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Scurvydagger @scurvydagger.bsky.social · Aug 24

🎯 this really IS it. The senate & electoral college have allowed minority rule for a long time. Shit, even the House shld have more ppl, since the # hasn't changed in 100yrs or so & we've more ppl now than then. We've so many undemocratic systems in place & the minority will not cede control/power.

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TwoHitGood @twohitgood.bsky.social · Aug 22

newsom doing dumb fucking gestures instead of actually stopping trump from terrorizing the people in his state.

L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · Aug 22

DAILY MEMO: ICE Besieges Los Angeles and Surrounding Counties With Over 20 Raids Profiling U.S. Citizens and More @eltragon.bsky.social

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 21

There’s so much we could be doing with a surplus.

Universal basic income
Universal healthcare
Free college
Combating climate change & wildfire management

But those failed red states have more Senate representation than we do (6x over)

We’ll never have REAL change unless we’re free.

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California National Party (CNP) @votecnp.bsky.social · Aug 21

To those who would call our cries for Californian independence is “unpatriotic”…

There is nothing more patriotic than honoring & upholding the foundations set in the Declaration of Independence.
This includes forming a new government to protect the freedoms of our people.

#FreeTheBear
#ForbesForCA

California National Party (CNP) @votecnp.bsky.social · Aug 21

America celebrates the Declaration of Independence on the 4th of July.
Not the end of the Revolutionary War on September 3rd.

When governments are more hurtful than helpful, it’s OUR DUTY to de-ratify & institute our own government.
For the people, by the people.

#FreeTheBear

Image of a painting of Thomas Jefferson with a quote in white text, which reads, "..WHENEVER ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE OF THESE ENDS, IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER OR TO ABOLISH IT, AND TO INSTITUTE NEW GOVERNMENT..," ~ THOMAS JEFFERSON

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 21

Image of the Milky Way with an arrow, pointing to an outer rim labeled, you are here, paying taxes to pedophiles

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California National Party (CNP) @votecnp.bsky.social · Aug 21

As blue states prepare to deny federal agents access to their databases, their highways, maybe even their airspace, the soft secession isn’t coming.

It’s here.

#FreeTheBear
#ForbesForCA

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 21

I think most of CA agrees with you…
Between White House renovations & federally funded crimes against humanity… I do NOT agree with how my contributions are being spent.

Our tax payments are being used unethically. It will continue & likely get worse.

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hey @politico.com

Why don’t you do a piece on the @votecnp.bsky.social CA gubernatorial candidate, Sean Forbes?

No other political party has concrete plans around ICE kidnappings, addressing climate change, & civil liberties…

Or are we only championing establishment Dems in CA?

ALIFORNI TIONAL PAR
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Join the California National Party (CNP) in our urgent mission to reclaim California's future!
We need a governor who stands outside the two-party system to champion the issues that matter most to our communities. With the current political landscape failing to address critical crises like ICE kidnappings, climate change, and civil rights, it's time for a bold new direction. Support our campaign for Sean Forbes, and together, we can demand the meaningful change California deserves!
CALIFORNIA IS IN CRISIS
The existing political parties, including the California Democratic Party, lack concrete plans to combat ICE kidnappings, address climate change, and protect civil rights. They have ignored vital proposals, such as expanding the State Guard to monitor ICE and establishin CalDefense to unify emergency services during climate crises.
All political parties in California continue to trust a judicial system that Trump and the GOP have undermined by disregarding court orders, eliminating due process, and threatening a third Trump term-actions that violate the 22nd Amendment. Responses from these partie: ignore the reality that the Supreme Court is now a politicized body, heavily influenced by Trump appointees.
Despite creating an $83 billion surplus for the federal government, Governor Newsom's threats to withhold federal tax money from the Trump regime have proven empty, leaving Californians vulnerable.
Our Solution:
Only the California National Party is committed to reforming California's political system through a State Constitutional Convention, defending democracy, making housing and healthcare human rights, and establishing ranked-choice voting for electoral fairness.
We are running Sean Forbes, Chair of the CNP, because California needs a new direction.
This campaign won't be easy, but change is possible— just as it was in New York with Zohran Mamdani, who started with zero support in the first mayoral polls.
The time for…

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MrsBundrige @mrsbundrige.bsky.social · Aug 19

It’s ALWAYS a Black woman.

Holding the line.
Standing up.
Fighting for everyone.
Creating.
Being vilified.
Being abused.
Being expected to provide free labor.
Being stolen and stolen from.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Aug 18

DEAR MEN, YES YOU.
LET THIS SINK IN

Love this guy 👏

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 19

We need multiple (equitable) political parties & ranked choice voting!!

VOTING FOR THE LESSER EVIL IS STILL VOTING FOR EVIL™

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Patrickworld 👋🏾 🌎 @patrickworld.bsky.social · Aug 18

Do I have this right? MSNBC is now MSPAINT?

a man is painting a blue screen with a brush on an easel

ALT: a man is painting a blue screen with a brush on an easel

media.tenor.com

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · Aug 19

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dems support people-focused ideas… as long as they can find someone to exploit.

We need a better class of politicians who care less about the money & more about their constituents.

Public servants not public figures.

a poster that says our time is now for a government that cares for us

Alt: a poster that says our time is now for a government that cares for us

media.tenor.com

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 19

Elon straight out admitted to election interference.
ICE is kidnapping anyone they can to live in a concentration camp.
Federal agencies are destroyed & citizens’ personal information was stolen by a department created by an EO with no congressional vote.

What are Dems doing about any of it? 🦗🦗🦗

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 19

just can not shake the feeling that democratic leadership really believes they are just a couple votes away from the halcyon times of enjoying senate softball and seersucker suit day

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 19

Costco just affirmed what their current prescription offerings are…
The anti-choice wackos claiming victory over something that never changed.

While it is disappointing that they won’t BEGIN to stock that prescription… it’s not the same as “no longer carrying” it.

thehill.com/newsletters/...

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THE HILL
Costco delved into the abortion debate last week when it announced it would not begin selling the abortion pill Mifepristone, citing a lack of demand among its customers.
"Our position at this time not to sell mifepristone, which has not changed, is based on the lack of demand from our members and other patients, who we understand generally have the drug dispensed by their medical providers," a Costco spokesperson told The Hill.
Although the announcement effectively amounted to the company changing nothing about its current business, anti-abortion groups like the conservative religious coalition Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) took it as a victory and said they would look to turn up the pressure on other major retailers.

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 18

*Musk facilitated with a “bespoke app” allowing him to know the “winner” of the election before the polls had closed.

Musk admitted to it too.
But what is Trump going to do? Investigate election interference & admit he’s not a winner?

More importantly- what are Dems doing about it? 🦗🦗🦗

Elon Musk • X
@elonmusk • 43m
Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.
Elon Musk 0 X @elonmusk
Such ingratitude
12:46 PM • Jun 5, 2025

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 18

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds and the word same written on his face .

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds and the word same written on his face .

media.tenor.com

ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 18

Anyone with eyes & critical thinking skills could see what was happening!

Not everyone wanted to admit it.

Even now, the cognitive dissonance is too strong to admit what’s happening…
Russia has had 80 years to plan for all contingencies & democratic means of regaining control.

It’s up to us now.

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 18

If only we had listened…

Pride goeth before the fall.

And we’re undeniably in a free fall.

@votecnp.bsky.social

#FreeTheBear

ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Jan 14

40 years ago, an ex-KGB agent laid out ALL of this as a warning to Americans.

He outlined four stages of mass brainwashing used by the KGB. We are at Stage 3 - crisis.

Reminder: Putin is an expert at psychological warfare.

bigthink.com/the-present/...

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From Big Think:
In what is perhaps a most striking passage in the interview, here's how Bezmenov described the state of a "demoralized" person:
"As I mentioned before, exposure to true information does not matter anymore," said Bezmenov. "A person who was demoralized is unable to assess true information. The facts tell nothing to him. Even if I shower him with information, with authentic proof, with documents, with pictures; even if I take him by force to the Soviet Union and show him a concentration camp, he will refuse to believe it, until he receives a kick in his fan-bottom. When a military boot crashes his balls then he will understand. But not before that.
That's the [tragedy] of the situation of demoralization."

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From Big Think:
Once demoralization is completed, the second stage of ideological brainwashing is
"destabilization". During this two-to-five-year period, asserted Bezmenov, what matters is the targeting of essential structural elements of a nation: economy, foreign relations, and defense systems. Basically, the subverter (Russia) would look to destabilize every one of those areas in the United States, considerably weakening it.
The third stage would be "crisis." It would take only up to six weeks to send a country into crisis, explained Bezmenov. The crisis would bring "a violent change of power, structure, and economy" and will be followed by the last stage,
"normalization." That's when your country is basically taken over, living under a new ideology and reality.
This will happen to America unless it gets rid of people who will bring it to a crisis, warned Bezmenov. What's more "if people will fail to grasp the impending danger of that development, nothing ever can help [the] United States," adding, "You may kiss goodbye to your freedom."
It bears saying that when he made this statement, he was warning about baby boomers and Democrats of the time.

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From Big Think:

In another somewhat terrifying excerpt, here's what Bezmenov had to say about what is really happening in the United States: It may think it is living in peace, but it has been actively at war with Russia, and for some time:
"Most of the American politicians, media, and educational system trains another generation of people who think they are living at the peacetime," said the former KGB agent. "False. United States is in a state of war: undeclared, total war against the basic principles and foundations of this system."

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 18

Plans started in 1945.
In 1985, a KGB defector outlined the takeover of the US government.

In 2024, the day after Election Day, Putin’s second-in-command tweeted out “Kamala is finished…the objectives of the Special Military Operation remain unchanged & will be achieved.”

We are absolutely at war.

Dmitry Medvedev 4 @Medvedev... •8h
Kamala is finished...
Let her keep cackling infectiously.
The objectives of the Special Military Operation remain unchanged and will be achieved.

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 18

1000%

Gavin’s a career politician looking to climb the next rung of the ladder.
He’s not doing anything to actually HELP Californians.

Besides @votecnp.bsky.social, there are no other political parties with actual plans to address the needs of Californians.

We need a public SERVANT!

California National Party (CNP) @votecnp.bsky.social · Aug 18

In case you missed it– the CNP is putting forth a candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial election!

Sean Forbes is not a career politician. He is a Californian first & foremost– prioritizing people over politics with concrete solutions.

No other political party can claim the same!

#FreeTheBear

CALIFORNI NATIONAL PARTY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Join the California National Party (CNP) in our urgent mission to reclaim California's future!
We need a governor who stands outside the two-party system to champion the issues that matter most to our communities. With the current political landscape failing to address critical crises like ICE kidnappings, climate change, and civil rights, it's time for a bold new direction. Support our campaign for Sean Forbes, and together, we can demand the meaningful change California deserves!
CALIFORNIA IS IN CRISIS
The existing political parties, including the California Democratic Party, lack concrete plans to combat ICE kidnappings, address climate change, and protect civil rights. They have ignored vital proposals, such as expanding the State Guard to monitor ICE and establishin CalDefense to unify emergency services during climate crises.
All political parties in California continue to trust a judicial system that Trump and the GOP have undermined by disregarding court orders, eliminating due process, and threatening a third Trump term-actions that violate the 22nd Amendment. Responses from these partie: ignore the reality that the Supreme Court is now a politicized body, heavily influenced by Trump appointees.
Despite creating an $83 billion surplus for the federal government, Governor Newsom's threats to withhold federal tax money from the Trump regime have proven empty, leaving Californians vulnerable.
Our Solution:
Only the California National Party is committed to reforming California's political system through a State Constitutional Convention, defending democracy, making housing and healthcare human rights, and establishing ranked-choice voting for electoral fairness.
We are running Sean Forbes, Chair of the CNP, because California needs a new direction.
This campaign won't be easy, but change is possible— just as it was in New York with Zohran Mamdani, who started with zero support in the first mayoral polls.
The tim…

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ׁⲁ᥅ꪱׁׅⲁ.ׁ @cafreedomdreams.bsky.social · Aug 18

1000%

Gavin’s a career politician looking to climb the next rung of the ladder.
He’s not doing anything to actually HELP Californians.

Besides @votecnp.bsky.social, there are no other political parties with actual plans to address the needs of Californians.

We need a public SERVANT!

California National Party (CNP) @votecnp.bsky.social · Aug 18

In case you missed it– the CNP is putting forth a candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial election!

Sean Forbes is not a career politician. He is a Californian first & foremost– prioritizing people over politics with concrete solutions.

No other political party can claim the same!

#FreeTheBear

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Desert Liberal @malvhett.bsky.social · Aug 14

Newsom has always talked a good talk. But he's never, ever been good at walking the walk. I don't get the obsession with him.

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California National Party (CNP) @votecnp.bsky.social · Aug 18

In case you missed it– the CNP is putting forth a candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial election!

Sean Forbes is not a career politician. He is a Californian first & foremost– prioritizing people over politics with concrete solutions.

No other political party can claim the same!

#FreeTheBear

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