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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · 4d

Join us for a virtual meeting with Jessica Thomas candidate for mayor of Columbia

www.mobilize.us/richlandcoun...

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Firehawk @firehawkjw.bsky.social · Jun 16

#G7
Our village idiot never fails to make a complete ass out of himself. 😂🤣
🔊🆙

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · Jun 12

Saving Democracy Rally 6/14/25
Carolina for All and 50501 South Carolina have an AMAZING day planned with incredible guest speakers AND a DJ! DO NOT allow Alan Wilson's political theatre deter you from SHOWING UP AND SPEAKING OUT!!!!

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · May 23

What time should we gather?

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · May 22

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · May 13

The far-right has gutted democracy + feasts on liberty like vultures. Trump & his enablers. ICE, religious extremists, corporate ghouls all sit at a blood-soaked table of corruption.

Silence = complicity.

#EndFascism #SaveDemocracy #GOPHypocrisy #ArtAsResistance #Trumpism

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · May 12

Pam Bondi helped broker a deal for Trump to get a $400M luxury jet from Qatar, routed through the Air Force to skirt the Constitution. Given her past lobbying for Qatar, it reeks of corruption.

#CorruptionWatch
#ForeignInfluence

www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-qa...

Pam Bondi's Qatar links under scrutiny over Trump's luxury plane gift

Attorney General Bondi's links to Qatar as a foreign lobbyist for the country are in the spotlight again amid news of Trump's new Air Force One.

www.newsweek.com

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · May 11

The Trump administration is pushing for a flashy military parade, a multimillion-dollar spectacle while claiming to crack down on fraud, waste, and abuse.

How do you square that? You don’t. You can’t.

This isn’t patriotism. It reeks of authoritarian pageantry, not democratic values.

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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · May 9

I guarantee the “Do Something!” complainers would never do anything remotely as personally risky.

DianaInChicago @dianainchicago.bsky.social · May 9

At the arrest of Newark Mayor Raz Baraka, privately owned GEO Inc run ICE prison.
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) NJ-12 (tan jacket/short grey hair)
Robert Menendez Jr (D) NJ-8 (tall navy jacket)
LaMonica McIver (D) NJ-10 (red blazer)
Looks like they were DRAGGED INTO the prison gates, not “stormed”

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · May 10

Pope Leo’s invocation of Saint Michael highlighted the Church’s belief in spiritual warfare and the need for divine protection, affirming Michael’s role as defender during a time of great societal and spiritual unrest.

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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · May 6

While we were waiting, we spent some time in the lobby reading banned books with our friends from @protruthsc.bsky.social, @midlandsapple.bsky.social, Families Against Book Bans, and Liberation Is Lit 📖

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · May 7

Please consider supporting Able SC a nonprofit led by people with disabilities, for people with disabilities.💙

www.midlandsgives.org/fundraiser/a...

www.midlandsgives.org

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · May 3

Trump isn’t a visionary, he’s a narcissistic fraud cloaked in blasphemy and ego. What he leads isn’t a movement; it’s a cult. If you’re still following him, it’s time to wake up. You deserve truth, not manipulation.

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50501 South Carolina ❌️👑 📎 @50501-sc.bsky.social · May 2

Join us on May 10 at the State House in Columbia for a peaceful, non-partisan rally in support of public education! #PublicSchoolsPublicGood
#50501SC #50501movement #mayday #workersunite #scpol #ImpeachTrump #NoKings #ResistSC #USProtest #ProtestSC #3E

50501 SC Day of Action, Public Schools Public Good, Peaceful, Non-Partisan Rally for Education - Columbia: Saturday May 10th, 11AM02PM, SC State House, North Grounds, 1100 Gervais St, Columbia, SC 29201

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WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · May 1

SC Russell Fry voted in the House Judiciary Committee to allow US citizens to be deported. Where does he plan to send us? My ancestors came here from England and Ireland. Will they do an ancestry search? I’m a 6th generation Floridian. Will I be sent back to FL? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · May 1

Swalwell says the House Judiciary republicans just voted to allow Trump to deport US Citizens. From IG:

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Lis Copenhagen 🌻🦋 @liscopenhagen.bsky.social · Apr 21

Saw someone share this. Couldn't agree more;

Post on Twitter from @RetroAgent12

To everyone cheering on Trump for ignoring court rulings:

Imagine a future left-wing president declares a national emergency on gun violence, bans AR-15s, and signs an executive order instructing the ATF to confiscate semi-automatic rifles from gun stores. A federal court blocks it, citing the Second Amendment-but the president shrugs, calls the judges "activists," and ignores the ruling.

Would you still be okay with that? Or would you suddenly rediscover your love for the rule of law?

This isn't about immigration or Trump. It's about whether the rule of law means anything to you or if you only respect the Constitution when it serves your politics.

You don't get to scream "tyranny!" over COVID lockdowns or gun restrictions and then celebrate when your guy blows off court orders. That's not patriotism. That's authoritarianism in red, white, and blue drag.

You don't get to pick and choose when the Constitution matters.

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Democrats @democrats.org · Apr 29

Winning 👍

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50501 South Carolina ❌️👑 📎 @50501-sc.bsky.social · Apr 27

UPDATED: See the thread below for all of the #50501SC events in #SouthCarolina for #MayDay & early May!

5/1: Columbia
Clemson
Florence
Greenville
5/3: Myrtle Beach
Rock Hill
**No event in Charleston
5/10: State House

#scpol #ImpeachTrump #NoKings #FiftyFiftyOne #ResistSC #USProtest #ProtestSC #3E

Join 50501SC and our Coalition Partners for Peaceful, Non-Partisan Rallies and Sign-Waving Demonstrations throughout the state on Thursday May 1 & Saturday May 3.
Greenville, SC - May Day Rally
Thursday, May 1
5:30-7PM
Falls Park, Entrance to the Park at Main & Camperdown.
Columbia, SC
Thursday May 1
3:30-5:30PM
In Front Of The Main Post Office on Assembly Street - 1601 Assembly St, Columbia, SC 29201.
Myrtle Beach, SC
Saturday, May 3
10:30AM - 12:30PM
Chapin Memorial Park.
Rock Hill, SC
Saturday, May 3
2-4PM
Dave Lyle Blvd between Main & White.
Florence, SC
Thursday, May 1
4-6PM
Intersection of Palmetto & Irby Streets.
Clemson, SC
Thursday, May 1
4-6PM
Highway 123 & 76 in Clemson
Meet at Clemson Municipal Court (1250 Tiger Blvd).

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Apr 27

Trump and DOGE are not just undoing decades of privacy measures: They appear to be ignoring that they were ever written.

@ibogost.bsky.social and @cwarzel.bsky.social on the rise of an American panopticon:

American Panopticon

The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.

bit.ly

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · Apr 26

HOLD THE LINE.
#HarvardStrong #FlushTheTurd #democracy

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · Apr 25

Nancy Mace is an abhorrent human being. South Carolinians deserve better. Let’s take out the trash. 👊🏻🚮 202-225-7103.
#TwofacedMace #ultabeauty

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · Apr 25

VOTE LOFTIS OUT!!!
The 33-8 vote in the state Senate is the upper chamber’s culmination of a three-year investigation into the state’s financial records, including the last two years over a $1.8 billion accounting error. Now, the resolution moves to the House, where Republicans hold a supermajority.

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · Apr 25

Join Soda City Dems to support this amazing event at The Nickelodeon Theater 4/28 with South Carolina's Sister Senators and a sneak peek of the upcoming Sister Senators Documentary.
#SisterSenators

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Soda City Dems @sodacitydems.bsky.social · Apr 22

I have a couple of short videos , not sure if it was formally recorded.