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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 14h

Y'all seeing this clever attempt by states to sidestep Citizens United and the dark money it's injected into elections, @jbpritzker.bsky.social, @govwesmoore.bsky.social, @governorferguson.bsky.social, @govmlg.bsky.social, @governor.ca.gov, @massgovernor.bsky.social?

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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 14h

Don't tell me that no Dems are doing anything.

Are they all perfect? Hell no.
That isn't the point.

Do something; or, do not.

#TheAlliedForces

www.npr.org/2025/10/15/g...

Democratic governors form a public health alliance in a rebuke of Trump

They're framing it as a way to share data and messages about threats, emergency preparedness and public health policy at a time when the federal government isn't doing its job in public health.

www.npr.org

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 14h

And on the same day dozens of journalists and their media outlets walked out of the Pentagon, refusing to submit to the efforts of the Trump Regime and Propaganda Pete (Hegseth) to control the message.

it's a heck of a thing.

Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 15h

This is the way 🙌

Thank you, journalists and news outlets, for refusing to let Hegseth and the Trump Regime spread propaganda by only letting you report their approved messages. Please keep investigating, from wherever you are! 💪
#1A #FreedomOfThePress #FirstAmendment #Democracy

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15h

BREAKING: Journalists exited the Pentagon after refusing to agree to the Trump administration's new restrictions on access.

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the seat of U.S. military power.

bit.ly

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 19h

The Republican Party, friends: gleefully using racial and homophobic slurs, promoting r@pe, and denigrating anyone who's not a white, straight male.

What a sh!tshow.

Democrats aren't perfect, but we're NOT this 👇
Vote for Democrats up and down the ballot.
#VoteThemOut #NoHa8 #NoGOP

Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 2d

Great events this week in #Toulouse, #Montpellier, #Paris, #Lyon, and #NiceFrance, including #NoKings No Tyrants protests and meetups ❌👑
#NoKingsOct18 #NoKingsInAmerica

Details at DemocratsAbroad.org/fr_events
#StudyAbroad #LifeAbroad #France

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 2d

Here's how to vote from France:
www.democratsabroad.org/voting_in_us...

More info on voting from abroad for...
👉 NJ voters: votefromabroad.org/states/nj
👉 VA voters: votefromabroad.org/states/va

How to Vote from France

Democrats Abroad strives to provide Americans abroad a Democratic voice in our government and elect Democratic candidates by mobilizing the overseas vote.

www.democratsabroad.org

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 2d

Are you a #Virginia or #NewJersey voter living abroad?

TODAY is your LAST DAY to register so you can vote in *vital* gubernatorial elections. Let's elect Abigail @spanbergerforva.bsky.social and @mikiesherrill.bsky.social for NJ 🙌

Takes just 5 minutes at VoteFromAbroad.org
#VA #NJ #StudyAbroad

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 2d

ANY inmate would get an entire prison put in lockdown to protect the identity of their visitors, after sex crime felon Maxwell was unusually transferred to a min-security facility.

Trump's *definitely* not "in the #EpsteinFiles" 🙄

They want us to forget. We will not!
#SwearInAdelita 💪

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ANTIFA vs.ℙ𝔼𝔻𝕆 ℙ𝕆𝕋𝕌𝕊 @breathfartnews.bsky.social · Jun 16

Keep the essential Kings.

Depose the rest.

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 3d

"There is no line he doesn’t feel justified to cross."

This sums up everything that's dangerous about Republicans & Trump: Sure, their beliefs are terrible, but it's their willingness to do whatever it takes to enact them that makes this new iteration of Republicans so chilling.

Vote the GOP out!

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 6d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

steady.page

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4d

The recent trajectory, in broad strokes:

- Regime starts militarizing the conflict in early summer
- Regime declares all liberal/leftwing political activity as domestic terrorist or terrorism-adjacent in presidential memo
- Regime ramps up the propaganda against “the Left” across all channels

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4d

The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition…

We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Cathy 🖤 💀 🧡 @coco.sheshed.rocks · 11d

#FightTrumpsRegime

"This was a disciplinary approach in public so the whole nation could see. And it was an attempt at separating the military institution from the people that they defend.
And I guarantee you that the people in that audience will not execute illegal orders.
We have been saying that for a long time"
Retired Lt. General Mark Hertling
on Pete Hegseth

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 12d

👉 Trump campaigned in 2024 on tariffs even bigger than his first term.
👉 A huge majority of farmers voted for Trump.
👉 Trump instituted massive tariffs knowing how this would affect farmers (hint: bankruptcies, losing farms in the family for generations).

"Love"? More like an abusive relationship.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 13d

Q: Our farmers are getting caught up in in the trade dispute with China. Is there anything Trump can do?

Trump's Treasury Secretary: American farmers overwhelmingly voted for Trump. He loves the farmers. He loves them.

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 13d

It feels like conservative tribalism overrides the first-term shellacking they took, including farm bankruptcies and farmer suicides 😭

Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 13d

So many families will not be able to make it within increases like that. They can’t cut their way out of that hole.

Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 13d

It feels like he’s never gone without: He can’t fathom how an increase like that can break a family.

Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 13d

The phrase “out of touch” doesn’t seem strong enough.

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 13d

These conservatives are so incredibly disconnected from the lives of most Americans. 75% of "a really low number" is still a massive increase. The fact that he doesn't seem to understand the impact of a 75% increase relative to the base rate is troubling. Or he does but doesn't care? 🧐

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 13d

Trump economy guy: We're increasing healthcare premiums on very low-income people to pay for tax cuts for the very rich... "the question is how much smaller should [the rate subsidies for the very poor] be."

Monthly rate example: $150/mo
75% increase = $112
New rate = $262 "slightly bigger number"

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 13d

Q: There will be some economic impact if the health care premiums skyrocket

Hassett: We'll just have to wait and see what happens

Q: It's a 75% or more increase on premiums

Hassett: But the 75% is off of a really low number. The question is how much smaller the subsidies should be

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 13d

An entirely predictable situation... only thing different than Trump 45 is that he and Republicans haven't bailed farmers out (yet... and might not, because the Freedom Caucus won't want to balloon the deficit for them).

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 13d

Soybean farmer: What we need more than anything is access to markets on a level playing field. With the trade war and the tariffs, we're at about a 20% price disadvantage when it comes to what the Chinese have to pay for our soybeans versus the Brazilian soybeans.

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 14d

Activists like those running Womb Service--a student-run underground contraception/sexual health railroad on campus--energize us! 🙌

There's *always* something you can do. Take action:
👉 www.democratsabroad.org/take_action
HT: @jessicavalenti.bsky.social 🤗

apnews.com/article/abor...

A student 'womb service' works covertly to deliver contraception at a Catholic college

At DePaul University, a Catholic school in Chicago, students have created a covert contraceptive delivery network called “the womb service.”

apnews.com

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 15d

...and pass their bill without Democrats."--
@govtrack.us (🤗)

SUMMARY: Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House. They comply with Trump's every whim. He wants a shutdown to cut funding and harm his enemies. Et voila!

#TrumpShutdown #RepublicanShutdown #govermentshutdown #EpsteinFiles

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 15d

...to attract a few Democratic votes, but they didn't. Because Trump ordered the shutdown. ( 🎞️ "He ordered the code red." 🎬 )

And now? "...if only a few Democrats switch position, a funding bill could be passed at any time. Or Senate Republicans could nuke the filibuster...

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Democrats Abroad France @demsabroadfrance.bsky.social · 15d

Did Republicans WANT the govt shutdown? 1/3

"You could call it holding the government hostage... What Democrats actually asked for is pretty underwhelming: a continuation of some health insurance subsidies for the poorest Americans..." Republicans could've offered something little...

blue image of US Capitol dome behind black jailhouse bars to represent the government shutdown

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