boxjohnto.bsky.social
Proud Canadian, Torontonian, and anti-fascist
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Tax the god damned rich. No shame in that statement.
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loved this video. We need more gearheads standing up.
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That's a lot of people for a town of 9k. #50501 #nokings
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Love it. Suburban Texas is pissed. #nokings
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Hell yeah #abolishice
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That this is consider a small turnout in a city that size is probably a good sign
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Where is this one?
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32,924 or less. Hopefully much less.
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Small town America showing up! #50501 #handsoff #trump #bluedots
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The Overton window is fully broken at this point
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Am I misreading this or are you taking this as me being a trump supporter? To be super clear, I am pro-Bernie and would have voted for him given the option. I'm not in the US but would have voted down in every presidential election in my life.
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Because a majority of the other senators and house reps disagree with him?
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The GOP wouldn't do it, but the point he's making is that that's a choice. They could choose to do so, they just don't.
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If only there was a culture, or even several cultures, of people willing to move to the US and do manual labour for prices lower than what most Americans would accept...
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Sure, but it opens up the option. It's like me not buying a new car so I can remodel my house. I didn't spend the money one place with the intent of spending it another.
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Tax Money not spent on defense is indeed available to any other task Congress chooses to allocate it to. That's how government funds work.
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I mean, this is literally a choice Congress could make. What's the barrier other than political will?
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All of this. Last time, both the rich and the white middle class got out mostly unscathed. Now it's hurting them directly and that's a whole different political ball game.
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Oh they can gargle my balls too, but if it takes away Trump's power I'm glad they're doing it
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Yep, trump is hurting the pocketbooks of companies and billionaires in a way he didn't last term. He's breaking the contract with them, to at least get them rich if nothing else.
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This is what a working class movement looks like
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And 36,000 is just who got in. Many more outside the fence! #indivisible
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"his pet causes" including staving off the collapse of democracy and making sure Americans aren't starving in the streets.
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This is true. We are in a worse place than we should be, but still a lot better than most of the doom and gloom predictions.
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I'm not worried about the will of the people being to remove Republicans in midterms. I'm worried about if those elections will happen and be honest.
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"with no negotiations" is, notably, not how a trial works.
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You're honestly to the right of me on a lot of issues, but you're the easy choice this election and to stand up to Trump. #canpoli
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Yeah, the US is mostly a service exporter for a reason
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The difference is that Mike Johnson and JD Vance are unpopular and this would have a lot more trouble getting things done
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Nother day older and deeper on debt
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That's Manitoba premier Wab Kinew. Proud indigenous man and a great leader.
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Laura Loomer has burnt basically every bridge in the right wing media world. Trump is already losing the likes of Ben Shapiro and Joe Rogan. This seems like it will hurt his fragile coalition of sycophants.
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It's probably a good sign that I'm learning about cities I'd never heard of from pictures of huge crowds protesting, right? #handsoff #indivisible #anfifascist #usprotests
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I know your comments in other platforms are probably toxic as shit on this post, so just gonna say you're brave as hell for this. Thank you and #elbowsup from a fan in Canada. #handsoff #indivisible
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Rooting for them to win down there, not just so that they can stay safe, not just so I can hang with them down there again, but so I live to see it become the amazing place I know it can be. #usprotests #handsoff #elbowsup #indivisible #antifa
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They really couldn't lay out there plans any more clearly. #handsoff #antifa #usprotests
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There's a reason that really aesthetic and slick looking protests in movies look weird and uncanny Valley.
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The "paid protester" message lands a lot less when you get more than the population of Chicago to show up, all in one day, across 1000+ locations. That's a lot of paying.
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I was listening to your two latest BHP episodes enjoying how sneaky-notsneaky you were about referencing the current US situation. Then today, not having read your Bluesky much, noticed you also followed @iwriteok.bsky.social and see this post. I knew you were cool, man.
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Front row seat! #handsoff #usprotests #indivisible
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It's not happening at the speed we want, but if you look at how they're acting now vs. February I'd say we're making progress. Even Republicans are breaking ranks on some stuff. And that was before these huge protests. #indivisible #usprotests #handsoff
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When we have the numbers, MAGA gets a lot less brave. Hopefully it gets (understandably) scared people to come out to future protests in 'red' states.
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Go next time. With this much momentum, there will be a next time. Be a vote to make it bigger than this one. There is safety in numbers. #handsoff
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The last part is key. Keep the pressure. Heck, make friends and connections at the protests to it becomes habit and community. #handsoff #usprotests #indivisible