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GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

The amount of attacks is daunting and requires fighters. We must keep training our young people to fight for their rights. Because these bad guys have non-stop bad ideas.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

And how much on that ballroom, and we’re starving people in Africa for lack of USAID?
Closing down research funding for childhood cancer but we can we war against their own people, transporting equipment and people and housing them and arming them?!?

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 4h

$40 Billion to Argentina. Don’t tell me we can’t have healthcare.

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

If you are that afraid of your own people, YOU ARE VERY VULNERABLE.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

wait wut

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1h

For Portland area folks.

Links in Alt.

A graphic from PIRC (Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition)

UPCOMING TRAININGS

OCT. 16 VIRTUAL |
tinyurl.com/MWOct16

OCT. 25 IN-PERSON PDX
tinyurl.com/MWiInPerson

NOV. 5 VIRTUAL
tinyurl.com/MWNovember5

NOV. 15 IN-PERSON PDX
tinyurl.com/MWInPerson PIRC

NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. SHOW UP. SKILL UP. PLUG IN.

@pirc_oregon

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

This is huge and MUST BE STOPPED. Before Trump got into office, it was saving people/consumers a lot of money. Companies will take advantage of people if they are not limited by law. That is a fact. RV need to get in an RV and exit stage left from govt. work.

Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

As usual, they start with the truth that everyone agrees with. No one wants kids to have a childhood that doesn’t allow mistakes. Easy truth. But then they warp/distort it. Because he’s not talking about kids, is he? Those kids who grew up with the ability to make mistakes now are making CHOICES.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h

Hitlergate wasn't "kids"—it was 20- and 30-something GOP flacks.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h

Hitlergate wasn't "kids"—it was 20- and 30-something GOP flacks.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

I hear ya. Protect yourself. There’s plenty big people who can and will fight this fight. You save yourself. That’s how I handle it anyway.

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GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 2h

Every bit of this is a wound you need to feel, like this: “Over time, I would come to see Epstein and Maxwell less as boyfriend and girlfriend, and more as two halves of a wicked whole.” Wicked indeed and anyone affiliated with this pair deserves every bit of scrutiny. Release the Epstein files.

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 2h

You must read this account because it will make you understand how evil Ghislene Maxwell & how heinous it is for Trump to even consider pardoning this monster. Kudos to the late Virginia Giuffre for her bravery and battle to redeem her young and vulnerable self www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

Sam🏳️‍🌈🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @separker.bsky.social · 4h

When you can't win because of your policies, you cheat.
#USDemocracy

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 3h

Rep. AOC: Republicans want to sign on 1 extra year of these ACA subsidies. Why? Midterm elections. They want to extend the subsidies just 1 year so people don't realize the dupe they're pulling on everyone, so that they can all reelect themselves and allow them to expire when they win reelection

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

Hahaha

Dan @djlane.bsky.social · 2h

Are those Antifa?

So scary.

😳😬😂😂😂

LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social · 2h

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GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 8h

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

Cat Alyst 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 3h

#USDemocracy
Ohh that's RICH explains
1) how triggering the Insurrection Act might cause the National Guard to step in and protect people from immigration officers, and
2) how the Insurrection Act and martial law differ.

Let’s talk about what the #insurrectionact actually is, and what it isn’t #martiallaw #rights

YouTube video by Ohh that's RICH

youtube.com

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GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

Madness. And terribly dangerous

Polly Kane 🇺🇳💃🏻🇺🇳 @kanekavi.sheshed.rocks · 5d

Courts ruled Trump doesn’t have the power to mandate voting.
Dominion Voting is now privately owned by a Republican conspiracy theorist.

apnews.com/article/domi...

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official.

apnews.com

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

futurism.com/future-socie...

I read an article about the Cheryl Hines being on The View. She was making a point and in the process stated that both Trump and RFK Jr. had their vaccines.
Do as I say… NOT as I do, apparently.

Trump Admits He Got Jabbed With Multiple Vaccines That His Allies Say Are Poison

US president Donald Trump has received multiple vaccines -- while his allies and appointees continue to rage against them.

futurism.com

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

What awful people.

Gilly @gillyarcht.bsky.social · 2h

‘Unconfirmed reports suggest the Pentagon may authorize live naval ordnance demonstrations off the Southern California coast during the celebration’

Um…

🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 3h

If you live in California & you intend to go to a No Kings protest on Saturday, you need to read this:

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GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

WTF?!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2h

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 1h

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3h

🚨Jim Carrey’s fresh out of fucks, and we are here for it!

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 2h

The new GOP definition of racism works the same way. What is up is down in their world. I don’t know they keep up with it… so many lies and distortions.

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 2h

rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 18h

Facts 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🎯

GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 2h