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Blue Wave surfin’ in the Midwest. 🤙🏻 Therapist to many, mom of two, partner of the man affectionately known as Tree. #bluedotiowa
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Democracy does not collapse overnight. It erodes gradually––and then suddenly––with the normalization of undemocratic practices that are cloaked in legality yet corrosive to constitutional governance. #USDemocracy

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“We have a system of checks and balances. A tyrant can always be stopped as long as congress has a spine.” Congress:

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And hung for treason

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I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism. It’s disgusting and dangerous. If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign. Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness. To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.

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The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.

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This is the beginning and the end of it. #FascismGrowsInAmerica

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👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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ICE agents have been offered pardons to be violent and meet quotas.

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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Authoritarianism

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Hey US Military, Now is a good time for a coup. You swore an oath to the Constitution, not a person. Keep your oath. This is the domestic enemy part of that oath.

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Simple neuroscience-based hack for anxiety: 🌿go & be in a place with plants & trees for 15 mins 🌳You'll inhale plant oils(phytoncides) from foliage 📉your stress hormone(cortisol) will drop significantly Many of our brain pathways evolved to motivate us to forage for plants-they're still very active

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“I was just following orders” was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it won’t be a defense in the future here.

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📌"He's betrayed our national security. He will do so again. He's compromised our elections. He will do so again. You will not change him. You can't constrain him. He is who he is. Truth matters little to him. What's right matters even less. Decency matters not at all." -Adam Schiff to GOP in 2020

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If you love your library, listen up…

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Fascism is when a leader uses the power of the state to control or coerce private institutions—like Trump has tried to do with universities and private companies such as Apple. His attempts to dictate what schools can teach or how businesses should operate are textbook authoritarianism. Harvard

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We’re not sure what separates the Trump admin from the “terrorists” it claims to be fighting. You watch whats happening and can’t even process it—what the hell is going on is all we can think. Our Constitution grants everyone within this country the same legal protections, regardless of citizenship.

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This from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Yet here we are!

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All the Democratic leaders say the right thing, but we will judge you guys by your actions.

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CARTOON OF THE DAY #2 🇺🇸 (From @adamzyglis.bsky.social )

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Lost at two years old…. toddler prisons, then?

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He said he was going to make things cheaper and now he’s saying “I couldn’t care less if they raise prices.”

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April 5,2025 Keep Reposting

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open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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This is how you know it's bad.

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the people who told you to calm down about Roe are the same people telling you to calm down about Social Security, in case you hadn't noticed

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Has there been a remark that so demonstrates one’s utter ignorance of reality? And if one of us ‘peasants’ dares to stand up for ourselves? A thinly veiled threat of being deemed a fraudster. A criminal.

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As they plan their multi-trillion dollar tax cut for billionaires, the Trump-Musk administration is attacking local farmers, schools, and food banks.

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www.generalstrikeus.com

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I’m not the least bit naïve, but I never thought I would see this happening to my country in my lifetime…

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These numbers seem important

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