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New start from an old place. Northwoods of MN. Humanist, agnostic atheist. Anti-authoritarian. Pro Ukraine šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦. I hate authoritarianism of any kind!
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From God’s post today on Elon being thrown under the bus by Trump. Alt text on image, full post here: www.thegodpodcast.com/p/elon-cries... Thanks for reading, Bluesky!

šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„ Pay attention. This happened last night outside immigration court in NYC. A peaceful, lawful protest about the ICE arrests inside court earlier. Unprovoked, NYPD SRG violently started arresting people. Trump’s America

Thou shalt not tie up children in zip ties and then deport them, for that maketh thou a MONSTER. A MONSTER! THE PEOPLE DOING ZIPTYING CHILDREN ARE MONSTERS!

Getting ready for another week of fighting for democracy in court.

America was great when and only when Trump wasn’t president after 2008.

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Pretty much sums up what I am feeling right now.

šŸ’Æ šŸ’Æ šŸ’Æ šŸ˜‚ 🤣

The mask is coming off of the Network State cult. Here is Network State evangelist Balaji Srinivasan boosting Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong calling for the creation "10 or so" new tech cities on federal land. Of course, Trump has already announced plans for 10 new cities...

In 2024, Ernst Van Zyl of Afriforum—a White Afrikaner group that has been accused of treason re: Trump’s actions against South Africa—acknowledged that ā€œthere is no white genocideā€ in South Africa. But Trump just used the white genocide myth to justify giving White Afrikaners refugee status. 1/

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

how every dem elected official isn’t losing their damn mind right now is beyond me. they want to arrest all of you!!!!

ICYMI: these are the only refugees they are making room for. Their vision for šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø couldn’t be any clearer.

Here is a list I recently sent to premium members of what each of us can do to stand up for democracy and defend our elections. Democracy Docket is dropping the paywall and publishing it because we must all feel the power we have to stand up to Trump and protect our democracy.

I can't help but feel we are rapidly approaching the point where attempts to disappear individuals, hold them indefinitely, and brutalize protesters is going to be met with retaliatory violence. The indicators are all there and the chance for wild, paradigm-changing clashes is growing.

Just amazing: Trump grew angry over a Biden-era program with the word "equity" in its name, so he ended it. But a key part of the program was sending money to red states to expand internet access in rural/MAGA country. Now they might not get it. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1950...

"I and I alone speak for FEMA. I am the president's representative at FEMA. And I am here to carry out President Trump's intent." www.tiktok.com/@cbsnews/vid...

DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 103 You never expect the Spanish inquisition. my dad has said that my whole life. It feels pretty apt for today. It’s Fri so everything happened. And one of the biggest things involved three of our Dems. Here is that story and more! 🧵

I really like Luke Munn’s short book Countering the Cloud, and particularly his observations about ā€œefficiency.ā€ Could not be more relevant right now.

This rhymes with 'stop the COVID tests' - Trump is stopping NOAA tracking of weather disaster expenses. "The information is generally seen as standardized & unduplicable, given ..access to non-public data, & other private databases would be more limited... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW — I’ve obtained audio of new acting FEMA head David Richardson threatening staff in an all hands meeting this morning. As first reported by Reuters, he told those who resisted change in the agency, ā€œDon’t get in my way…I will run right over you.ā€ Listen to the clip here:

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

It sounds like the US government is ending collection of data about sea ice. nsidc.org/data/user-re...

Dear Gawd. ā€œEmbattled Voice of America to use newsfeed from hard-right network *** One America News will now provide news and video to government-funded organizationā€ 5/7/25 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW: Minnesota’s graduation rate just reached the highest level on record. Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history. Ā  Today, we’re seeing the results.

Gotta love the media saying Donold’s first 100 days are raising ā€œserious doubts.ā€ Stop pretending you weren’t there for his last 1461 days.

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

ā€œA blind man cld see that the upcoming administration is stacked with ā€˜our guys’ from tech, specifically from Thiel's camp *** Our cover is blown [so stop apologizing] … We are the new elite because we are the most capableā€¦ā€ - Rainmaker founder Augustus Doricko, 12/14/24 1/

Despite misleading marketing, Israeli company TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs. My findings are based on TM SGNL's source code, and they are corroborated by hacked data micahflee.com/despite-misl...

"The fact that conservatives are rallying around her speaks to the victimhood mindset that’s gripping today’s Republican Party.ā€ — MSNBC’s Ja’han Jones

Have you heard about Trump's proposed new "Golden Dome" anti-missile system that'll cost about $30 billion to build & will be a subscription service run by Tesla & Palantir? If the U.S. forgets its monthly subscription $, North Korean ICBMs will rain down nuclear destruction on NYC, LA, & Dallas.

Plenty of folks have posted the clip of Jessica Tarlov talking about the Fox News poll graphic on Special Report with Bret Baier. I thought it would be fun to combine them. The polls weren't looking great for Trump last week - even on Fox News.

🚨NEW: Wisconsin judge threatens to go on strike in support of Judge Hannah Dugan, arrested by the FBI. Monica Isham: ā€œI have no intention of allowing anyone to be taken out of my courtroom by ICE & sent to a concentration camp without the due process the constitutions we swore to support require.ā€šŸ‘