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@democracymattered.bsky.social

Not giving up our democracy to some rich felons who want to sell it off for parts. United we stand, divided we fall. Get loud and find good trouble.

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Schiff on Gabbard's involvement in Georgia: "All of this is intended to send a message and the message is, 'We will not tolerate or accept an election that we lose.' That's why in these budget discussions we need to make sure, among other things, that we don't have ICE agents at polling places."

08.02.2026 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4840    πŸ” 1625    πŸ’¬ 193    πŸ“Œ 73
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Facing racism in the sport head on, Surya Bonaly landed the banned backflip on one foot and made history anyway ⛸️ πŸ’₯

08.02.2026 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7227    πŸ” 1660    πŸ’¬ 308    πŸ“Œ 125

I want to thank everyone who posts gift articles of really important stories that all Americans should read but are behind paywalls so most can’t.

There are some stories that are so important to the public interest that media companies should remove paywalls on some occasions.

08.02.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8471    πŸ” 1487    πŸ’¬ 319    πŸ“Œ 75
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🚨BREAKING: Local Minneapolis police SWARM ICE protesters making mass arrests in front of ICE prison. One protesters forehead is gushing blood ⬇️

07.02.2026 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4610    πŸ” 2692    πŸ’¬ 736    πŸ“Œ 687
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It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.

07.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 18824    πŸ” 7633    πŸ’¬ 745    πŸ“Œ 338
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RAW FOOTAGE: Minnesota State Troopers charge into anti-ICE protesters with multiple arrests after an unlawful assembly had been declared. One journalist says: "It was a free-for-all, I was grabbed twice, but ultimately let go after showing my Press badge." Make sure this gets seen! Share widely.

08.02.2026 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1074    πŸ” 904    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 82
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Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO β€œFor 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...

Otay Mesa "Detention Center" (prison camp) in San Diego, CA:

lataco.com/captive-loti...

08.02.2026 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 8698    πŸ” 4905    πŸ’¬ 415    πŸ“Œ 335
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🚨Minneapolis Sheriffs aggressively push ICE protesters into a corner, using their police vehicles to threaten running them over to get them to move.

LIVE NOW ⬇️

07.02.2026 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1982    πŸ” 1048    πŸ’¬ 202    πŸ“Œ 126
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SEN. OSSOFF: β€œ.. why are roving gangs of masked men β€” who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam β€” dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”

@acyn.bsky.social

07.02.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 17883    πŸ” 5628    πŸ’¬ 400    πŸ“Œ 261
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β€” Alberto CastaΓ±eda MondragΓ³n says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain.

He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again.

He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β€” Alberto CastaΓ±eda MondragΓ³n says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man β€œpurposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

07.02.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 17446    πŸ” 8995    πŸ’¬ 490    πŸ“Œ 691

The entire GOP is compromised and must be voted out of existence, investigated, and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

07.02.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show Though the commerce secretary has called his interactions with Epstein as "limited," the two were in business together four years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea.

(CBS News) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.

@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...

07.02.2026 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5582    πŸ” 2472    πŸ’¬ 397    πŸ“Œ 248
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MAGA-aligned military commanders are pressuring enlisted service members to go to the Melania movie and bring their families. Troops at 8 different bases have complained. www.businessinsider.com/us-military-...

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07.02.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6653    πŸ” 3592    πŸ’¬ 400    πŸ“Œ 263

Grow like the hand or the fist of a Giant
To crush the ambition of a wannabe tyrant.
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07.02.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hundreds of thousands - angry, defiant
Take to the streets, refuse to be silent
Grow like the hand or the fist of a Giant
To crush the ambition of a wannabe tyrant

This is America, home of the free
Not some safe haven for pedophile Nazi's
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07.02.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet

07.02.2026 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 16170    πŸ” 5941    πŸ’¬ 269    πŸ“Œ 161

He is a racist, child fucking scumbag.

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Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge - The Texas Tribune Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6. He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor.

NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...

07.02.2026 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5321    πŸ” 2659    πŸ’¬ 510    πŸ“Œ 289

And the GOP will always be gutter scum.

07.02.2026 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Facebook launched 22 years ago this week.

In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5% β€” its lowest on record.

Meanwhile, Meta is pumping at least $65 million into super PACs to stifle regulation of AI and tech.

Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy.

06.02.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2762    πŸ” 892    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 36

Everyone in the White House involved in any way with that vile, sickening racist Trump post must be fired immediately: everyone in the communications department, everyone in the press office, every deputy chief of staff, everyone involved up and down the line. Not one more tax dollar for this filth.

06.02.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2573    πŸ” 659    πŸ’¬ 219    πŸ“Œ 47

ICYMI: Child Abducted By Donald Trump Found in Cage in Texas

06.02.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 486    πŸ” 294    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 8
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That's great. We support recovery efforts in EVERY state, for ALL Americans.

Speaking of which, Mr. President, PLEASE release the federal disaster aid you’re withholding from LA that will help people rebuild their homes.

06.02.2026 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3222    πŸ” 969    πŸ’¬ 228    πŸ“Œ 40
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This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US mediaβ€”but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,

06.02.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2906    πŸ” 1567    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 80

BREAKING:

New reaction from Leader Jeffries to the racist Trump video:

"This disgusting video posted by the so-called president was done intentionally. Fuck Donald Trump and his vile, racist, and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom feeder."

06.02.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7338    πŸ” 1651    πŸ’¬ 319    πŸ“Œ 471
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BREAKING
Bill Clinton calls for public hearings in Epstein files

06.02.2026 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1039    πŸ” 423    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 24
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Just gonna drop this photo of January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang destroying a "Prosecute ICE" sculpture in Minneapolis. He's been arrested for this, btw.

06.02.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 21630    πŸ” 5583    πŸ’¬ 2437    πŸ“Œ 497
Screenshot of an X.com post by LongTime FirstTime describing ICE agents breaking a window to enter a U.S. citizen’s home without a warrant, violently tackling a man for filming them, leaving and then barging back in to assault the homeowner, and quoting a woman telling a 911 operator that agents are inside her house without a warrant and that the person involved is a U.S. citizen.

Screenshot of an X.com post by LongTime FirstTime describing ICE agents breaking a window to enter a U.S. citizen’s home without a warrant, violently tackling a man for filming them, leaving and then barging back in to assault the homeowner, and quoting a woman telling a 911 operator that agents are inside her house without a warrant and that the person involved is a U.S. citizen.

Continuation of the post stating that adults in the family protected young children in the home and managed to chase away two ICE agents before anyone was detained, noting the incident occurred in San Antonio, Texas. Below is a video still showing law enforcement officers inside a home near a doorway, with one officer wearing a vest labeled β€œPOLICE.”

Continuation of the post stating that adults in the family protected young children in the home and managed to chase away two ICE agents before anyone was detained, noting the incident occurred in San Antonio, Texas. Below is a video still showing law enforcement officers inside a home near a doorway, with one officer wearing a vest labeled β€œPOLICE.”

ICE must be reined in. In Texas and everywhere else: Vote out the GOP, who are letting them run rampant.

07.02.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2043    πŸ” 637    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 26

Evil.

06.02.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2750    πŸ” 1082    πŸ’¬ 577    πŸ“Œ 140

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