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Sha Merirei @merirei.com · 2d

Since the WH has confirmed that the Insurrection Act is on the table, it’s important to know what it is and what it does 🫠

ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

🧵 From the makers of The Antifa EO and Bondi’s Memo comes a chilling new tale about what would happen if the President decided to turn the military into the police. 🎥 #TheInsurrectionAct #ELI5BSI

A vintage black CRT TV screen glows with red static and text reading “The Insurrection Act (1807 to 2025). Trigger Warning: Horror Movie Villains.” Blood-red smears frame the scene. Below, white text warns: “From the makers of The Antifa EO and Bondi’s Memo comes a chilling new tale about what happens when the President decides to turn the military into the police.” The whole image looks like a haunted VHS title screen.

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

Directed by Fear. Funded by Taxpayers. Sources: Brennan Center, CRS, U.S. Code, Politico, Reuters. The credits roll, but this story isn’t over. 🎞️ #TheInsurrectionAct #ELI5BSI

A retro TV screen displays blood-red text: “Directed by Fear. Funded by Taxpayers.” Below, a list of cited sources appears against a black and red static background, referencing the Brennan Center, CRS, U.S. Code, Politico, and Reuters. Red tombstone icons line the bottom, echoing horror movie credits.

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t let the sequel happen. Power check. Clown the clowns. Be the plot twist. “Antifa bad” is fascist fan-fic—and we’re not letting them write the ending. 👻 #TheInsurrectionAct #ELI5BSI

Black background with red text and white subheaders. The title: “Don’t let the sequel happen.” Three bold sections:
Power Check — urges people to demand representation and hold leaders accountable.
Clown the Clowns — tells readers to mock fascists and hurt their egos, not people.
Be the Plot Twist — says “‘Antifa bad’ is fascist fan-fic” and warns not to let them write the ending.
At the bottom: “Hey, Boo! We see you!” directed at ICE contractors.

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

The final cut. First they called protesters terrorists. Then they criminalized dissent. Now they’re building the scaffolding for a military police state. This isn’t fiction—it’s fascism, one “emergency” at a time. 🔪 #ELI5BSI

Ghostface raises a knife overhead on a black-and-red background. The title reads “The Final Cut.” The text lists escalating steps: protesters labeled terrorists, dissent criminalized, and laws built for a military police state. It concludes: “This isn’t a slasher flick. It’s how fascism grows, one ‘emergency’ at a time.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

Faith-based fear, state-sanctioned power. The Insurrection Act is a 19th-century ghost haunting 2025. Every time leaders call dissent “dangerous,” it's to sharpen their knife. ⛓️ #TheInsurrectionAct #ELI5BSI

The Nun stares forward under dark red lighting. The title reads “Faith-based fear, state-sanctioned power.” The text warns the Insurrection Act hasn’t been updated in over 150 years, calls it “a 19th-century ghost haunting 2025,” and ends, “Every time leaders call dissent ‘dangerous,’ they sharpen its knife.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

He’s back. Trump says he’s open to using the Insurrection Act if courts block him from deploying troops. Translation: “If the law won’t let me, I’ll use the army.” That’s intimidation in a mask. 🎃 #ELI5BSI

Michael Myers stands with his knife raised. The title: “He’s back.” The text quotes Trump saying he’d use the Insurrection Act if courts block troop deployment, then adds, “Translation: if the law won’t let me, I’ll use the army. That’s not leadership, that’s intimidation in a mask.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

The power of the presidency compels you. Presidents have used the Insurrection Act to crush strikes and silence dissent. It’s not about safety—it’s about control, with better PR. 👁️ #ELI5BSI

Regan from The Exorcist glares in red horror lighting. The headline reads “The power of the presidency compels you.” The text says presidents have used the Insurrection Act to crush labor strikes and silence dissent, concluding, “It’s not about safety, it’s about control, with better PR.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes, it floats your rights. Eisenhower used it to protect Black students during integration. But that same power can resurface in frightening ways—to feed on fear. 🎈 #TheInsurrectionAct #ELI5BSI

Pennywise the Clown from It smiles menacingly, lit in red. The header says “Sometimes, it floats your rights.” The text explains Eisenhower and Kennedy used the law to protect Black students during school integration but warns that vague language means the same power can resurface “in frightening ways, to feed on fear.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not technically martial law. But when soldiers patrol your streets, the difference between help and control feels pretty small. That’s how fear becomes policy. 🚨 #ELI5BSI

Carrie, drenched in blood, stands glowing in red light. The header says, “It’s not technically martial law.” The text explains the Insurrection Act allows troops to “assist” civilian authorities but warns that when soldiers patrol the streets, fear becomes policy.

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

No oversight. No chill. The President alone decides when the Insurrection Act applies—and no one can stop them. That’s not democracy. That’s a blank check signed in fear. 😱 #ELI5BSI

Jason Voorhees looms with his machete under a red filter. The headline reads “No oversight. No chill.” The text explains that terms like “insurrection” aren’t defined, courts can’t overrule the president’s decision, and concludes: “That’s not democracy, that’s a blank check signed in fear.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

One, two, loopholes coming for you… The President alone decides what counts as a “rebellion.” No oversight, no limits, no chill. Freddy Krueger would be proud. 🪓 #TheInsurrectionAct #ELI5BSI

Freddy Krueger appears in red silhouette with his bladed glove. The title says “One, two, loopholes coming for you.” The text lists three presidential powers under the Insurrection Act: when a state requests help, when courts can’t enforce the law, and when rights are denied. It warns that the law is vague and the president alone decides what counts as a rebellion.

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

Some tools aren’t evil—until you hand them to the wrong person. The Insurrection Act once protected rights. Now it’s being used to chase power. And once you hand that over, it never gives itself back. 🩸 #ELI5BSI

Chucky, the evil doll, grins while holding a knife under blood-red lighting. The title reads, “Some tools aren’t evil. Until you hand them to the wrong person.” The text recounts how the Insurrection Act was once used for civil rights, then during the Rodney King protests, and warns that now it risks being used for control, not peace. The closing line reads: “And once you hand that power over, it never gives itself back.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

What’s your favorite barely constitutional law? The Insurrection Act lets the President use the US military inside the country. A loophole that should’ve stayed shut before the sequel writes itself. 🔪 #ELI5BSI

Ghostface from Scream stands in red shadow holding a bloody knife. The header says “What’s your favorite barely constitutional law?” The text explains the Insurrection Act allows the President to use the US military domestically, bypassing the Posse Comitatus Act. It ends: “It was meant for rare emergencies, but it’s a box we should let Pandora keep shut before the sequel writes itself.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 2d

🧵 From the makers of The Antifa EO and Bondi’s Memo comes a chilling new tale about what would happen if the President decided to turn the military into the police. 🎥 #TheInsurrectionAct #ELI5BSI

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 18d

The Darién isn’t a natural crisis. It’s political. Border theater hides it, but @theborderchronicle.bsky.social reports it.

Subscribe: www.theborderchronicle.com

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 18d

Fallout: Indigenous villages overwhelmed. The rainforest trashed. Local economies forced into smuggling. A humanitarian crisis and an environmental one — by design.

Blurry jungle background with bold orange headline: “The fallout for people and planet.” White body text explains: “The flood of migrants overwhelms Indigenous villages in Panama, where thousands arrive daily seeking rest and food. The rainforest itself is being destroyed by the passage — littered with plastic, waste, and even bodies. Local people are being pulled into smuggling economies just to survive. Border policy has managed to create both a humanitarian catastrophe and an environmental one at the same time.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 18d

Journalist Belén Fernández calls the Darién “an extension of the US border.” Sanctions fuel collapse. Deterrence makes crossings deadlier. Passports equal privilege, not freedom.

Blurry jungle background with bold orange headline: “Why is the US responsible?” White text underneath reads: “Journalist Belén Fernández calls the Darién Gap ‘an extension of the US border.’ That is because US policies have criminalized migration, shut down safer asylum routes, and forced people into the jungle. US sanctions have also wrecked economies like Venezuela’s, leaving millions desperate to flee. Meanwhile, wealthy travelers cross borders with a passport swipe, while the poor are treated as disposable.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 18d

Inside the jungle: corpses on the trail. Assaults and robberies. Nearly 700 sexual assaults reported in 2023. Drownings, broken bones, exhaustion. “Deterrence” is just cruelty.

Blurry jungle background with bold orange headline: “What happens inside the jungle?” White body text says: “The journey takes days or even weeks. Migrants stumble past dead bodies. Armed groups rob and attack them. Doctors Without Borders recorded nearly 700 cases of sexual assault in 2023, and that is only the people who reported. People drown in rivers, break bones on steep cliffs, or collapse from exhaustion. Survivors describe it as a trail of death that no one would take unless their lives at home were already unbearable.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 18d

2023: Over 520,000 crossed the Darién. 40× more than a decade ago. Most from Venezuela, Haiti, Ecuador. One in five was a child.

Blurry aerial jungle background with bold orange headline: “How many people cross, and who are they?” White body text reads: “In 2023 alone, more than 520,000 people entered the jungle. That is forty times more than just a decade ago. Most are from Venezuela, Haiti, and Ecuador — countries hit by violence, hunger, and economic collapse. One in every five people crossing is a child. Some are babies carried on their parents’ shoulders through mud and rivers. These are not ‘invaders.’ They are people who have run out of options.” Top banner repeats: “The border doesn’t stop at the border — it devours people.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 18d

The Darién Gap is 60 miles of roadless jungle. No roads. No cell service. No safety. Once “impenetrable.” Now a funnel for migration north.

Dark blurred jungle background with bold orange headline: “What even is the Darién Gap?” White body text explains: “The Darién Gap is sixty miles of jungle, mountains, and rivers that blocks the only highway connecting South and Central America. There are no roads, no cell service, no police, and no safety. For decades, almost no one tried to cross it. But now it has become a funnel for migration north, because governments have shut off safer routes.” Header text at the top reads: “The border doesn’t stop at the border — it devours people.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 18d

The border doesn’t stop at the border. It devours people. Families are forced into the Darién Gap — a deadly rainforest between Colombia & Panama — because US. policy blocks safer paths.

Read more: bit.ly/3Ko5ZhZ

Aerial photo of hundreds of people walking in two long lines through a dense green jungle path. Bold headline text in black on yellow blocks reads: “The border doesn’t stop at the border, it devours people.” Below, white text on a dark overlay says: “While politicians scream ‘border crisis,’ the real crisis is in the Darién Gap — a roadless jungle between Colombia and Panama. Families, children, whole communities are forced into one of the most dangerous places on earth because US policy blocks every safer path.” Top banner reads: “An ELI5 BSI × The Border Chronicle Carousel.”

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 18d

Finally find the right password to log back in… 🫠

a sign that says one eternity later on a wall

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thank you so much!

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · Jul 2

Uni Caps is doing full Thanos cosplay, selling vitamins while backing a bill that snaps 17M people off healthcare. 💊💀

Tell them what you think!

📧 [email protected]
☎️ 714-529-8400

#VitaminsOrViolence #BigBadBill #ELI5BSI #PeopleOverProfits

A satirical Instagram-style graphic featuring Uni-Caps, LLC. The background shows the inside of a vitamin and health supplement store. On the right side is a large image of Thanos from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, standing confidently with his Infinity Gauntlet raised — clearly a metaphor for the destructive impact of the company’s political contributions.
On the left side, within a black text box, bold white text reads:
UNI-CAPS, LLC:
Selling vitamins while funding healthcare destruction!
Below that is a colorful comic-style explosion graphic that says: SNAP!, mimicking the infamous Thanos snap that wiped out half the universe.
Body text below reads:
“Uni Caps is out here doing their best Thanos cosplay, funding policies that’ll make 17M people vanish from healthcare rolls.
All while slinging vitamins!”
Then in white text:
Tell them how you feel about it!
📧 info@unicapsllc.com
☎️ 714-529-8400
At the bottom, a footer reads:
URL eli5bsi.com | IG & Threads @eli5bsi | Bsky @eli5bsi.bsky.social
Background image credit: Les Stockton
The tone is mocking, urgent, and anti-corporate, using pop culture to highlight the absurdity of a supplement company supporting mass healthcare cuts.

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · Jul 2

Energy Transfer Partners = Lex Luthor vibes.

Destroying the planet and your Medicaid.

Clean energy? Cut.
Utility bills? Up.
Healthcare? Gone.

Call the supervillains:
☎️ 214-981-0700

#BigBadBill #EnergyTransfer #ELI5BSI #PeopleOverProfits

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