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@jbshakerman.bsky.social
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Democracy Today. Democracy Tomorrow. Democracy Forever. Read a lot, write a bit, help wife, love kids, pet cats, play klezmer. Retired. Slava Ukraini. Save the Republic. Fire Husted. (No DMs please.)

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h
🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 1h
Nationalism is to patriotism what locusts are to grasshoppers.
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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 2h
Reading makes books purr.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 3h
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"This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.
 
The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them – all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.
 
Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.
 
To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity."
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#FL25 The GOP wantS to cut your Social Security after you paid in for 40 years. That's not a budget decision-that's theft. The people floating these cuts took corporate cash & now they're coming for what you earned. Jared Moskowitz will defend your hard-earned money! #ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue
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rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 18h
And in Seattle, rich corporatists are now owners or co-owners of the 1. Seattle Times (and the defunct Post-Intelligencer) 2. The Stranger. and 3. KOMO is owned by the right-wing Sinclair Network. 4. KING5 is owned by the right-wing Nexstar Group. See the problem?
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 20h
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 11h
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 23h
In 2013, Meta wrote off billions of Zuckerberg's stock options as a "research expense." The IRS caught on and is working to recover the $355 MILLION they avoided. Now Meta's trying it again with their AI data centers—they've already saved $4 BILLION. Our tax code is so broken.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h
Police violently drag Hispanic grandmother across rough ground-injuring both arms. Witnesses yell she has a serious heart condition & was just released from hospital. Cops kneel on her chest anyway. "They dragged her like a doll," brother said. Incident occurred in Batesville, Texas
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 15h
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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 15h
Remember on Prime Days every dollar you don’t spend at Amazon is another dollar Bezos can’t use to destabilize and replace the Republic with a dictatorship.
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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 15h
There are no laws when you’re mission is to replace the Republic with the Kingdom of God.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 23h
Finland orders halt to work on Google data centers over environmental concerns
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Finland orders halt to work on Google data centers over environmental concerns
Regulators have ordered the company representing the US web giant in Finland to stop building data centers until it can demonstrate compliance with environmental laws. Officials are investigating whether trees and soil were cleared before the company carried out an impact study.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: The Supreme Court on Monday reversed two pro-voter decisions in cases related to Washington’s legislative redistricting, sending them back to a lower court for new proceedings in light of the Court’s decision earlier this year in Louisiana v. Callais. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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With Voting Rights Act gutted, Supreme Court vacates discrimination finding against Washington map
The Supreme Court sent two redistricting cases out of Washington back to a lower court for new proceedings in light of its Louisiana v. Callais decision, which gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Ac...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18h
Foreclosures are climbing: the number of homes repossessed surged 42% from a year ago. Lenders repossessed 5,794 properties out of 40,277 foreclosure filings in August. That’s up 22% from July and 42% from August 2025. www.attomdata.com/news/market-...
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 06/10/2026
Thousands are now marching at Cornell University campus, standing in solidarity with Jane Doe. “Tear down the fucking frats. No Justice, No Peace” Thank you to everyone who is protesting. Jane Doe, you are not alone. We are all with you. Justice for Jane Doe.
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 21h
120,000 cameras. About 20 billion vehicle scans a month. They can fund a surveillance network and not your plan. Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, and Merkley filed the ban October 2. Add your name. #RepublicanHealthcareCrisis
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Tell Congress: Ban Flock mass surveillance cameras
Contact Congress today!
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Chipper60🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chipper60.bsky.social · 20h
THATS FKN HORRIFIC..that's WORSE THAN HITLER,
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La Pionera ✊🏽 @punchcolor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You'll NEVER convince me he isnt a foreign asset hellbent on destroying America, enriching himself first.
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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Help Wanted. Need agents or country to launch sneak attack on American soil, like Pearl Harbor or 9/11, to trigger martial law. Contact White House or your local Trump-licensed treachery dealer.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today is the first day of early voting in Ohio! We just voted at Franklin County Board of Elections. What a warm welcome from everyone working there. True public servants. If you are voting today, please share your photo in this thread. Photo by Jacey Schank.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Rep. Salud Carbajal @carbajal.house.gov · 06/10/2026
I am appalled by ICE’s activities at Allan Hancock College today. College campuses and schools must remain safe places where students, faculty, and families can be free from fear and intimidation.
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ICE detains parent at Central Coast community college, officials say
The college was not notified that immigration officers would be on campus.
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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
His giant survival slop buckets did not save him after all :( www.tmz.com/2026/10/05/t...
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Televangelist Jim Bakker Dies at 86
Jim Bakker, the televangelist who built a Christian television empire with his former wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, has died.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Am I crazy to think Mad President Trump is mad enough to declare an Anschluss with Canada (or maybe just Alberta) like the one Hitler declared with Austria in order to create a “Greater Germany”?
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Alberta premier unaware of reported separatist meetings with U.S. strategists
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office is distancing itself from one of her party presidents who met in Calgary with U.S. Republican strategists looking to assist the province’s separation movement.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The corrupt gangsters running this government violate the law daily and use government funds for partisan politics to bribe voters in violation of the law. Trump has been emboldened by a rogue Supreme Court which has given him immunity and taken a blowtorch to the Constitution.
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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Has any one explained how moving our bombers from England back to the USA makes America safer?
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE hurt this man in national city his mouth was bleeding. Does anybody recognize him?
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Brett Shaw @brettshaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pro Publica’s bombshell report is as detailed a story about government corruption as you’re going to get. And Susan Collins is right in the middle of it.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW EPISODE: When asked earlier this year if he regretted not seizing voting machines and ballots after the 2020 election, Donald Trump said, "Well, I should have." Now he's telling us exactly what he plans to do in this year's midterms, and this time, we should believe him. youtu.be/MBLiMjSXros
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Trump Just Admitted His Post-Election Plans. Believe Him.
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Once they take control of the House, the Dems must push for the enforcement of anti-trust law. Smash, Dems, smash.
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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“I can't believe in the year 2026, in our country, we have two workers, they're US citizens, violently arrested and hauled away. If this doesn't make your blood boil, I don't know what will," Howard said in his statement. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Madness’: two US citizens violently detained by ICE in Minnesota, officials say
Two Target employees forced to the ground, then into SUV, then dumped in different parking lot
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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Helping Canadian separatists aligns with the billionaires who dream breaking up existing countries and reconstituting their populations as a network of AI-monitored fiefdoms. Like Dune.
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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🚨Reports Alberta traitors offered Trump regime 🇨🇦 water and oil for help with separation and met with parti québécois leader to collaborate and PQ requested its own meeting with Trump regime!? 🇨🇦 The OShow #PowerCast @charlieangus104.bsky.social youtu.be/etd1-WWmlk4?si… #CndPoli #Quebec #Alberta
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THE OSHOW POWERCAST: TRAITORS IN ALBERTA AND QUEBEC ARE COORDINATING, TRUMP ATTACK PLAN FOR CANADA
YouTube video by The OShow with Laura Babcock
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Beth Humphreys 🌺 @producrgrl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🤬🤬🤬 Vote EARLY & BLUE! Up & down the ballot! 🌊 #nokings
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kegbreath has designed the new seal to look like the SS seal.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hey WHCA -- u up?
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/10/2026
It’s not just one billionaire. It’s a full-blown cult of billionaires who believe dictatorship should replace democracy—and that technology (crypto and AI) will make this inevitable. They say it loud. Some guy just wrote a book about it (That guy is me!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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The Nerd Reich
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires ...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It is my honor and privilege to announce that President @barackobama.bsky.social is joining us on the trail in Detroit on Saturday, October 24. Get. Ready.
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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump racing to complete Putin to-do list before next clusterfuck.
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‘This is big’: Trump admin deals 'damning' blow to 75-year partnership with rushed retreat
In what NBC News described Sunday morning as a “rushed withdrawal,” the Trump administration appears to have ended a U.S.-British military partnership that dates back to 1950 after authorities foiled ...
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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Throwing the unpopular but vengeful leader of your party under the bus could be a savvy move.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This always happens when we find out the details a few days later on Trump and Nutlick’s Big Announcements. Art of the Deal.
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