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Join me at the next No Kings Day

March 28 will be the largest nonviolent protest in American history. Find your local No Kings event to stand up for our communities and reject Trump's fear and violence. app.sosha.ai/s/BjOr878p

08.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The late great Herman Kahn described the liberal states' role in winning WW2 like this, paraphrased: Liberal democracy is slow to rouse, but once roused will use extravagant force to expunge a hated enemy.

01.02.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Homeland Security will gas your kids in broad daylight in the middle of a peaceful march. Shred this useless fascist agency and immiserate its armed goons for life. This is the moderate position. Hell, I was a registered Republican at one point. I'm no crazy left winger. This is common sense.

01.02.2026 03:19 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio? Nazi Lies in Vance's America

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a β€œlarge deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...

01.02.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 3635 πŸ” 1813 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 151

The literal cabal of pedophiles who run the world have also orchestrated the trans panic of the modern world. These are incontrovertible facts now. It all ties together. The world is burning because men want to abuse children.

01.02.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Inflation was 3% when Trump took office in January 2025.

01.02.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 2629 πŸ” 715 πŸ’¬ 224 πŸ“Œ 46

When democracies go authoritarian, elections are usually one of the last bits to fall. It usually starts with the judiciary, free media, police and prosecutors, crackdowns on the opposition on bullshit corruption charges. Chavez, Erdogan etc all faced electoral setbacks on their way to dictatorship.

01.02.2026 07:27 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

The president of the United States had his DOJ raid the Fulton County election office and seized ballots. This is clearly a dry run for 2026. Yet, this is treated by too many in legacy media as normal.

I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 because you deserve better. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

31.01.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 17288 πŸ” 5519 πŸ’¬ 317 πŸ“Œ 163
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01.02.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Overview of how political violence perpetrators minimize backfire

Overview of how political violence perpetrators minimize backfire

Does this sound familiar to you?

09.01.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

There is one line in the beginning that leapt out to me: "For the massive [American] slave system to work, the slaves needed to be kept ignorant, in a state of anxiety, and fearful of the cost of rebellion or escape." (p. 11)

True then, true now.

*(Please buy this from a Black-owned bookstore)

25.01.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm reading THE ROAD TO DAWN: Josiah Henson and the Story that Sparked the Civil War by Jared A. Brock, recommended by a friend in a book group who thinks I can read a book a day! :)

25.01.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

May my witness ever be of a god who keeps the good people safe as long as they obey the rules, a god who rains down terror and judgment and pain against those who do not comply with the whims of an unbounded government action to keep people in line.

Amen

25.01.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Guard my tongue from speaking out, standing out, or shouting out lest I draw attention to myself and become part of the mass who are daily beaten and tortured, sexually assaulted, kidnapped and disappeared into foreign prisons.

25.01.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A moderate's prayer:

Help me shut my eyes, dear Jesus, to the plight of the oppressed.

Keep my eyes focused on what protects me from seeing, from knowing, from caring, that I might not be troubled by the cares of others and I might not feel the pain inflicted upon the least of these.

25.01.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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25.01.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

May my witness ever be of a god who keeps the good people safe as long as they obey the rules, a god who rains down terror and judgment and pain against those who do not comply with the whims of an unbounded government action to keep people in line.

Amen

24.01.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Guard my tongue from speaking out, standing out, or shouting out lest I draw attention to myself and become part of the mass who are daily beaten and tortured, sexually assaulted, kidnapped and disappeared into foreign prisons.

24.01.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A moderate's prayer:

Help me shut my eyes, dear Jesus, to the plight of the oppressed.

Keep my eyes focused on what protects me from seeing, from knowing, from caring, that I might not be troubled by the cares of others and I might not feel the pain inflicted upon the least of these.

24.01.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

ABSOLUTELY.

19.01.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If your pastor is an ICE agent, it's time to find a new church.

19.01.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Has anyone heard anything from Republican senators about the crazy letter to Norway's prime minister?

19.01.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 1129 πŸ” 189 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 21

Gee if only the USA had like an amendment to get rid of obviously demented presidents

I mean it could have been invoked at least a dozen times already

19.01.2026 22:41 πŸ‘ 9237 πŸ” 1774 πŸ’¬ 365 πŸ“Œ 73

MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

Remember this.

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Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week β€’ Minnesota Reformer Two videos add new details to what happened before and after an immigration agent shot a man in the leg in the Hawthorne neighborhood in north Minneapolis Wednesday night. One video, a livestream of a...

He opened the door to let his friend inside, and as he went to close the door, an ICE officer shot him in the leg.

The DHS said he β€œbegan to resist and violently assault the officer.”

They are trying to gaslight us. They will not succeed.

19.01.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 1440 πŸ” 726 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 25

Since his socialist ideology was written out of the history books.. In his own words:

"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."

Happy MLK Day.

19.01.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 2909 πŸ” 1258 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 8

Sad that we're rooting for successful new alliances for China over what used to be our own country. But I don't even recognize "our" homeland anymore.
Hats off to Canada. They'll have all the benefits of trade with China w/o all Trump's BS.
BTW - Canada negotiated a great alliance w/Greenland too.

19.01.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: Former John McCain Advisor Mark Salter:

β€œHe’s a madman, deranged by his insecurities and grievances and without a single good quality and he’s doing possibly irreparable harm to our security.”

19.01.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump wants everyone to believe he needs to take Greenland to protect the US from the guy he made American soldiers roll out the red carpet for in Alaska.

18.01.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 1088 πŸ” 414 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 26