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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · Feb 26

This is a coup and everything is up for grabs.

Do not assume this can be corrected at the next election. Especially when there are active discussions about removing ballot access.

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 2d

Must watch piece by @andykroll.bsky.social about Russ Vought.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

VIDEO: Reporter @andykroll.bsky.social explains Vought’s rise from a congressional staffer to the man piloting everything from Trump's layoffs and agency closings to his shutdown strategy, controlling the fate of trillions of dollars and millions of federal workers.

Russell Vought: The Shadow President

YouTube video by ProPublica

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings - Philadelphia

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 3d

Submit a letter to the EAC with your comments by using the link here:
www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA...

If you would like a letter template to get you started, please click here, then copy/paste into an editable document.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Regulations.gov

www.regulations.gov

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 3d

Let me be clear, Federal laws prohibit non-citizens from voting in Federal elections and the myth of widespread noncitizen voting has been repeatedly debunked. This proposed rule change is a voter suppression tactic wrapped in disinformation.

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 3d

An estimated 21 million Americans could be shut out from the ballot box. Click here for a closer look at how this impacts voters:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 3d

EAC Call to Action - Deadline Monday, October 20th
www.instagram.com/p/DPjeeQzgHvv/
(EAC) is requesting public comments on a proposal that would force Americans to show Documentary Proof of Citizenship (DPOC), or specific, costly, hard-to-access documents like passports, before registering to vote!

5.1K views · 95 reactions | 🚨 The Election Assistance Commission needs to hear directly from you! Anti-voter bad actors are petitioning to require all individuals registering to vote using the EAC's ...

🚨 The Election Assistance Commission needs to hear directly from you! Anti-voter bad actors are petitioning to require all individuals registering to vote using the EAC's federal form to show...

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 3d

Interested in election security? this is a must read piece that provides a lot of details about a very nuanced industry.
www.wired.com/story/scott-...

What happens when privately held companies that offer democratic services are purchased by partisan actors?

I guess we will find out soon.

One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts don't know what to think.

www.wired.com

Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 5d

If you listen closely you can hear the death rattle of the voting rights act.

www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

Live Oral Argument Audio Live Oral Argument Audio

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 6d

It's almost like they feel entitled to use children for pleasure.

Which reminds me:

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

www.theintelligencer.net/news/communi...

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Antonio Bruno @antoniobruno.bsky.social · 6d

From Philly:

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 8d

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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R5_to_philly / R5Philly @r5-to-philly.bsky.social · 9d

@electiontruthalliance.org wrote letters pushing their disinformation to NC and MN officials.

Below is the PA response to their similar letter to the manager.

This is a grift.....please don't amplify them

R5_to_philly / R5Philly @r5-to-philly.bsky.social · Jul 14

Response from PA Department of State. (Background on Marks will follow)

I told ETA (and Nate directly) that they were creating disinformation out of their ignorance of our data and were sending their letter to knowledgeable and experienced staff.

they don't entertain fools

@votebeat.org

PA State (Marks) response to ETA, page 1 (cant alt-text, only have image)

PA State (Marks) response to ETA, page 2 (cant alt-text, only have image)

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 8d

America first.

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 9d

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 9d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 9d

Gross Old Pedophiles

These complicit extremists will never release the Epstein file. But they will ferret about attempting release on children.

How many of Mike Johnson's known associates have attempted or engaged in sex with minors?

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 12d

A different kind of self-deporting. I love the caption under the header image here: "Curtis Yarvin fears American democracy will survive Donald Trump."

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 14d

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's neo-fascist guru—plans to Flee USA.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

www.thenerdreich.com

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 13d

What would Pepe think?

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 14d

An ICE agent in Portland, OR, targeted a frog-suited protester’s air intake valve with pepper spray — a tactic that medical experts say could have been life-threatening.

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 14d

Oh, look it's the witchcraft dude. Election denier, grifter and now Under Secretary of the Navy.

Only the "best" grifting insurrectionists.
😞

www.americanbridgepac.org/what-you-nee...

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 15d

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 16d

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 17d

Release the complete, unreducted Epstein files!

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 17d

Is anyone keeping track of the Claremont Institute members in the administration?
Treasonweasels - all of them.

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 17d

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the rage I feel thinking about how much work we have to do on the daily to combat the lies from these grifting extremists is immeasurable.

Thank you for keeping receipts.

Make sure the Montgomery County DA has them.

Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 17d

White christian nationalist, pizza gate conspiracy theorist and maga gadlfy lives in Maryland but casts his election day ballot in Pennsylvania.

This is a must read piece from @marisakabas.bsky.social and @jsweetli.bsky.social

From: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/jack-posobiec-unhumans-hegseth-bessent-pincohet-franco-fascists-maga-trump/

This article and pieces in other outlets noted that Posobiec was a 2020 election denier and a promoter of conspiracy theories who had championed Pizzagate—the bonkers idea that Democrats were running a Satanic pedophile ring from the basement of a Washington, DC, eatery. They reminded readers that last year at a conservative conference, he had proclaimed, “Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on January 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it.”

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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social · 18d

Russ Vought will cloak himself in biblical language while ripping food from the mouths of children.

He is using Project 2025 to ensure the largest fascist wealth transfer in history.

Politicians will not save us. We must save each other.

Build your communities and keep them strong.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

MIKE LEE: Russ Vought has been dreaming about this moment since puberty

MIKE JOHNSON: Russ Vought does not enjoy this responsibility

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