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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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Jules1212💜🌎☀️ @jules1212.bsky.social · 9h

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Ellsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.social · 8h

When things get bad to worse... Just remember...
Over 77 million people voted for this corruption and fraud.

They may start regretting it now but Everyone will hate trump.

FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT.

Don't stop! FIGHT SOME MORE TILL EVERYTHING IS RESTORED!

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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 9h

Until someone actually stops him, he can do ANYTHING he dreams up.
Enforcement is where the rubber meets the road.

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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 9h

They didn't give a number at the time, but the story was on the ABC national news tonight.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Ms. Lynne Jeff 🏳️‍⚧️ (Trannÿ of Tÿranny) @alissa914.bsky.social · 12h

Are we at the 25th amendment now?!?! Come on everyone. Stand up to Trump...

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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 10h

The cruelty is the point

James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 10h

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs
The layoffs have raised fears that the administration could be effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs

www.nytimes.com

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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 13h

I would NOT let go! Looking good. Clearly the work is paying off.

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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 13h

WTF is wrong with these folks?
Seriously though, what combination of parenting, society, education, politics, social media,...has created these monsters? How can someone be so callus?

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14h

Breaking: Capitol Police have been called after a Republican congressional office was just caught displaying a swastika.

This comes one day after group chat messages were leaked of young GOP officials saying “I love Hitler” and calling to put Democrats in “gas chambers.”

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15h

There’s more of us than there are of them. They can’t control us. They can’t stop us from voicing our dissent. Thugs and thuggery is not a winning future, even if they think so. See you at No Kings.

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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 13h

I'm all in for Saturday! Trying to spread the word until then.

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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 13h

Dammit!

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Blue Freedom Quest 💙🌊💙🌊 @bluefreedomquest.bsky.social · 13h

Dominion Voting Systems was recently acquired by Liberty Vote, a new company led by Scott Leiendecker, a former Republican elections director from St. Louis

The sale was announced October 9, 2025

The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Leiendecker claims he financed the purchase personally

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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 13h

If I wasn't already here, there's no way in hell I'd come here on purpose!
I think at this point, I'd purposefully NOT come here.

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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 13h

We need all the help we can get!

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 20h

Hit the streets on October 18 for #NoKings 2.0. Find a location near you at no kings.org.
LFG for America!

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

Creepy AF

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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 19h

I believe every word of it.

T Lee Keene @tleekeene.bsky.social · 20h

Post this

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of Charlie Kirk, the alleged free speech champion, Trump's State Department has revoked the visas of foreign individuals who made critical, disparaging comments after his assassination.

What weak, pathetic snowflakes and hypocrites.

Fragile, porcelain tea cups.

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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 19h

Irony is truly lost on these folks. Has he NOT seen footage from Jan 6?
Of course he has, but he doesn't care!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 1d

can we really continue to function as a country with a madman like this at the helm? Every day there is some outburst like this with new "policy" or whatever, so that no one can do any long term planning.
This is NOT pro-business, or good for us in any way.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

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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BonsaiBean @bonsaibean.bsky.social · 1d

If I had a frog suit, I'd surely wear it!

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