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"Mo" Jackson @writerlion.bsky.social · 3h

I know of no Dictator in history that relinquished power without force or the threat of force. Please someone enlighten me to be wrong about dictators. #NoKings #HistoryOfLiberty #DemocracyNow #DNCC #DNC #Academia #Civics #Revolutions #CivilWars #GeneralSrrikes #MilitaryRule #WritersAssociation

ghostlyshaman.bsky.social @ghostlyshaman.bsky.social · 1d

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ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕟ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️ 😸 🌊 @stevefm20.bsky.social · 4h

What a trump interview should be

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blondie013.bsky.social @blondie013.bsky.social · 3h

I don't get the appeal

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h

ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 8h

Things to do in the future:

1. Putting them all on trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague

2. Totally reforming entire government to root out corruption and abuse of power so this bullshit never happens again

3. At some point you’d imagine, brunch

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 4h

Yessss! Thanks so much for voting yes! I voted, and I got the notification that my vote was received, so I'm very happy!

Hopefully California will do the right thing and pass Prop 50.

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 6h

I spent my afternoon making & passing out Yes on 50 flyers in front of Walmart & other stores in English & Spanish, and you can do it, too.

If you wanna save democracy, you'd better put your all into it!
I know that's high pressure, but this is high stakes!

The Spanish flyer is in the next post.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h

Let us translate Mike Johnson's comments about Obamacare for you www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 20h

Hundreds of infectious disease specialists have been let go by the Trump administration. Here are four who helped to keep pandemics at bay.
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/h...

They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.

www.nytimes.com

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"Mo" Jackson @writerlion.bsky.social · 3h

OMG...ANTIFA has migrated from the swamps! What 's next, Constitutional Law & Order and Democracy? @samvecenie.bsky.social @stevanzetti.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social @t3.gg @mainz05.de @annaleen.bsky.social @drewharwell.com @eveewing.bsky.social @pjw78.bsky.social @noupside.bsky.social

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8h

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6h

Growing list of airport authorities who are refusing to play the Kristi Noem video for travelers that blames Democrats for the shutdown:

Portland International Airport
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Niagara Falls International Airport

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you, Ambassador!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 6h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 8h

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV pundits say that Trump's threat of providing Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine is merely a part of the plan worked out with Putin in Anchorage, and after Trump's call with Putin, he will announce a change of plans and send nothing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v87t...

State TV pundits say Trump's call with Putin is a ploy not to provide Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

www.youtube.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

She's plainly repulsed by him, understandably so.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8h

ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI COULDN'T GET AWAY FAST ENOUGH.

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Wise PaxCat @wisepaxcat.bsky.social · 3h

It really is astonishing how all those people who insisted they would keel over in suffocation if they wore a mask during the pandemic never question how the ICE gestapo somehow walk around wearing them all day.

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Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 23h

Hi, I'm a U.S. citizen and veteran... I was detained by ICE

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Cathy 🖤 💀 🧡 @coco.sheshed.rocks · 12h

Please share 💔

National Guard should be sent to #Alaska not Chicago,Portland, or LA

#SheShed #AlaskaFlooding

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 2d

🎯 Let's get 50 people to chip in $20 or more by 10/13 and we'll pull this off and Bobby will get to the Ronald Reagan Medical Center for which he was selected at UCLA for a clinical trial to help extend his life!

Chip in $10, $20, $35, $50, or more. Funds must be raised by 10/19!

Click below:

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 8h

Presenting the plague of frogs on Portland. And yes, I choose to believe God has a sense of humor & is laughing at this too.

There’s no better way to show how absurd a bully is than to ridicule their absurdity. Kudos to Portlanders! Stand United & keep exercising your 1A right to protest tyranny!❤️✊🏽

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