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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 06/05/2025
Taxpayers have the right to see how the gov is spending their money. We're grateful to the leaders of the House & Senate Appropriations Committees for insisting on this principle & urging the White House to resume disclosing its spending decisions—as the law requires. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
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Bipartisan House and Senate Leaders Urge White House to Restore Spending Website
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NPR @npr.org · 06/05/2025
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/05/2025
ICYMI: Trump took 11 legal losses last week. Conservative and liberal judges shut down his attacks on immigration, voting rights, and DEI. More details here: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Courts Handed Trump A Slew of Legal Losses This Week
Read more here.
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
SERIOUSLY!!!😠
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE....AND JUST PLAIN WRONG!!!!
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
SUPPORT OUR NATIONAL PARKS NOW!!!!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/04/2025
Conservative and liberal judges across the country this week ruled against President Donald Trump in at least 11 different lawsuits challenging his administration’s immigration, elections and anti-diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Courts Handed Trump A Slew of Legal Losses This Week
Read more here.
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
BRAVO!!!! THANK GOD FOR THE FEW JUDGES WE STILL HAVE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN EITHER BOUGHT OR INTIMIDATED INTO SITTING ON THE SIDELINES! TRUE PATRIOTIC AMERICANS NEED TO SUPPORT OUR CONSTITUTION & PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY!!
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Do you have any idea how frequent and prevalent the rape of Black women slaves had to be for virtually every single Black American to have white DNA? Boggles the mind how evil white America was and has been, and is working hard to be again.
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
THE U.S. IS COMPLICIT IN THE WAR CRIMES BY THE ISRAELIS THAT ARE ONGOING! IS THERE ANY DECENCY LEFT IN AMERICA???!!!!!
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
TOTAL INSANITY!!!! Is this still America???
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This is the part where Pete Hegseth resigns But will he actually? Probably not. Yet Signalgate will continue to grind on, even if (or especially if) its principal players refuse to leave the stage. open.substack.com/pub/tristans...
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This is the part where Pete Hegseth resigns
But will he actually? Probably not. Yet Signalgate will continue to grind on, even if (or especially if) its principal players refuse to leave the stage.
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The "special government employee" role Elon Musk has been abusing should be ELIMINATED. NO ONE should be able to spend 130 days/year in the government with ZERO ethics oversight, ZERO review of conflicts of interest, ZERO divestment of financial interests END THE CORRUPTION
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
SHOW UP, AMERICA!!!
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
"The Price of Their Power" open.substack.com/pub/essayx/p...
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"The Price of Their Power"
That is the heart of it.
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
President Zelenskyy is a true hero in this world of increasing fascism. Meanwhile, our idiot of a so-called president wears a blue suit to a funeral just so he can be noticed? Such an egregious, revolting excuse of a human being.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 26/04/2025
We need the best educated workforce in the world. We need the best teachers in the world. We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do. No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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Michele Burton on Substack
He is speaking for EVERYONE; not just West Virginia!! #StrongerTogether #UnitedWeStand 💪🏼🇺🇸💙
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
WHAT A DISGUSTING SO-CALLED PRESIDENT! How on Earth did Americans ever think Trump was going to make America great??? He's only working for his BILLIONAIRE BUDDIES and DESTROYING EVERY DECENT THING WE'VE EVER ACHIEVED IN AMERICA! WE'RE AN EMBARRASSMENT IN THE REST OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD!!!
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
HOW DID ANYONE IN THIS COUNTRY EVER THINK VOTING FOR THIS REVOLTING MENACE WAS A GOOD IDEA???!!! HOW'S YOUR FORMER NEST EGG DOING NOW? GOOD LUCK AFFORDING FOOD OR PAYING YOUR RENT!!!
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One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot
When the camera shutter blinked inside a jail in downtown Atlanta on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life.
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
George Santos is 'unrepentant' as he faces years in prison for fraud, prosecutors say. HE DESERVES EVERY SINGLE DAY IN PRISON THEY'LL GIVE HIM!!! AS DOES TRUMP, MUSK & THE MANY FAKE GOP MAGA MANIACS IN HIS FASCIST ADMN!!! THEY'RE CORRUPT TO THEIR CORE!!! apnews.com/article/geor...
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George Santos is 'unrepentant' as he faces years in prison for fraud, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors say disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos “remains unrepentant” as he faces years in federal prison for fraud and identity theft.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/04/2025
Exclusive: Immigrants falsely labeled dead by the Social Security Administration are showing up at field offices with documents proving they are alive, leading staff to reinstate nearly three dozen people over the past week, according to records obtained by The Post.
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Immigrants prove they are alive, forcing Social Security to undo death label
The immigrants who have requested a reversal and been reinstated in Social Security databases include a Haitian asylum seeker and a minor child.
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
HOORAY!!!! JUDGES ARE FINALLY STEPPING UP & DEMANDING THAT TRUMP & HIS ADMN FOLLOW OUR LAWS!!! apnews.com/article/trum...  Judge pauses Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Judge pauses Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ruled that the agency can’t go forward immediately with plans to mass fire hundreds o...
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2Tone4Real @2tone4real.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
#Project2025 #FuckTrump #FuckMAGA #FuckFascists
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Ernesto @ernest33141.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them. #DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it. #Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them. Pam Bondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it. #FuckTrump #Resist
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Senseidai2547❌👑 @senseidai.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
This was my country during the Biden administration. I don't recognize the United States under the Convicted Felon Donald Trump/Muskolini regime. Hate and stupidity prevail. That is why we march. That is why we protest. Democrats, Republicans, Independents. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #FuckTrump
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Hey Night Owl 🦉, Do you agree that the parasite from hell should be impeached, again?🤚🏾 Repost 🔄 #FuckTrump #CECOT
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
#Project2025
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released from ICE custody! His story highlights the urgent need for due process and protection of citizens' rights. #50501 #JuanCarlosLopezGomez
Two people embracing. The man, Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, hugging his mother. Overlayed text reads: 'UPDATE ON JUAN CARLOS LOPEZ-GOMEZ.' Below, a quote: 'The Moment: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez reunites with his mother after release.' Image Source: DailyKos.com.Two people embracing. The man, Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, hugging his mother. Overlayed text reads: 'JUAN CARLOS LOPEZ-GOMEZ RELEASED.' Below, additional text states: 'According to news publication The Independent, Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was released from custody Thursday evening after Leon County Judge LaShawn Riggans claimed that she did not have jurisdiction to release him due to ICE's request that he remain in detention.' Image Source: DailyKos.com.
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DianaInChicago @dianainchicago.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🚨 a US born citizen is being held in #Florida as an “unauthorized alien” & ICE is trying to “deport” him… where!?!! He’s a #USCitizen! He was born in the state of #Georgia - #JuanCarlosLopezGomez this #TrumpAdmin = Racist garbage. The #USCongress must stop these #traitors to our #Constitution
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
LET'S GO, AMERICA!!! WE MUST KEEP OUR VOICES OF DISSENT LOUD & CLEAR!!! TRUMP & MUSK NEED TO STOP THEIR ILLEGAL ACTIONS & BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!! THIS IS OUR COUNTRY!!!
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
A HAPPY STORY, INDEED! The French have gotten this one right! If only we had ANYONE here in the U.S. smart enough to enact a few brilliant ideas like this one in Paris!
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Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
🧵 1/ How to stay sane in an insane moment Summary:
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The Mad King Test: Will America Pass? open.substack.com/pub/essayx/p...
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The Mad King Test: Will America Pass?
How unchecked power, weakened institutions, and public apathy threaten the American republic
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
A whistleblower has come forward with claims that Doge not only accessed data from his agency but also took a substantial amount of sensitive data with them. They shared with Congress: "It was around 10 gigabytes of data"!!!! The Further Depredations of DOGE www.marytrump.org/p/the-furthe...
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The Further Depredations of DOGE
Morning Dispatch
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
So sickening. How does ANYONE is the U.S> believe that our country's PRESIDENT would EVER do this???!!!! It's so completely UNAMERICAN. And INHUMAN!!!
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
How to steal an election in America open.substack.com/pub/protectd...
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How to steal an election in America
A zombie lawsuit aims to overturn NC Supreme Court race
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
RIGHT ON!!! 👏 ☮️
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Exactly right. THEY MUST BE STOPPED BEFORE THEY DESTROY OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY! 😡
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
How many more children must die because their ignorant parents refuse to have them vaccinated???!!!!
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 07/04/2025
If passed by Congress, the SAVE Act would be the worst voting law in U.S. history. And a new executive order on elections is more a malevolent press release than real policy.
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A Pivotal Time for Voting Rights
The SAVE Act and a new executive order represent some of the worst federal voting policies in U.S. history.
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iwantademocracy.bsky.social @iwantademocracy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Peaceful protest is a bulwark for democracy www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/peaceful-p...
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Peaceful protest is a bulwark for democracy
The importance of protecting space for peaceful protest in a period of rising authoritarianism
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/04/2025
Eva Steege had been struggling for years to access student loan forgiveness, and given her years of religious service, she finally became eligible, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Then the Trump administration halted the agency’s efforts.
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A dying pastor’s last act: Fighting DOGE cuts for those still living
Eva Steege, 83, tried for years to pay off her student debt. The Trump administration slashed the agency helping her, so she sued while in hospice care.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/04/2025
A recently-fired DOJ pardon attorney is speaking out against the damage the Trump administration is doing: "I think the department is bullying people into either stepping back or acquiescing to political priorities. And it’s important, in my view, to stand up to a bully."
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Trump’s Damage to DOJ Will Be ‘Generational,’ Former Pardon Attorney Says
Read more here.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/04/2025
Last night, every Senate Democrat voted for my amendment calling for a $17 an hour federal minimum wage while every Republican but 1 opposed it. The movement to raise the minimum wage to a living wage is growing. In 2025, a job must lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/04/2025
FEMA is canceling plans to award states grants to help prepare against future disasters. Federal funds given to states after disasters strike could also be in jeopardy.
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States caught unprepared for Trump’s threats to FEMA
FEMA is canceling plans to award states grants to help prepare against future disasters. Federal funds given to states after disasters strike could also be in jeopardy.
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