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Watashiwa judisudesu

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3rd Dan Aikido. Japanophile. World traveler. Democracy Warrior. Standing up for equality, justice and joy!

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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 1h
Trump would rather lose, and somehow insist he won anyway, or blame someone else entirely (coughs, other Republicans). His instinct is to survive politically to fight another day, rather than put it all on the line for his party in an election where he’s not even on the ballot. Jay Kuo
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 1h
When faced with unwavering defiance, backed by the weight of public opinion, Trump Always Chickens Out. JaybKuo
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 1h
The most extreme historical precedent for what we are witnessing is the Third Reich’s final year, when the violence ramped up even as the regime disintegrated. Jay Kuo
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 1h
We’ve moved from UFC bouts on the White House lawn, to turning nuked California cities into a crowd pleaser to the ultimate spectacle of a planned public execution. Jay Kuo
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 1h
The regime cannot deliver real gains, so it rations suffering and offers its base the consolation of watching others hurt more. I argued then that public opinion “is a barometer of whether Trump’s policies, including sadopopulism, are working or failing.” Timothy Snyder
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 1h
While Trump has been targeting California rhetorically, ICE is moving aggressively there. Operation Safe California, is set to last 45 days, with ICE leadership instructing officers to arrest every immigrant they encounter who is in the country illegally, regardless of criminal history. Jay Kuo
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 1h
Trump is tossing red meat to his base during rallies by fantasizing about destroying U.S. population centers. Defending the gas prices his Iran war has driven up, Trump told a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, “Let them take out Los Angeles; let them take out San Diego”—and the crowd cheered Jay Kuo
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 1h
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison answered the offer of “Federal help” by noting, “We’ve seen what Trump’s government coming to the ‘rescue’ looks like.” Gov. Walz keenly observed that the president is “lashing out at blue states because he can’t land a punch on America’s actual enemies.” Jay Kuo
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 1h
A president urging residents to “fight back” against neighbors defined by their ethnicity, with federal force promised as backup, lays the groundwork for a pogrom. Jay Kuo
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 1h
The U.N. human rights office released a statement warning that livestreaming an execution “would breach the absolute prohibition of torture.” Army regulations also bar anyone under 18 from witnessing an execution, raising questions about an unrestricted livestream. Jay Kuo
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 1h
Government-driven violence, cruelty and spectacle are horrifying in any civil society. But, as historians and political scientists explain, they can also signal that an autocratic regime is failing and nearing its own collapse. Jay Kuo
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 18h
Impeach his ass 👇
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 1h
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 15h
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Karen Sue Waters @karensuew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I miss having a president. I mean a REAL president -- someone who works and lives the position. Someone who doesn't shame us but instead is always a person to respect and be proud of. Someone like Barack Obama.
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump knows he is unpopular. He knows he will lose the midterms. He is setting his plans to change that outcome. From sending ICE or other law enforcement to the polls to seizing voting machines to weaponizing voter data, Trump will do anything he can to prevent a fair vote. Democracy Docket
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Vote early if you can, have an election day plan if you can’t. Let’s do whatever it takes, because we don’t need to keep living with this. Noncitizens aren’t determining the outcome of our elections. We are—eligible American citizen voters. And that’s what Trump is most afraid of. Joyce Vance
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Disgust, not fear, is the correct response to what this administration is trying to do to us. They’re trying to interfere with our right to vote because they’re afraid of us and the power of our votes to put them out of a job and create real oversight to hold them accountable. Joyce Vance
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The president is out of control as the election looms. He will try to interfere with the votes we cast. He will try to discredit the press. He does not care if American citizens get harmed in the process. It is all one story. It’s the story we must pay attention to. Joyce Vance
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When you’re the president of the United States, you don’t casually wander into talking about mass destruction of our population centers. Even if it’s “just” about rage-baiting the left, that’s an incredible thing to say. Joyce Vance
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Civil Rights Division is supposed to be the conscience of the Justice Department, not a vehicle for executing the president’s political agenda and undoing the value of Americans’ right to vote. Joyce Vance
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The idea that Trump is touting “big surprises” in the next “few weeks”—the period of time up to and including the election—and that as a result, Voss will be “one of the important people in the history of our country,” should be a wake-up call for anyone who is still asleep. Joyce Vance
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump: “We have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country.” Vought is, of course, the architect of Project 2025. Joyce Vance
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump seems to be preparing to try and salvage a potential electoral loss in ways that are all too familiar for those of us who lived through January 6. We understand the concept. And like always, Trump says the quiet part out loud. Joyce Vance
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Defend Democracy @finalreckoning.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Now, after decades of laws and policies intended to repair at least some of that damage, the Trump administration appears determined to redefine efforts to close the racial homeownership gap as discrimination themselves. George Cummings
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump = Treason.......
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Agreed 🤷🏽‍♀️
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Evil
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Seriously 👇
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thank you, RFK, jr.
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
WTF!!!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ruffalo: Keep the bastards away from our most vulnerable people, our beloved, beloved immigrants. Because if you ain’t Native American, you’re an immigrant, a beautiful immigrant.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The real reason Donald is promoting data centers is because he’s getting really rich by allowing the corporations building them to be unregulated. What Mike Johnson’s motives are, I cannot tell you, other than that he is a man with no principles, no spine, and no conscience. Mary Trump
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Usually autumn brings lower gas prices, but volatility in the Strait of Hormuz and the high cost of crude oil are driving up pump prices. This month is on track to set a new September record. The average for the month is $4.30, higher than the September record of $3.83 set in 2023. Mary Trump
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AAA reported that the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline continues to climb, up nearly five cents from the previous week. Mary Trump
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ONE MONTH FROM TODAY:
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lawmakers are accusing the State Department of disregarding statutory restrictions and a congressional hold while shifting money toward an entirely different geographic and strategic purpose. George Cummings
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If Congress appropriated money for a defined Ukraine-related purpose and the relevant statutes do not permit this reprogramming, the administration cannot manufacture authority by declaring that another region is more important. Foreign policy priorities do not amend appropriations George Cummings
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The beneficiaries of the redirected assistance are Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru, governments with which the Trump administration has been cultivating closer relationships as it shifts foreign-policy attention toward Latin America. George Cummings
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
No weirdos
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Reagan was the beginning of the end of the American Dream
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Trump administration redirected Foreign Military Financing funds originally designated for Ukraine, European allies supporting Ukraine and Middle Eastern partners toward Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru. George Cummings
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As hard as it is to believe, that is the actual position of the so-called law and order party.
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MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And he didn't do it alone.
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Watashiwa judisudesu @dozo27.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The US Senate on Wednesday blocked a Republican bill restricting stock trading by members of Congress, after Democrats refused to advance a measure they said would let lawmakers keep their portfolios and was bundled with voter ID rules they called a “poison pill”.
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