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Bill Motz

@billmotz.bsky.social

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Co-Creator and Executive Producer of Disney’s The Ghost and Molly McGee and LEGO Star Wars: the Freemaker Adventures

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · 4d

Authoritarianism 101:
Punish enemies

Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · 7d

Shlama/Shalom שָׁלוֹם/ܫܠܡܐ

Scenes of Joy and Anticipation as Hostages and Prisoners Are Exchanged

www.nytimes.com

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · 14d

Spoiler: “What’s happening is anathema to everything we’ve ever stood for in the Department of Justice.”

‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

www.nytimes.com

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · 15d

If you or someone you know could be targeted by ICE, delete or take private all of your social media accounts.

And their family and friends should make no mention of their undocumented status

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · 20d

The Emperor has no clothes

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · 23d

☢️ demands Loyalty above Law

Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · 23d

The easiest time to resist authoritarianism is now.

It only gets harder as it grows

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · 24d

More punishing of President ☢️’s “enemies.” This is authoritarianism!

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Sep 19

The federal safety net that’s long kept farming communities afloat during bad harvest years has deteriorated, and fresh threats to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, Medicaid and US Department of Agriculture programs risk making it worse.

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · Sep 18

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Sep 15

Found this perfect metaphor for how people are getting medical advice

Dumpster that says “Don’t get DNA-altering COVID vaccine”

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Aug 26

Fed independence is essential to our economy.
This is what Autocracy looks like.

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Aug 23

This is genius!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 23

Game on.

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Aug 22

Another expert fired.
Welcome to AUTOCRACY

Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Aug 13

Those who missed the red flags in their countries have a warning for Americans.

The First Signs of Tyranny, From People Who Missed Them | NYT Opinion

YouTube video by The New York Times

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Jul 23

In a world full of hate, be a light
When you do somebody wrong, make it right
Don’t hide in the dark, you were born to shine
In a world full of hate, be a light
Yeah, it’s hard to live in color, when you just see black and white
In a world full of hate, be a light

Thomas Rhett ft. Reba McEntire & Chris Tomlin "Be A Light (Live from the CMA Awards 2020)”

YouTube video by Thomas Rhett

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Jun 14

No kings. No clowns.

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Jun 12

The amazing Ashly Burch (voice of Molly McGee) created a new series! Think of it as a kids' show for adults.

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · Jun 3

The family of a 4-year-old Bakersfield girl with a rare medical condition has been granted humanitarian protection from deportation, allowing her to continue receiving lifesaving treatment in the United States.

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Bakersfield girl who faced deportation and loss of lifesaving medical care is allowed to stay in U.S.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services granted a Bakersfield family's application for humanitarian parole, allowing the Mexican girl to remain in the U.S. where she receives lifesaving treatment fo...

www.latimes.com

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · May 28

In 2023, a Mexican girl with a life-threatening medical condition was allowed to enter the U.S. legally on humanitarian grounds.

The Trump administration has now ordered the girl and her parents to leave the country.

"This could be fatal within a matter of days.”

www.latimes.com/california/s...

4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care

In 2023, a Mexican girl, 4, was allowed U.S. entry for lifesaving medical care. She and her parents, who live in Bakersfield, have been told they must leave.

www.latimes.com

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · May 20

When injustice becomes law,
resistance becomes duty.
Thomas Jefferson
#TheResistance
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Be as courageous as you can.
-Timothy Snyder

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Bill Motz @billmotz.bsky.social · May 19

A nationalist encourages us to be our worst, and then tells us that we are the best.
A patriot, by contrast, wants the nation to live up to its ideals, which means asking us to be our best selves.
A patriot has universal values, standards by which he judges his nation, always wishing it well and wishing that it would do better.
-Timothy Snyder

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