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Sam🏳️‍🌈🌊🏳️‍⚧️

@separker.bsky.social

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Former pastor and social worker/LCSW. Retired and hoping to leave the world better for my grandkids. Join me with #USDemocracy, #ProudBlue, #DemsUnited. I'll take DMs about these groups.

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Sam🏳️‍🌈🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @separker.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hungary has lived this nightmare. We need to listen to them and take every action possible to stop the train towards authoritarianism.
#USDemocracy

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hungary opposition figures urge Democrats to organize against autocratic takeover by Trump

Forum speakers said Donald Trump’s second term resembles strongman Viktor Orbán’s first years in power

www.theguardian.com

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Sam🏳️‍🌈🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @separker.bsky.social · 5h

Accurate. Who imagined all these institutions would roll over for the likes of Taco?
#USDemocracy

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6h

No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 6h

Dumbest gaslighting ever. Who was president on January 6?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @jesseduquette.bsky.social )

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Will @willgarcia820.bsky.social · 5h

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Sam🏳️‍🌈🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @separker.bsky.social · 5h

As we move deeper into the regime utilizing every possible monitoring tool on protestors, there are ways we can be much safer and still use our phones for videos.
#USDemocracy

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Surveillance Self-Defense

We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a member-supported non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty-five years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting ...

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 1d

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Exclusive: Fake cellphone tower likely surveilled protesters at Portland ICE facility

Law enforcement officials may have deployed a secretive cellphone surveillance technology last weekend at Portland’s ICE facility.

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Jennifer Shin @jennifershin.bsky.social · 1d

And arrested, convicted and imprisoned for the rest of his life for violating his oath of office.

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Negan @rogernegan.bsky.social · 12h

This

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Sam🏳️‍🌈🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @separker.bsky.social · 5h

Those on Truth Social just suck up everything he tells them, no questions asked.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

This unwell man, who was President of the United States, is trying to rewrite history.

Nice try, Don. Biden wasn’t president on January 6, 2021. I would say even his own voters can’t be this gullible, but…

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 6h

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

After 10 long days, the hearing challenging Texas' gerrymandering ended. By the end, all of legacy media had vanished. But Democracy Docket stayed to keep you informed about just how far Republicans went to manipulate the state’s maps.

Support its vital work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 16h

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Joe G @eastendjoe.bsky.social · 7h

He was still the President that day.
So it was his own FBI. 😂

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

Participating in #AtlantaPride nine years ago. What a wonderful day with the most fabulous people. Happy Pride weekend, Atlanta. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 🌊 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 5h

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Driftless Dan @driftlessregion.bsky.social · 18h

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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 11h

Just as a reminder:

This administration has over 30 people who used to work for a network that had to pay $747 million for lying about the 2020 election.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 20h

Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

The cruelty is the point

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 23h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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CCscott @ccscott.bsky.social · 5h

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 7h

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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 8h

Reagan was definitely a harbinger of what we are witnessing first hand now. But a lot of people have been involved in this country being the way it is now.

#USDemocracy

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 6h

Check out this feature showcasing our own #CitizenJournalist @eddsmitty.bsky.social!
If you don't know his work, follow and start to learn!
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 7h

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️

🧵 Many of you never knew of a prison riot that took place in Vietnam. It involved incarcerated U.S. soldiers, most of whom were Black.

Pull up a seat and bring a drink.(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

www.historynet.com/long-binh-ja...

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The Double V @thedoublev.bsky.social · 7h

Eddie Smith shows how the Double V spirit lives on—fighting for democracy abroad and at home. His “Woke History” threads uncover overlooked Black history and connect it to the present with clarity and courage. Everyday activism. Lasting impact. #USDemocracy #DoubleV
www.patreon.com/posts/141032263

Double V in Action: Eddie Smith and the Power of Woke History | The Double V

Get more from The Double V on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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