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Maisie Dobbs

@maisiedobbs.bsky.social
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Passionate reader & book lover. Feminist. Lifelong student of history. #OnTyranny: Do not obey in advance. Believe in truth.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/05/2025
Trump’s greatest weapon is not the true force of law but reluctance of his opponents to fight back. And the great thing is that we can take that power away from him whenever we choose. New from @blanksslate.bsky.social
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Popular Resistance to Trump Is Working
Whenever one more institution or individual stands up to the administration, everyone benefits.
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
HUNDREDS of protests and MILLIONS of protesters in big cities and small towns all across America today. From Washington D.C. to St. Paul, Minnesota. New York City to Chicago. Hartford, Connecticut to Phoenix, Arizona — and absolutely everywhere in between. The “50501” movement is…
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Maisie Dobbs @maisiedobbs.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I keep thinking about this scene in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961): “Judge...Those people, those millions of people... I never knew it would come to that. You must believe it, you MUST believe it.” Judge Haywood: “It came to that the first time you sentenced a man to death you knew to be innocent.”
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
If you feel like being inspired by a big law firm, here's the opening to Sussman Godfrey's lawsuit against Trump and his executive order targeting the firm. It still is amazing other firms caved quickly to Trump's mob-like and unconstitutional shakedown. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/04/2025
In theory this nightmare could end today:
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Lesson 13: "Practice corporeal politics... Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them." ***There will be chances to practice corporeal politics all over the USA on April 5th.*** Find yours here: handsoff2025.com
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Cory Booker is mostly putting a lie to the notion there was nothing more that Democratic lawmakers could do.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Maisie Dobbs @maisiedobbs.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The New York Times continues its ludicrously blasé coverage of crisis news with this headline in today’s The Morning daily newsletter: “Yemen Group Chat.”
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Tim Grecco @timgrecco.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Post-truth is pre-fascism. "To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights." — @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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Maisie Dobbs @maisiedobbs.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Shame on all who voted to censure Al Green & especially the 10 Dems! We will not forget nor will history fail to note your complicity.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
They only need 3 House GOP to join them and get this social Security legislation passed. Rep Thomas Massie has already been voting with Democrats against GOP legislation. Light up those phones in Congress! 202-224-3121.
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Maisie Dobbs @maisiedobbs.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The idiocy of claiming that federal funds were spent on “transgender mice” is staggering. TransGENIC mice are essential in labs worldwide for pioneering research on cancer and other diseases in both humans & animals. Whoever put that in the speech should resign in shame, if they have any.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2025
Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
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IamSami @iamsammi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Was this just a set up to get people to admire Rubio? Now would be a perfect time for Republican voters to ask all the right questions and follow up on the lies being told in response.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/03/2025
There’s nothing wrong with Billionaires having billions. There is something inherently wrong with billionaires cutting your benefits, and help to the poor through USAID, and running around with a chainsaw giggling. You can have power or billions. But we refuse to be an oligarchy
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Every Democrat should skip the SOTU and hold a town hall meeting.
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a woman singing into a microphone with the words skip that party behind her
ALT: a woman singing into a microphone with the words skip that party behind her
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
not flipping the script or rewriting -- he is LYING. Do better www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
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Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin
As he seeks to negotiate a peace deal with Moscow, President Trump is rewriting the history of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 20/02/2025
The American people know that Social Security works. But Trump and Musk are hellbent on spreading misinformation so they can steal our benefits and line the pockets of Wall Street tax cheats.
A graphic with a photo of Donald Trump and Elon Musk and a quote from Social Security Works President Nancy Altman that says, "Trump and Musk are intentionally undermining confidence in our Social Security system. They are laying the groundwork for denying benefits to anyone they want to punish or deem unworthy"
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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
After we’ve discriminated against all immigrant, gay, transgender, disabled, female, and minority people, yet find the problems we blamed them for “are still staring us in the face….what next? All the atrocities of human history lurk in the answer.” Gov. Pritzker, Skokie, Illinois, Feb 19, 2025
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/02/2025
"If Trump is denying access to outlets that refuse to lick his boots, then any media outlet that has access is compromised. Journalists who want to be worthy of the name have a moral obligation to follow the AP’s example in enraging the toddler in chief."
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The AP provides a model of effective press resistance
Credibility is more important than access.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
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Ryan Wiggins @ryan-n-wiggins.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
If you don't, you should follow @evelynquartz.bsky.social . Former incredible press secretary for The Lincoln Project. Her latest on substack: quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/i-wrote-th...
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I Wrote the Speech Chuck Schumer Should Have Given on Day 1
January 21, 2025.
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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 14/02/2025
Who else thinks the Democrats should form a SHADOW CABINET to organize against Trump’s appointees? ✋ Pass it on:
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Why Democrats MUST Form a 'SHADOW CABINET'
Rep. Wiley Nickel breaks down how we should organize our opposition to Trump.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges. This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 14/02/2025
There are a whole bunch of Senators who could learn a thing or two from Danielle Sassoon about putting the good of the country before their personal ambition.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/02/2025
Donald Trump’s press conference today was one of the most disgraceful moments in U.S. history, signaling a complete surrender to Vladimir Putin.
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Trump Sells Out Ukraine to Putin in Oval Office Surrender
Donald Trump’s press conference today was one of the most disgraceful moments in U.S. history, signaling a complete surrender to Vladimir Putin.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Work the wedges. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
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Republicans Love Trump’s Spending Cuts. Just Not in Their States. (Gift Article)
Even as they praise the president’s unilateral actions to slash federal spending, G.O.P. lawmakers have quietly moved to seek carve outs or exemptions for their own constituents.
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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Sen. Katie Britt: Yeah, Cut Those Federal Grants. Also Katie Britt: Wait, Not To MY State www.wonkette.com/p/sen-katie-... By Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social
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Sen. Katie Britt: Yeah, Cut Those Federal Grants. Also Katie Britt: Wait, Not To MY State
The Alabama senator executes a near-perfect conservative walkback.
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Liz Cheney @lizcheney.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.
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Techdirt [Unofficial] @techdirt.com.web.brid.gy · 04/02/2025
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When It’s Not Just A Coup But A CFAA Violation Too
The hazard with landing upon a legal solution that seems too good to be true is that it often is. So as you read this post it is important to keep in mind that I may have overlooked something, and there can always be defenses. Few things are guaranteed in law, and even in the […]
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️
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Drew Webb 🏳️‍🌈 @archeryfan93.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
SHARE SHARE SHARE www.propublica.org/article/elon...
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The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks
Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
If you want further proof that American journalism is dead, the Hollywood Reporter showed more moral clarity in their coverage of Elon Musk’s Nazi salute than the Washington Post, NY Times, LA Times, WSJ, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS or NBC. Cowards all. bit.ly/4gdjnQe
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The person keeping you from dying from Listeria is a federal employee. The person making sure your plane doesn’t fall out of the sky is a federal employee. The person busting up drug rings is a federal employee. The person prosecuting terrorists is a federal employee.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
There's one plausible way Democrats could shut down the DOGE crime spree/constitutional crisis in the short term. And I'm pretty sure this is it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/where...
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Where’s the Real Power Nexus? How Does the Opposition Get To It?
I’ve made this point a few times in passing in other posts....
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29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Instead of reading mealymouthed NYT full of weasel words, people should read this, which explains why Musk either has to stop what hes doing, or immediately divest from all his companies www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
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The 24-Hour Reality Check: Musk’s Impossible Power Grab And America’s Crisis
There are twenty-four hours in a day. This isn’t a matter of political opinion or technological disruption—it’s as immutable as the fact that two plus two equals four. No amount of geni…
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 06/02/2025
Quick reminder: DOGE isnt real. Its a figment of President Musks imagination and has no power, and isn’t an agency
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
MORE BARGING
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Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker's office in backlash against Musk
Reps. Judy Chu and Gwen Moore denounced DOGE's access to a vast government payments system.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 04/02/2025
In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server. Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
Front page of the nyt
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Crockett: What we’re not going to do is stand around while they pull this bullshit that they’re trying to pull right now
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Bravo Rep Elfreth
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Julie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The experts, lawyers, and scholars who I’ve been speaking with since last night agree with me that it’s a coup and that this a 5-alarm fire.
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