The regime greatly miscalculated the optics of handling Portlandโs lawlessness
08.10.2025 06:00 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@zentrixter.bsky.social
๐ ๐งฉ๐บ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ โธ๏ธ๐ ๐ Remove Trump โ๏ธ Prosecute ICE ๐ฅ Destroy Putinโs GOP ๐ AIPAC & foreign agents out of U.S. politics. โ๏ธ Dems must shed corporate overlords + return to New Deal roots. ๐ฅ If not, then same corrupt politics, same slide into autocracy.
The regime greatly miscalculated the optics of handling Portlandโs lawlessness
08.10.2025 06:00 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Think of it less like โsecessionโ and more like federalism with backbone.
Pooling resources, legal defense funds, emergency networks, and mutual protection.
Since authoritarianism is national, democracy must be interstate.
Yes, there are collaborative efforts: climate compacts, healthcare agreements, and the DGA- but those are piecemeal.
Whatโs missing is an explicit alliance: a defensive and economic partnership prepared to protect democracy and citizens if the federal government turns rogue.
completely misses the point.
There isnโt a strong, unified Blue State coalition yet and thatโs exactly the problem.
Pritzker himself said heโs largely standing alone, while others stay cautious.
We need governors acting in concert, not in silos.
#BlueStateCoalition #DemocracyDefense
We donโt serve Nazis
07.10.2025 05:23 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโm ok with this.
When do we make it official?
Why is there not a Blue State coalition already forming its own shadow government and sharing resources and overall commitment to protect each other ?!?!?!
07.10.2025 01:10 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0Is this Fascist Terrorism?
South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodsteinโs Edisto Island home was destroyed by fire on Oct 5, 2025. Her husband & son were hospitalized after jumping from the first floor to escape. Rescued by kayak due to marshy terrain. Cause under investigation.
But still classic Gunn feel in terms of excellent story, casting, music and heart.
07.10.2025 00:58 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
06.10.2025 23:00 โ ๐ 22969 ๐ 14783 ๐ฌ 768 ๐ 1008Nazis are running the show.
The not one way to deal with a Nazi.
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๐ซNO ADDS๐ซ
Retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Malcom S Ritchie proclaims Trump as enemy of US Constitution. ๐บ๐ธ ๐ซก
03.10.2025 22:45 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2What makes anyone confident that there will be a fair and open election?
Fascists are voted in. They donโt get voted out.
One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
03.10.2025 21:44 โ ๐ 25925 ๐ 6310 ๐ฌ 118 ๐ 559So our government is gonna spend our taxes to help bail out Argentina and protect Qatar but NO INSURANCE FOR YOU!!
People, we MUST unite and overthrow these GENOCIDAL MANIACS! Our time is running short.
4. Call to action: Blue state governors + attorneys general must band together now. Form a united front. Retain resources. Treat this as a soft secession strategy. Trump is escalating a war on blue states, and only collective defense will hold the line #ResistAuthoritarianism #BlueStateSolidarity
02.10.2025 15:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 03. States can also:
-Band together in interstate compacts to negotiate as a bloc.
-Refuse participation in some federal programs (with trade-offs).
-Use political pressure & public organizing to make cuts costly.
2. States can fight back in other ways:
-File lawsuits against the federal gov for unconstitutional cuts.
-Adjust state budgets or issue bonds to โbackfillโ withheld funds.
-Create tax credits/deductions to offset federal burdens.
1. Federal income tax goes straight to the IRS, employers withhold it and individuals file directly. States arenโt intermediaries, so they canโt block or reroute those payments.
02.10.2025 15:42 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Ok, seriously
WHAT IS THE MECHANISM BU WHICH BLUE STATES CAN WITHHOLD FEDERAL TAXES WITHOUT GETTING THE CITIZEN-TAXPAYER PENALIZED?
newrepublic.com/post/201223/...
Murkowski/Epstien connection. She was the deciding vote not to release the files
youtube.com/shorts/kjP4F...
Sorry, but thatโs one damn ugly queen.
01.10.2025 22:03 โ ๐ 2567 ๐ 769 ๐ฌ 145 ๐ 48Yes blue states should withhold- problem is thatโs between individuals and their tax preparer- itโs not on CA and NY leadership to do. Ultimately the penalties will be levied on the individuals who donโt pay federal taxes.
If someone here is smart and can suggest a way around this, weโre all ears.
California and New York paying taxes to this federal government in 2025 is tantamount to England and France paying taxes to Germany in 1940.
The money is going to be used *against* you.
Are you purposely ignoring the facts?
Because these are facts:
AMERICA IS ETHNIC CLEANSING POC & DISAPPEARING IMMIGRANTS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES THEY DON'T EVEN COME FROM!
PEOPLE ARE BEING MURDERED & TRAFFICKED BY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
INCLUDING CANADIANS WHO GET NABBED.
WAKE THE FUCK UP!