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Millions march against the fascism the #BrokenTimes is blind to. It now refuses to count their numbers and it muffles their voices in small, BTW headlines. This is not journalism.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Apr 10

In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.

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SERVING SALEM, KEIZER
AND THE MID-VALLEY
"If you don't say anything, you're accepting it."
Mari Jensen, McMinnville resident
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TIMOTHY J. GONZALEZ | Statesman Journal
Alan Grosso (center) of Happy Valley joins in chanting under the window of the speaker of the House on Wednesday during the Salem Tea Party protest at the Capitol.
Protesters slam Fed spending
Hundreds gather at Salem Tea Party to rally against bailouts, state-level taxes
BY DENNIS THOMPSON JR.
Statesman Journal
Hundreds of people uneasy over the future of their country gathered on the state Capitol steps on Wednesday to protest federal spending and state-level taxation.
Oregon State Police estimated more
SCRAP THE CODE
than 1,000 people attended the Salem Tea Party protest, which ran from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizers placed attendance at more than 2,000 people.
The rally was passionate but peace-ful, although many people carried handmade signs bearing stark and angry messages. A fake wooden pitchfork read "Politicians take note. We the people are about to revolt." Anoth er sign read "200+ years to build the Republic, 3 mos. to destroy it."
Many attendees said they were motivated to protest by the billions in stimulus spending and bailouts that have been doled out in recent months.
Willy Lowman of Falls City wears a label on his head that reads "Scrap the Code" at the tea party protest.
West Salem resident Steve Albin said he
came to protest federal bailouts of banks and automakers.
"They need to fail. That's what capitalism is all about," said Albin, who had a tea bag dangling from the brim
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Inside
Protesters take part in Tea Party events across the nation, Page 2A
Supporters to push for immigration reform, Page 2A
• ONLINE: See photo galleries and a video from the protest at StatesmanJournal.com.

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Robert Teeter @rteeter.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sorry to say my father was in middle management at Bell Telephone. I believe he was a scab during an operators‘ strike.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 2d

#ResistanceRoots

Today in history, 1972: The Clean Water Act becomes law, with Congress overriding Nixon’s veto. It was the first time in history that the U.S. government imposed strict regulations on pollution and the quality of the nation’s waters. /1

President Richard Nixon signs the Clean Water Act into law. Photo credit: National Archives.

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tiadee1031.bsky.social @tiadee1031.bsky.social · 3d

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Robert Teeter @rteeter.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t forget: illegally funded a fascist paramilitary group in Nicaragua *by selling weapons to Iran*.

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Robert Teeter @rteeter.bsky.social · 3d

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Robert Teeter @rteeter.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds like a civil case, in which case Trump has no pardon power.

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve seen people post that it’s fine because Santos’ victims were probably wealthy Republicans. Again, there was extensive reporting about his many different grifts & the wide variety of people he fucked over from all walks of life. This is not someone who needs to be enabled for your entertainment.

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t care how charming you find him. He’s a scumbag. This is the guy who stole money from a fundraiser for a homeless military veteran’s dying dog.

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George Santos took $3,000 from dying dog’s GoFundMe, veterans say | CNN Politics

Two New Jersey veterans say now-Congressman George Santos promised to raise funds for lifesaving surgery for one of their dogs in 2016, then became elusive and took off with the money.

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Robert Teeter @rteeter.bsky.social · 3d

I think I made a reasonable Google search: baseball win 7 game series after down 0-3. Google’s AI gave a contradictory answer. #AI_fail @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social

AI Overview

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No baseball team has ever won a best-of-seven series after being down 0-3, but one team, the 2004 Boston Red Sox, came back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series, which was the ALCS against the New York Yankees. This comeback is the only one of its kind in MLB postseason history and is often called the "greatest comeback in sports history".
You can watch this video to learn more about the 2004 ALCS comeback:

Robert Teeter @rteeter.bsky.social · 3d

Fatal California fire, maybe?

Robert Teeter @rteeter.bsky.social · 3d

Also attributed to Sam Goldwyn and others.

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Quote Origin: The Main Thing Is Honesty. If You Can Fake That, You’ve Got It Made – Quote Investigator®

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Robert Teeter @rteeter.bsky.social · 4d

We‘ll always have her cranberry recipe.

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reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 7d

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Robert Teeter @rteeter.bsky.social · 6d

Go joke, go broke.

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 6d

Brazil, South Korea. People who looked up from their dinner tables and said, “Wait a minute, this isn’t normal.”
So maybe I sound preachy or teachy. Maybe I sound tired. Maybe I bore you. That’s okay. I am tired and I even bore myself. But I’m also paying attention.
Elie Wiesel said silence...
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a poster that says there may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice but there must never be a time

ALT: a poster that says there may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice but there must never be a time

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 6d

my basement. This isn’t hysteria; it’s history. Romans, fascists, authoritarians? They’ve all run the same grim playbook. Same script, different century.
The good news is, history also says it doesn’t have to end that way. People have stopped this slide before. Ordinary citizens in Poland...
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a woman holding a flag that says polska

ALT: a woman holding a flag that says polska

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