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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 20h

"How to Stand Up to a Dictator" author @mariaressa.bsky.social explains how social media companies used the Philippines as a testing ground for mass manipulation before employing their tactics in the U.S.

via @thedailyshow.com

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PrairieStories @prairiestories.bsky.social · 10h

How do you get to democracy? Practice, practice practice... voting. Vote Edmonton. Vote!
www.edmonton.ca/city_governm...

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Troy Pavlek @troypavlek.ca · 5d

There's a literal flat-earther running for the Edmonton Public School board.

That's where Alberta is at right now

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

So glad that @tanvi.bsky.social followed up on this group of people; those who were in Border Patrol detention centers on the days Trump took office, people from countries where deportation wasn't easy for the Trump admin, who ended up dumped in Panama to send a message to other migrants.

Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social · 12h

his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for
@nymag.com -->

nymag.com/intelligence...

What Happened to The Migrants The U.S. Dumped In Panama?

Nearly 300 people were sent to a country they’d never lived in. The journey didn’t end there.

nymag.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.

If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 11h

The director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has just been laid off.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI — with electricity rates already skyrocketing, Trump just canceled the largest solar project in North America.

Utah’s Republican governor seems to understand this is probably not the best idea: “This is how we lose the AI/energy race with China” 👇🏽

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 1d

Basically all manufacturers and retailers should be obligated to either collect their waste and broken products, or pay for others to deal with them.

You’d see an amazing display of innovation in efficient, repairable and recyclable products and packaging.

Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 1d

I still wish we could set up a system where package delivery came with up “pickup empties” option, like milk deliveries use to have.

You bring me a new box, I give you some empty boxes!

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Ron Dorland ©️🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rondorland.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has 2 luxury hotels in Indonesia.
Without putting his businesses in a blind trust,everything he does is grift and graft. Source: Trump Residences Indonesia share.google/OtOUU91cqx0G...

Trump Residences Indonesia

trumpres

share.google

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

America is imperfect, but foreign leaders did not use to assume that the President's family was a key means of leveraging their shared interest in corruption.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

It's not the best strategy for the next 2-4 years (or rather, 2-4 years is medium term).

The best strategy for the short term is:
1) Get 3.5% of the population in the streets protesting
2) Peel off 4 Senators and 8 Congresspeople

Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 1d

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs. And we're paying for them.

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 1d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

The only way we save our country is through our numbers.

Trump and MAGA don't have the majority, not even close.

Overwhelm them with numbers. Resist everywhere. They are too reckless, incompetent, and self-destructive.

Also, divide and conquer. Many fissures, especially around Epstein.

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 3d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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PrairieStories @prairiestories.bsky.social · 2d

Yup. Not too predictable eh?
(Appreciate the nod to the book title by the late John Kennedy Toole.)
www.britannica.com/topic/A-Conf...

Democracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 2d

A confederacy of dunces…

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

#TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #AmericanFascistParty #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Democracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 2d

A confederacy of dunces…

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

#TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #AmericanFascistParty #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Froggles 🇨🇦 @froggles42.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians.

We have a lot to be thankful for.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 2d

We can organize everywhere.
We can flip red seats.
We can flip entire chambers.
And we can govern like we give a damn.

Let’s show the rest of the country how to fight like Michigan.

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Lisa E @lisaeells.bsky.social · 2d

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.

www.theatlantic.com

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