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dungabrook.bsky.social
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

#NoKingsDay was only the beginning! Start planning for 50501’s next nationwide day of protests - March 4th For Democracy!! 💙🤍❤️‍🩹 Flyer template + more resources for organizing a demonstration: FiftyFifty.one #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy #NoKings @polrev.bsky.social

www.threads.net/@jonathanpie...

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www.thedailybeast.com/former-intel... 💯

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BREAKING: The Department of Energy said DOGE firings of nuclear safety officials were non-critical staff. That is not true. In fact, one of the officials who was locked out of his work accounts was Acting Chief of Defense Nuclear Safety James Todd.

I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

Because he sucks.

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

www.threads.net/@thetnholler... Carville for the win!

open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz... Standing With Ukraine

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... To Russia, With Love. Signed, TFG

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JUST IN: A 9th Circuit appeals court panel has denied the Trump administration’s bid for emergency relief from the injunction blocking President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order.

Trump just declared himself king.

I love @apnews.com. One of my favorite news sources.

www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...

@raskin.house.gov 💙

@tribelaw.bsky.social “…it is obviously a coup..and not only by people in power…but by people who were never elected to power…it is an attempt to use the instruments of power to displace the entire structure of government that we have nurtured and inherited over two centuries.” L Tribe

In answer to the question— What is role of poets in this challenging time? Poet Andrei Codrescu responded something like this— “You should write well enough to be arrested, if you can get sent to prison you’ve done well.”

I’m with AOC.

Alarm bells be ringing.

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February 16, 2025

This is what 13 states are asking for tomorrow at 11 am. It would protect several departments and all agencies within them from Musk and Doge. Including the IRS, since it's part of Treasury. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

As many as 22 remaining Biden-appointed US attorneys had their government-issued devices deactivated Friday without being told they’ve been fired or provided an explanation, @benjaminpenn.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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"What we have seen over the last four weeks is wholesale destruction orchestrated by a billionaire drug abuser who has no idea what government does or how it works." Start with that, and then think through why.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... More on the DOJ Massacre