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Grant DeLaney
@laney502.bsky.social
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“Fanaticism turns into a means of salvation, enthusiasm into epileptic ecstasy, politics becomes an opiate for the masses... & reason veils her face” -Thomas Mann(1930)* #BLM * Twitter Refugee * #FBR *If you’re part of the #Resistance, I want to follow you
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · Nov 27
For real knowledge about these times I highly recommend “Iron Curtain” by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social. Suggested by @davetroy.com (thank you), this fills in major gaps in my knowledge, & I’ve got family who lived it. Knowledge is power. Take a break from the fascists’ shiny objects; read / listen:
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2h
Speaker Johnson: Federal employees aren’t being paid. Nutrition cuts may cause children to go hungry. Millions are seeing their health premiums soar.

End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h
Trump and Johnson thought the Senate Democrats would cave, but because We the People got loud after the CR debacle in March, they've held the line - and republicans don't know what to do with people power.
sanders.senate.gov Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2h
Speaker Johnson: Federal employees aren’t being paid. Nutrition cuts may cause children to go hungry. Millions are seeing their health premiums soar.

End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 1m
Surveillance State at the Ballroom.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h
Let’s keep this simple so everyone will understand…

This is what happens when folks vote for reproductive rights and also for Republicans on the same ballot.

[Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO)]
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h
The mad would-be king cannot abide even a moment of calm. He thrives on crises, emergencies, chaos, disarray — all of which give him more power, if we let them. How should we cope with this Trump chaos? Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-coping-with-trumps
Sunday thought: Coping with Trump's chaos
Friends,
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 6h
Yes. “Autocracy inc” is a must-read. For those looking to the past for how bad it could be, how bad it was… “Iron Curtain” from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
is also most highly recommended.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h
NBC's new poll say the most important issue for deciding who to support for Congress is: "Protecting constitutional rights/protecting democracy."

If you agree, I suggest you subscribe the news outlet that focuses like a laser on just that. Sign up for Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 6h
Yes. “Autocracy inc” is a must-read. For those looking to the past for how bad it could be, how bad it was… “Iron Curtain” from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
is also most highly recommended.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 9h
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.

I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
Many of the propagandists of Autocracy, Inc., have learned from the mistakes of the twentieth century. They don’t offer their fellow citizens a vision of utopia, and they don’t inspire them to build a better world. Instead, they teach people to be cynical and passive, because there is no better world to build. Their goal is to persuade people to mind their own business, stay out of politics, and never hope for a democratic alternative: Our state may be corrupt, but everyone else is corrupt too. You may not like our leader, but the others are worse. You may not like our society, but at least we are strong and the democratic world is weak, degenerate, divided, dying.
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Ivana’s Ghost 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Anti-fascist @ivanasghost.bsky.social · 9h
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19h
Yes, please.
cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d
I hope this is the start of something big for Democrats‼️

NEW: Barack Obama personally called Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner for NYC mayor, to praise his campaign and offer to be a “sounding board.”

Democrats, take notes…
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d
Male veterans are encountering obstacles in getting treatment for breast cancer in the VA system because of Trump's executive order meant to oppress trans people. I say that again: non-trans men are struggling to get treatment for breast cancer due to transphobia.

www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 17h
Most innings in a single World Series: 75 (1912)

Most innings in a decisive WS Game 7: 12 (1924)

2025 would beat *both* records if it makes it to the 13th.
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 6h
Luckily on nice days there are random stops, some fancy and some merely shacks… with pivo and snacks.
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Rail enthusiast wife Daria @dariaphoebe.com · 1d
Bike 14 mostly coastal miles, see a troll, a bridge RIDOT has already broken multiple promises on, and drink cider. Fall in Rhode Island.
The port of Providence as seen from East Providence on the bike path Me with the troll A closed bridge, the Warren Bike Path’s “Broken Bridge” One cider from a flight at Sowams Cider
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 6h
Beautiful way to spend a fall day Daria.
Rode several trips this summer over 60 miles with my brother in law… some beautiful scenery but our mostly coastal spots were along the Vltava in Prague.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
Keystone Kash needed a distraction from the story that he took another private govt jet to watch his girlfriend sing. apnews.com/article/detr...
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 6h
A Hester Prynne Imposter.
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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 6h
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 6h
While we wait for the time-change Sunday pages to drop, I recommend this piece in honor of telling the fascists in the White House to fuck off with misappropriating art they don’t understand.

@gregolear.bsky.social
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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 7h
Yeah. Bummer for the Jays.

Ohtani is incredible even though he didn’t pitch well.
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🏴‍☠️MissMudd🏴‍☠️ @missmudd.bsky.social · 1d
Democrats need a plant like him. Get him elected as an R then he'll have a dramatic come-to-jesus moment then votes with us

LOL That would be fun!
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Martin @ampule2.bsky.social · 1d
Apparently 🤣
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