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David C. Pan @oyasin.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans in Congress have capitulated to trump. The Supreme Court republicans have capitulated to trump. We the People have NOT capitulated. We the People will stand up tomorrow to declare “No Kings”. We the People stood up in 1776 and we will again.

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David C. Pan @oyasin.bsky.social · 2d

Never forget the approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans interred in concentration camps during WWII. Never forget the tens of thousands of Mexican Americans deported by the Eisenhower administration in the 1950’s. The trump regime’s current brutal ICE and CBP thuggery is not new. Resist this.

David C. Pan @oyasin.bsky.social · 2d

The rubber stamp republicans will not return to work next week, October 20-24, 2025. The government shutdown cannot end until republicans come back to work. While republican elected representatives will receive paychecks for not working, federal employees will not receive paychecks.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

California leads the way!

A tweet from FactPost reads: “Gov. Newsom has announced California will be the first state to sell insulin through a state-backed program. It will cost just $11.” Below the text are two images side by side: on the left, California Governor Gavin Newsom standing in front of an American flag; on the right, a close-up of a gloved hand holding a vial labeled “INSULIN (rDNA origin)” with dosage and storage instructions.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

On top of detaining U.S. citizens, ICE is now fining legal residents for not carrying their papers.

It was never about going after the “worst of the worst.” It was always about cruelty.

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a

www.chicagotribune.com

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 3d

“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.”

Meanwhile, the reality of #KavanaughStop

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 3d

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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David C. Pan @oyasin.bsky.social · 3d

Compare the cost of funding the PPACA (Obamacare) subsidies to the potential $40 billion currency exchange with Argentina. Which expenditure benefits Americans more? Ask republicans to justify that to their constituents.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid," JD Vance. We checked.

By scanning public records and media reports, Mother Jones determined the ages of eight of the 11 participants in the abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday: They appear to range from 24 to 35.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

Nancy Pelosi is sick of their bullshit.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @Acyn
, Acyn, posted 3 hours ago, stating, "Question: Why did you refuse the National Guard on January 6th? Pelosi: Turns Around Shut up. I did not refuse the National Guard. The President didn’t send it! Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you are a serious journalist?" The post includes a video still from Lindell TV showing a confrontation: a woman in a green jacket (Pelosi) speaking into a microphone held by a man in a blue suit, with another man in a suit and a background of parked cars and a government building.

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David C. Pan @oyasin.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone who pooh-poohed the clear messages contained in Project 2025, we are now experiencing the worst intentions of that malicious project.

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 24d

Spot on… 🎯🎯🎯

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now.

In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/supreme-court-john-roberts-lisa-graves/

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David C. Pan @oyasin.bsky.social · 4d

The leak of the racist and misogynistic texts by young republicans illustrates the bankruptcy of future republican leadership. The responses and lack of responses by current republican leadership illustrates the bankruptcy of the republican party.

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David C. Pan @oyasin.bsky.social · 4d

The six partisan supreme court justices claim to be originalists and strict constitutionalists yet they twist themselves into pretzels attempting to justify their clearly politically biased decisions.

David C. Pan @oyasin.bsky.social · 4d

The infamy of the Roberts Court will go down in history along side the infamy of the Supreme Courts that issued the Dred Scott and Plessy v Ferguson decisions.

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 4d

As a Supreme Court gets ready to strip the rest of the protections in the Voting Rights Act… California needs to set the tone for the resistance.
YES on prop 50.
youtube.com/shorts/PwCAq...

FIGHT back CALIFORNIA

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

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David C. Pan @oyasin.bsky.social · 4d

The Roberts Court will be remembered historically along side the Supreme Courts that issued the Dred Scott and Plessy v Ferguson decisions.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5d

The whole linear progress of time thing remains a challenge for MAGA.

A tweet by WeThePeople reads, “Jack Smith was hired months after the raid.” The post quotes a tweet by Aaron Rupar showing Eric Trump in a TV interview, saying, “Sure enough, we find out that Jack Smith is planting manilla folders on the office of my father...” The screenshot shows Eric Trump speaking on a Fox News-style broadcast with a city skyline backdrop.

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David C. Pan @oyasin.bsky.social · 5d

Eric comes off even more imbecilic than his parody on SNL.

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🌸Norma Jeen🌸 @normajeen.bsky.social · 7d

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David C. Pan @oyasin.bsky.social · 6d

The six sycophants masquerading as Supreme Court justices, clearly believe in the unitary executive theory. Their decision on presidential immunity illustrates their willingness to fabricate new executive powers not written into the Constitution.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 6d

Goodnight 🌙

Fuck Columbus

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SILVER LINING UNITED @silverliningunited.bsky.social · 9d

Here is a the enemies of US Democracy game plan, laid out by Senator Murphy clear and concisely.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=-MTt...

Murphy Floor Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Takeover

YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy

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David C. Pan @oyasin.bsky.social · 10d

The Nobel Peace Prize will be worthless if it is given to a sociopathic narcissist whose every spoken word is a lie.

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