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here for democracy. mostly lurking, sometimes talking

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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I’m putting this information out here so that press and police can begin to understand what’s actually motivating Kirk’s murder.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The Nazi early prohibition on Jews from owning guns has been an NRA talking point for decades.
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
This is a Republican member of Congress giving a press conference in front of signs that say "Trump = Traitor" and "Release the Epstein Files #Pedo47." Remarkable stuff.
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sassymaster.bsky.social @sassymaster.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
We need to make Thiel and Palantir a household name.
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polychar @polychar.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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polychar @polychar.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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In honor of Father’s Day and No Kings Day, please share our news ad (big props to Gutsy Media, NEA and Four Freedoms Fund) far and wide.
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polychar @polychar.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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Protest Strategy: Managing the Optics
Focus on how this plays to the American audience.
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Dean Haddix @doctoreon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Putting aside all the other reasons we should get rid of Hogg is the fact that his behavior is forcing us to waste time on this rather than focusing on the real enemy: Donald Trump.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This study in The Lancet found that cuts to US spending on PEPFAR, the program to deliver H.I.V. and AIDS relief abroad, could cost the lives of 500,000 children by 2030. Half a million kids. Kids. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
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Nearly 500,000 children could die from AIDS-related causes by 2030
Experts including Prof Lucie Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and Dr Seth Flaxman, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Massive protest in Phoenix, Arizona, at least 10,000 strong. ( 📸 @elchicanomarine.bsky.social ) #3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity
Veterans against Trump protestProtests at state Capitol People marching
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
LETS MAKE HER FAMOUS! I’M IN AWE
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This is where we are headed. If you don’t believe me, ask what basis the government had to send me and my family to a prison camp in Arkansas. We “looked like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.”
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
A massive crowd of lawyers packed Manhattan’s Foley Square today to publicly reaffirm their oaths to the constitution and against the Trump regime. (📹 @klasfeldreports.com ) #3E #EndImpunity #MayDay www.allrisenews.com/p/law-day-de...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/04/2025
"Trump is engaged in a really well-planned out coordinated attempt to destroy our democracy...we might not have a free and fair election in 2026. Now, I think that that is still up to us." Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on the state of democracy 100 days into Trump: youtu.be/Jw9uUbMnA6E
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Phillip Anderson @phillipanderson.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I’m absolutely blown away by how many people who have shown up at the main rally here in downtown #Baltimore. Might be 10K here. Could be more. I’ve been to Os games with smaller crowds. I’m not even joking about that. Just incredible. #MayDay
Image shows a very large protest rally in downtown Baltimore. Several thousand people are visible in the frame.
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Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"I am a member of no organized party; I am a Democrat." A classic saying and a reminder that our Party is NOT PERFECT! But they align with my values, and they represent our best shot to fight Trump. Continuing to hamstring them is NOT A SMART PLAY. And I will fight you if you try.
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barack obama is wearing a suit and tie with an american flag badge
ALT: barack obama is wearing a suit and tie with an american flag badge
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ActBlue @actblueorg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Chip in here, and help protect the power of the people: secure.actblue.com/donate/tips-... #BuildChange
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I just gave to ActBlue!
Show your support with a contribution.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Democrats have to build a permission structure for taking risks in comms—yesterday. Cory Booker’s filibuster. AOC’s rallies. The DNC tweeting a drunk Hegseth meme. Pete Buttigieg joining Schulz's podcast. Mallory McMorrow’s pre-launch media blitz. That’s the new playbook.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/04/2025
Folks need to pause and put themselves in García’s shoes. He fled El Salvador at 16—running from gangs, scared for his life. He didn’t risk it all just to join one of the most notorious gangs here. Bukele cracked down—but as one local said: “We used to fear the gangs—now we fear the government.”
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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Quoting VP Harris here, as posted April 7, 2025. bsky.app/profile/kama...
VP Harris, April 7, 2025: Fear is contagious, but courage is also contagious.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Wallace: The Dow down more than 900 points. The cause is a dangerous one man game of chicken that Donald Trump is playing with the job of the Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This is a must see, must share video! Make it go viral! Silence is complicity. Donald Trump is sending people including legal residents to a dystopian hellhole torture mill called CECOT. Trump says he even wants to send citizens there. Will YOU be next? Your loved ones? You MUST speak out now!
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Bone chilling. A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0. 1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
It's been true every day, but today is especially a day that the "Kamala would have been no better than Trump" crowd can really go fuck themselves.
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social and I walking into a PACKED house at UAW Region 1 here in Warren, MI! Republican Rep. John James refuses to hold a Townhall, so we did it for him!
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polychar @polychar.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
let’s do this
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DNC Announces New War Room Operation to Take on Trump Administration - Democratsfacebooktwitteremail
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
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Brenda @braveone2.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
"Self-governance does not mean no one is responsible. It means everyone is."
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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
THIS IS A MUST READ explaining the real purpose behind the tarrifs by Senator Chris Murphy. It is very sinister. "They aren’t designed as economic policy. The tariffs are simply a new, super dangerous political tool" Read the photo or click link to original post. bsky.app/profile/chri...
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Absolutely proud of you all! HUG! So far, 3.1 million protesters counted today — that’s nearly 1% of the U.S. population! Photos are flooding social media everywhere. Still waiting on more numbers to come in.
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polychar @polychar.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Hegseth Under IG Investigation for Leaking Airstrike Plans in Signalgate
DOGE (Department of Government EXTINCTION) TRACKER UPDATE
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Cory Booker just hit 2.5 hours on the Senate floor. He's reading from a binder of letters written by constituents and advocates.
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
After Senate Republicans TWICE voted NOT to remove Trump from office despite the evidence against him, Schumer still thought they would "expel" Trump and go back to being the GOP of the past. @schumer.senate.gov needs to step down as Senate Minority Leader. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Chuck Schumer clung to belief Republicans would ‘expel’ Trump, book says
Even as 2024 election loomed, reporters say, Democratic Senate leader was sure GOP would ‘expel the turd of Trump’
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greg @mistergeezy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
You and the others should have strongly rallied behind Joe Biden and Kamala Harris if you wanted to protect democracy.
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🦋 Leo McDevitt 🦋 @leoslaire.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
If every American user on Bluesky signs a strike card we'd have enough people to call the general strike. I signed a strike card, please join me.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13/03/2025
I'm a no on cloture, I'm a no on the CR, and I'm a no on giving Elon Musk and Donald Trump a slush fund to rig the government for billionaires like themselves at the expense of everyone else.
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I will be voting no on the House Republican CR
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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polychar @polychar.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Helpful notes on language in here, among other things
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Some wise advice circulating: 1. Don't use his name. 2. Remember this is a regime and he's not acting alone. 3. Do not argue with those who support him - it doesn't work and it makes them feel im...
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Urvi @theurv.com · 11/03/2025
I hope in the midst of the fall of this country you’re able to enjoy the spring weather as well. Call your representatives to demand better and don’t let fear rob you of the joys of life.
Yellow flowers A big oak tree with sun peaking through and surrounded by green grass A creek bed with water flowing through and a branch fallen across Yellow flowers before the skyline in which the hills of the Bay Area can be seen along with the air hanger at moffet
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 07/03/2025
DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 39 Today was a day of purity tests and spreading discouragement and anger. It’s really important on days like today to hear about our fighters. 🧵
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polychar @polychar.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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polychar @polychar.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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I was on the womenforward.us “Know Your Assignment” call with Reps Jamie Raskin and Melanie Stansbury and they are two of our best fighters, so I really trust what they’re saying Here is some of what...
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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Democrats @democrats.org · 28/02/2025
Here’s what Democrats did in February:
What Democrats Did In February 

—Every House Democrat voted against Trump’s budget that slashes Medicaid
—House Democrats introduced the Taxpayer Data Protection Act to permanently protect the American people’s data from Elon Musk and Trump
—Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk from accessing Americans’ data 
—Arizona Democrats passed legislation to provide funding for free school lunches in the state
—Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer unveiled her $3 billion road funding plan to improve the state’s roads, bridges, and transit
—Democrat Ken Jenkins won a special election for Westchester County Executive, soundly defeating his Trump-backed opponent
—Every single Senate Democrat voted against confirming Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence
—The DNC filed a brief with the Ninth Circuit to counter Republican attempts to outlaw most mail and early voting in Nevada
—Senator Jon Ossoff successfully pushed the White House to restore HBCU scholarships
—Governor Josh Shapiro successfully took legal action to restore Pennsylvania’s funding after the Trump administration freeze
—Democrat Sean Faircloth won the special election for Maine’s House District 24, strengthening the Democratic legislative majority in Maine
—Senator Mark Warner and Senate Democrats forced the Trump administration to back down on the hiring freeze for some federal employees
—Every single Senate Democrat voted against confirming Kash Patel as FBI director
—Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration for defunding medical and public health research
—Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed Karina's Law to protect survivors of domestic violence and ensure their abusers won’t have easy access to firearms
—The DNC won a massive case in Wisconsin, which will allow the state to continue to provide mobile voting sites to voters
—Democrats Ray Seigfried and Dan Cruce won both Delaware State Senate special elections

The list continues.
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Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Exactly.
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Sheryl RN ✡️ @beu4ic.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
When white women join women of color, we all win
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Reality Check. Americans upset at House Republicans for supporting the largest possible Medicaid cut in American history are not paid protestors. They are your constituents who don’t want their healthcare taken away.
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polychar @polychar.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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“OMG! WTF?! Holy Sh...!!!” is Not a Plan
Shock and outrage are justified—and in a twisted way can feel good. But we must move past them to stop Trump and Musk.
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