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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 13h

A concerning thing is, they don't care about optics anymore. Which means they're not trying to win elections. Which means they're not counting on elections to stay in power.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be a Freedom Frog at the Anchorage rally!

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 1d

Also, did he just call the Secret Service ICE agents? In his shriveled mind he probably thinks they're all part of his private goon squad.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 1d

I asked a millennial if they’d rally on the 18th. They said, “I’m quietly protesting, but I’m afraid to go.” I replied, “That’s why we go.” I’m posting this for anyone who’s afraid or thinks rallies don’t matter—the opposition counts on our fear and silence.

youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w?...

The success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica Chenoweth at TEDxBoulder

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w?...

The success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica Chenoweth at TEDxBoulder

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

youtu.be

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 1d

These times are tough, but no time is ever truly easy.

We are here but a spell. No matter what, never let anyone rob you of your chance to dance in the sun.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 1d

Shouldn't he be more concerned about other things, like the 3-week government shutdown, for example?

J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 2d

My line-up:

Protest signs reading as follows:
Never normalize this.
Fascism is the right word for it.
What will you tell your grandkids?
This is dissent, Jan 6th was insurrection.
Democracy is not a team sport.
It's all fun and games until they come for you too.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 2d

Getting signs ready for October 18th.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 3d

My frog suit is on the way. Looking forward to wearing it in Anchorage this Saturday. Hoping to meet more of my kind at the rally.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 4d

👇👇👇👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 4d

I would love to believe this, but I haven't seen or heard any sign of fear from Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan, and Murkowski has always been fragile in her responses.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t miss your chance to prove the tyrant wrong.
All this talk of “violent protests” and the Insurrection Act is meant to chill dissent.
Let’s show up October 18 and show we’re not afraid.
#DefendDemocracy #October18
Repost to spread the word.

J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 7d

Rising authoritarianism is a lot scarier than any mid-October weather. Come on, Anchorage—let’s show up and be heard on October 18!

Fellow Alaskans, please repost and spread the word.

No Kings Rally poster, Saturday, October 18, Anchorage Town Square Park 3-5pm.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 7d

If it feels like this administration is moving fast and breaking things, it’s because they’re facing an existential threat. The tide is turning against them.

Fairbanks’ Republican-leaning mayor, David Pruhs, has just conceded to Mindy O’Neall, who was backed by the Alaska Democratic Party.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 7d

Rising authoritarianism is a lot scarier than any mid-October weather. Come on, Anchorage—let’s show up and be heard on October 18!

Fellow Alaskans, please repost and spread the word.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 8d

It's almost like the J6ers have been unleashed on all the states.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 8d

apnews.com/article/alas...

Trump approves Alaska mining road to boost copper, zinc production

President Donald Trump on Monday ordered approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of copper, cobalt, gold and other minerals.

apnews.com

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 9d

Well then, if government force determines legitimacy, the citizens’ right to bear arms loses its constitutional purpose. Does he realize he’s negating the very intent of the Second Amendment?

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 9d

One day won’t change anything. But showing up could change everything.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9d

Sally Field wants to see you in the streets on October 18 for the biggest day of political protest in modern American history. Make your plan to join a local event today, and then invite a few folks to join you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #nokings

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 9d

I don't remember Junior High School being as juvenile and cruel as this administration.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 11d

Geez! It gets worse and worse.

I had Covid last August, but my home kits were expired so I went to a clinic. Even with insurance and my deductible met, I still paid $60. That cost will keep many from testing, and the virus spreading.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 11d

What was on the list?

You just voiced what most women have been wanting for a long time. Politicians have no business deciding what's best for our bodies.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 11d

A small, noble country
enclosed in hope and virtue,
never meant to shut out the dispossessed—

and birth a nation

that is abhorrent.

J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 11d

South Addition

Golden leaf-littered streets
Porches readied for Halloween
Chickadees fat on well-stocked feeders
Little libraries
An abandoned lemonade stand
A pet memorial

And in the windows, on fences, in yards:
Free Palestine
Slava Ukraini
Black Lives Matter
Love Lives Here

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J(y)oda 🐸 @imjjill.bsky.social · 12d

Or, he could just decease himself to comply with the rule.

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