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Russell D.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 VOTE BIG BLUE Democratic WAVE 💙🌊 & eliminate all doubt‼️ Dad,Retired. Love Earth, Democracy,Justice,Peace. b.OK. READ www.project2029.me - a bold progressive plan of action for a future focused on human flourishing, fairness, dignity,& justice for all.

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · Jun 27

EXCELLENT MUST READ

PLAN for ACTION‼️

Please RESHARE far & wide.

Author is Dr. Pru Lee,
"Pru Pru" and @drprupu on Substack. She is an excellent thinker & writer. A valuable Substack to Follow!

She’s also Pru Pru & @DrPruLee on Instagram & FaceBook.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Going Viral: An actual plan for the Democratic Party - and everyone else who's ready to take action

The post below is going viral. It’s been attributed to Liz Cheney, apparently by mistake, but it appears it was actually written by a Dr. Pru Lee. I’ve taken the liberty of formatting it to make it mo...

www.dailykos.com

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 8h

I was thinking of the White House - but I like your idea too…

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 10h

Shameful, chaotic, dangerous coterie of scammers, kleptocrats, half wits, psychopaths &

sycophantic & greedy criminal bigots.

Guess where they hang out these days?

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 11h

We ARE THE VAST MAJORITY in America.
We have friends & allies ALL over the world.
We love democracy, voting & the rule of law.

We hate dictators, racists, authoritarians, sexists & oligarchs

We will resist, persevere & win
Find a protest or start one
Bring your American flag
💙🌊🇺🇸🔥👊🏽👍‼️
nokings.org

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Eric Sorensen @ericsorensen.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings on Saturday. Where will you be? Find your neighborhood rally here: nokings.org/#map

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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 21h

Setting the record straight.

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 17h

@michaelwolffnyc: Gaza peace now cuz Trump wanted shiny trinket Nobel peace prize. Kushner pushed Qatar to pressure Hamas. Trump pressured on Netanyahu. Kushner will continue to get $billions in investments.
Worst motivations from the worst people. World jerked about by kleptocrats & narcissists.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 21h

He would rather shut down our government than have you see the truth. It's not complicated.

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 20h

Trump’s obsessed with occupying American cities. He likes fascism in its purest form. But this is super illegal. He was technically allowed to do this in DC.But NOT in the rest of the country. It’s against the law. The only thing that can truly stop him right now is our movement.
lincolnproject.us

The Lincoln Project

The Lincoln Project is a leading U.S. pro-democracy organization dedicated to the preservation, protection, and defense of democracy.

action.lincolnproject.us

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Quinn Leone @quinnleone.bsky.social · 8d

The system is working as designed.

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 1d

He’s insanely vain and totally fake, 100% about faking an image, hairspray, orange paint, girdle, shoe lifts…

Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 1d

America: No Kings since 1776.

We love our Democracy, Constitution, & Rule of Law.

Join MILLIONS
at 1 of 2500+ rallies/marches
-or create you own!

SAT OCT 18
NO KINGS DAY

Bring your American Flag‼️

The MAGA GOP are a small minority.

We are the Vast Majority‼️

💙🌊🇺🇸🇺🇸🔥🔥👊🏽👍👍🏽☝️‼️

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 ...

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 1d

DonOLD: This is simply how you appear to others. How you look. No photoshopping. Just you. What everyone sees.

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

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 2d

An antifa terrorist panda has been spotted in war ravaged Portland. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a mental illness

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 2d

Biden brought home 148 living Israeli hostages.

Trump brought home 20.

Trump and MAGA and the GOP are being played.

Catincognito skeeting since 07/3/2023 @catincognito.bsky.social · 2d

I remember!!

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Trump Resistance Movement @trm.bsky.social · 2d

Dark days but we are here together. @timothysnyder.bsky.social

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 2d

How does a US $20 BILLION loan to Argentina help Make America Great Again? They’ll never pay it back.

While US Gov is shut down, & Mike Johnson &GOP on vacation & won’t call the House open?

When tens of thousands of US Gov workers are not getting paid?

The GOP &Trump are horrible & corrupt. 🔥🇺🇸🔥

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 2d

There’s no insurrection.

The Feds & ICE are inflicting violence.

Protests are peaceful patriots.

Trump MAGA GOP fascist racist White Nationalists want to end democracy, our Constitution, & Rule of Law.

We the Vast majority will persevere. We will reclaim & rebuild our democracy.

💙🌊🇺🇸🔥☝️👊🏽👍‼️

CUDDY @ptcontagion.bsky.social · 2d

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

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

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 2d

Americans have always been No Kings, since we beat the British & signed a treaty in 1783. We love our Democracy, Constitution, & Rule of Law.

The Emporer wannabe wears no clothes. He’s a ghastly sight.

The MAGA GOP are a small minority. We are the Vast Majority.

💙🌊🇺🇸🇺🇸🔥🔥👊🏽👍👍🏽☝️‼️

Nokings.org

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

WAR-TORN PORTLAND

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Russell D. @russell529.bsky.social · 2d

What did Trump’s speech today in the Israeli Knesset sound like?

Remember when President George W. Bush gave his speech under the “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED” banner on the aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln in 2003 about the Iraq War?

The last U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq in December 2011.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 5d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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