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@foochick.bsky.social

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I couldn’t change my country so I changed my country. I’m an American now living in Madrid. 🇺🇸 The call is coming from inside the house.

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Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 27d

It is possible to vote out a political party.
It is not possible to vote out an oligarchy.

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 1d

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Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 1h

What a joke. What a tool.

Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 3h

¡No vayas a Estados Unidos!
N’allez pas aux USA!
Gehen Sie nicht in die USA!
Non andare negli USA!🚨
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk

State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist

www.theguardian.com

Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 1d

Vote!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.

A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.

We will choose the future.

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Paulley Ticks @tomadelsbach.bsky.social · 2d

This one's got BLOCKBUSTER written all over it.

#DonaldTrump #PamBondi

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Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 1d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO TYRANTS Madrid” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO TYRANTS Madrid · No Kings

Please join Americans and allies in Madrid, Spain for a **NO TYRANTS** protest on Saturday, October 18th. We've communicated our _concentración_ to the authorities as taking place in Puerta del Sol fr...

www.mobilize.us

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

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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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. a nagging worry is beginning to grow louder on Wall Street: What if these kinds of collapses, capable of taking bonds from par to cents on the dollar in a matter of days or weeks, are not an aberration after all?” 👀

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 1d

Perfection ⬇️

The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 2d

The United States of Oligarchy

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 3d

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Amy K @pubdef4thepeople.bsky.social · 3d

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Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 2d

Woohoo ! Authoritarianism! Way to go! Who needs democracy! Who needs empathy! HATE is all that matters. Fuck the Constitution!

Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 2d

How soon till they are “useless eaters”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent article. Worth reading

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.

www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent article

Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine my surprise

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: UNRWA tells the Canary Israel is still mounting a 'strangling siege' on Gaza

Despite the ceasefire, aid is still not fully getting in - with UNRWA telling the Canary that 6,000 of its trucks are held by Israel at Gaza's borders
www.thecanary.co/global/world...

EXCLUSIVE: UNRWA tells the Canary Israel is still mounting a 'strangling siege' on Gaza

Despite the ceasefire aid is still not getting in, with UNRWA telling the Canary that 6,000 of its trucks are held by Israel at the border

www.thecanary.co

Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 3d

Wow! I’m going to be eliminated!

Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 3d

🙄

Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t downplay the significance of allowing a Qatari Air Force base in Idaho.

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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 4d

America First?

HEY IDAHO!
KAMALA WOULDN’T
HAVE LET A MIDDLE
EASTERN COUNTRY
BUILD AN AIR FORCE
BASE IN YOUR STATE.
DO YOU GET IT YET?

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Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 3d

There are. There’s the Constitution. It’s been thrown out the window. We no longer have 3 branches of government which function with checks and balances. We have an autocracy. And 1/3 of voters voted for autocracy while another 1/3 stayed home. And even if people vote again, we have an oligarchy now

Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 3d

Spot on

Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 3d

Project fantasy 2025.

Jan @foochick.bsky.social · 3d

He’s not dumb. This is intentional.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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