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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 1d

Every time they say Antifa, we say pro democracy. Not because we aren’t anti-fascist, but because ‘pro democracy movement’ is what you call it when a populace peacefully demands their democratic rights from a corrupt authoritarian regime.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 7h

Solidarity from Athens, Greece. Thisis democracy thing started here, and U.S. citizens and our friends and allies are taking to the streets on the 18th to defend it. #NoKings #NoTyrants

Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 8h

Many of us have concerns.

WIRED @wired.com · 9h

Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts have concerns.

One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts have concerns.

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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 8h

We’ve just had word a very special guest is joining us in Athens on Saturday. Come to Monastiraki Square at 2 PM and meet Diana of Themiscyra!
#NoKings #NoTyrants

A Wonder Woman costume hanging on a rack with some other clothes, shoes, etc.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 11h

I wrote about yesterday’s oral arguments in Louisiana v Callais, and John Robert’s’ decades-long crusade against the Voting Rights Act: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 15h

It honestly blows my mind how this is all in plain sight

on.ft.com/4hxfyrD

FT Investigation: How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto

[FREE TO READ] The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration’s industry-friendly policies

on.ft.com

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17h

RFK Jr. keeps repeating this ridiculous, ignorant bullshit.

Trust in expertise is literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.

I wrote a whole-ass thread about it last time around; maybe worth revisiting.

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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 1d

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

That would really be the end of majoritarian democracy in the United States.

It would represent the effective death of the republic. Horrifying to think they would leave people no political recourse to address their concerns or be heard.

Truly frightening place we’re headed in America.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

If the Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which has been interpreted to require the creation of majority-minority districts, Republicans could eliminate upward of a dozen Democratic-held districts across the South. Here's how.

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.

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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings #NoTyrants

Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 1d

Every time they say Antifa, we say pro democracy. Not because we aren’t anti-fascist, but because ‘pro democracy movement’ is what you call it when a populace peacefully demands their democratic rights from a corrupt authoritarian regime.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Neguse: "What Trump is attempting to do is create a perception that he has all the power & create a sense of hopelessness or helplessness in the public. We've gotta resist the temptation. He's electorally unpopular. In fact, the most unpopular POTUS at this juncture than any modern POTUS in history"

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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 1d

Join the pro democracy movement. See our pinned post for international solidarity protests here in Greece. #NoKings #NoTyrants

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

The Trump regime wants us to be afraid, but we’re on track to make Saturday the biggest day of peaceful protest in modern US history. There are No Kings events almost everywhere — join us to make it clear we won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 1d

Join the pro democracy movement:
#NoKings #Indivisble #IndivisibleAbroad #NoTyrants

Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 7d

No Tyrants : Global Day of Defiance October 18th at 2 PM.
Athens: Monastiraki Square
Thessaloniki: White Tower

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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 1d

Join the pro democracy movement:
#NoKings #Indivisble #IndivisibleAbroad #NoTyrants

Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 7d

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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 1d

Every time they say Antifa, we say pro democracy. Not because we aren’t anti-fascist, but because ‘pro democracy movement’ is what you call it when a populace peacefully demands their democratic rights from a corrupt authoritarian regime.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 7d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Major airports are refusing to air Kristi Noem’s propaganda video blaming Democrats for the shutdown, and there’s a reason: it violates the Hatch Act

You can’t use taxpayer resources for partisan attacks. Period.

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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 2d

Corrupt, corrupt, corrupt:

bsky.app/profile/rwei...

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 2d

The questions remain. Why did White House border czar Tom Homan accept a bag with $50,000 cash? Who was it from? What was promised in exchange? Why did the DOJ close the investigation? How does bribery and corruption make America great? www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Pressed on Tom Homan controversy, JD Vance and Pam Bondi struggle to answer

The attorney general and the vice president confronted straightforward questions about the scandal surrounding the border czar. Both Republicans struggled.

www.msnbc.com

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 3d

A couple of parking signs for anyone who wants to print them out for this coming Saturday.

Parking Signs

If you want to print out a poster for October 18th, here are two; fully-guaranteed countrywide but maybe especially suitable for in and around New York. No King Anytime sign ...

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 3d

Major news outlets including the NYT, WaPo, the WSJ & CNN won’t agree to a new Defense Department policy restricting journalists’ communication with military sources.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth famously shared details of a military operation in real time in a group chat with a journalist.

Major Media Outlets Rebuff New Pentagon Press Policy

The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and CNN are among the outlets that have said they won’t sign a new Defense Department media policy.

www.wsj.com

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 2d

This. And this again.

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