how John Roberts created the conditions for Trumpโ€™s rise and has enabled his criminality at every turn by @pemalevy.bsky.social and @ariberman.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The President of the USA is inciting violence. I am stunned. Please call your reps now and tell them that tRump needs to be censured.

Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

20.11.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Canโ€™t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other peopleโ€™s expertise makes them feel bad

20.11.2025 04:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26534    ๐Ÿ” 6633    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 222

The House takes 2 months off & finally reports back to work & promptly spends the next week filing censure motions against each other & attending black tie dinners w/Saudis while the clock counts down for 24 million people to have their health insurance premiums spike in 42 days.

20.11.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11500    ๐Ÿ” 3802    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 350    ๐Ÿ“Œ 142

Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communitiesโ€”and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.

19.11.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3319    ๐Ÿ” 1114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 71

The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank for Jeffrey Epstein's financial records. tinyurl.com/mtdt5ny8

19.11.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5866    ๐Ÿ” 1555    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 202    ๐Ÿ“Œ 128

Why did not a single male reporter who were standing next to the president and the female reporter he called "piggy" say a word to the president about this and call him out then and there? Those who keep quiet in these moments are part of the problem.

19.11.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6310    ๐Ÿ” 1486    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 528    ๐Ÿ“Œ 158

Iโ€™m traveling today, so in a brief piece I address two questions Iโ€™ve seen a lot in the past 24 hours: 1) What if Trump blocks the files from being released by claiming thereโ€™s a new federal investigation of Democrats, & 2) Couldnโ€™t they just tamper with the evidence and erase his name? Link below.

19.11.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Epstein survivor Sharlene Rochard talks with Jen Psaki in an exclusive interview tonight about how she, as a girl in her early teens, was brought to parties at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago.

19.11.2025 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 647    ๐Ÿ” 236    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

The power of the purse is real. Buy local or buy nothing.
November 27 - December 1.

19.11.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.

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I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.

18.11.2025 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19532    ๐Ÿ” 4609    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 789    ๐Ÿ“Œ 272

While Trumpโ€™s goons are desperately trying to criminalize protests, there are ways to protest that donโ€™t involve leaving your house.

Trump canโ€™t make you shop.

Boycott Black Friday thru Cyber Monday.

November 28th-December 2

Donโ€™t buy a damn thing besides necessities.

Hurt the billionaires.

19.11.2025 02:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 279    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Respectfully, itโ€™s not about priorities, itโ€™s about cruelty and selfishness.

19.11.2025 02:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Gives Himself an Enormous Out on the Epstein Files INSIDE: Lindsey Halligan ... Jim Comey ... Todd Blanche

He always dodges the big risks.

18.11.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Can Trump block Epstein files release? Texas Democrat candidate makes shocking claim as POTUS urges DOJ probe President Donald Trump said he'd ask AG Pam Bondi, the DOJ and the FBI to investigate Epsteinโ€™s โ€œinvolvement and relationshipโ€ with Bill Clinton and others. 

"Democratic candidate to the Texas House of representatives, Sara McGee, has made a shocking claim that President Donald Trump's administration will now say they can't release the Jeffrey Epstein files because they are part of an โ€˜active investigationโ€™."

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โ€œWeaponizing the DOJโ€ takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so itโ€™s no longer closed and you can claim you canโ€™t release information because itโ€™s an โ€œongoing investigationโ€

15.11.2025 02:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10481    ๐Ÿ” 3246    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 292    ๐Ÿ“Œ 128
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Heโ€™s been ranting in long posts all night.

Rather than subject you to his drivel, refer to the gif below for the gist of it.

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For no particular reasonโ€ฆ.posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchellโ€™s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.

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#GVerse Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social just walked onto a plane full of veterans & thanked every single one of them: no stage, no teleprompter, no ego trip.

#MyPresidentBarackObama ๐Ÿซก๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Hit the like, & repost to show your love for this man, a true American Hero! #VeteransDay

11.11.2025 23:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5583    ๐Ÿ” 1409    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 217    ๐Ÿ“Œ 148
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Just a refresher course for everyone. This entire presidency has only ONE objective: Raid the US Treasury for the personal gains of Trump and his oligarchy cronies.

11.11.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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To all of the veterans here on Bluesky and our family and friends who are veterans.

๐Ÿ’™ Thank you for your service! ๐Ÿ’™

11.11.2025 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s not enough to simply thank our veterans for their service.

Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA.

Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services.

Today, on Veterans Day, letโ€™s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.

11.11.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4855    ๐Ÿ” 1526    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 106    ๐Ÿ“Œ 53
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THIS IS NOT A DEAL, IT'S A SURRENDER.
@ezralevin.bsky.social @indivisible.org

10.11.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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