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Loyal readers of Democracy Docket know that I often point out the organization was founded in 2020. The other day, someone at Democracy Docket asked me why I always add that clarification. It was a good question — one that made me pause. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
If only it weren't important to actually govern...but alas, it is: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I urge all of you to read Italian history. Read how Mussolini came about. Watch videos of Mussolini and look at his body language. We are already way past 1922. This time, there are no Allied Forces against the Axis P... #democracy #usa #gop #fascists #fascism 👉 Vote 'em Out!
By the way, isn't peter theil gay AF!? jd owes him EVERYTHING!! 😏
🚨🚨🚨 7 point plan to save democracy and what YOU can do to help today. I have heard very little meaningful action coming from leadership and I don’t know if this is “it,” but this sounds promising. Just released on IG. Let’s do it!
Republicans have obviously sworn an oath to protect and defend pedophiles, criminals, rapists, racists, the scum of the earth. Never has a Party sunk so low or disgraced themselves so thoroughly. The stench is baked in and permanent. They are the new Nazi Party. Period.
Why does it take a BRITISH newspaper to break a story like this? Where the hell is the American media? 🤨
RELEASE.THE.EPSTEIN.FILES‼️ #CancelDisney
We have seen this before “I Saw How Russia Killed Media Freedom” Censorship is central to the story of Russia’s descent into KGB dictatorship. What the #TrumpRegime is doing & #GOPTraitors are allowing is straight out of both the Nazi & Putin playbooks www.thenextmove.org/p/i-saw-how-...
Aides and allies present Trump's attack on free speech as an effort to stop misinformation, violence and hate speech. But Trump himself has made clear that it's not about hate speech, it's about speech that he hates, namely speech that is critical of him. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/u...
I wish this was still funny 😒
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue Sinclair Lewis 1885 ~ 1951 Author and, apparently, soothsayer
TO THINK - This Ape has exponentially more humanity and compassion than Trump - the supposed "Leader of the Free World"? Trump is void of humanity and couldn't lead us out of a corn maze; nor could Trump negotiate his own way out of a wet paper bag. THE MOST INCOMPETENT MEN DO CLAIM TO BE 'GENIUSES"
Impressive how none of this is correct, not even the part about Oslo which was not overseen by the United States.
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
Fake accounts?
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Red states always find the budget when it’s to silence voices…
It all seems like a dream.
Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment. By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny. mh
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Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
Obvious to say, but the algorithm will be manipulated to amplify MAGA disinformation and throttle anti-Trump posts.
Headlines about this have been misleading. Some have it read that trump crushed the guy in the way of the agenda The TRUTH is the dude quit because krasnov wanted him to INVENT charges against a political enemy! Ethics WON a rare victory! Thank you for your courage sir🫀
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A first-semester freshman at Auburn -- who has not even experienced one month as a student -- is demanding universities purge faculty members who dared to be critical of the man who created the Professor Watchlist. Calling college presidents & donors ... as one does their first month in college.
One of the Americans that Hitler despised the most was Spike Jones. Dictators hate being mocked. They cannot stand the fact that not everyone cowers to their every demand. Being the butt of a joke infuriates them. Don’t forget this. Remember that Tmurp had his feelings hurt, hence he ran in 2016.
Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post. #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
Trump trying to fix a historically bad jobs report by firing someone.
In April, Trump approval among men = 48% Now = 39% April, Trump approval among women = 39% Now = 35% April, Trump approval among independents = 31% Now = 21% "This is really bad news for Trump, and for Republicans who depend on independents in close elections...” www.umass.edu/news/article...
📌The President of the United States posted a FAKE VIDEO TO THE WORLD of a kneeling Barack Obama being placed in handcuffs, and we are supposed go along like it is just another day. Our press has so completely lost the thread it would be laughable if it wasn't so damn dangerous and disgusting.
Yes. Disney, ABC, Hulu, ESPN. Also cancel Amazon and Target.
I just canceled Disney and hulu and I hope you all join me.
Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."
Actually it’s much worse
America First mentality demands we return to a time when whites had all the power and rights. It's brought a renewed war against books, women's rights, voting rights, schools, freedom of speech, diversity, inclusion, and equality. #ProudBlue #Pinks Jimmy Kimmel Antifa Remarks
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
"We’ve done ... 25 or 30 projections since we’ve been going. Often the police come along & we have a chat to them, and they .. occasionally tell us to not do it. But no one’s ever been arrested before, so it is ridiculous that four of our guys have been arrested for malicious communications"
"No right was deemed by the fathers of the government more sacred than the right of speech. It was in their eyes, as in the eyes of all thoughtful men, the great moral renovator of society and government." ― Frederick Douglass, activist and author
The left was derided for promoting a cancel culture because they went after predators and those who abused their wealth and power. The right is canceling anyone who dares speak truth to power. Both sides are not remotely the same.
So basically Kimmel made Trump look bad by showing that he was more interested in showing off his ballroom than in Kirk's death and now he's banned This is going to be a really fun country
Let’s be clear about what just happened: Jimmy Kimmel, a prominent late-night comedian, was just taken off the airwaves because the Trump administration didn’t like what he had to say — and threatened his employer until they shut him up. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/fryLLE
Free speech. Separation of Powers. The Rule of law. Our Constitution is the foundation of our nation. We can not—and will not—allow anyone to trample on it. #ConstitutionDay
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The Trump administration, it appears, has learned to effectively weaponize the regulatory powers of the federal government to punish speech it doesn’t like from people it doesn’t like. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/fryLLE
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
“Corporate news has betrayed us all. They are enablers of fascism. They are enablers of the regime’s dictatorship. This is utterly disgusting!” ABC is done, go fuck yourselves #DV1 #ProudBlue open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Gavin’s not lying. They came for Jimmy Kimmel, they’ll come for anyone who won’t toe the GOP line. Free speech has been replaced with censorship in real time.
What just happened, in short, shows how far down the authoritarian road the United States has traveled in just eight months. Read the full story: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/fryLLE
Broke and disgraced Alex Jones tries to stay relevant and fails, again...May he rot in the dustbin of scum.
The Kimmel video: "The MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it."
I had no idea that accosting someone with words was a RICO predicate 🙄
Congrats to Jimmy Kimmel for never bending the knee.
What the F is going on in this country? Kimmel gets pulled because of Kirk comments?? Unrelatedly, I’ve spoken to two people in the last 24 hours his lives have been severely upended because of this craziness and corporate cowardice. This is real bite on daily life.
ABC: What a disgrace. Taking Jimmy Kimmel off the air for this: “We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.”
Jimmy Kimmel has a LOT of powerful Hollywood friends and is very well liked in the industry. Here's a test for all of them. Will they stand up for Jimmy and finally speak out against Trump and MAGA's fascist march? Or will they both sides it? Lets see.
"Speech that demeans on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, disability, or any other similar ground is hateful; but the proudest boast of our free speech jurisprudence is that we protect the freedom to express 'the thought that we hate'" Matal v Tam, 582 US 218 (2017) (Alito, J)
Last week just outside the city of Chicago ICE shot & killed Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. The circumstances murky & the ICE explanation is dubious. Silverio was raising his 7 year old & 3 year old by himself. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
NEW: Georgia this fall has 2 statewide races, for 2 seats on its utility commission: These are statewide officials who decide electricity rates, & set future of green energy. Two GOP incumbents are on ballot, against Dems. BUT the races are clouded by a convergence of concerns over democracy:
Trump's cult previously said it wanted to "break" the FBI With this imbecile Patel in charge, it has. Nothing he or it say can now be believed GOP? You'll need the FBI just for your own purposes. Remove this boil of a man
been very hard to watch a bunch of 50-year-old podcasters come to terms with having a job.
Asking for MORE FUNDING for security, now this. 😂😂😂He's scared shitless. When you STOKE VIOLENCE and HATE....😏 Trump calls for RICO charges after protesters shouted at him: 'She started screaming!' www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
Trump's reckless tariffs are putting workers paychecks in danger. #Trumpflation
Reporter: What do you make of Bondi saying she is going to go after hate speech, a lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech. Trump: Probably go after people like you, you treat me unfairly, you have hate in your heart. ABC paid me $16 million for a form of hate speech,
“I met Charlie for the first time in July of 2001. I went on his podcast, and I think we approached each other with a lot of trepidation at that time, but by the end of the podcast, we were so amazed, we were spiritual brothers and we were friends.” - RFK Jnr In 2001, Charlie Kirk was 8.
No bending the knee
They want us to feel afraid. Fear makes us censor ourselves, stay quiet, keep our heads down. I get it; it's scary. But do not do the work of the oppressor for them. The more we speak out, the more we work in community, the less power they have. Don't let the right use fear as a wedge & cudgel.
"People miss the important point about folks getting fired for what they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to snitch on fellow citizens who don't toe a party line. Employers are going along. It's the new secret police." – A Rangappa
holy shit -- Kash Patel repeatedly calls Durbin "disgraceful" and refuses to answer questions about his firing decisions
A UN inquiry led by former rights chief Navi Pillay has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, citing mass killings, deliberate harm, and conditions designed to destroy the population, while naming top Israeli leaders, including Netanyahu, as responsible for incitement and policy.
2 Bl*ck men hung in Mississippi yesterday. 1. Cory Zukatis - found around 10:30am hanging in Vicksburg MS. 2. Trey Reed - found hanging around 7:05am at Delta State 🚨 PLEASE stay safe and mindful on your surroundings‼️
See more inside Morgan Spector, Cynthia Nixon, and Mahmoud Khalil's visit to Washington DC as they sought to pressure US politicians to block weapons transfers to Israel:
FAFO. I personally think all countries should pull their businesses and their people out of the US. The magat's want it to be America First and Only, so give it to them. Let's see how long before they're crying about everything they lose.
BREAKING: Justice Gregory Carro has dismissed the first degree murder charge against Luigi Mangione in his state case, finding the DA put legally insufficient evidence before the grand jury. More TK.
Just realized the president implied yesterday that fishermen should stay out of the water because the U.S. may think you have drugs and kill you, and it's just a blip that barely warrants coverage.
Sen. Durbin: Why did you terminate Chris Meyer and Walter Garidina? Patel: I’m not going to get into personnel decisions Sen. Durbin: So you’re not accountable for your decisions to take people who have served our country so admirably and terminate them without any cause?
Remember when Biden as a private citizen asking Twitter to enforce its moderation policies was the biggest impeachable scandal ever? Good times.
JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
President Trump warns an Australian reporter that he’s hurting Australia because he asked him about his business activity: You are hurting Australia very much right now. They want to get along with me. Your leader is coming to see me soon, I'm going to tell him about you.
The Mob Boss threatens an Australian reporter today before his flight to England. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
The GOP budget would: - Take health care away from millions - Make it more expensive for everyone else - Give tax cuts to billionaires Democrats say hell no.
Honoring Robert Redford, whose passion and creativity inspired generations. His light will continue to shine through his timeless work. May his legacy be a comfort to his loved ones. Robert Redford, magnetic Hollywood icon and Sundance founder, dies at 89 www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...
Pretty soon MAGA won’t be able to afford to feed their families and they will be the ones dining on the dawgs while Trump & his billionaires live the high life. #ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor and director whose passion for activism led to the formation of the Sundance Institute and its formidable film festival, has died at age 89. Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
When I say AI is a fascist technology, this is what I mean: a spectacular assault on the idea that true things can be known
Literally everyone knows that nazis burnt books, very fucking likely also seen a photo of it. But how many know what those burnt books were about? There’s a reason the majority don’t know. Might be the same reason why queer people weren’t liberated by the allies along with the others.
Right now there's a clear and obvious relationship between social media and anti-social behavior, and we cannot go on like this.
I truly hope that the Spencer Coxes of the world prevail and lead us back to our better selves. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
She was right, yet again.
Thinking today of how George W. Bush went to New York shortly after 9/11 and said "the nation stands with the good people of New York City and New Jersey and Connecticut as we mourn the loss of thousands of our citizens," rather than something like "well, it's blue state, they didn't vote for me."
Tillis is one of just a few Republicans speaking out against the divisive, often violent, rhetoric in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. trib.al/on5Snp1
It’s wild when the people who control the only feed most people see accuse us of being the echo chamber. People are scared and in pain—they deserve spaces to talk without top-down interference. That’s what we’re building.