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Charles DeMar’s Top Hat

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
After working with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal died in the country he spent years of his life helping. The cruelty is endless.
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Afghan asylum-seeker dies after less than 24 hours in ICE custody
Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, a father of six who worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, had no known health iss
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2026
Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
There are two weeks until my election, and AIPAC has spent $150,000 to create the worst attack out against me I have ever seen. Let’s watch it:
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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Remember this? “If you take out Saddam, I guarantee you it will have enormously positive impact in the region" A million people died, an entire society was destroyed in a War based on a complete lie.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/03/2026
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 01/03/2026
If we had rule of law in the U.S., Trump would have been imprisoned many times over by now.
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WOFAVA @wofava.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
We’re trying to send 1,000 letters to our members of the Virginia House of Delegates by the end of the day urging them to lower our energy costs, hold data centers accountable, and protect our environment. PASS SB339 AND SB619! Take Action ⬇️ actionnetwork.org/letters/shif...
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Shift Generation & Transmission Costs to Data Centers; Force the Largest to Provide Energy Storage & Clean Energy
The House killed bills that would have saved Virginians money on electricity bills and made it harder to build more dirty fossil fuel energy generation plants. Yet these same bills passed the Senate a...
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WOFAVA @wofava.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Virginia did NOT start this, but we are going to finish it. We must to TURN OUT AND VOTE YES for our Redistricting Amendment on Tuesday, April 21. #virginia #vote #redistricting
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Charles DeMar’s Top Hat @squatsforthoughts.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
America has been here before They arrested journalists in the Jim Crow south as well - history is not on their side.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/01/2026
ANOTHER ANGLE: the original video was deleted but I screen capped it. Here it is.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/01/2026
Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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DHS ICE memo 1-21-26
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by. Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Call your representatives today and demand they stop ICE’s abuses of power: (202) 224-3121
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 14/01/2026
Kristi Noem has been a complete and total failure at her job. She has violated her oath and has allowed ICE agents to terrorize our communities. That’s why I’m joining @robinkelly.house.gov in calling for her impeachment. We deserve better, she’s gotta go.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Across New Jersey, bomb threats at multiple polling locations have prompted closures and relocations today
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Bomb threats force closures at some New Jersey polling places
Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said polling sites at School 2 and School 10 in Paterson were shut down after threats were received.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
you don't have to put on blackface to get social media attention. you can simply develop mild depression, join a menswear forum, spend the next 15 years arguing about pants, and then weaponize the knowledge against your enemies on social media.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
GET OUT AND VOTE, VIRGINIA!!!!
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jessie electric @jessieelectric.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🖤🖤🖤
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Left I on the News 🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
“Unitary executive” sounds so much better than “dictator”, doesn’t it? Guess what word you won’t find in this NYT article? Yeah, you guessed, it’s “dictator”. And guess what phrase you won’t find when the NYT writes about, eg, Kim Jung-Un? Yeah, it’s “unitary executive.”
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
"Dems will get blamed for a shutdown" as opposed to what, all the friendly coverage and positive credit they'd get for caving yet again? This whole premise is built on a delusion about what the alternative is. There's no cowering in the corner and being so inoffensive they won't still attack you.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 30/09/2025
People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/09/2025
You’re going to be hearing a lot more about this. Nick Fuentes & Groypers believe the “ideal woman” is a man. They hate women so much they groom fem-boys. MAGA see Tyler Patterson’s partner is “transitioning” and assume he’s far left. That’s way off. He’s so far right it goes over MAGA’s head. 1/3
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Charles DeMar’s Top Hat @squatsforthoughts.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Whew this was a great read! Especially as we start to head into spooky season!
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 19/09/2025
Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Donate to my campaign to make Laura Loomer’s day worse: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-bluesky
Laura Loomer

I love watching communists get body slammed by
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Communist and Palestinian.
Pick a struggle. @KatAbughazaleh
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 15/09/2025
Y’all are cutting HBCU funding, dismantling civil rights offices, slashing Medicaid and SNAP, over-policing Black communities—yet want us to believe you’re helping poor Black people?
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Charles DeMar’s Top Hat @squatsforthoughts.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
America worships at the altar of death and you can’t convince me otherwise
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18/07/2025
I keep seeing people say things like, “Well we’re not going to HAVE elections,” and with all due respect, I think this is both wildly pessimistic and also wildly naive. We are not going to have free and fair elections. We also have not had them in the past.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Not an overstatement at all
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The man who oversaw the Bin Laden raid…has a warning for America. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | William H. McRaven: Cutting the State Department and USAID will put every American at risk
America needs more than tanks and aircraft carriers.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/07/2025
the dc press corps basically took leave of youngkin after he won but the single most striking thing about his tenure is how he is, by any measure, a total failure. easily the least accomplished virginia governor of the 21st century.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 02/07/2025
Here is a list of fax numbers as we come into the final stretch docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Flippable Reps Fax Numbers
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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in US HISTORY. That's what the GOP's bill is all about. It’s obscene. Light up those phones! Call your rep now! 202-224-3121 #VoteNo
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Dr. Tiffany A. Flowers @drtiffanyaflowers.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Thread of Positions in Education in Blue States. Please skeet out to your network. Vice President of Programs HERS (Higher Education Resource Services) wiareport.com/wiajobs/hers...
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Vice President of Programs - Women In Academia Report
The HERS Vice President of Programs will lead the Programs Team in the design, implementation, management, supervision, and evaluation of programs consistent with the HERS mission, vision, values, and...
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 02/07/2025
It took decades of work by activists to implement this reform making phone calls with inmates more affordable for families. Trump's FCC is ignoring the law to let shitty prison telecom monopolies continue to rip people off.
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FCC chair decides inmates and their families must keep paying high phone prices
Chairman Carr waives new price caps until 2027, may raise them before then.
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Charles DeMar’s Top Hat @squatsforthoughts.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
That’s what gets me - most of the changes are set to go in effect in 2026-2028 when there’s a chance Dems are in charge. And it’ll be a whole bunch of “the Dems did this!” 🙄🙄
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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it. - Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders. - Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 25/06/2025
A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson. Tilson sits at a whopping .8%. Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
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Charles DeMar’s Top Hat @squatsforthoughts.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I actually do think this is what Stephen Miller wants.
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Parker @jeffparker.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
remembering as a kid asking my mom for a glass of water at bedtime, and how she would shake her head sadly and say "you're Generation X." Then I would drowsily amble into the dark backyard, and drink from the garden hose
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Not to rain on everyone’s ceasefire-not-ceasefire parade, but that wrecking ball of a big dumb bill is still working its way through the Senate and still launching an assault on women, wages, benefits, and the entire working class
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/06/2025
Sayed Naser served as a U.S. military interpreter in Afghanistan. Now he’s being deported. The Taliban assassinated his brother and kidnapped his father. All because he helped us. Why are the feds trying to deport him, even though his asylum case is still pending? Not justice, it’s a betrayal.
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Zodi Addams 🍁☕️🎃 @zodi777.blacksky.app · 19/06/2025
I feel like people need reminding: We have acknowledged #Juneteenth here for generations, without acknowledgement from the federal gov’t or corporate sponsorship. We will continue to do so. Them folks can only gentrify our holiday if we let them. Some background: nmaahc.si.edu/explore/mome...
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Juneteenth Digital Toolkit
A digital toolkit created with information about the origin of and how to observe Juneteenth, which is a time to celebrate, gather as a family, reflect on the past and look to the future.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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