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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 18h

When a picture says a thousand words…

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

When a picture says a thousand words…

Photo of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson biting his lip

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 37m

Wrote a thing. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

The CSIS report declares, “Radicals will argue that peaceful politics will inevitably fail and that only violence will make a difference,” but I have no idea who these radicals are because in my 40 years around direct action organizing, I’ve only encountered theoretical enthusiasm for violence from the sidelines and the occasional young hothead (almost always white and male) in movements whose vast majority and leadership are committed to nonviolence. I do know someone who was part of a violent group in the early ’70s and then became wanted fugitive; he’s since become an ardent advocate of nonviolence.

What too often gets described as left-wing violence at protests is property destruction, which can be dangerous and intimidating and is usually opposed by protest organizers, but should be regarded as distinct from harming human life. For example, at the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle, the Black Bloc, a small cadre among the 50,000 protesters smashed a lot of shop windows quite spectacularly. But there are no reports of activists harming human beings. Police, on the other hand, used tear gas; pepper spray; rubber, plastic, and wooden bullets; concussion grenades; and armored vehicles against protesters bystanders resulting in many injuries. Nonetheless, for years afterward, mainstream media outlets portrayed this event as an occasion of shocking activist violence.

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 5h

Great job, Krasnov.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 7h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 6h

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 15h

Can governors legally call up their own state's national guard to protect polling places on election day?

They need to keep ICE and the Feds far away from people voting.

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jkdanthonyian10.bsky.social @jkdanthonyian10.bsky.social · 48m

I wonder how much taxpayer money is being spent on these vindictive, revenge prosecutions.

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Russ @pappyparki.bsky.social · 41m

So which government is American enemy is Trump helping or ally is Trump ostracizing by revealing sources & methods so he can be entertained by his vindictive prosecutions. We are as a nation will further suffer by the actions of a fool

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Beth M @beth94103.bsky.social · 58m

More distraction and revenge. Release the Epstein Files and OPEN UP THE GOVERNMENT!

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I Dealt It @idealtit.bsky.social · 59m

This is all designed to squelch dissent through fear. JUST GET LOUDER.

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1truthwhisperer.bsky.social @1truthwhisperer.bsky.social · 33m

Count on it.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1h

NEW: They’re entirely predictable. Bolton could be indicted as early as this afternoon. www.youtube.com/live/8oJvw7F...

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1truthwhisperer.bsky.social @1truthwhisperer.bsky.social · 35m

Apparently extremely stupid.

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Michael Planey @airplaney.bsky.social · 3h

Just to be clear, John F. Thune was one of 52 votes in the Senate to confirm RFK Jr to be the leading voice on healthcare in America.

Roger Marshall, Rand Paul Jr, John Barrasso and Bill Cassidy are all Republ and medical doctors who violated their Hippocratic oath to and voted to confirm RFK Jr.

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giantsigh.bsky.social @giantsigh.bsky.social · 1h

They confirmed a tech bro to ruin more protected lands during the shutdown but yet Mikey J will not confirm the newest member of Congress.

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Gipper’s Gravespin @gippersgravespin.bsky.social · 3h

There’s no excuse whatsoever for the kind of people the Senate confirmed for this unhinged regime

Rock bottom- and very dangerous

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h

Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2h

Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally.

Print it.

Put it in a frame.

Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy.