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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing

@nathrach.bsky.social

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · Dec 19

This was my first pinned post here and one of the first posts I was kind of happy about. Right when I started actually using this place.

If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · Nov 15

It is that the power exists at all, to speak on behalf of a god that does not exist. To impose a mythology on a Human Being without consent, teaching them that this mythology is reality.

That's what I am angry about.

The existence of this power is in itself an abuse.

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 55m

You know the Dem establishment hate Zohran because he actually grasps web of beliefs and zeitgeist.

While they’re still talking in spreadsheets and polling cross-tabs, he’s speaking to identity, belonging, and story.... the cognitive soil where movements grow.

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

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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A Man Has No Name 🇺🇦 @manhasnoname.bsky.social · 23m

Israel is an apartheid state. You don’t have to hate Jews, you fucking clown.

Take your Zionist propaganda somewhere else, loser.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 26m

Elon Musk is by FAR Bluesky’s strongest marketing and advertising soldier right now

unfortunately

Micah @rincewind.run · 27m

organic growth or musk did nazi shit? ah, musk did nazi shit again

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 2h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

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

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

yes, democrats really should have broken the filibuster to reform the insurrection act in 2021

Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 2d

This is an essential. "Democrats need to beat the Trumpists in elections that we ensure are free" is the best strategy for the next 2-4 years. But it is not a long-term strategy! The only possible long-term strategy is that someone else needs to defeat the Trumpists for control of the Repub Party.

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2d

“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 4h

Is this a joke. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 11m

Asshole

For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never." We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."

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Mr. Buick @mrbuick.bsky.social · 29d

The unifying theory of all American conservatives is that they all demand that you be their friends at gunpoint, and tell them how handsome and special they are

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 29d

The conservative project always makes much more sense when you realize it's just run by upper middle class American christian nationalist who are basically completely fine in material position but furious the entire country doesn't bow to their weird cultural preferences.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 29d

oh no, on CBS no less

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

The President’s authorities under Article II are limited to responding to an armed attack/the threat of one and do not apply here.

These continued strikes — 27 killed to date — risk getting the U.S. into a full fledged war.

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 16m

Primary Purge, Spring 26

Just say no to incumbent Dems

Register Dem NOW

Vote OUT Incumbents in the Spring

Vote IN Dems who don't suck in the Fall

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 22m

If this man actually did something that warranted an assault rifle in his face… why aren’t all the cops aiming theirs? Maybe because he didn’t — and this is just what state-sponsored intimidation looks like when ICE forgets who they supposedly serve.

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Mr.Eddie8976 @mreddie8976.bsky.social · 2d

And those reasons resonate today, as the wannabe "King" thinks he should have "plenary power" as his criminal stooge claims

As De Niro said in his recent video, "Fuck that!"

Find a location near you, and be there

www.nokings.org

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 30m

“Operation Inflation” is offering free inflatable costumes to Portland ICE protesters.

Bravo and Brava!👩🏻‍🍳💋

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 9h

Louisiana v. Callais, in one sentence:

The only way to stop discrimination against Black voters is to stop discriminating against white voters in remedying the initial violation.

This case is about appeasing white voters, and nothing else.

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 36m

White Supremacy is a White People Problem

It is on Us, to fix Us

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 11h

Every single person who actually shows up to a protest is contributing more than all the online protest critiquers combined

BillThePony @billthepony.bsky.social · 12h

"who he right attacks, we defend"

How hard is this??? Its a very simply rule!

If the right is attacking, we are defending.

Anyway, i will be there are Saturday in my portland frog costume

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

On the Charlie Kirk show, Vought said federal firings could hit “north of 10,000” during the shutdown.

Companies lay people off to survive. This is different. He sounded like he’s enjoying the chance to fast-track his agenda. This isn’t about saving money, it’s about sabotaging the government.

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 40m

All of it?

'the I5'

The I5 runs from the Mexican to the Canadian border thru California Oregon and Washington

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 59m

NEW: if you’re planning on taking I-5 to the No Kings rally, you might wanna leave now. In order to disrupt our protests, they’re shutting parts of it down. meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

meidasnews.com

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Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 3h

He's defending them because he agrees with them. He knows 20-40 year olds are not "kids who made a mistake". He's playing it down because he sees nothing wrong with what they said.

#Pinks