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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 6h

With Pete in charge what could go wrong?😳

9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

I hope Americans realize this is about more than healthcare. It's about whether we have a 2 party system of democracy or are we living under an autocracy?

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

Good to have choices - to go or not to go.

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

The age route becomes an issue when a candidate has obvious mental deterioration. One would hope members of the candidates political party would intervene.

9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

Yes I get what you are saying. The question is one of would you move to live in a democracy or stay & live under an autocracy. At this point there is no choice.

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

That's why Trump doesn't want free and fair elections. His party is doing a lot of work to make his wishes come true.

9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

I'm 77 and my house is not paid off but I would move.

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CubanX @cubanx.bsky.social · 7h

When #ICE says Real IDs aren't real.

#Fascism
#USPol
#Journalism
#democracys="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#democracy #usan class="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#usa #gopn class="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#gop #fascistsss="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#fascists

👉 Vote 'em Out!

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

www.propublica.org

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

ICE and troops in cities should be a warning for all of us. The country is no longer a democracy. It will get worse. #NoKings

9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

We would just have to move.

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

This brings to mind why citizens in blue states should pay federal taxes. Federal taxes should go towards state government.

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

Lovely aphrodisiac but these Republican Nazis will still work for minimum wage in the era of billionaires.

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

Blue states should secede from the Union.

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 7h

Is there still someone in the world that believes anything coming from the dull fat boy's WH?

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 8h

Trump doesn't plan on negotiating. We elected a dictator.

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 8h

Good god Cuomo really is an a$$. Running as an independent courting Trump's support just to get a job. All indicators say he's sold his soul for a few pieces of silver.

9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 8h

Bezos is being transactional just as Americans were for the price of a dozen eggs.

9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 8h

Of course the dull fat prez is considering sending troops to San Francisco. It's a hot bed of democracy. A live and let live kind of place. The dull fat one hates it when people are happy.

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 12h

Johnson would tell them that’s socialism which to them is so much worse than authoritarianism. Our dull fat prez has made up boggiemen to blame all the world’s problems on. It’s easier than offering real solutions like universal healthcare. But then how to pay for tax cuts for the rich?

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 12h

Come on girl! We’re living in a corrupt dictatorship where Trump can do anything he wants. The Republican caucus is playing dead.

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Peter Lion @peterlion.bsky.social · 12h

THIS is what EVERY DEMOCRAT should be hammering home during this GOP/Epstein shutdown.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @pelosi.house.gov @governor.ca.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 12h

We have a spare 40 billion to hand over to Argentina, their dictator, and Scott Bessent's friend.

But no money to feed kids. No money got Medicaid, Medicare, and ACA subsidies.

But 40 billion for the dictator of Argentina, and an oligarch.

#SheShed

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9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 12h

Anyone else trying to figure out what’s going on with Fetterman? He’s got more problems than his perpetual black sweatshirt. Fetterman just isn’t capable of telling the difference between balls & strikes. Problem is he doesn’t know it.

9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 12h

Well this will stir up the MAGA crowd. Let’s get out the popcorn 🍿

Laerke Christensen @lrkchr.bsky.social · 12h

Inspecting claims Pam Bondi is creating gun owner registry
www.snopes.com/news/2025/10...

Inspecting claims Pam Bondi is creating gun owner registry

Organizations supporting Second Amendment gun-ownership rights bristled at a court order to submit member lists to government bodies.

www.snopes.com

9irene.bsky.social @9irene.bsky.social · 12h

In a two party system we have the possibility of a candidate getting the majority of votes. Electoral college does screw that up. Your cynicism about our two party system is perhaps what’s gotten us authoritarianism. Guess that means we’re literally down to a one party system.

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Ric Fouad @ricfouad.bsky.social · 12h

“Cause the players tried to take the field/The marching band refused to yield…”

God bless Oriana Korol, showing more courage w her clarinet than legions of Trump accommodators: Brad Karp & Paul Weiss poltroons & other Big Law appeasers might take a lesson here from a non-millionaire w principles…

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 23h

Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”

Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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