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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 7h

hartmannreport.com/p/are-the-st...

Are the Streets of Chicago Showing Us the Future of American Democracy?

When federal agents turn weapons on citizens, it’s not just a local scandal — it’s a national reckoning.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/no-fing-ki...

No F***ing Kings. No Tyrants. No Silence.

Authoritarian wannabes have not… and will not… crush the will of those who abide by the U.S. Constitution. We will have NO Kings.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

mitchthelawyer.substack.com/p/the-psycho...

The Psychology of Propaganda: How MAGA Republicans Turned “Liberal Snowflakes” into “Terrorist”

A coordinated campaign of fear and manipulation is reshaping America’s identity. It's turning neighbors into enemies, truth into propaganda, and democracy into a battlefield for control of the mind.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

cmarmitage.substack.com/p/how-do-we-...

How Do We Make a General Strike Happen in the US?

Historically, a general strike represents the most powerful tool available to the working class.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

www.qasimrashid.com/p/79-year-ol...

79-Year-Old Janet Mills Launches Senate Run—Why We Must Choose Graham Platner Instead

U.S. Marine Veteran Graham Platner (41) represents a new hope and the voice of the American people—it's time to elect him as our next U.S. Senator from Maine

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

oliverkornetzke.substack.com/p/collapse-i...

Collapse Is a Euphemism for Creation: What Comes Next Is Up to All of Us

There’s an idea—and a growing sense of unease, a concern of sorts—that’s been bouncing around in my mind lately, branching into several directions but converging on one truth we all know and see: we a...

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

Written by James B. Greenberg a Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Founding Editor of the Journal of Political Ecology, and past president of the Political Ecology Society
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The Pledge Republicans Fail to Understand

Why allegiance to the Republic means defending the Bill of Rights, not dismantling it

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

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Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

joycevance.substack.com/p/jack-smith...

Jack Smith Speaks

You have choices about where you get your news and analysis.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

contrarian.substack.com/p/a-nobel-pr...

A Nobel Prize for Trolling?

The distinguished awards further illustrated that Trump is wrong on just about everything

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

substack.com/home/post/p-...

WHAT IF?

What if nobody went home?

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/did-the-go...

Did the Government Really Arrest 37 People During that South Shore ICE Raid? If So, Where Are They?

This Substack is reader-supported.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10h

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-14...

October 14, 2025

The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week.

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 14h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.