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https://www.waukesharesist.org for upcoming events #Indict #Impeach #Imprison. End Citizens United. Keep Separation of Church & State. Inequality IS the problem. BLM Oligarchs are taking control. Retired MSW ESFJ Former GA pilot #SPN & #LOST fan No DMs

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Waukesha Resist @lizanne4077.bsky.social · 16h

Anti-Fascism Scholar Who Fled US After Death Threats Discusses MAGA’s Fascism truthout.org/video/anti-f... Antifa is actually a shortening of the term “anti-fascist” and is a term that arose in Europe for the movement against the Nazis, both before and after World War II. Same is occurring today.

Anti-Fascism Scholar Who Fled US After Death Threats Discusses MAGA’s Fascism

If we don’t organize and take action in the streets, says Mark Bray, “we’re going to end up somewhere really bad.”…

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Waukesha Resist @lizanne4077.bsky.social · 16h

GOP Blocks Warren Bill to Stop Trump’s “Brazen” $20B Argentina Bailout truthout.org/articles/gop... Republican Sen. Tim Scott (South Carolina) blocked a bill seeking to stop President Donald Trump’s unprecedented $20 billion bailout of Argentina and its far right government on Tuesday-

GOP Blocks Warren Bill to Stop Trump’s “Brazen” $20B Argentina Bailout

“For Trump, the leader of Argentina is more important than American families struggling with rising costs,” said Warren.

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Waukesha Resist @lizanne4077.bsky.social · 18h

The heartlessness and idiocy of this regime

The U.S. saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back.
He supported the American war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the US. Then ICE arrested him, and if he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him. WaPo

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🦋 Frankie 🦋 @frankiemillie10.bsky.social · 1d

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John F Leech🦋💙 @jfleech3.bsky.social · 18h

MAGA HYPROCRISY

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Waukesha Resist @lizanne4077.bsky.social · 18h

October 13, 2025
A ballroom isn't enough. Now he wants a "Arc de Triumph" in Washington. Spending money like we are not in debt..
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October 13, 2025

Last Tuesday, President Donald J.

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Waukesha Resist @lizanne4077.bsky.social · 18h

3,700 Nonprofits Sign Open Letter Condemning Trump for Targeting Free Speech truthout.org/articles/370...
Such actions are “not about protecting Americans or defending the public interest,” but rather “about using unchecked power to silence opposition and voices he disagrees with That's fascism.

3,700 Nonprofits Sign Open Letter Condemning Trump for Targeting Free Speech

Weaponizing the executive branch" to punish free speech "is illegal and wrong," an open letter from the groups said.

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Waukesha Resist @lizanne4077.bsky.social · 19h

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Waukesha Resist @lizanne4077.bsky.social · 19h

I thought Congress has the power of the purse? How can he keep giving away our money?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Waukesha Resist @lizanne4077.bsky.social · 20h

'Citizens United 2.0': GOP Pushing a Pair of Supreme Court Cases That Would Further Legalize Bribery www.commondreams.org/news/gop-sco... “Though CU unleashed a 28-fold increase in election spending, it preserved the legality of campaign contribution limits." Majority now appears to be fascist.

'Citizens United 2.0': GOP Pushing a Pair of Supreme Court Cases That Would Further Legalize Bribery | Common Dreams

A pair of Supreme Court cases pushed by Republicans and the Trump administration are aimed at "incinerating any remaining deterrents to pay-to-play corruption," writes journalist David Sirota.

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Waukesha Resist @lizanne4077.bsky.social · 1d

It's a good thing Tim Snyder and 2 others left. They saw this coming. yes, we are in authoritarianism -no question

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 1d

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Waukesha Resist @lizanne4077.bsky.social · 1d

The Cost of Trump’s Politicization of the Military
open.substack.com/pub/petebutt... Pete B has a few things to say about the untenable position our military is in. They train for war not domestic law enforcement and to defend the Constitution.

The Cost of Trump’s Politicization of the Military

They’ve crossed one line after another since January - and we must not become numb to the mounting damage to our military and national security.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Statement of Cardinal Cupich on the Moral Imperative to Uphold Both Security and Human Dignity.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 2d

A man was wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit for more than 40 years. As soon as he was exonerated, ICE picked him up to deport him to a country he has not lived in since he was a baby www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Developing: per photographer Matthew Kaplan and others on scene, neighbors are currently facing dozens of Border Patrol agents on the east side. Feds have been all over the area, some kidnappings confirmed. Saw one gas canister deployed on FB live earlier.