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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 02/09/2026

From Getty Images. The real USS Lincoln's conditions are enough to not need AI's exaggeration. Leave that to Republicans.

Photo of the USS Abraham Lincoln, showing rust and other wear due to its extended deployment in the Middle East.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 31/05/2026

May 30, 1989: Chinese protestors in Tiananmen Square erect a 33' tall statue they called the Goddess of Democracy, to defy the government's crackdown on them. It took 4 days to build, out of foam & paper mâché. Soldiers tore it down on June 4th. Countless replicas have been made around the world.

The Chinese Goddess of Democracy statue amongst a crowd of protestors.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 30/05/2026

Let's be honest: the only interest Trump had in the Kennedy Center was his ability to piss on it. Just like the Constitution, women, or Republicans.

Headline from The Guardian:

"Trump says 'I have no interest in' Kennedy Center after judge orders his name removed from memorial"

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 07/05/2026

May 7, 1955: Reverend George Washington Lee, prominent NAACP advocate & black voter registrant, is assassinated in Mississippi. Driving at night, another car fired off 3 shotgun shells. Today: Calvin Duncan, Louisiana. The methods are different, intentions the same. We are not a post-race society.

A black and white portrait of George Washington Lee, dressed in a dark pinstripe suit.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 15/04/2026

Apr 15, 1960: After successful sit-ins to protest segregated restaurants in Greensboro, NC, Ella Baker, an African-American, leads a conference that would become the Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. They are credited with laying the foundation for other 60's national civil rights groups

A photo of Ella Baker, founder of the SNCC, seated in front of a pile of paperwork, talking to someone off camera.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 26/03/2026

Mar 26, 1812: The Boston Gazette publishes a cartoon that first uses the term "gerrymander," mocking districts approved by then Governor Elbridge Gerry. For over 200 years, US politicians just keep stretching and skewing democracy in their personal favor, instead of their constituents'.

A drawing of an electoral map in 1812, where the election district's shape resembles some thin and convoluted dragon creature.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 17/03/2026

Mar 17, 1973: Slava Veder photographs a moment where an American POW is reunited with his family, after 5 years of imprisonment. Titled, "Burst of Joy," it was seen as a sign of possible healing, after years of policy trauma on families. I long for the day we can sadly say the same for ICE's POWs.

A black and white photo of a military veteran, in full uniform, being reunited with his wife and children as they joyfully run to greet him.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 13/02/2026

Maybe, and I'm just putting this out there but Maybe we would have more housing if we had fewer corporate and out of state landlords locking up entire neighborhoods from first time buyers. I mean, c'mon. How many American houses sit empty because their landlords can afford to wait for higher rent?

NY Times headline: Maybe America Needs Some New Cities. In regards to solving a housing crisis by building new cities versus using the ones we have more wisely.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 12/02/2026

Someone please tell me it was a red balloon.

Headline: El Paso airport closed after military used new anti-drone laser to zap party balloon.
Tagline: "I want to be very, very clear that this should've never happened."

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 07/02/2026

Trump is no more King of the Jungle than he is even Scar. Let's face it, even Ed was smart enough to run away when he had been voted out.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 28/01/2026

Bluesky's right-wing extremists don't like it when you provide context to their cherry-picking. The original post stated that Fetterman's rise in popularity was due to Republican support for his "common sense against lunacy." I guess @truthseekerusa@bsky.social just can't handle the truth.

A comment providing context to Fetterman's rise in polling, which was used as an argument for folks voting Republican. The context: progressive Democratics such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren poll highest, while Mitch McConnell polls lowest.

The use of context in the comment caused the original poster to block me from doing so in the future. Original poster: @truthseekerusa.bsky.social

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 22/01/2026

Jan 22, 1973: The Supreme Court decides in favor of women's rights to autonomy, in Roe v Wade. White men enjoyed this right since founding the US, finally allowing women a fraction after 200 years. So fragile were men's egos at the idea of equality that, 49 years later, it was taken away again.

A collage of two photos, one from 1970 showing Jane McCorvey (Jane Roe) and her lawyer, another from 2022 showing a large crowd. Each photo, the people are holding the same sign: a round stylized poster saying, "Keep Abortion Legal."

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 18/01/2026

The same people decrying this were applauding Cliven Bundy and family. This guy, aiming at Federal officers, later ran for public office.

A member of Cliven Bundy's militia, aiming a sniper rifle at federal agents during a standoff in 2014.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 15/01/2026

Jan 15, 1929: Martin Luther King, Jr. is born. He was, and is, a symbol of what makes America great: peace, love, and dreams. On this day: Fuck Trump.

“The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.” - MLK Jr.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 14/01/2026

One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong.

A photo of the last 7 US Presidents. All are formal aside from Trump, who is giving the middle finger to America.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 10/01/2026

Jan 10, 1776: Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense, a 47-page pamphlet outlining the moral and political reasons for America to declare independence from Great Britain. Sadly, much of Paine's reasonings hold true today, under our current system and would-be king. archive.org/details/comm...

A page from Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 08/01/2026

1. Another vehicle passes Good's SUV. 2. ICE stops behind her SUV. 3. ICE demands her to move. 4. ICE attempts to enter her vehicle. 5. Good backs up her SUV to turn. 6. ICE surrounds her vehicle. 7. Good turns her wheels to move. 8. Good moves forward. 9. ICE murders Good. 10 seconds. 10. Seconds.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 03/01/2026

We have one of the most destabilizing leaders in the world, right now. Trump needs to be removed from office. He ordered our military to bomb a country and kidnap its President and family when they hadn't fired a shot at us.

A Reuters headline: Trump says US has captured Venezuela President Maduro.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 02/01/2026

Trump advocates shooting protestors when it's in his interest. War with Iran is a distraction in his interest, not America's. Invoke the 25th.

From 2020, Donald Trump: "....These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!"

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 31/12/2025

"We hereby commit to the resolution of future disputes through diplomatic engagement and negotiation rather than through force or protracted conflict." - Trump Admin, Oct 13, 2025 What a crock of shit.

A map showing the seven known countries Trump has bombed in 2025: Venezuela, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, Yemen, Somalia.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 30/12/2025

We've reached the point where Trump is desperate enough to hide the Epstein files that he's bombing other American nations.

Headline for Dec 29, 2025: Trump Addresses Strike on Venezuela Facility.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 29/12/2025

Dec 29, 2018: President Trump defends keeping the federal government shut down due to Democrats not wanting to fund an ineffective border wall. In private meetings, he threatens to extend it for months or years, if needed. But, by all means. Affordable American healthcare? Fuck 'em. Keep it open.

A 2018 tweet by Trump: “For those that naively ask why didn’t the Republicans get approval to build the Wall over the last year, it is because IN THE SENATE WE NEED 10 DEMOCRAT VOTES, and they will gives us “NONE” for Border Security! Now we have to do it the hard way, with a Shutdown.”

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 19/12/2025

America's democracy, in the hands of a morally dead man.

An excerpt by Thomas Paine: "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture."

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 19/12/2025

Dec 19, 1776: Thomas Paine publishes his first pamphlet of a series on "The American Crisis," under the pseudonym "Common Sense." Written in a time where newspapers/books were the only media people consumed, it gave voice to America's hope for freedom after Britain's monarchy was defeated.

An excerpt from Thomas Paine's "American Crisis."

"These are the times that try men's souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands by it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 16/12/2025

How hard is it to say something like, "It's detestable what's happened. Violence has become all too common in American society. Statements like the President's is not who we are." Oh, he did. When it was Charlie Kirk, on the same day Kirk died. No excuses.

A screenshot from X.com and Mike Johnson saying, "I don't do ongoing commentary about everything that's said by everybody in government every day. We're trying to bring down health care costs for the American people."

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 13/12/2025

A reminder of Pam Bondi's DOJ memo this July. Either: 1. Epstein was the lone perpetrator in over 10k digital files against over 1k children. 2. The DOJ is horribly inept. 3. The DOJ is involved in a massive child sex coverup by people as influential as Trump. Occam's razor says Door #3.

A portion of Pam Bondi's DOJ memo with specific sections highlighted:

"over ten thousand videos and images of illegal sex abuse and other pornography"

"did not expose any additional third-parties to allegations of illegal wrongdoing"

"We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties."

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 05/12/2025

Dec 5, 1955: Rosa Parks & E.D. Nixon lead a boycott against the Montgomery, Alabama bus system for racial discrimination. It would last until Dec 20, when the Supreme Court ruled the system's practice unconstitutional. White supremacists responded to the ruling fiercely & violently. Sound familiar?

A black and white photograph of Rosa Parks, with Martin Luther King Jr in the background.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 02/12/2025

To be an American is to: - Embrace education & science, - Know a diverse society is stronger, - Work for change, not stagnation, - Believe in due process, not deportation. Trumpism is today's unhinged McCarthyism. Where are today's mainstream Murrows fighting for our Constitutional tomorrow?

An Edward R Murrow quote: If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 29/11/2025

They lie to mainstream their indiscriminate killing. They lie to kidnap children from their parents. They lie to remove millions of Americans' healthcare. They lie to steal billions in taxes and bribes. This is not a Presidential Administration. These are criminals intent on killing America.

Three screenshots. First, Pete Hegseth's post claiming fake news on killing innocent victims in the Caribbean. Next, a clip from CBS News of Colombia's President declaring one victim was an innocent fisherman. Last, a clip from Politico of a survivor from Ecuador released due to a lack of evidence.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 22/11/2025

Upon the death of JFK, MLK turned to his wife and said, "This is what is going to happen to me also. I keep telling you, this is a sick society." Even still, he pushed on, hoping to help create freedom and compassion that he knew he may never live to see. This is the hope Trump wishes to destroy.

Above, a portrait compilation of MLK, JFK, RFK, and Trump. Below, a quote from MLK's book, "Why We Can't Wait."

"We were all involved in the death of John Kennedy. We tolerated hate; we tolerated the sick stimulation of violence in all walks of life; and we tolerated the differential application of law, which said that man’s life was sacred only if we agreed with his views."

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 22/11/2025

An excerpt from Lyndon B Johnson's speech to a joint Congress, upon becoming President after the assassination of John F Kennedy. It reads as almost the exact opposite of the Trump Admin's policies, which is why it's so important to push back against them.

An excerpt from LBJ's speech:

John Kennedy's death commands what his life conveyed - - that America must move forward. The time has come for Americans of all races and creeds and political beliefs to understand and respect one another. Let us put an end to the teaching and preaching of hate and evil and violence. Let us turn away from the fanatics of the far left and the far right, from. the apostles of bitterness and bigotry, from those defiant of law, and those who pour venom into our nation's bloodstream.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 21/11/2025

Extremely dangerous talk by Trump, on Brian Kilmeade's podcast, where he opens the door even wider for his most committed supporters to kill political opponents. This is exactly how narcissists are sane-washed. "I didn't say kill them." (he did) "I said they used to kill them." (he'll pardon)

Trump on Brian Kilmeade, "I'm not threatening them, but I think they're in serious trouble. I would say they're in serious trouble. I'm not threatening death, but I think they're in serious trouble. In the old days, it was death."

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 16/11/2025

While I would change "easily manipulated" for stupid, the sentiment remains.

George Carlin, with quote: "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 14/11/2025

Nov 14, 1960: Ruby Bridges, 6 years old, enters Frantz Elementary in Louisiana as its first black student. Violent crowds of white racists force Federal Marshals to escort her. Her classroom was empty save the teacher. All white students had withdrawn. No white person was braver than that child.

Ruby Bridges and Barack Obama in 2011, talking in front of the Norman Rockwell painting of her as a child, where she is entering William Franz School as the first black student.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 10/11/2025

How many times do you have to actively engineer your own loss before you wake up to the fact that you need to quit pretending and just go the fuck home? Democratic leadership needs to go the fuck home. Stop pretending you care.

Edited photo of two football players celebrating a blowout in front of a scoreboard, except it's two Democrats celebrating forfeiting a game that they could have easily won.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 05/11/2025

It was at this moment they knew, they fucked up.

The room was "eerily silent" and "uncomfortable" Wednesday morning as President Trump cajoled Republican senators to end the filibuster, multiple attendees told Axios.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 28/10/2025

Oct 28, 1886: The Statue of Liberty is dedicated, by President Grover Cleveland. For almost 140 years, it has been a symbol of America's resistance to oppression & its promise to be a better place than people may have left behind. Americans still fight for that promise, even if our leaders do not.

Part of Grover Cleveland's dedication speech: "We will not forget that liberty has here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be neglected. Willing votaries will constantly keep alive its fires, and these shall gleam upon the shores of our sister republic in the East. Reflected thence and joined with answering rays, a stream of light shall pierce the darkness of ignorance and man's oppression, until liberty enlightens the world."

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 19/10/2025

Oct 19, 1953: Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's tale of a dystopian future where books & scientific knowledge are considered evil, while the government attacks its own citizens if they fall out of line, is published. It's called fiction for a fucking reason. It wasn't supposed to be a How To manual.

A photo of the first cover for Fahrenheit 451.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 17/10/2025

Oct 17, 1871: President Grant suspends habeas corpus in 9 South Carolina counties, allowing federal forces to arrest KKK networks & cohorts engaging in severe violence on black communities there. 2025: Trump wants to suspend habeas on those protesting against federal racial violence. ... Really?

A cartoon by Patrick Chappatte showing a KKK member with a burning cross in the first half, and the modern version of Trump at a podium in the second half.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 12/10/2025

Most kids pick someone like Superman or Vanessa Williams.

A picture of Valdimir Putin opposite a picture of Stephen Miller.

"One of these men has spent decades turning his country
into his own private dictatorship: embezzling money from
his own government, disappearing or outright killing
political enemies, destroying any semblance of free speech,
starting multiple wars with neighboring countries, and
turning his own citizens against each other so as
not to become his next target.

"The other sees him as a role model,
and is trying to do the same thing to Americans.
He's also probably jealous of Putin's hair."

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 09/10/2025

The Guardian, showing how much of a tantruming toddler Trump is on the world stage. Clamoring for "his" Nobel Prize while shitting in the diaper he's made of America's civil rights.

Headlibe from The Guardian: Norway braces for Trump's reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 05/10/2025

It may be time to consider Stephen Miller is simply not mentally stable. Reading his rants, one can completely picture him as the character that reaches for a police officer's gun to shoot everyone as they try to cuff him for his crimes, instead of ever even realizing that he was wrong all along.

Screenshot of a Twitter rant by Stephen Miller about how everyone in America is rebelling against the legal authority of Supreme King, sorry, President Trump.

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Democracy Not Monarchy @democracynotmonarchy.org · 01/10/2025

Here's a chart on this year's racial makeup of the people deciding federal laws. It's the most diverse in American history; in 1945, only 1% were not white. Yes. It can be blamed on white people.

A chart depicting the overwhelmingly white bias in membership of the Senate and House.

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