Phoebe
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Phoebe
@4ourdemocracy.bsky.social
History & genealogy buff. Friend. Concerned citizen. Media and Democracy Project supporter.
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Thank you Bruce. We WILL "remember the lives of those who died on the streets of Minneapolis."

Warning: This is not easy to watch, "Streets of Minneapolis" (Official Lyric Video): www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Jesse Wells tellin it like it is: www.youtube.com/shorts/aQvKo...

Puts me in mind of Arlo!
BREAKING: Stephen Colbert just teamed up with Jesse Wells to destroy ICE
YouTube video by Democratic Wins Media
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January 30, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Thank you Bruce. We WILL "remember the lives of those who died on the streets of Minneapolis."

Warning: This is not easy to watch, "Streets of Minneapolis" (Official Lyric Video): www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Senator Rand Paul calling for an independent commission:

"At every point in the video he [Alex Pretti] retreats... And I don't believe anyone in America believes he was assaulting those officers."

Listen to all of Senator Paul's remarks (4 minutes & 12 seconds): www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKmt...
January 29, 2026 at 12:21 AM
The Heartbreak and Anger of Alex Pretti's Parents, "Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.

Cynthia Nixon (actress & activist) reading a statement from Alex Pretti's parents: www.youtube.com/shorts/_D7qw...

There is also this article (no paywall): coloradosun.com/2026/01/24/c...
NIXON TEARS LIAR NOEM A NEW A HOLE
YouTube video by Tony Dortie
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:22 PM
PLEASE CALL YOUR US SENATORS NOW BEFORE THEY VOTE THE WEEK OF JANUARY 26 ON A FUNDING BILL. WE NEED TO STOP FUNDING TO DHS AND TO THE PENTAGON. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Senate cancels Monday vote as shutdown deadline looms
The Senate will instead hold its first vote of the week on Tuesday as Washington prepares for a weekend snowstorm.
www.politico.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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Trump’s goon squad raided and trashed the wrong apartment and left a terrorized Black family to pick up the pieces 🤡
January 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Dr. Drew Kelner has written an award-winning book, Taming Cancer (2024). Recently, Kelner & his book were “spotlighted” by Wrote A Book: wroteabook.org/author-spotl...

To order a copy, click below:

AMAZON www.amazon.com/Taming-Cance...

BARNES AND NOBLE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/taming-can...
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Sentinel editorial on November 21 speaks truth to power: "Trump’s savage call for executing Dem vets in Congress warrants impeachment." Read the editorial at sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit... There is no paywall.
EDITORIAL: Trump's savage call for executing Dem vets in Congress warrants impeachment - Sentinel Colorado
'His behavior is not only reducing the presidency to a treacherous farce, he is rapidly dragging the Republican Party down with him'
sentinelcolorado.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If you want to see for yourself copies of the Epstein documents that were released on November 11, go to the House Oversight Committee's website at oversight.house.gov/release/over...
Oversight Committee Releases Additional Epstein Estate Documents - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
oversight.house.gov
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The Malaysian Prime Minister greets President Trump: “I was in Prison, but you almost got there” (Forward to the 1-minute, 20-second mark in the youtube video)

Americans can be oh so proud of its elected leader ... NOT!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Iue...
“I Was in Prison, Trump Almost Got There”: Malaysian PM Jokes with US Prez During Peace Deal Talks
YouTube video by APT
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Below is the link to an article about 911 calls coming from w/i ICE detention centers.

"Wired" has dropped its paywall to make information obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) easily available to the public.

www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...
www.wired.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Post a REGULATORY COMMENT in response to America First Legal Foundation's petition to Election Assistance Commission to restrict voter registrations. Post your Comment at www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA... Deadline: October 20, 11:59pm ET.

See: www.politicsplus.org/blog/2025/10...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
YOU HAVE TO LOVE JOSH JOHNSON: ICE on the lookout for "Criminal Illegal Aliens" at the Superbowl 2026 (with "average [ticket] prices around $9,772") www.youtube.com/shorts/FowcQ...
ICE will be at the Super Bowl?
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
September 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Yep.
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September 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
February 4, 1939 NYT article: "Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime." Five comedians were denounced because "'they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward National Socialism ... caused grave annoyance ... especially to party comrades'. "
September 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
In case you missed this on Steve Colbert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVKC...
DISNEY'S MESSAGE TO EMPLOYEES: SHUT YOUR TRAP: JIMMY KIMMEL: DONALD TRUMP: BRENDAN CARR: STEPHEN COL
YouTube video by COMMENT ON COMMERCIALS 2
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September 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
2024 NIJ Journal on domestic terrorism: web.archive.org/web/20250912...

"Far-right attacks ... outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism ... far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists...."
web.archive.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
WHO is actually politicizing Mr. Kirk's murder?

If you have an opinion about Jimmy Kimmel Live being suspended indefinitely (see www.msn.com/en-us/tv/oth...), you can send programming feedback to ABC by filling out the online form at: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/req...
September 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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"Kirk was not just putting on a show. He was a dedicated proponent of ... an authoritarian politics that backed the repression of opponents and made light of violence against them." @jamellebouie.net again says it precisely and with receipts.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM