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Michael J. Golub

@michaeljgolub.bsky.social

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#WOKEAF #Resistance #AbolishElectoralCollege #BLM #SocialJustice #AbolishCitizensUnited #UniversalHealthCare #IncomeEquality #MeToo 🏳️‍🌈🚫🚫🚫$DMs! Twitter & Threads refugee. Fuck #Felon47 & #TodaysGOP No DM w/o asking first! Don't follow w/o posts or bio!

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Michael J. Golub @michaeljgolub.bsky.social · 14d

It's 2025 and I can't believe we need this reminder:

Fascists = BAD

Anti-Fascists = GOOD

Got it?

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1h

“Don’t want to lose SNAP? Tell the Dems to reopen the government!”

SNAP assistance gets cut in the big beautiful bill too.

Healthcare is slashed as well.

They’re withholding food for 40 million Americans to try and force the Dems to sign off on cutting food AND healthcare!

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1m

At least in Watchmen they wore recognizable uniforms.

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Michael J. Golub @michaeljgolub.bsky.social · 1h

Too bad the Founding Fathers couldn't predict Citizens United, The Internet, or #TodaysGOP becoming a #Fascist political party.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 8d

I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.

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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 @vero1986.bsky.social · 8d

Project 2025 Would Destroy the U.S. System of Checks and Balances and Create an Imperial Presidency
Far-right extremists give presidents almost unlimited power to implement policies that will hurt everyday Americans and strip them of fundamental rights.
www.americanprogress.org/article/proj...

Project 2025 Would Destroy the U.S. System of Checks and Balances and Create an Imperial Presidency

Far-right extremists have a plan to shatter democracy’s guardrails, giving presidents almost unlimited power to implement policies that will hurt everyday Americans and strip them of fundamental right...

www.americanprogress.org

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

If Joffrey Baratheon grew up to be an American president, this is pretty much what it would look like.

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Michael J. Golub @michaeljgolub.bsky.social · 1h

Investigations are useless without ACTION! #Tesla www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

US investigates Tesla’s ‘Mad Max’ high-speed driver assistance mode

Some drivers say vehicles using new version of full self-driving system can travel above speed limits

www.theguardian.com

Michael J. Golub @michaeljgolub.bsky.social · 3h

It's taking a while for the #tRumpRecession to hit, but it was inevitable as #EverythingtRumpTouchesDies www.bbc.com/news/article...

Target to slash 1,800 corporate jobs in bid for turnaround

The decision marks the company's first major job cuts in a decade.

www.bbc.com

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 12h

The housing crisis started with Thatcher and it should end with this Labour government.

Launch a mass social housing programme, scrap Right to Buy, and introduce rent controls.

A secure home is a human right and the essential foundation for a decent life.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

Color me shocked. They’re ALL such goddamn hypocrites.

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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 5h

I’m telling you guys. Renewing and reinvesting in public schools is going to be a winning issue in 2026
@vademocrats.bsky.social

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4h

“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”

“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”

~Center for Budget and Policy

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

Funders of Trump's $300M ballroom and East Wing destruction include:

-Amazon
-Apple
-Coinbase
-Lockheed Martin
-Google
-Meta
-Microsoft
-Palantir
-Tobacco companies
-The Adelson family

Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Carney: "We can't control the trade policy of the US. We recognize it has fundamentally changed from the policy in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, & it's a situation where US has tariffs against every trading partner... what we we can control is developing new partnerships, including w/econ giants of Asia"

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Tink Revak 💙🌊💙🗽💙 @terryrevakdavis.bsky.social · 4h

THIS!

@1_seagal.bsky.social 📎 @seagal1.bsky.social · 1d

Any questions?
#IAmAntifa

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A former red-state chief election official who has falsely claimed the CIA stole the 2020 contest is playing a key role in the conspiracy theory-fueled effort by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The DOJ Lawyer and Hardcore Election Denier Probing 2020

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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SiLveRFoxXx @silv3rfoxxx.bsky.social · 3h

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4h

We’ve become a bad joke.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

people chant "we stand with you!" as Letitia James tries to speak outside a courthouse in Virginia

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4h

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

youtu.be

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · Jul 16

Every once in awhile, I think of my favorite “…the fuck did you just say?” phraseology, which is from Homer’s Iliad, proving we have never, ever changed as a species, only less fancily inclined.

“What nonsense has escaped the barrier of your teeth now?”

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 1d

2nd grader: “I’m painting a huge whale shark at school! It’s a fantasy whale shark though.”

“Oh so like it has wings or a unicorn horn?”

*2nd grader looks pityingly at me*

“No, Mom. It loves fantasy books. It stays up all night reading them. When it detects a good book, its spots flash. Sheesh.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Jeffries: "He's found time to demolish the East Wing in the most horrific way possible bc he wants to erect a ballroom so he can be celebrated like a king. He's found time for all of these different things, but somehow can't be bothered to find a dime to extend the ACA tax credits."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.

It corrupts our political system every day.

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