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@fwander.bsky.social

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"It is not up to you to finish the task, but you are not free to avoid it." - Pirkei Avot Get active. Get organized. Get loud! 💥 #DemCast 🎉 #Indivisible 🎉 #SisterDistrict 🎉 #SEIU1000

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Not going back! 💥 @fwander.bsky.social · Aug 3

THIS is the message. Period.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5h

Debbie Brockman of WGN in Chicago has hired an attorney and plans to fight back against her unlawful arrest and detention by ICE.

Freedom of the press is under attack.

Tackling and arresting journalists is another step towards state run media.

Bring on the lawsuits.

WGN-TV producer hires attorney to ‘pursue all legal avenues’ after ICE detention

Debbie Brockman and her legal team “adamantly deny” allegations that she assaulted federal officers during an immigration enforcement action.

www.chicagotribune.com

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 21h

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 21h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 21h

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 8h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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Not going back! 💥 @fwander.bsky.social · 17h

Yup. By about 15,000 years. We are the colonizers.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in the second Gilded Age just like the first — when America’s wealth was in the hands of a few, money corrupted politics, and working people were abused and exploited.

It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.

From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich

Robert Reich

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Not going back! 💥 @fwander.bsky.social · 17h

@mbenioff.bsky.social, the same man who, 7 years ago, bravely & selflessly stood up against his own oligarch pals to tax corporate wealth to fund housing for the unhoused (SF Proposition C, 2018), is now "sucking Trump's dick full time." How far the mighty have fallen. 😔
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18h

Time owner Marc Benioff (and Salesforce CEO) just announced a few days ago that he's eager to start sucking Trump's dick full time. He even wants troops deployed to San Francisco. But as we see here, it's never enough. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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Not going back! 💥 @fwander.bsky.social · 1d

Considering human gestation is 40 weeks and Joe was born 50 weeks after Pearl Harbor, he wasn't even a zygote at the time. That's what I call powerful! 🤣

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Rebecca E ❌👑 @spoutiblegirl.bsky.social · 1d

"The brutality...is the point. It’s not an accident, a side effect, or the result of poor training. It’s intentional. It’s a signal of their broader intentions. Following the classic dictator’s playbook.
And if we ever get used to it, G-d help America.
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The Brutality Is the Message: Why America’s Violence Against Immigrants Isn’t About Immigration

Every raid, every body slammed to the pavement, is a public ritual meant to teach us obedience. The goal isn’t enforcement — it’s submission...

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Not going back! 💥 @fwander.bsky.social · 1d

#WeDissent #NoKings
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We Dissent – A Modern Protest Anthem for No Kings Day | Stand Up for Democracy and Freedom

YouTube video by The Resistance

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

Congress better hurry up and settle the shutdown before everyone figures out they’re nonessential personnel.

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 1d

Eight. Hundred. Violations. On a project that has failed to deliver on Elon's nonsense promises over and over and over again. All Elon does is cut corners and break the rules. #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall

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Elon Musk vs. the regulators | TechCrunch

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.”

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

We need work requirements for Congress.

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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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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do.

…getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired.

…betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator.

The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.

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Not going back! 💥 @fwander.bsky.social · 1d

😂 😆 Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942. 😂 😆

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