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Democracy requires ethics. Capitalism needs conscience. Seek greatest good. AntiFascist, 💯 Rule of Law - hold business and gov’t accountable. Kindness, Empathy, Respect. Inherent team-builder, retired-ish tech biz dev. BS/MBA 🚫DMs 🚫porn 🚫psychopaths

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Float_All_Boats @floatallboats.bsky.social · Jan 20

IMO, a must-read today - how
Hitler dismantled a Democracy in 53 days. Very…timely.

apple.news/AbRre9i4WQS2...

How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days — The Atlantic

He used the constitution to shatter the constitution. January 08, 2025 Ninety-two years ago this month , on Monday morning, January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the 15th chancellor of the Weim...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 10h

I'm pretty sure King George III floated the "no Kings equals no paychecks" tagline.

It didn't take.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

These are often elderly people who cannot work anymore, and it is much harder for them to adjust in a new place.

The main point is Russia must stop making their lives a living hell. Each Ukrainian city Russia "liberates" is, in fact, destroyed.

📹 Radio Liberty

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

I often get asked why people won't leave cities under Russian attacks. The truth is there is no simple answer to that - many (most) do leave. Those who remain often have no experience of living anywhere else and are not certain they will be able to build a new life in a new place.

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Float_All_Boats @floatallboats.bsky.social · 7h

...no matter how you measure it, yes - we have formed a metastasizing idiocracy.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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SAM @samierens.bsky.social · 1d

Argentina 🇦🇷 First!!!

$20,000,000,000.00 billion dollars to Argentina and tripling our healthcare costs?

No one man should have the power to spend $20 billion of our tax dollars without having approval by the Citizens of this democracy!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15h

#4 👍

Zohran sitting in the corner seat on a subway.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17h

Color me shocked.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 18h

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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GodHammer6 🇨🇦 @godhammer6.bsky.social · 17h

I would be calling them up and grilling them mercilessly on what do you do with Rain Rain Barkels.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Float_All_Boats @floatallboats.bsky.social · 8h

Because this is just one of hundreds of parallel grifts - small and large.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

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Mickey Lenin @thepolitburo.bsky.social · 2d

The deadline Plastered Pete imposed on journalists covering the Pentagon to sign compliance agreements allowing prior review of all stories is fast approaching.
One after another, they’re declining.
NPR wasn’t a surprise.
Newsmax is.

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Mickey Lenin @thepolitburo.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Leader had a restless night, raging about the lighting in a picture he found unflattering because it showed off his thinning hair.

The fragility is palpable.

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Mickey Lenin @thepolitburo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOTUS has rejected Alex Jones’s appeal of the $1.4b Sandy Hook verdict.

The Portland Frog is pleased.

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Mickey Lenin @thepolitburo.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, after crowing about acing his cognitive tests and claiming the doctor never saw anyone score higher, Dear Leader is confounded by how to get an open umbrella through a plane door.
Fortunately, a tax payer funded security agent was available to help.

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Mickey Lenin @thepolitburo.bsky.social · 1d

In order to boost morale and combat readiness, Plastered Pete has opened over 300 investigations into members of the military who might not have sufficiently mourned Charlie.

Seriously. He has.

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Mickey Lenin @thepolitburo.bsky.social · 10h

Cosplay Noem’s ICE-stapo has acquired software that will allow them to track location data for hundreds of millions of cellphones in real time.
Because Kristie is watching and we’re all Cricket.

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h0pe4dfuture.bsky.social @h0pe4dfuture.bsky.social · 8h

We need to remove every last one of these jokers. They are destroying and crapping on every good thing thats been created by both parties over the last century. Not a single one is qualified to even take out the trash.

carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 1d

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 14h

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

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