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Retired husband, dad and grandfather dedicated to preserving democracy and resisting the MAGA authoritarian movement. 🚫DM’s https://deanalan648494.substack.com
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Good Morning Please take a moment This young man Our HOPE FIGHT FOR OUR CHILDREN LOVE THIS YOUNG MAN WISDOM BEYOND HIS YEARS (ty @azkellyk.bsky.social )

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When CA or any state struggles to respond to devastating wildfires this year: It won't be because "the spigots" are closed. There are no such spigots. But it just may be that when we needed help the most – firefighters' jobs got cut to pay for billionaire tax cuts.

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Truth Slate-This Government Chaos Is Cover for What Trump and Musk Really Want That’s because, ultimately, all this “budget cutting” is theater, albeit highly destructive theater, that sets the stage for the real, looming fight: extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.

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Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social on the “fork in the road” 🇺🇸 🔥

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The next item on the kleptocracy checklist. According to an opinion piece on Fox News Rohit Chopra’s departure as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) should not merely mark the end of his tenure but the beginning of the end for the CFPB itself.

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Bernie Sanders: "We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history. We are looking at a rapid growth of oligarchy. We are looking at a rapid growth of authoritarianism. And I fear we're looking at a rapid growth of kleptocracy as well."

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RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

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Trump is an evil man.

submitted 20 days ago • 279 comments

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

submitted 25 days ago • 3342 comments

Deepseek…Deep State🤔

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After forcing Colombia to back down, White House claims America is respected again Trump thinks bullying a much smaller country makes people respect America more. As much as he watches TV you would think by now he would know that people hate bullies.

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More AOC, please!

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Trump fires a number of inspectors general in Friday night purge - The Wall Street Journal Just a quiet little Friday night news story nobody is paying much attention to with all the other democracy destroying actions of our newly elected dictator. Now he can let the corruption begin.

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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

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I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

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Sometimes the universe gives us the perfect metaphorical prophecy. SpaceX says its Starship spacecraft broke up midflight as videos of debris emerge online - NBC News

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Israel delays cabinet vote on cease-fire deal, blames Hamas for reneging - The Wall Street Journal Netanyahu is not going to let this deal happen until Trump is president. He is willing to risk the lives of hostages and starve innocent Palestinian civilians just to do a favor for Trump.

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