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Alan Frady

@alanfrady.bsky.social

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Husband, Dad, and Pop to 3 amazing grandchildren. Retired technology leader. Never Trump before it was cool, or necessary. I no longer feel safe in America. #NCPOL #NoKings

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · Jan 25

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - George Orwell, 1984

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 1d

Same!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

President Obama endorses Prop 50 — the California redistricting effort:

"California, the whole nation is counting on you."

"Democracy is on the ballot Nov. 4. Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years."

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 2d

What about you, Raleigh-Durham? #NCPOL

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 2d

Today, and forever more, it will always be Indigenous Peoples Day!

AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 2d

#Pinks #ProudBlue
October 13, 2025
Indigenous Peoples Day ❤️

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 2d

Happy 250th, Navy!

D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 2d

🇺🇸 I am a proud, anti-fascist vet who served on the USS Trenton LPD-14 as an assault boat coxswain in the '70s.

🇺🇸 We defended our country from America-attacking, suckers and losers like Trump.

🇺🇸 So Happy 250th, Navy! Remember: You are to protect us from fascist enemies like Trump, not appease them.

Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 2d

Good advice from @jenrubin.bsky.social this morning - "Republicans would be smart to flee the losing side of an unsustainable position that has unified opposition to MAGA’s despotism."

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It Turns Out, Americans Don't Want a Police State

Voters, Courts, and GOP Governors slam Trump’s militarization of cities

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 2d

A bit of hopium from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social in today's Morning Shots "because of the kids, the Pope, and the protesters".

I also like how he refers to "our first truly authoritarian president". Other MSM outlets would do well to speak truth to power.

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Trump’s Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement

The groundwork has been laid to go after innocent people, opposition groups, and even No Kings protesters.

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 3d

This just might win the internet today! 😂

Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 3d

We’ve had to suffer through Carrie Underwood screeching every Sunday night since 2013. They can handle Bad Bunny for a 30 minute halftime show.

Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for showing up in our community, @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social. #NCPOL

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 3d

We made the national news!!!

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Rainbows but also clouds as NC town hosts Pride Fest amid Trump administration's anti-trans push

The sound of hymns clashed with drums as thousands gathered for Pride Fest in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 3d

What @fredguttenberg.bsky.social said! 👇

Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 4d

This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th.

If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 4d

Trump went for a Covid shot and then set the CDC on fire.

If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 5d

I am deceased

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 4d

Love this thread. Thank you, @christine520.bsky.social, for calling out the hatred.

Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 4d

1/ Small acts of defiance…✊

Yesterday, my husband and I went out to dinner with our BFFs to a local diner. It was still early bird special time so you know it was filled with old white people.

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 4d

Informative and uplifting Saturday Morning Covfefe from @oliviaoftroye.com this morning.

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Saturday Morning Covfefe: 5 Things with Olivia

Serving truth hot. No foam, no filter.

www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 5d

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 5d

maga are such snowflakes! Stop playing the victim.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Pam Bondi held a news conference today with right-wing influencer Benny Johnson to highlight a threat made against him

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 5d

My former political party is scared to death of these #NoKings rallies. That’s great. So let’s have a gazillion Americans out rallying all around the country on October 18th! Let’s scare the shit out of Trump & his party.

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 5d

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Kyle Sweetser @kyleforalabama.bsky.social · 5d

Our seniors shouldn’t be paying a TAX ON A TAX. That’s just wrong.

I’m running for U.S. Senate to bring COMMON SENSE back to politics.

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 5d

That's right, Holy Mike Johnson. The "right of the people peaceably to assemble" has "gotta come to an end".

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 5d

Great news from Maine. Gov. Janet Mills will challenge Sen. Susan Collins in key 2026 Senate contest. We already know Gov. Mills is NOT afraid of the orange god king.

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills will challenge Sen. Susan Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 5d

@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social quoting Simon&Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence in today's Morning Shots is worth the read.

"'silence like a cancer' has grown." From Repubs, bus leaders, pundits, and establishment types, "it’s been dry 'wells of silence' all around."

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The Insidious Effort To Rationalize Trump’s Lawfare

This is not a president justified in going after those who went after him. It’s a person making a mockery of our justice system.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 6d

So the Nobel Peace Prize was given to someone who fights authoritarianism and was not given to an actual authoritarian.

Makes sense to me.

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Alan Frady @alanfrady.bsky.social · 5d

Uplifting post from @matthewjdowd.bsky.social this morning on what kind of leaders we need.

"the first step to a country that respects human dignity is for us to find the things which bind us as humans: the hard knockouts, the sorrows, and the joys."

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Demanding Leaders with a Soft Touch in Their Soul

This week I highlighted the birthday of Brazilian writer Mário de Andrade, who was born October 9, 1893.

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