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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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From the 50501 community on Reddit: The Trump Administration Is Preparing to Suspend Habeas Corpus. Read That Again.
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS East Bay” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS East Bay · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
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The Frightening Precedents for Trump’s ‘Legal Abyss’
The ‘dual-state theory’ explains how authoritarians bend the law to their will.
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I think everyone is now aware that Musk isn’t some genius; he’s never had an original idea or founded a company, he’s just rich and buy a good idea. Apparently , even his brand of dystopian techno fascism are just his pappy’s. What a fucking dweeb www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
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Opinion | The Failed Ideas That Drive Elon Musk
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Why am I not seeing this covered in most of the major outlets?
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Civil rights advocates say Trump order guts protections against discrimination
Order directs federal agencies to ‘deprioritize enforcement’ of laws where policies have discriminatory effects
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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From the ChrisMurphy community on Reddit: Trump's tariffs are designed to collapse our democracy. -Chris Murphy
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/p... Not good to accomplish anything but I love it. Maybe the other 46 senators could just take turns doing this everyday. Well except Bernie, he needs his stamina for barnstorming
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Democrat kicks off marathon Senate floor speech to protest Trump administration actions | CNN Politics
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has kicked off what is expected to be a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump’s administration, saying that he will keep go...
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
mobilize.us/s/ECw4On RSVP for your city
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Hands Off! Stockton Fights Back · Hands Off
**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** We are fighting back! They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and da...
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... Oh good
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Republicans Vote to Let Banks Screw Over Working Americans
Senate Republicans voted 52-48 to advance a repeal of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule capping bank and credit union overdraft fees at $5.
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
“DOGE is government destruction disguised as reform,” Ezra Klein and Jon Stewart discuss how Democrats need to own the government reform lane. For the full conversation, head to YouTube!
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Well this is horrifying
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Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as Trump faces judicial pressure
House speaker says Congress has ‘authority over federal courts’ as Republicans grow frustrated by judicial blocks
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
www.reddit.com/r/democrats/... He breaks it down beautifully
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From the democrats community on Reddit: "The President is a Profligate Liar:" Sheldon Whitehouse Blasts Trump and Musk's Attacks on Social Security (3-minutes)
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
www.reddit.com/r/politics/s... If it wasn’t so horrifying the way ineptitude would be one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. Straight out of an Armando Iannucci film.
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From the politics community on Reddit: The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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From the democrats community on Reddit: Everyone needs to see this NYT piece featuring 16 inspector generals fired by Trump
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
@aoc.bsky.social Any thoughts to running for president in 2028? If not why, and who would you like to see run?
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 06/03/2025
The stakes are just too high.
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento... @bera.house.gov This is what your constituents think of you
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From the Sacramento community on Reddit
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
www.reddit.com/r/50501/s/7X... @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov oh yes, because tepid moderate dems appealing to the center has worked so well for us
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From the 50501 community on Reddit: So sick of these people. Every one of them is complicit and needs to be primaried
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov woah bud, that was some fire resistance you guys showed last night. You guys really stepped up. WTF are you doing?!! Get your shit together and act! Do something
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social Stop trying to shame MAGA when on right wing media, it doesn’t work. Avoid any moral or ethical position. Keep it simple and talk about how they will be affected. Most of them aren’t making north of $96000
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social Trumps actions are not popular with conservatives as evidenced by recent town halls in deep red districts. Don’t lose momentum or allow for distractions by some absurd appeal to his base. GTF out there and talk about it
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social when on right wing platforms (which should be 24/7) keep it simple. Easily understood, easily repeatable talking points. If they try to derail you keep it to bullet points. Repeat, repeat, repeat
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social oh yeah and 4 Trillion in debt while cutting Medicaid, Snap and SS. Repeat repeat repeat
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Especially not when the other side can effectively make it look like your fault because they aren’t ashamed to flat out lie, repeatedly, on every platform at their disposal. Get out there and fight, or get the fuck out of the way and retire!
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Get on Fox, get on Rogan, get on whatever crazy ass YouTube all the gen z fuck boys watch. Use your fucking platform. Do you ever reflect on lost elections? Sitting back and waiting for everything to implode is not an effective strategy,
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Make a fucking shared calendar if you have to but get talking heads out there! Hammer the same points; inflation, the economy, eggs, firing of vets, cozying up to Putin, abandoning our allies
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social WTF are you guys doing?!!! There should be 24/7 Dems on TV, radio, podcasts, talking about the effects of Trumps actions. Get your shit together
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75
In the 1970s, he and the transgressive Dolls were proto-punk pioneers. He later refashioned himself as the pompadoured lounge lizard Buster Poindexter.
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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From the healthcare community on Reddit: McGovern: Democrats offered an amendment to protect Medicaid. Every Republican voted no.
Posted by Parking_Truck1403 - 36 votes and 3 comments
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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From the coolguides community on Reddit: A cool guide to how the GOP tax plan may affect you
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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The General Strike
The General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today.
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... This is the way…well, one of the ways!
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A quarter of US shoppers have dumped favorite stores over political stances
A new poll also found that four in 10 Americans have shifted spending to align with moral views in recent months
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk
Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
www.reddit.com/r/economicCo... Why is there no coverage of this at all?
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From the economicCollapse community on Reddit: The media is purposely not showing all of the massive protests going on! Share share share! 50501!
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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Democrats: This Is War. Isn’t It Time You Acted Like It?
Trump is counting on his opposition’s deeply ingrained fear of being divisive to give him the room to break the country. So far he’s getting what he wants.
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Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Can we please primary every single senator who voted yes for a Trump nominee?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
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What’s Happening & How You Can Take Action | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
YouTube video by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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From the SocialDemocracy community on Reddit: AOC and US Senator Bernie Sanders should do press conferences. Become the de facto leaders of the Democratic Party.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 30/01/2025
Right now, Congress is considering a bill that would cut critical federal funds for communities in over two dozen states deemed “sanctuaries," forcing these states to aid Trump's mass deportation agenda. Text SANCTUARY to 82623 to contact your representatives.
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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From the DemocraticSocialism community on Reddit: USAID contractor here. We're on the front lines in MAGA's battle against democracy and we need your help!
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...
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Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
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shank-hambone.bsky.social @shank-hambone.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference
The confessions of a concerned bird.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH. I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?
Scientists sound the alarm about Trump’s unprecedented “Big Brother” research crackdown.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Had an awesome time chatting with Jon Stewart & @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social talking about how to fight the dumpster fire. Gear up. It’s time to brawl.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 25/01/2025
Hegseth has defended war criminals & rejected international law. He’s a prominent advocate for privatizing the VA. He was forced to step down from leading two advocacy groups after repeated allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual harassment & alcohol abuse. I’m voting NO.
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