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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Maybe it’s time for Disney to threaten to move out of Florida again. It’s definitely time for people to boycott vacationing in that state.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/06/2025

Only Congress has the power to declare war and our elected officials must take that power back. Urge your senators to use their constitutional authority with the war powers resolution: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran... Then do the same with your representative: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...

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Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran

The American people do not want to enter Netanyahu’s war with Iran. American involvement would not only put our troops into harm's way, but risk escalating an already volatile situation into all-out r...

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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

It’s not just that the President of the United States has announced on social media that the US has bombed Iran, it’s that the President of the United States bombed Iran so that he could announce it on social media.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Lesson from the Melon Felon’s Birthday Debacle: If you want to have a fabulous military parade, don’t fire all the gays from the military.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Using AI to write makes you dumber — who would have guessed?

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Carney: Canada says no Trump: never say never Shockingly, a president who doesn’t believe in consent for women also doesn’t take no for an answer from a whole damn country. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/06/n...

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Canada ‘won’t be for sale, ever.’ Canadian Prime Minister shuts down Trump 51st state suggestion. - The Boston Globe

Newly elected Canadian PM Mark Carney visited the White House Tuesday amid tension between the US and Canada.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Trump's lawyers "appear to be obeying Stephen Miller and not the Supreme Court,” says Chris Newman, an attorney for the Abrego Garcia family. “Miller himself should be deposed under oath in federal court to determine his role in this ongoing affront to due process.”

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!! Has a take action toolkit with: 1. Press outreach templates 2. Social media toolkit 3. Elected official outreach 4. Talking points Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come. www.savensf.com

Welcome to Save The U.S. National Science Foundation
A Girl Looking at a Physics Model
TAKE ACTION
Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Our mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation in various scientific fields. NSF funding is critical to this work.

Join us in our endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for scientific exploration and discovery.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

This is spot on. Democrats need to abandon the business as usual tactics and fight. Only a few of them get it, and most of the leadership is still in the dark.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

You have to wonder what kind of dirt Orange Julius Caesar has on Graham for him to say this. He will claim he was only joking, but the orange stain on his lips from all that ass-kissing can never be removed.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

If only the American media was brave enough to say this.

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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 30/04/2025

Elon Musk may or may not fulfill his promise to step back from DOGE. But his legacy is already clear: He is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system — the likes of which we have never seen in the United States. My latest for NYT Opinion (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...

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Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy: DOGE’s Construction of a Surveillance State (Gift Article)

DOGE is rapidly assembling a sprawling monitoring system, the foundation of many authoritarian regimes.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Keep up the Target boycott — they deserve it. In the coming days, as the true economic impacts of the terrible tariffs hit home, we will all be challenged to shop our values.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Someone needs to report those cops for “Anti-Christian Bias”.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Yes, the chicken may kill you, but at least you won’t have to worry about the price of eggs.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Considering that the Melon Felon has tanked projects in nearly every industry he has embraced does not bode well for crypto. Gutting regulations just means that more investors are going to get scammed.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I hope all these old fart Dems who see the writing on the wall and choose not to seek reelection will either step down now or take a page from the Bernie Sanders playbook use the time they have left to fight like hell to save our democracy.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

It’s so hard to root for Goldman Sachs, but…

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Folger Shakespeare Library @folger.edu · 23/04/2025

Happy (most likely) birthday, Will! 🎉

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Whoever comes up with that At-Home-Milk-Test-Kit is going to make a fortune. 🥛🦠🧫

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UC @thisdudeabides.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

In all the chatter about Easter, Weed Day, Hitler’s birthday, and the possibility of martial law being declared, one terrible anniversary received scant attention: April 20 was also the date of the Columbine school shooting in 1999. After 26 years, we still value our guns more than our kids.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I think we need a revised version of WTF: NSBWATF (Not Surprising But What The Actual Fuck) High Imperial Treason? Seriously? The Emperor has no clues.

Screenshot of Trump from The Ingram Angle on Fox News; the caption reads: “TRUMP: IT’S HIGH IMPERIAL TREASON TO TROLL ME ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER”

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

David Hogg gets it – the Democrats need fresh blood not beholden to corporate dollars. The old guard needs to stop clutching their pearls and get out of his way. But Congress needs term limits.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22/04/2025

"Just because Tarkin has what they want—obscene wealth, a devoted wife, beautiful kids, and a successful career constructing the galaxy’s first planet-obliterating super weapon—they want to hold him accountable."

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I, For One, Feel Safer in the Death Star Knowing Grand Moff Tarkin Leaked Its Blueprints to His Wife

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that incl...

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

MAGA is a death cult. If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that they really don’t care how many people their glorious leader kills, even when it’s their own friends and loved ones.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

But it also helps if you don’t read the news in the morning – particularly if you live in America.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

For anyone who had “Eugenics” on their Trumpocalypse bingo card, here’s your sign.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I don’t know that we should be in any hurry to see Hegseth removed. If they do try to implement martial law, this idiot’s general ineptitude and the chaos he is causing at the DOD can only work against them. Good thing Canada sent all that bourbon back to the states – he’s going to need it!

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

And Christ said to his followers, “I have risen, now whine and bitch like a five year old.”

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Today is Easter, 4/20, and Hitler’s birthday. Seems about right. No matter what you celebrate, have a good day! Unless you celebrate Hitler’s birthday, in which case you can fuck right off.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Looks like someone in the White House has been playing with magic markers again. And also (apparently) ducks?

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Many people who have shitty parents tend not to want to procreate, especially when a parent pushes them to do it. So there’s hope.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Desperation: Long past his prime and unable to face irrelevance, a failing male celebrity tries to resurrect his dying career, seeking a new audience by courting the cult-like supporters of a fascist dictator. Co-starring Bill Maher.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Just another POOL (Pissed-Off Old Lady) out there trying to save the country. If she can do it, so can we all.

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 19/04/2025

Great paragraphs from @jamellebouie.net to have on hand next time you find yourself conversing with the MAGA-pilled. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...

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Vance begins with a lie. “Consider that Joe Biden allowed approximately 20 million illegal aliens into our country.”

That is a load-bearing “approximately,” to say the least. The U.S.-Mexico border is where the greatest number of immigrants enter the country. But according to an analysis by FactCheck.org, from 2021 to 2024 Customs and Border Patrol officers stationed there released 2.5 million people into the United States, with notices to report to immigration authorities for further hearings and processing, out of 6.5 million “encounters” across the U.S.-Mexico border and legal ports of entry. In addition, an estimated 1.6 million people evaded law enforcement to enter the country, for a total of 4.1 million people.

You may think that’s still too many. But it’s nowhere near what Vance says it is.

Vance goes on to assert that this imaginary horde of “20 million illegal aliens” placed “extraordinary burdens on our country” and “committed violent crimes, or facilitated fentanyl and sex trafficking.” It’s been shown again and again that immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than citizens do. Stating otherwise is demagogic innuendo meant to short-circuit the rational mind and inflame prejudice.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Great sign — plus a bonus earworm — from the No Kings event in the Quad Cities (Iowa/Illinois).

Back of a blond woman in a line of protestors on the side of a road with oncoming traffic. She is holding a sign above her head with a graphic of Uncle Sam; it reads: “Come on people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together and impeach this motherfucker right now.”

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

This from @jdcivicscience.bsky.social nails why small town, red America is not turning on Trump.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Let’s add to this list: Transgender mice. Penguin Tariffs. Inviting a reporter to your super-secret national security chat group. Having to rehire federal workers in critical jobs who should not have been fired. Or are we just talking about this week’s fuckery?

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Every mom’s refrigerator is like this. I think they do this just to give their adult children something to do when they visit.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I’m so happy Pope Francis is well enough to be throwing shade on Hillbilly Vanilli. I’m not a Catholic, but I love this pope!

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The fact that Easter coincides with Weed Day this year seems quite apropos to where we are in this moment. Especially when eggs are coming close to being more expensive than weed.

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Reluctant Dissident @reluctantdissident.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

This is what happens when the people put in charge of public health don’t give a damn about public health. Cover-ups and conspiracy theories are the new normal. The death toll from this regime is going to be astronomical.

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