Appalachian PhD in Charlottesville. Retired Prof. Loves history, world travel, all animals, space, science fiction, art, literature. Wish I was an astronaut or a writer. Always good for a laugh. Lifelong Blue Resister. #BlueCrew #USDemocracy #DemValues
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"We’ve reached a new stage in the authoritarian takeover of American democracy. It’s not just that the multi-faceted assault on the truth, on the rule of law, on a free society has picked up steam—though it has. It’s that the assault, from our own government, now proceeds so openly & unashamedly."
This is a short effective piece examining what exact type of authoritarian system we find ourselves in. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4
Lauren Jewett is running for US House, LA-1. Louisianians deserve a representative who works for US. Who respects our dignity & knows that workers are the backbone of our state & country. Retire Scalise. Elect Lauren Jewett. Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/laure... #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Your ignorance of history is exceeded only by your lack of empathy. I don’t know if you are educable, but I sincerely wish you never suffer the violence that you so easily dismiss. #USDemocracy
You wanted to make a false claim that world erupts when it is whites beating blacks, I would argue it erupts when blacks beat whites. Whites control ALL OF MEDIA. Slavery lasted for 250 years in the US - not 90 years. It was brought up because you were inferring white on black crimes didn’t happen
Sickening.
The ICE gestapo and the MAGA Nazis running it will be unmasked by history and the MAGA Nuremberg tribunals. bsky.app/profile/mind...
Just read that the dumpster is awarding Rudy G the Medal of Freedom. Yep the same Rudy who Sasha Baron Conen caught on video planning to boink an underage girl, who lied about election results, whose hair dye ran down his face, who accused Shea & Mom of voter fraud & lost the case. What an example!
So then this becomes a peep show featuring videos of the dumpster getting pissed on in Moscow and raping underage girls. That’s his kind of performing arts. #USDemocracy
There is always hope #USDemocracy
I would like to have a survey of all cabinet members and congressional representatives of their new Covid vaccine status and the status of their families. Gee, I wonder if Barron, Tiff and family, Ivana & brood, Melania & the dumpster get vaccinated? Would bet that very few don’t. #USDemocracy
Truth #USDemocracy 👇👇👇
Thank you Keith for including me in this stellar list of resisters. I’m honored to be in the company of such good people!
It’s called “Big Crime”. Google it.
This pisses me off so much. Imagine those poor NG members from WV who had to go to DC without adequate housing, higher cost, misses work and lost wages. Trump should be tried in a military court and sentenced to life at hard labor. #USDemocracy .
Why would a convicted felon, who took a massive crap on every cop in America by pardoning hundreds of people convicted of assaulting police officers on Jan. 6, treat our National Guard with any more respect?
I think Neil Young just released a song about Trump taking over DC. If I can find it again, I’ll post it.
It's not lopsided. It's the truth. What do you mean killings were "retaliation"? If anything, Indigenous people were invaded by Europeans. They defended what was theirs. European colonizers had no business being here in the first place!
Absolutely it is the truth. The respondent lives in an alt universe.
Thank you Eddie for posting these historically and oft forgotten stories. If they continue whitewashing history, all of this will be forgotten in a generation or two. As an historian, it is critical to keep these stories alive. #USDemocracy
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵Did you know that Government boarding schools were implemented as a "legal" means to forcibly remove Indigenous children from their families? This was genocide on a cultural level. The children(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy www.history.com/articles/gov...
Oralè Resister Happy Labor Day
I just find it weird that so many people are fine with Abbott gerrymandering Texas but they are all totally against Gavin doing the exact same thing in California. I mean, could you be any more transparent about your willingness to cheat to win? #USDemocracy
Boggles the mind how far we've fallen. #USDemocracy
Meanwhile, back at the White House...
He’s not traveling to NJ like they had announced. Not even to Florida. Sure does seem like someone is staying awfully close to Walter Reed, doesn’t it?
Generations of workers in America bled and died to win dignity on the job. They stood together against those who refused to recognize their humanity. On Labor Day, as fascism rises again, we honor those who came before us and carry forward their spirit of solidarity & defiance. Fight like hell. ✊
Just heard about this app. Such a great idea. apps.apple.com/us/app/icebl...
If this really works it will be a useful tool for the resistance.
I found some new friends here! Thanks so much Anne for posting Phee’s list.
Reposted. 💙💙👊
Nobel Prize worthy 🔥👏🏽🙌🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DOC7KBw...
The felon and his flunkies are trying to do this to trigger--and distract--us from their lawlessness. Anyone law-abiding LEO in America who falls for this full blown fascist crap really is a sucker or loser. bsky.app/profile/mind...
Nothing screams "law and order" than pardoning insurrectionists who attacked police officers and defaced government property, then reward them financially for doing so. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica #TrumpIsACriminal www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Trump may try to invade Chicago tomorrow or on Wednesday: Please, CHICAGO TAKE TO THE STREETS AND BLOCK THEM.
Explain it to me like I'm five because this is ridiculous. #USDemocracy
International Labour Organization staff fear job losses as Trump proposes $107 million cut - www.reuters.com/business/wor...
🗺️ Power isn’t just won at the polls—it’s drawn on maps. Red vs. Blue collide in redistricting wars that reshape democracy itself. ⚖️ #Brewminate #Democracy #Redistricting
No doubt.
Ukraine suspects Russia of assassinating former parliamentary speaker - www.reuters.com/world/ukrain...
Scandinavia's medieval kings swore to charters that bound their rule. Denmark’s haandfæstninger and later Norway’s electoral capitulations show how elective monarchy carried written limits on power—centuries before modern constitutions. #Brewminate #History
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Families over billionaires always.
I guarantee you Trump has spent more time with Epstein than with Barron.
CNN: “250+ news outlets from over 70 countries will simultaneously black out their front pages and website homepages, and interrupt their broadcasting to condemn the murder of journalists by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip.” www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/m...
Raise the minimum wage. It’s been $7.25/hr since 2009. Some states have voluntarily raised the minimum wage. Most red states have not. Workers should not have to work several jobs just to survive. WA is at $16.66/hr, CA at $16.50 #LaborDay www.paycor.com/resource-cen...?
Labor Day is not just a holiday—but, a reminder of those who FOUGHT and WON for generations to come— Bread & Roses Strike, 1912 #LaborDay
Approval sagging below 40%—Trump’s answer? Structural fixes that pre-rig the 2028 contest. Gerrymanders and loyalist appointments don't fall from thin air—they’re engineered. Democracy shouldn't be built that way. #Brewminate #Democracy
www.rawstory.com/trump-putin-... What else you fűcking up chump trűmp? #TraitorTrump #EpsteinTrump
Heads up Chicago! While the National Guard is probably going to spend some time spreading mulch around federal buildings, there will be more armed kidnappers with badges than usual in town. These resources will be needed by someone.
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It's great to see young people explaining our history. Thank you young man. Keep up the amazing work #USDemocracy
Good morning, friends of the sky. Happy Labor Day! Today's message is the same as yesterday's. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy This was going to be my post this morning , but Secretary Clinton already posted it.
Cesar Chavez ❤️ American Labor Leader and civil rights activist. Cesar Chavez on the subject of dedication: “There’s no turning back…We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart” “Si se puede!” Cesar Chavez
They're both lying to you.
A very special Happy Birthday wish to Jen and Jas. You both are an inspiration and your posts have made a difference in my world. Have an awesome day!
Happy Birthday Jas @itistherealjas.bsky.social 🥳 I appreciate all of your support and dedication to defend democracy! Appreciate you brother ✌🏼🌷🤟🏼
Please join the #SheShed and the #DefendersOfDemocracy in wishing two wonderful dear friends a Happy Birthday 🎊 🎂 🎊 🎉Happy Birthday Jen & Jas🎉 @jen.sheshed.rocks @itistherealjas.bsky.social May your special days be filled with joy and laughter! Lots of love from your BlueSky family 🦋💙
Okay, Start with the red states and cities and let us know how that works. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3...
This gqp chud, John Brecheen, starts his town hall by preaching & quoting the bible, telling his constituents to be nice. Then he lies his head off about the gqp big ugly bill. christianists. #StopGOPLies
And I bet they believe Jesus actually dictated it.
When democracy arrived—so did suppression. The 1876 Hamburg Massacre was a calculated campaign by Red Shirts to terrorize Black voters and dismantle Reconstruction’s gains. History warns: power fought for can also be stolen. #Brewminate #Reconstruction
Those war years were tough. Her mom had to do Rosie the riveter and had to leave her kids on a farm with her folks for a long time. We forget, here in this country because it is so sanitized for us-- but war and all its tentacles really IS hell.
Yes. Too many forget the sacrifices of those who fought to give us freedom. It is terrifying to see it being stripped away bit By bit.
Watch how this GOP house member Barry Moore is heckled by his constituents at a town hall meeting! They are all standing up to him and calling out his lies. The coward exits at the end through the back door awhile the crowd is shouting shame! #USDemocracy #Pinks youtube.com/shorts/ZLImN...
I'm sure this surprises literally no one. #USDemocracy
ORALÈ RESISTERS NEW HASHTAG FOR MIDTERMS! VOTE DEMOCRATS! *IMPEACH THEM ALL 2026 #ImpeachThemAll2026
I have so much respect for Governor Wes Moore and how he is firmly standing up to Trump and his administration’s threats and also for the Constitution! I sure hope other Democratic Governors will take note and follow his example! #USDemocracy #Pinks youtube.com/shorts/tLxkY...
Mom visited his plot a few years ago. Wanted to see it before she died. She never met him. It is surrounded by keystones that have an S on them-Sinclair Oil. I'm sure he thought he'd have company there eventually. He will not. Mom never wanted to go back to Texas again after that.
How heartbreaking for her. It makes me both sad and angry to know so many good people suffered at the hands of the rich coal, copper and oil barons. I hope these stories will never be forgotten. 💔💔
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My grandfather was for the oil fields in Texas. Buried in a company plot at the age of 35.
Grew up hearing Tennesee Ernie Ford sing this on early tv.
The companies owned us all even our burial sites. How sad and how tragic.
I did as well. I loved his version!
It’s Saturday, and I feel hopeful because of the work @hopeful66.bsky.social does! Thanks, my friend.
Mayor Johnson just signed the Protecting Chicago Initiative—a blueprint for cities to resist federal overreach, protect rights, and mobilize against authoritarian threats. This is what bold leadership looks like. Read more: exotericusa.substack.com/p/mayor-bran... #Exoteric #Usdemocracy
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Astrid Johnson
ORALÈ RESISTERS GET LOUD GET PROUD GET DOWN LINCOLN HEIGHTS ELYSIAN PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL OF PROTEST 430 to 7pm After everyone marches protested Come Celebrate Dance DJs with us. #50501longbeach #50501SoCal #labordayweekend #lincolnheights #musicfestival #USDemocracy #Indivisible
#USDemocracy MAGAs, you might not know this, but there are 27 amendments to the constitution, and most of you can only cite half of the 2nd. 2 more things; The Bible does not give you the right to own guns, so quit calling it a God given right. Also if you’re wyt, your ancestors fucked cave men.
Right on, Lonny. Tell it like it is! #USDemocracy #BlueCrew #DemValues
I find it ironic that the orange conman wants Ukraine to give up part or all of their land to Russia but want to kick Mexican people out of Texas. I mean. Seriously?? #USDemocracy
It wouldn't surprise me if, after the idiot dies, Putin doesn't show up in Alaska with some type of deed saying Russia owns Alaska again. They were locked in the room for a long time alone
As it should be nation-wide!
He’s on another QAnon posting spree tonight.
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MONDAYS FANTASTIC, BUT LETS STAY IN THE STREETS. 3.5% Rule. Who is our Rebel Leader anyhow? #ResistanceLeader @kamalaharris.com @hillaryclinton.bsky.social @barackobama.bsky.social @electdemocrats.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
Having grown up in a coal mining town where the company owned our house, my Dad was paid in script that could only be used at the company store, this song captures it perfectly. I hope I see more of Astrid! #USDemocracy #BlueCrew
Happy to have found some new resisters. Thanks, my friend!
Thanks so much my dear friend. I haven’t been active as often due to flares, but I’m trying to get back in the ring. Found some great new resisters here! Hope you are well.
Got her
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