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IndivisibleMontgomery @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social · 1d

Another.
GOP=Guardians of Pedophiles

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, color me shocked.

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IndivisibleMontgomery @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social · 4d

Next Saturday is NO KINGS DAY. Make a sign, make noise, stand up and be counted, Montgomery County! Help us Line the Street for Freedom. Info and Sign-up below.

IndivisibleMontgomery @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social · 8d

No Kings Day is October 18. We will be at Connecticut and East-West Highway. Details here www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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IndivisibleMontgomery @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social · 3d

You may think, "I'm just one person. It doesn't matter whether I show up." This is why it matters ....

Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 3d

Organizing is essential. Courage is contagious. Social proof is persuasive.
People do the thing they think people like them do.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

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IndivisibleMontgomery @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social · 4d

Next Saturday is NO KINGS DAY. Make a sign, make noise, stand up and be counted, Montgomery County! Help us Line the Street for Freedom. Info and Sign-up below.

IndivisibleMontgomery @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social · 8d

No Kings Day is October 18. We will be at Connecticut and East-West Highway. Details here www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 5d

This is what courage in the face of authoritarianism looks like. No university should take Trump's bribe & surrender their integrity — bending the knee to a bully only feeds the beast & puts ALL our rights at risk.

Others should follows MIT’s example ASAP.

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

www.washingtonpost.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 6d

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 6d

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 6d

After Pritzker and Newsom threatened to leave the NGA, the Republican Chair breaks with Trump. Pressure works. Keep it up!

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 6d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 6d

Tish James is an American hero and exactly the kind of leader we need in this moment. We stand behind her 100%.

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 6d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6d

$20 BILLION.

Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6d

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6d

Did a quick post earlier to reinforce that in the places where Trump says crime is out of control crime is demonstrably under control.
www.pbump.net/o/a-quick-re...

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6d

Just in case anyone is still holding on out of nostalgia for what it used to be.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6d

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IndivisibleMontgomery @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social · 6d

The worst people - a true kakistocracy.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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IndivisibleMontgomery @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social · 6d

That's our Senator!

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 6d

Presidents and governors shouldn't be able to deploy National Guard troops from one state to another if that state's governor objects.

That is common sense, and yet Republicans just blocked my amendment to stop this blatant abuse of power. Another shameful abdication of duty.

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IndivisibleMontgomery @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social · 6d

Way to go, Chicago !

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 6d

"THEY WERE EVENTUALLY LET GO AFTER SHOWING THIER DOCUMENTS". In other words, they were pulled out of their cars for looking "Mexican".

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 6d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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IndivisibleMontgomery @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social · 6d

Fair question. Whatever the reason, GOP = Guardians of Pedophiles.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6d

Why do so many powerful Republicans turn out to be pedophiles and child sex abusers? 🤨

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

The @washingtonpost.com is now no more than a tabloid. Absolute tripe from the editorial board here.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah. They’re scary because they’re soulless assholes who have a lot of power.

But they’re also stupid as f*ck. Incompetent. Infantile. Weak. Insecure.

So don’t hold back. Let em hear it!

Clown Car Fascism: Point and Laugh at These Motherfuckers

You don’t beg a tyrant to stop. You humiliate them until they can’t show their face.

open.substack.com

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Dani M. ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 8d

Anti-voter advocates are trying to implement the SAVE Act through the Election Assistance Commission.

A chorus of the anti-voter rank and file is voicing their support for this move on the comments page. Don’t let them go unopposed!

Submit your comment now!

open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

open.substack.com

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 8d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 8d

Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Screenshot from a NYT article by Thomas Edsall, quoting Barbara Walter of UC-San Diego: "The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8d

One point I made about the shutdown is that a lot of what Schumer and Jeffries are doing is not for YOU, but for annoying beltway journalists who see this as a competition but whose reporting actually matters to their colleagues.

Voila: "Republicans in disarray"

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump's off-script comments cause shutdown headaches for GOP

President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are straining to project a united front against Democrats.

www.politico.com

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IndivisibleMontgomery @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social · 8d

I just finished phone banking into VA (some good conversations!) and learned about an upcoming Phonebanking 101 seminar next Wednesday, 7pm ET. This is great if you have always wondered why we do it or want some support to get started. You can sign up here www.mobilize.us?q=phone%20ba...

Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · Mobilize

Create change in your community. Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, and fundraisers in your local area, organized by charities, campaigns, political organizations, grassroots groups, and...

www.mobilize.us

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Indivisible West Metro❌👑🇺🇸 @indivisiblewmetro.bsky.social · 8d

#TrumpIsFailing

Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 8d

Trump airlines? Shut down.
Trump casinos? Shut down.
Trump steaks? Shut down.
Trump vodka? Shut down.
Trump university? Shut down.

Donald Trump has kept his promise to run our government like he ran his companies: shut down, with unpaid workers & blaming everyone but himself.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 8d

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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