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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1d

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · 2d

The thing we most try to avoid during the mad chaos that is the Trump regime takeover is the mention of our feelings. So many want to write about them but don't know where to start.
I have an idea. #Writing #Politics
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Our War on Donald Trump, With Feeling

Of course we feel it. Anyone with human feelings would. A call for submissions.

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · 2d

That $130 million dollar bail-out for the military payroll is peanuts. A hundred dollars per person, at best. No, it’s meant as both a now-standard monetary tribute to Donald Trump, as well as a signal that our military can and will be privatized.
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Trump backer Timothy Mellon identified as donor of $130m for US troop pay during government shutdown

Reclusive Republican donor is descendant of gilded aged industrialist and former treasury secretary Andrew Mellon

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Sep 1

Someday we're going to laugh at all of this.

Oh, wait... 😆😆😆

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · Sep 1

Photo passed along from a federal employee from inside the Dept of Labor building, where a giant Orwellian image of Trump's face is now draped outside.

Big Brother is watching.

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Sep 1

@Labor Day @Unions

Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Sep 1

Labor Day and Unions go hand in hand. As we all should.
My latest:
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Labor Day: A Celebration of Unions and How They Transformed American Labor.

Voices from the past praise unions and their necessary presence. A shame that we've forgotten.

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Sep 1

Labor Day and Unions go hand in hand. As we all should.
My latest:
constantcommoner.substack.com/p/labor-day-...

Labor Day: A Celebration of Unions and How They Transformed American Labor.

Voices from the past praise unions and their necessary presence. A shame that we've forgotten.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · Aug 20

“The degree to which Russia has milked Trump’s grievances to destroy US capabilities against it is one of the reasons I view the 2016 operation as the most successful intelligence operation of recent history.”

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Aug 20

Mike Rogers Doesn't Exculpate Trump on "Collusion" Like Trump Once Thought

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Mike Rogers Doesn't Exculpate Trump on "Collusion" Like Trump Once Thought - emptywheel

On Monday, Jim Jordan celebrated the release of a 302 from former National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers the redactions to which suggest Trump asked Rogers to lie about evidence of "collusion" ...

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Aug 19

The truth is, we can't win against the Trump regime without the Democrats. Sabotage against them isn't the answer.
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Democrats Don't Sabotage Other Democrats When the Stakes are This High and the Enemy is That Low.

The main problem is staring us in the face and the stink can't be ignored. It's going to take all of us working together--with the Democrats. No getting around it.

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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · Aug 11

Might be coming sooner...

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Aug 10

I was in this mood today. I'm not sorry. #Tabloid #Gossip #NoHate
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In Defense of Meghan and Harry. Yes, THAT Meghan and Harry.

All that nitpicking feels like much ado about nothing. I can't for the life of me see bad people. They just seem...human.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Jul 25

POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Jul 23

My latest at Constant Commoner. In which the guys in MAGA caps seek to intimidate and instead get laughed at. File under 'glorious moments'.
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Have You seen our rallies? Have you watched us March? Do we look broken?

Ha!

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Jul 22

All Democrats need to do is promote programs that actually help people. The people will respond. They not only will be grateful, they will trust and expect it from Democrats.

Democrats will be known as the party of the people. It's as simple as that.

Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · Jul 21

Democrats must offer bold programs that support American workers and expand opportunities (e.g., subsidized childcare, paid sick leave) and back radical reform to knock oligarchs down to size (e.g., Supreme Court expansion and term limits, financial transparency for politicians, end gerrymandering).

Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · Jul 21

Bluntly, democracy is in rotten shape. Despite heroic lawyering, growing protests, and dogged D opposition, the Trump regime has progressed in its quest to create a police state, seize poser from Congress power and intimidate law firms, universities, and media cos
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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · Jul 21

The latest roundup of book censorship news courtesy of Book Riot.

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How a Quiet Librarian Became a Loud Threat to the Iowa Legislature: Book Censorship News, July 19, 2025

How one Iowa librarian went from being unaware of attacks on books and libraries to running for state-level office to turn the tide around.

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · Jul 21

The Authors Guild congratulates Dr. Carla Hayden on her appointment with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. After her shocking and unjustified dismissal—a firing we condemned—we're delighted that she has found a new platform from which to continue her vital work.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · Jul 21

Voters respond to fighters (e.g., AOC, Pritzker, Booker) who do not hold back in attacking MAGA extremists. Prefer fresher voices expressing righteous anger rather than old fogies acting as if opposition is futile. Favor politicians who pledge dramatic change, not more of the same

Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · Jul 21

Bluntly, democracy is in rotten shape. Despite heroic lawyering, growing protests, and dogged D opposition, the Trump regime has progressed in its quest to create a police state, seize poser from Congress power and intimidate law firms, universities, and media cos
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Democracy is on Life Support

But Democrats do have a path to recovery

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Jul 21

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Jul 20

Last Thursday, at our Good Trouble rally, a woman using a walker was passing out mementoes, courtesy of NoMi, the Michigan Indivisible group.
What could be more thoughtful than a Honey Bee Mix of perennials, to be planted next spring?
It's good to be among the good.

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Susan Perri @perri4health @perri4health.bsky.social · Jul 16

@repsuhas.bsky.social thank you for fighting this Big Ugly Bill for you constituents and all Americans.

This bill will impact Medicare eventually.

That will drive costs up for health insurance premiums for everyone across the board.

THIS BILL TAKES FROM THE POOR AND OLD
IT GIVES TO THE RICH 😠

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam @repsuhas.bsky.social · Jul 16

The Trump Administration wants us to stop talking about the One Big Ugly Bill — but I won't. From stripping those most in need of their health care access to wasting $100 million in taxpayer dollars to move our space shuttle from VA to Texas, everyone can find something to not like about this bill.

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Jul 16

My newest at Constant Commoner. We'll need to make this about us, not them.
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There are People in This Country Who Live to Cause Pain. They Are in Charge Now.

We're finally convinced. It's a step.

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Jul 4

It's grim out there on our Independence Day. If you're part of the resistance, you know we're out there fighting. My essay today:
constantcommoner.substack.com/p/on-the-ann...

On the Anniversary of Our Independence, We Celebrate What We're About to Lose.

And gear up for battle. Because this is America and they're not.

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Jul 4

A mural on a building in France. Yes, the world sees us for what we've become.
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French mural depicts Lady Liberty covering face in shame #Shorts

YouTube video by USA TODAY

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Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Jun 25

I've just added a few more names to my ongoing list of helpers to end fascism and preserve democracy. If you haven't looked at the list, here it is. Please share. We need all the help we can get.
If you have a name for me to add, let me know. Thanks.
constantcommoner.substack.com/p/ongoing-li...

Ongoing List of Helpers in the War Against Fascism

They're on our side, working to save democracy, giving us the tools we'll need to fight alongside them.

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Pamela (Davis) Fausey-Giorgio @pfauseygiorgio.bsky.social · Jun 22

"We don’t have time to sort out personalities or to find our perfect place. We’re a crowd now, a formidable crowd, and our main goal is to grow our numbers. We need to become so vast there’s no question about who will be in charge. It won’t be them. It can’t be them."

Ramona Grigg @ramonagrigg.bsky.social · Jun 21

It's time we nobodies take center stage.
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Nobodies of the World, Unite!

There are more of us than there are of the somebodies. But who gets the attention? Not us! Until now. Because 13 million of us nobodies finally made the headlines!

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