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Marty Orzio

@martyjo.bsky.social

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Retired advertising creative director, believer in democracy for all & the liberal arts, patti-joe-iggy-leonard-joni-ish. 🚫porn 🚫dms - or u will be blocked and 🚫lurkers - zero posts and I won’t follow back. 📣 Here only for democracy.

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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 2h

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.17.25: As Election Day nears in N.J., Sherrill’s edge narrows -

Mikkie Sherril needs to go after Trump - only she will protect Jersey from gerrymandering, Trump’s national guard and ICE, etc etc. Jackass sure as hell won’t do that!

Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 4h

If anyone says tomorrow is a “hate America protest, they haven’t read the constitution or understand what democracy is.

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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 6h

Poems can inspire. Pass it around.

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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 6h

I just finished my sign and am raring to march for democracy. See ya tomorrow!

Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 1d

www.yahoo.com/news/article... This needs more coverage. From everyone.

Republican Buys 2020 Voting Firm and Gives it MAGA Makeover

A former Republican election official and GOP donor has purchased Dominion Voting Systems, stating the acquisition will be pivotal in “restoring trust in our elections.” Dominion was central to Presid...

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 5d

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T Lee Keene @tleekeene.bsky.social · 2d

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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 1d

This country’s author, Henry David Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience and it became the guidebook for Martin Luther King and Mahatma Ghandi. Nothing is more American or than civil disobedience. See ya Saturday on the street.

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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 7d

Please ~ take a minute …

This is a MUST listen to 💙

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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi’s lies - it’s as obvious as her roots!

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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 3d

Morally corrupt!

Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 4d

Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 3d

www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-beaut... she’ll fire anyone who is smarter than her, which is to say, she’ll fire everyone

Trump’s Beauty Queen Prosecutor Begins Purging DOJ Office

The top prosecutor behind the Comey and James indictments is making more staffing changes in the office.

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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 4d

What is occurring in Gaza is good. But there is a but. This will ennoble Trump and his takeover of democracy.

Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 5d

And yet pundits say that healthcare polls the best, so they don’t talk about this, about autocracy, etc. Why? Research reflects what is; Good advertising changes people’s minds, and what can be.

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 5d

The President using the military as his personal police force to intimidate American citizens is deeply un-American. This is the behavior of an autocrat. Full stop.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 6d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 7d

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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 7d

ICE Pins Chicago TV News Producer to the Ground, Hauls Her Off in Unmarked Van www.commondreams.org/news/ice-chi... Hold on to your outrage!

ICE Pins Chicago TV News Producer to the Ground, Hauls Her Off in Unmarked Van | Common Dreams

WGN producer Debbie Brockman forcefully arrested by ICE agents in Chicago. Video shows aggressive tactics used in the arrest.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 7d

María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Trump did not get it, thank god

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8d

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 11d

Apple deleted IceBlock from its app store. Apple capitulated to Trump. Tim Cook is a coward.

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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 11d

I’d like to know if the assholes who set fire to judge goodstein’s home were Jan 6 insurrectionists pardoned by the president.

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 11d

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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 11d

Essentially, the judge defended democracy. The arsonists want authoritarianism. Do they know what that is or do they just want to destroy shit?

Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 11d

Judge Diane Goodstein’s Edisto Beach home burned down on October 4, 2025, after she blocked DOJ access to voter registration data. Her husband and son were seriously injured. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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