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Keeper of the Flame

@rosieogrady53.bsky.social

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Proud Public Educator/History/Govt/RETIRED NO LISTS/DMs/INACTIVE: ALL BLOCKED! #unionstrong! #HillaryWasRight My Twit from Nov 1, 2016: I've seen, studied & taught enuf to say we are experiencing a coup in slow motion. WAKE UP, young'ns! Fascism Happens!

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Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · Jan 24

Twit....Nov 1, 2016:
I've seen, studied & taught enuf to say we are experiencing a coup in slow motion. WAKE UP, young'ns! Fascism Happens!

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Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 2h

N O R T H 🚨🚨🚨 C A R O L I N A

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Is Latest Gop-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 2h

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Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 2h

Any facts you can cite?

Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 2h

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social Most, like you & I, may not understand or have all the facts.

But Netanyahu & Shadow Pres Trump seemed to strike a deal pretty similar to Reagan/Bush Iran-Contra crimes (helping GOP defeat Jimmy Carter) by denying real cooperation with Pres Biden.

Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 2h

One of the GOP SCOTUS Team of 6 is on FOX & it's the Handmaid, of course.
www.huffpost.com/archive/au/e...

Trump's Pick For Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett Was A ‘Handmaid’ In Small Devout Christian Group

Barrett has kept the level of her involvement a secret, but a new report has revealed her standing in People of Praise.

www.huffpost.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4h

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Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

www.lawdork.com

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 8h

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 7h

How about 12 million Americans protesting on Saturday. That’s 3.5 percent of our population…and the beginning of a real response to the authoritarian disease.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

In case you got lost in the steaming pile of bullshit Speaker Johnson’s been shoveling, the shutdown fight Democrats are holding the line on is about healthcare for hard-working Americans.

Leader Jeffries isn’t flinching, isn’t wobbling; he’s been consistent and hasn’t wavered on this issue.

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

Why the hell does Trump’s Department of War keep using RUSSIAN military images? This is by no mean the first time this has happened.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "There was a reason we chose Egypt because you were very helpful. Everybody wanted to have this. You are a great leader. You have very little crime. I want to thank you. He's been my friend right from the beginning during the campaign against Crooked Hillary Clinton. Have you heard of her?"

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Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 6h

Indeed. From 2018:
theweek.com/speedreads/7...

Russian 'birth tourists' are flocking to Miami, and Trump condos, to give birth to American citizens

The latest Speed Read,/speed-reads,,speed-reads, breaking news, comment, reviews and features from the experts at The Week

theweek.com

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Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 6h

No it isn't & Johnson isn't hiding.
He just sent his mob home & locked the doors to the House Chambers.
Hakeem would be in charge, Dems would be the majority & Trump would be powerless if more people voted Dem for House & Senate in '16, '18, '20, '22 & '24.

Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 7h

Ridiculous.
Have another beer.

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Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 7h

I's like to prove you right, if ya don't mind?
bsky.app/profile/rosi...

Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 13d

Pretending to govern while actually refusing to participate in negotiations & compromise is how a representative democracy is destroyed from within.
Mike Johnson & Trump's GOP knows exactly what it is doing.
History has shown us:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

TUR: Have you met with Mike Johnson?

JEFFRIES: No

TUR: Why not?

JEFFRIES: Donald Trump has not given him permission to meet, Katy and we know that until Donald Trump gives them permission to meet, they're going to continue to hide.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 15h

Arthur just couldn’t quite get used to working from home.

A black and white dog stares at the image of a flock of sheep on a computer monitor.

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Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 7h

Thx for sharing this IMPORTANT heads-up from @briantylercohen.bsky.social & @marcelias.bsky.social ...
The GOP SCOTUS Team of 6 holds our future in their dirty hands.
And this doesn't bode well:
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

Inside John Roberts’ Decades-Long Crusade Against the Voting Rights Act

Roberts remains at the center of an impassioned debate about voting rights in America.

www.politico.com

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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 7h

The most important case in front of this right-wing extremist SCOUS in the history of our constitution...

Pay attention, people

US Supreme Court to make BOMBSHELL ruling

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

youtu.be

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

www.10news.com/news/local-n...

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Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 15h

President Obama chose not to release findings that Russia was meddling in Election '16 after McConnell refused to sign on to make it a bi-partisan statement.
Playing it safe with the GOP & their voters may have cost us that election & did not benefit our democracy.
www.npr.org/2018/02/21/5...

FACT CHECK: Why Didn't Obama Stop Russia's Election Interference In 2016?

President Trump now accepts that Russia launched a wave of active measures against the U.S. but blames his predecessor for not taking any action.

www.npr.org

Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 15h

N E W 🇺🇸 J E R S E Y

Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 15h

Your task today #NJ #CD2, #CD4, #CD7
Call Van Drew, Smith and Kean and invite them to a #NOKINGS protest so they can see what the events are about.
Van Drew (202) 225-6572
Smith (202) 225-3765
Kean (202) 225-5361

Ahead of ‘No Kings’ events, Republicans’ anti-protest rhetoric takes an ugly turn

GOP leaders appear so concerned about a scheduled protest that they're falsely labeling a No Kings gathering as a “hate-America rally.”

www.msnbc.com

Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 15h

IMO, they knew the rumors (?) were catching fire and needed a more current totally fake PERFECT as always medical report issued to try to squelch them.

Keeper of the Flame @rosieogrady53.bsky.social · 15h

That's how you break a representative democracy...One side simply stops engaging.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 17h

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