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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 4h

“The great object of my fear is the federal judiciary… and unalarming advance, gaining ground step by step, and holding what it gains, is ingulfing insidiously the special governments into the jaws of that which feeds them.” - Thomas Jefferson
#SCROTUS #SupremeCourtRepublicansOverturnTheUnitedStates

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

ICE's military raids and masked kidnappings are resonating deeply/negatively in the cultural spaces we keep hearing Dems need to reach: Manosphere, Joe Rogan, country music, disengaged voters. That's rare and it gives Dems a big opening to engage.

Thoughts on this:

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 1d

“Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will.” - Debbie Stabenow

#RepublicanShutdown #TrumpShutdown
#RepublicanAINO #MagaAmericanInNameOnly
#MagaUnAmericans #Republicant #TinyJohnson

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Raging Pencils @ragingpencils.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes I just draw stuff to amuse myself. I hope you’re amused too.

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 1d

"None of this is fair to you. And should it continue, it will make it more difficult to keep attracting the kind of driven, patriotic, idealist Americans to public service that our citizens deserved and that our system of self-government demands." - Barack Obama
#TrumpShutdown #MagaAINO #MagaFascism

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 1d

"You know with a bully you cannot let them slap you around, because they slap you around today, they slap you five or six times tomorrow. We are not going to be bullied." - Harry Reid
#NoKings
#RepublicanShutDown #MagaAINO #MagaAmericanInNameOnly #MagaFascism
#MagaDisinformation #RepublicanLiars

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 1d

Another distraction...

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump complains about ‘really weird’ Time magazine photo

The president says the publication “deserves to be called out” for using an unflattering image of him for its cover story about his efforts in the Middle East.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 1d

Trump didn't like Time Magazine's Cover because it showed his bald spot.
Potus47 made his own version... since it was flawed, I fixed it....
#MagaAINO #MagaAmericanInNameOnly
#TrumpShutdown #RepublicanShutdown
#DespotDonald #Republicants

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 3d

There is no insurrection in Portland unless you consider an uptick of people wearing inflatable frog costumes an insurrection.

No one is falling for this absurd propaganda, and there is NO justification for deploying our troops against peaceful American citizens.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 3d

“Great wealth creates an arrogance and, to be quite frank, a god complex in some people that they start feeling like they can do no wrong, they own people, they're superior to other people.” - Jason Whitlock

#AntiMagaFascists
#MagaAmericansInNameOnly #MagaAINO
#TrumpIsARussianAsset

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 3d

#GoBernie
#ExpulseMikeJohnson #TrumpShutdown
#MagaHypocrisy #MagaFascism
#MagaAmericanInNameOnly #MagaAINO
#MagaDarkState

GLEN JACKSON @glenjackson.bsky.social · 3d

No Grindr Mike your skeletons are all coming out.
How is your Stepford wife?

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 3d

"The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation... are deliberate exercises in doublethink" - - George Orwell (1984)

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Raoul Peck grew up under dictatorship. His new film on Orwell warns us what comes next

Peck’s new documentary "Orwell: 2+2=5" uses the author's own words to confront propaganda, doublespeak and the spread of authoritarianism in the 21st century.

www.latimes.com

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msesq.bsky.social @msesq.bsky.social · 3d

open.substack.com/pub/freedomw...

Time to Focus on No Kings Day

Freedom Writers - National - 10/11/25

open.substack.com

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 4d

“The deadliest bullshit is odorless, and transparent.” - William Gibson

#DespotDonald
#MagaHypocrisy #MagaFascism
#MagaAmericanInNameOnly #MagaAINO
#MagaDarkState

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 5d

“It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.” - Herbert Hoover

#MagaFascism #MagaAmericanInNameOnly
#MagaAINO #MagaHypocrisy #MagaDarkState

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 5d

“Realize that narcissists have an addiction disorder. They are strongly addicted to feeling significant. Like any addict they will do whatever it takes to get this feeling often. That is why they are manipulative and future fakers.” - Shannon L. Alder

#MagaAINO #MagaHypocrisy #MagaFascism

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 6d

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 6d

“Those Who Lack the Courage Will Always Find a Philosophy to Justify It.” - Albert Camus

“Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.” - Hillary Clinton

#MalignantMiller #WeeNeeMiller #MagaDarkState
#MagaAINO #MagaHypocrisy #MagaFascism

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 6d

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”-Isaac Asimov
#ExpulseMikeJohnson #AbuseOfPower #OathOfOfficeViolator #AmericanInNameOnly

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 7d

“When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the president, if the system can stand impeachment, my answer is, "Can we stand anything else?” - George McGovern

#ImpeachPOTUS47 #AbuseOfPower #OathOfOfficeViolator
#FeloniousTrump #MagaTheEnemyWithIn #TraitorousTrump

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 7d

I like this cartoon...
#MagaAINO #MagaHypocrisy #MagaFascism
#MagaAmericanInNameOnly

www.seattletimes.com/opinion/voug...

Vought is taking Americans back to a harrowing era

The Trump administration is staffed with buffoons, extremists and extremist buffoons, from macho clown Pete Hegseth attempting to turn the military into a Visigoth horde, to the Prince of Darkness, St...

www.seattletimes.com

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 7d

“Often those that criticize others reveal what he himself lacks.” - Shannon L. Alder

“Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it's someone else's witch being hunted.” - Walter Kirn

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 7d

We are living in a new era of corruption, where legal guardrails have crumbled. What will end the culture of kleptocracy?

Join us for a live virtual event with experts on Wed., Oct. 15, at 3pm ET. RSVP: bit.ly/48Vo94N

Paying for Power

Experts lay out a plan to end the culture of kleptocracy.

www.brennancenter.org

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 8d

“If people cannot rise to the level of applying to ourselves the same standards, we apply to others they have no right to talk about right and wrong.” - Noam Chomsky

#BadBondi #LyingUSAG #AmericanInNameOnly #MagaAINO #MagaHypocrisy #MagaFascism

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Canis Lupus aka Edison Carter @arnwolf.bsky.social · 9d

“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws” - Plato

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” - Plato

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