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O’Brien: How does one man assert his power over another, Winston? Winston: By making him suffer. 1984, George Orwell

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Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · Apr 5

Pretty solid crowd at #HandsOff DC
@indivisible.org

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Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 2h

FFS, focus on getting us the ACA subsidies. You hang with the Nazis, you will find swastika flags near you. What’s there to investigate? Soon you will be manufacturing those flags yourself.

Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 2h

True. ❤️

Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 3h

As for military backing Trump, the data suggests that your belief is not accurate. And yes, the leadership has already violated the Constitution by allowing National Guards to be deployed for no good reason. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Military veterans remain a Republican group, backing Trump over Harris by wide margin

Veteran voters have long been more likely to align themselves with the Republican Party than the Democratic Party.

www.pewresearch.org

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Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 3h

And when I say stand up, I mean stand up against the regime. Not the military.

Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 3h

I am not the one advocating a coup.

Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 5h

So what? He is doing it and no one has been able to stop the madness.

Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, let them go to all cities. But in reality, they wld only go to the Blue ones.

Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 5h

WTF ARE THEY DOING? They won’t stop till they kill us all, one way or the other!

Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 7h

They are coming for everyone. Well almost everyone.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 9h

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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Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 7h

I am surrounded by federal workers who have lost their job. And I will lose mine in the next few months, since I work for a federal contractor. So from my vantage point, right now it feels like a luxury.

Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 9h

Man, start focusing on cheaper dishes. A lot of people don’t have the resources anymore to afford such luxury.

Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 9h

This ability to lie in broad daylight with no one in the media pushing back is the scary part. Clear indication of how the system is rapidly collapsing.

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Bryan Andrews @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Bryan Andrews @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social · 20d

Don’t let the door hitchya on the way out ✌️#releasethelist

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 9h

A chunk of the military is pro-Trump. They wld not have gone along with his unconstitutional troop engagement and parades if they were nor. Plus, Senate Dems helped Trump allocate big dollars for defense. So unless the common person can stand up, we are screwed.

www.meritalk.com/articles/sen...

Senate Passes $914B Defense Bill Amid Shutdown

Amid a government shutdown that has stalled much of Congress’s agenda, the U.S. Senate managed to pass its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 on Oct. 9 with ...

www.meritalk.com

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Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 11h

What the f are the Latin American countries doing? But then, WTF are Americans and the global community doing? Apparently not enough.

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Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 11h

Happy 2026 ya’ll. They are forcing folks to eschew non-violence!

Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 11h

Gotta love the guy! Refreshing to hear plain speak in such Orwellian times.

Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 12h

The GREAT PURGE is picking up steam.

Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 12h

Why the heck do you always skeet with what justice department says?

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Charles Hawtrey @charleshawtrey.bsky.social · 12h

ICE PIGS use illegal PIT maneuver in Chicago to stop an SUV, use tear gas against crowd including local cops after something threw something at them

Getting out of hand

'Horrific': Feds slam into SUV and fire tear gas into crowd including local police

#Politics

www.rawstory.com/chicago-bord...

'Horrific': Feds slam into SUV and fire tear gas into crowd including local police

Feds slam into SUV and fire tear gas into crowd including local cops

www.rawstory.com

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Protest Update @freedomsutra.bsky.social · 12h

Stop with the deep fakes. Utterly juvenile at such a dark inflection point in our history.

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Atti 17.11 @atti1711.bsky.social · 12h

The not-so secret language of fascist fashion | US politics | The Guardian share.google/ySwjFBH8aQiN...

The not-so secret language of fascist fashion

Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you

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