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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Attacking the press is a classic act of every dictator (or would-be dictator). Neither the media corporations nor the Democrats can be trusted to defend freedom of speech. This is the task of the working class. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Trump bans 3 media outlets from White House in further step towards dictatorship

The ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico took effect Saturday morning, in a brazen violation of the First Amendment.

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ConstantineDTW @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

*Sheeran's own band quit* If you don't stand for something, you stand for nothing. There's never anything wrong with standing up for the innocent victims of genocide, and that people don't understand that baffles me.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Macklemore was booted off Ed Sheeran’s tour for shouting, “Free Palestine!” All the other musicians, including Sheeran’s own band, quit the tour in solidarity. These principled actions reflect the ongoing radicalization of the masses. ‌ www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Rapper Macklemore booted from tour for pro-Palestinian remarks, other bands drop out in solidarity

All the musicians on the tour—except headliner Ed Sheeran—have withdrawn in solidarity with the outspoken artist, who has steadfastly opposed the genocide.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The appeals submitted by Bogdan Syrotiuk’s lawyers are a significant contribution to the fight to free the Ukrainian socialist. Bogdan’s sentencing implicitly asserts that journalism and political activity are crimes. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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The appeal of Bogdan Syrotiuk exposes a political frame-up

The appeal against Bogdan Syrotiuk’s 15-year sentence demonstrates that political views, journalism and socialist opposition to war were transformed into alleged acts of high treason without evidence ...

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Mad Magazine predicts social media.

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Archie Comics: Brutal and Bleak.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Workers, students, academics, and others around the world are rallying to the defense of imprisoned Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk. Please share this article, sign the petition, and email the Ukrainian court to demand Bogdan's release. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Global outpouring of support for imprisoned Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk

More than 1,000 people in 58 countries and territories have signed the petition for Bogdan Syrotiuk’s release since August 10, when a Ukrainian court imposed a 15-year prison term on the 27-year-old f...

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

On Friday, Johannes Stern, editor of the German edition of the WSWS, discussed the case of Bogdan Syrotiuk on The Katie Halper Show. Please share this interview as widely as possible and sign the petition demanding Bogdan’s freedom. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Johannes Stern discusses the campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk on The Katie Halper Show

Johannes Stern joins The Katie Halper Show to discuss the 15-year sentence against the 27-year-old Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk and the international campaign to win his freedom.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

ICE is preparing to buy gloves that deliver electric shocks to the person whom the wearer touches. These “humane,” “nonlethal” instruments of torture can increase heart rate and contribute to sudden death. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Trump administration moves to arm ICE agents with electric-shock torture gloves

The gloves would give masked ICE agents another weapon to torture immigrants, protesters and anyone accused of “non-compliance.”

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The sentencing of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk gives the lie to all claims that the proxy war on Russia is being fought to defend democracy. We call on all workers, young people, and all who support democratic rights to defend Bogdan. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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The sentencing of Bogdan Syrotiuk and the fraud of the “war for democracy” in Ukraine

Not one major Western news outlet has reported the 15-year sentence against the Ukrainian antiwar socialist.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

France has approved a sweeping, reactionary law banning children under 15 from major social media platforms. The measure requires every internet user in France to prove their age, and therefore their identity, to access social networks. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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France’s social media ban imposes universal identity checks on the entire population

The ban is a major attack on democratic rights and a step towards a police-state dictatorship imposing universal surveillance of working people.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Show the UAW that you reject its incitement to violence! Email them at feedback@uaw.org to demand that they publicly repudiate the threat against Lehman, with a copy to the Will Lehman campaign at info@willforuawpresident.org. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Oppose the death threat against UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman!

The IWA-RFC calls on workers and all defenders of democratic rights to denounce this incitement to violence against Will Lehman and demand its unequivocal public repudiation by the UAW.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

New reports from Cadenza Work demonstrate that parasitic, speculation-driven, crisis-ridden American capitalism is incompatible with healthy, thriving and meaningful cultural life. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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“The Fall of the American Orchestra” documented

The performance of some of the greatest music of the past and present is vital to the general cultural, intellectual and moral life of a country.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The Trump administration claims that its immigration goons are targeting “the worst of the worst.” Contemptible lies! They are protecting Armando Fernández Larios, a Chilean secret police agent notorious for torturing and murdering leftists. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Chilean state terrorist and death squad leader freed from ICE custody as victims’ families cry for justice

How is it that the doors to the Krome Detention Center swung open for the convicted murderer and terrorist, while tens of thousands whose sole “crime” is to be immigrants, remain locked up under abysm...

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Joey Gatorman @joeygatorman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

NEW STORY! I write the newest "Fellowship of Applewood" tale,"In Stanley's Image"! With Old-Time Radio in the background! Satisfy your "T zone" to a tee by going to www.twitch.tv/joeygatorman ! * The "T" stands for "Twitch"!

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NEW STORY! Writing "In Stanley's Image", the 13th Fellowship of Applewood Tale!

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Joey Gatorman @joeygatorman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

An update! AT LAST! The ninth Fellowship of Applewood story, and Arthur Gideon Tremley, the alligator boy who had gone through the wringer through a false arson accusation, could very well be cleared! Read the first part of this 65,000-word tale at www.deviantart.com/joeygatorman...

Arthur Gideon Tremley, a 12-year-old alligator, stands in the center of a montage. Upper left: Sydney Layton-Jones (12, skunk) is shown off by Dr. Horace Adler (49, hawk); lower left: George Trevor Garson ("Big George", 11, black bear) threatening Gideon with a small knife; upper right: Trevor Turner (36, frog), investigator, examining a report from the Applewood fire chief in his office; lower right: Bertram Elliott (12, European badger) informs Benji Benson (11, grizzly bear) of what he has learned.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

By postponing a statewide primary election, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry is openly violating the US Constitution. He hopes to buy time for the state legislature to draw a new electoral map that favors the Republicans. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Louisiana governor suspends primary election to enforce new congressional gerrymandering

The action by Republican Jeff Landry, postponing a primary in order to carry out a pro-Republican redistricting approved by the Supreme Court, has no historical precedent.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Amazon forced employees to keep working when a worker fell dead in the warehouse. It’s not a matter of one bad manager: this is the latest in a long series of incidents that reflect Amazon’s indifference, even hostility, to workers’ lives. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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After Amazon worker dies at Troutdale, Oregon warehouse, management ordered employees to work around the body

The death went unreported for a week before the online investigative outlet, the Western Edge, broke the story on April 13.

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Proton Jon / Claire @protonjon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Since this is my first #TransDayOfVisibility out, guess I should do something for it. Hey, I'm Jon / Claire (go by both), came out publicly last year. Been making gaming videos and variety streams online for the past 19 years now under Proton Jon and The Runaway Guys. Love retro and modern games.

Picture of me in a yellow letterman jacket

Picture of me in a blue and black jacket in an elevator.

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🦆 Eliza Herndon! 🦆 @ducktwacy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

In honor of Baby Bottleneck's 80th, I wanted to re-share my favorite animated sequence of all time! The first time I saw this, it gave me heart palpitations. I had no idea that drawings could look and move this way. It cemented that animation wasn't what I wanted to do, but what I NEEDED to do.

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Paco Panda @pandapaco.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

“Panda Life” I’ve been a panda since I was a kid. Despite anything, and for more I love raccoons, I will always have panda bears on my heart. Today is March 16: Panda Day! Congratulate your closest panda! Traditional acrylics. Original will be shown at TFF's Art show.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Do you oppose the war on Iran but “feel powerless” to stop it? Jacobin recommends that you avoid “sectarianism” and vote in the 2028 election. This ridiculous advice is meant to prevent a break with the Democrats. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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<em>Jacobin </em>proposes to subordinate opposition to war to the interests of imperialism

Jacobin’s Eric Blanc argues that Americans “feel powerless.” He counsels them to wait for the 2028 election and keep the anti-war movement safely within the Democratic Party.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Our online meeting on Iran advanced a socialist, anti-imperialist analysis oriented to the international working class as the only social force capable of putting an end to this war and all imperialist wars. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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WSWS emergency webinar articulates socialist strategy to stop US-Israeli war against Iran

Thousands of workers and youth from around the world participated in the event, which identified the international working class as the only force capable of ending the criminal bombardment of Iran an...

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Trump is demanding that Congress pass the Save America Act, which includes restrictions on voting and antitransgender provisions. This attack on democracy is inseparable from the policy of imperialist war abroad. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Trump demands passage of voter suppression, anti-transgender bill

In a social media post Sunday and a speech to Republican House members Monday, the US president said he would not sign any legislation into law until Congress passes the “Save America Act.”

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The Trump administration is embracing Grok AI, the most overtly fascist AI model, while threatening Claude, the model regarded as the most capable, with destruction for maintaining even nominal restrictions. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Pentagon gives Anthropic 3 days to drop AI safeguards or face blacklisting

The Trump administration has given Anthropic an ultimatum to remove AI safety restrictions on its Claude model or face blacklisting and compulsion under the Defense Production Act, while simultaneousl...

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Joey Gatorman @joeygatorman.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Tried drawing with Krita using the tablet gifted by @thefurrywaves.bsky.social and it came out excellent. Will use this instead of GIMP from now on! #art www.deviantart.com/joeygatorman...

A smiling anthropomorphic beaver sporting toon gloves swimming beneath the surface, wearing swim briefs, a diving mask and swim fins.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

With his usual bombast and hyperbole, Trump will cover up the true state of the union, which is ruled by an obscenely wealthy oligarchy that has dropped even the pretense of democratic rule as it plots catastrophic foreign wars. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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The real state of Trump’s America: Social misery, dictatorship, war—and an upsurge of class struggle

The fascist president heads a government of, by and for the financial oligarchy.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Trump proclaims that the Mexican-American War was a defensive conflict forced upon an innocent United States by Mexico. He is enlisting the US crimes of the 19th century in preparation for the crimes of the 21st. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Trump falsifies the history of the Mexican-American War

The Mexican-American War, fought to preserve slavery, helped bring on its destruction in the Civil War and imposed a border whose consequences still shape American politics.

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InsaneDingo✨ @insanedingo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

As I been working on comics, I'm learning that I like these far shots where I get to make the characters small n cute. . I can't be the only one who likes it lol

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

One thing in life is for certain. Alligators love sandwich bags.

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Voted Most Likely to star in Ghostbusters

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Joey Gatorman @joeygatorman.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS! Needing cash today! I am currently offering my services, effective today until February 7, for ten percent off the regular price. If you are interested, either send a private message here or through DeviantArt or FurAffinity.

Three drawings of Benji Benson, the grizzly bear from the Fellowship of Applewood: one sketched, one inked, one colored.

Prices:

Sketch — Full Body, $10.00; Half Body, $8.00; Bust, $5.00
Ink — Full Body, $15.00; Half Body, $12.00; Bust, $8.00
Color — Full Body, $20.00; Half Body, $15.00; Bust, $10.00

Prices are per character. All prices in USD ($).
Backgrounds 5 to 50 percent extra based on complexity (minimum $3.00).
Mature content 50 percent extra.

Artist reserves the right to reject commissions. Prices subject to change.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Alex Pretti had had an encounter with federal agents a week before he was murdered. It is possible that he was deliberately targeted. More broadly, the murders of Pretti and Good are meant to intimidate those who would expose ICE’s crimes. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Was Alex Pretti the subject of a targeted assassination?

Emerging evidence strongly indicates that the murder of Pretti was a targeted assassination carried out by the Trump administration’s paramilitary forces in order to terrorize Minneapolis citizens opp...

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Deebs @deebsio.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

This was also done in January 2025, celebrating @ffbacklash.bsky.social sona self in the transition of year of the dragon to year of the snake!

Two anthromorphic characters interacting, both with the same clothing (green button shirt with black t-shirt underneath and 'jeans'). They both have the same colour scheme- the one on the top is a semi-Eastern style dragon, floating/flying by while waving to the excited snake beneath them. The snake's pants are less like jeans and more like a... a tube thing.

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Kevin Church (Spooky Remix) @beaucoupkevin.com · 29/01/2026

I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.

A set of four cake pops that read HAPPY VALENTINES DAY; The first has
H, VA, and D; The second has A LEN A; the third has PP TIN Y; the last has Y ES <3.

A cartoon below shows a very sad hamster holding up the one that reads PP TINY

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Marauder @marauderosu.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I commissioned this piece from @joeygatorman.bsky.social as a birthday gift for @pandapaco.bsky.social. He asked me if there was an extra character I would like in it, and I thought @ronithedog.bsky.social would be appropriate. It's all four of us going for a dive together.

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chickensnpies @chickensnpies.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

what a chill bird

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Elisabeth Alba @elisabethalba.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Merry Hoedown! 💛🎃🧡 This scene of spirited merrymaking was made for the 78Tarot Halloween deck and is the Four of Wands card. Created with ink, watercolor, and acryla gouache. Prints at albaillustration.etsy.com/listing/1453... #halloween #autumnvibes #tarot #illustration

Illustration of a group of animals (dog, cat, hare, blackbird, bear, fox, pig, goat) in halloween costumes dancing together under the full moon and twinkling stars. There's a pavilion surrounded by pumpkins and corn stalks with animals inside (gator, frog, lizard, mouse) sitting on hay bales and playing instruments. An owl and bats are flying above holding up triangle streamers.

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Although classified as carnivores, wolves may sometimes follow an omnivorous diet. They can eat meat, eggs and even fruit! This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact

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DreamerKnight @dreamerknights.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Remember fellas, any comments on an artists' work help! Don't be afraid to post " ouggghh, I wanna faceplant on those massive tits so bad " I won't judge 👁️ But seriously though, any small comment helps! It makes me happy to read your comments, both kind and horny. :p

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

As far as using the federal government to target one's enemies goes, Nixon looks like an amateur next to Trump. We are seeing an assault on constitutional government that is unprecedented in US history. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Trump DOJ expands political vendetta with indictment of New York AG Letitia James

The indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday by a grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, is an escalation of Donald Trump’s unprecedented use of the Department of Justice to purs...

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

If the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the reunification of Germany meant that Marxism was dead, as the bourgeois gasbags ceaselessly proclaimed, then why are they compelled to issue frightened denunciations of Lenin today? www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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“Day of German Unity”: Germany’s leading conservative paper attacks Lenin

In attacking Lenin, the <em>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</em>, mouthpiece of the Frankfurt stock exchange, has reached deep into the moth-eaten anti-communist propaganda of the Cold War because it f...

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

“Trump’s actions are authoritarian and illegal,” say the Democrats. “We will fight him by filing lawsuits, even though he will ignore all adverse decisions.” This is not idiocy but a conscious effort to disarm the population. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Silence of the Democrats aids Trump dictatorship

The Democrats’ silence is not simply a matter of cowardice or miscalculation. It flows from the class character of the Democratic Party as a party of Wall Street and the military-intelligence apparatu...

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