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Trump's Shared Hobby with Other Global Dictators

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 19d

It is now the day before we have a unique opportunity to have our voices heard en masse...as citizens who love our country and who do not want to have our freedom, liberty, civil rights, and Constitution taken away:

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NO KINGS, NO TYRANTS, NO DICTATORS, NO AUTOCRATS

Autocracy

As 'No Kings 2' Looms, a Nation Grapples with Its Democratic Soul

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 22d

We are at a tipping point. We are in the midst of an escalating crisis. The changes that have occurred in the U.S. over the past nine months are not subtle. We the people are the force needed to stop autocracy from over taking the country that we love.
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No Kings

A burgeoning movement prepares for a second wave of nationwide demonstrations on October 18, 2025, framed as a fight for the core principles of American democracy.

The Missing Half-Trillion

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 23d

With a half a trillion dollars missing:

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We are on a perilous march from democracy to dictatorship:

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We need to make our voices heard loud and clear...No Kings!

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Join us, won't you?

Where Did the Money Go? The Shutdown’s Half-Trillion-Dollar Black Hole. Billions in taxpayer dollars vanish under the 2025 shutdown. Inside the regime’s quiet laundering of public funds and collapse o...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Sep 22

California Holds the Line Against Attacks on the State’s Communities

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GERRYMANDERING AND PROPOSITION 50

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Sep 21

People want their votes to count. We do not want our votes to be weighted in such a way that our votes to not accurately reflect the collective will of the people, but rather represent some manifestation of political control. Gerrymandering does the latter.

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A FIGHT FOR FAIR REPRESENTATION – A MORAL IMPERATIVE

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Late-Night Comedy Faces Unprecedented Pressure Amid Government Scrutiny

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Sep 20

The consolidation of power aspect of what is happening is quite true. While the quote you shared is widely attributed to Mussolini, researchers have been unable to verify that he ever actually said or wrote it. In fact, some argue it contradicts his other writings on the subject of corporatism.

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Sep 19

Free speech is important. It is why it is the first amendment. Trump has made no secret of the fact that he wants to control the truth you hear. His latest attack on Jimmy Kimmel is more proof that of this. If you are in Los Angeles, please join us tomorrow:

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The Suspension of the Kimmel Show is the Latest Chapter in the Trump Censorship Story

"Loyalty Is a One-Way Street"

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Sep 5

Last week we saw well-trained professional scientists lose their jobs at the CDC because those scientists were not willing to compromise scientific truth to support the narrative of their ultimate boss, Trump. This has been going on for years in the private sector:
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A Chilling Warning About the Future of American Labor

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Aug 31

For those of you in the Los Angeles, CA area...tomorrow is a day in which workers, labor, and citizens are being brought together to recognize the valuable contributions that have been made by employees of all kinds and to stop the abuses of the Trump administration on those who work. Join us!

From City Streets to the American Workplace

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Aug 28

Making up reasons to get away with bad things started in the private sector involving things like providing cover for wrongfully firing people. Now this has come to the public sector where it is being used to wrongfully fire people & to put military in our streets:

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The Politics of Pretense

The Blueprint for an American Autocracy

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Aug 26

Each day as a bit more of Project 2025 comes to life, a bit more of democracy dies. What is left of our country now is almost unrecognizable, but still alive. Now, heroics are required to resuscitate this country. The alternative is unthinkable: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

A Personal Look at Project 2025

Newsom's Gambit and the Dawn of a New Political Calculus

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Aug 21

Increasingly I have heard people say that it does not make sense to bring a knife to a gun fight. I am encouraged to see that Democrats are finally acting in a way that shows that they know the meaning of that adage. open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

The High Road Forsaken

Military Conscience in an Age of Domestic Deployment

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Aug 19

Conscientious objectors played an important role in ending the Viet Nam war. Today, the military has been called to do something arguably more objectionable than fighting an unpopular war in a foreign country...fight an unpopular war in our own streets:

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A Nation at a Crossroads

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Aug 17

Trump is the crook who wants to be king. I, among others, are on the side of the BlueSky butterfly and the monarch butterfly:

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This is what democracy looks like!

Trump's National Guard Deployments and the Echoes of a Darker Past

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you very much for your kind words. I wish some of our leaders engendered the kind of trust that you have in me.

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Aug 13

Deploying soldiers in Washington, DC is another step by Trump to consolidate power so that it can be used against anyone Trump perceives to be an enemy. Viewed in isolation, it is only a distraction. Viewed in the context of testing limits, it is a clear danger.

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A Nation on Edge

How the Cancellation of "The Late Show" and a Crackdown on Dissent Could Embolden ICE

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Aug 11

Voting is the cornerstone of democracy when citizens are able to choose the politicians who represent them rather than when politicians act to choose who represents citizens. An autocratic dictator can only win "elections" by controlling elections: open.substack.com/pub/zorhasbs...

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Aug 9

We need the military to be on the side of the people, not on the side of a despot: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Aug 6

It's time to turn up the heat for justice. 🔥

Join SURJ in Studio City on August 23rd at 11 AM for a mass meeting to challenge fascism and fight for racial equity. Connect with a community dedicated to creating a just world and building our collective strength.

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · Jul 31

Trump is vested in censorship & having control of the media. Eliminating freedom of speech makes it easier for Trump to use ICE to implement his eugenic policies. Fighting for freedom of speech goes hand-in-hand with fighting Trump's tyranny against immigrants:

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The Silencing of Satire