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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, the media, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14h
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This meme really asks one question: Is this the America you want? Because November 3rd is when Americans get to answer. Remember what you’ve seen. Remember what’s at stake. Then vote.🔵 #USDemocracy #RisingBlue
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They voted overwhelmingly for Trump.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
Someone tell him that tens of thousands of active duty service members are on food stamps.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s amazing how many Republican senators and senate nominees in close races are suddenly against the Iran War this week after backing it 100% for 7 months. Is there an election coming up soon?
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We shared an image of Gaza earlier that was apparently not real, saying it’s what macklemore was booted from tour for protesting. Apologies. Here, this is real:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
They hate the Bill of Rights because freedom is a threat to people in government who want to hide the truth about what they are doing from the American people. So they behave like tyrants because that is what they are. Vote this party out of power.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Exactly.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Socialist Roger Marshall demands more government welfare for his voters after Trump and the Republican Party wrecked their businesses.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And if you think this is wrong and needs to be addressed they call you a communist
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The culture of fear and intimidation instilled at the Department of Defense all stemming from Pete Hegseth’s incompetence and insecurities. A never ending quest to hide the truth from the American people and hunt down anyone who lets the truth leak out.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I still can’t believe that a nut job exclaimed, “They’re eating the cats, they’re eating the dogs” and millions of Americans said, “That’s the guy I want as president.”
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It still sickens me this bigot mocked a disabled reporter and millions of Americans said, “No big deal. That’s who I want as president.”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The title really says it all.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Every Republican in Congress owns what Trump has done, is doing and is going to do. The vast majority of it would not have been possible without their collective acquiescence and enabling. He’s emboldened by the fact that Congress refuses to function as a separate branch of govt.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The facts you need to know to explain that what Trump is doing has nothing to do with supposed noncitizen voting and everything to do with preventing eligible Americans from casting their ballots. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/09/2026
Trump’s post just now about Canada’s economy vs. the latest jobs numbers:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ohio… wow…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
👇🏽Exactly as many warned. Their cruel racist deportations of innocent people aren’t freeing up jobs, they’re hurting the economy. Immigrants are not the problem. Greedy corporate oligarchs — and the politicians they own — are.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
TEXAS — Hard to keep up with all the ways Republicans are attacking democracy in this country 🇺🇸
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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 02/09/2026
Tarrant County’s decision to reduce the number of polling locations ahead of midterm elections is another attempt to put distance between voters and the ballot box. We’re not asking for permission to vote. We’re demanding access. fortworthreport.org/2026/09/01/a...
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Tarrant County’s November elections will have 92 fewer places to cast ballots than 2022
County commissioners approved a list of sites that drew criticism from voting rights advocates and local civic groups.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
As I predicted when Ukraine began striking Russian refineries, Trump is going to blame Ukraine for gas prices & begin to pressure them to stop doing it. Once again, the US will side with Putin against a country fighting for its survival. We’re morally bankrupt under Trump. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Matthew 6:5-6
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#WheresMitch
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/08/2026
I’m sorry but this isn’t a feel good story. It’s dystopian. Babies with disabilities should not be bearing the burden of raising money so other babies with disabilities can have access to something as basic as hearing. We need universal healthcare. It’s half the cost and full coverage. 1/2
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/08/2026
DeSantis stole $10M from poor children and funneled it into republican political campaigns. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...
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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Oh, honey . . . You didn’t show up to that game to support women. You showed up to opportunistically use women to rudely score some desperately needed attention. And harassing women is *not* supporting them. Let THAT sink in.
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God @thegodshow.com · 23/08/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🇺🇸DOCS: "In 13 days I saw 13 kids shot in the head & chest... deliberate killing of children... 🇮🇱's 'final solution' for Palestinans boils down to 'I want their land + I'm willing to kill children to get it' - part of the genocide." Docs tell Hasan & CNN what they saw.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Natalie Harp is a year older than Martin Luther King Jr. was when he gave his I Have a Dream speech. She has agency and is running the propaganda operation that serves to put people in concentration camps. She does not get a pass because she looks like a dipshit teenager.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is remarkable. Marco Rubio stated, "Iranians are thieves. They cannot impose tolls on the Strait of Hormuz." In response, Abbas Araghchi remarked, "Consider the speaker. Approximately half of Venezuela's oil production is now directed to the United States. Who is truly the thief?"
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/08/2026
Medical care for transgender youth should be between families and their doctors — without politicians getting in the way. No one knows a child better than their parents and their doctor.
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'What are we going to do?' The mom of a trans teen grapples with Trump's Medicaid move
A longtime Republican living in California says the Trump administration's continuing actions to target transgender youth take a personal toll.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 17/08/2026
When MAGAs say “America was founded on Christian values,” they never seem to want to answer which value they’re claiming is Christian? Genocide? Slavery? Or Misogyny? 🤔
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“In a purely capitalistic free market system we’d have no social security, Medicare, Medicaid, public education, highways… it’s a mixture and evolution. We are transforming 🇺🇸 to take care of everyone.” - @chrisrabb.com responds to @govandybeshear.bsky.social
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Foodborne illnesses tied to outbreaks have exploded in 2026, with federal data showing roughly four times as many reported illnesses as recent years.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So we have partisan political police in the middle of a work day attending a political rally in uniform. Looks like Nuremberg in 1936.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
😕 www.instagram.com/p/Db7CwIFuAB...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/08/2026
It’s amazing how many political argument still used today originated with The West Wing.
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“An unendurable, unending nightmare.” They did everything right, followed the rules… still ended up in Trump & Miller’s Hell. Trump’s America. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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FelixTCat @felixtcat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
You may not be aware that the regime in this country is doing this on an ongoing basis. Consider yourself duly notified. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/m...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“Socialism is a scareword they have hurled at every advance the people have made… socialism is their name for most anything that helps the people. 1952. Truman. This is how stale their desperate fearmongering is. cc: @MarshaBlackburn
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