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Amen @repjasmine.bsky.social ! Pls tell us ordinary folk what we can do to turn this thing around. Yesterday made clear to the whole world, Americans are ready to fight for our country. As @booker.senate.gov said, there's a lot of wretchedness in our history. So we must keep fighting to be better.

06.04.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@washingtonpost.com How about "the NPS was *forced* to rewrite ..."?

06.04.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you @maryannechisholm.bsky.social

06.04.2025 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So proud of American Resisters today!

#Handsoff

05.04.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24679    ๐Ÿ” 6608    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 507    ๐Ÿ“Œ 478

So grateful for you every day @altnps.bsky.social

06.04.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AMEN!

03.04.2025 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I said this about a million times yesterday but not once did I express it as well as you!

03.04.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They are NOT "reciprocal tariffs." @nytimes.com @wsj.com @cnn.com @msnbc.com @foxnewscorporation.bsky.social @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @abcnewsbot.bsky.social @newsnation.bsky.social @pbsnews.org @nprnews.bsky.social don't whitewash language & help him hide what he is doing to the American economy.

03.04.2025 00:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and Americaโ€™s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and Americaโ€™s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker

Proud of my NJ senator @booker.senate.gov for speaking truth to power and making good trouble. Thank you Senator Booker! #resist #disrupt #goodtrouble

01.04.2025 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Democrats Can Stop Trump and Save America The Democratic Party canโ€™t stop Americaโ€™s spiral into autocracy and oligarchy unless it casts off its stale talking points and reimagines what it stands for.

3 / Boycott the businesses of specific billionaires, like Elon Musk. File lawsuits. Sign petitions. Organize communities, including deep red ones. Support people who get arrested.

- Nika Kovac, Slovenian activist, as reported by Ben Rhodes, national security advisor to Pres. Obama, in the NYT

21.03.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

2 / Make noise however you can. Amplify the voices of people out in the country. Hold town halls where Republicans are afraid to.

21.03.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

1 / Spotlight harms that will come to everyday people, not bureaucracies or the prerogatives of a loathed institution like Congress. Protest at shuttered facilities in communities, not agencies in the capital.

21.03.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Law Firm Bends in Face of Trump Demands Paul, Weiss โ€” one of three law firms targeted by President Trump as part of his retribution campaign โ€” said it resolved the conflict by agreeing to a range of commitments.

Extortion! Plain and simple. "It appears as if the firm โ€” which is dominated by Democrats and has long prided itself in being at the forefront of the fight against the government for civil rights โ€” was capitulating to Mr. Trump over an executive order that is likely illegal."

21.03.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today's act of good citizenship. Thanks @50501movement.bsky.social #DemandCoverage

20.03.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dem leadership, I am crying out. Pls lead. Saying how bad the Trump Musk coup is w/o saying how to fight back isn't helpful. Saying "send money for the midterms" feels like you are living in a fantasy. No way we'll have legit midterm elections at this rate. We need unified action & leadership now!

16.03.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a shame the vast majority of these Senators won't be alive long enough to see history books paint them as the cowards they are, handing over the purse to a traitor and a felon at the moment when their country needed them most.

14.03.2025 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@kim.senate.gov , You are terrific; grateful for your service. Keep calling Trump & Musk out. I am outraged. But please also say what regular like me citizens can do with our outrage to effect change. I can criticize til I'm blue in the face but really need to know what actions to take to stop him.

14.03.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rep. Jamie @raskin.house.gov: "Here's something every American can do and ought to do: Get your FOIA request in" to DOGE.

Congressman Raskin explains how he's fighting back against Elon Musk's DOGE. Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYnN...

13.03.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1314    ๐Ÿ” 545    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55

The French senator Claude Malhuret pointed out that the Weimar Republic fell in less than two months. History shows us the only way to win is with a unified resistance. Where is the unity, where is the leadership? These are real questions & if I have missed something, please direct me.

13.03.2025 02:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tell me what the millions of us who are willing to work to stop this horror can do together. I am not trying to abdicate my own responsibility here but I know enough to know I am not qualified for the job. Project 2025 was published two years ago. They gave us their playbook. Why is there no plan?

13.03.2025 02:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But right now I just want to focus on the absolute basics. Before you talk to me about an art show, tell me what you are doing to safeguard my personal data, close any loopholes Trump is exploiting, and reinforce separation of powers.

13.03.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Dems couldn't even manage a unified response to Trump's speech last week. When I visit my Democratic senator and representatives' websites, the first thing I see are calls for a Congressional art show. I've worked my entire life in the arts and I believe they are vital to the human experience.

13.03.2025 02:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So far no one I've posed this question to has had an answer & everyone wants one. Who has a plan to save American democracy & what actions do I need to take? It isn't Indivisible. I'm a lifelong Dem & I am sick of hearing "help us defeat Repubs in the midterms." Will still have a country then?

13.03.2025 02:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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