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β€œIt took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” πŸ’™ Madeleine Albright #TheDiverseMajority #StandwithUkraineπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ’™πŸ’›πŸŒ»

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This board member resigned immediately after my reporting came out earlier this week in the @texasobserver.org

www.texasobserver.org/dallas-texas...

15.01.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 215 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Who could’ve predicted Trump would want to cancel elections?

Answer: Everybody.

15.01.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Texas opens higher ed oversight office; public can report DEI, SB 37 violations Public universities found in violation of state laws around DEI, faculty governance and core curriculum could lose state funding until compliance is certified.

Texans can now report public universities to the state over legal violations www.expressnews.com/news/educati...

10.01.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eric Descheenie, Democrat and former Arizona House member, who is running for the U.S. House in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District.

03.01.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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An Urgent Message: What You Need to Know About AI Without public guidance or oversight, its future is being built on greed

open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

12.11.2025 11:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary β€œRovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

06.11.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 9255 πŸ” 6013 πŸ’¬ 435 πŸ“Œ 1285
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Texas AG Ken Paxton announces β€˜undercover’ investigations into liberals The GOP Senate candidate’s announcement of the probes targeting liberals is modeled after Donald Trump’s authoritarian attacks.

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

12.10.2025 12:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is Melissa Hortman, on June 14, 2025 she and her husband Mark were murdered in a politically motived attack. She stood for environment rights, abortion rights and sensible gun control policies.

Can we please take a moment to remember her good works.

Please RT.

11.09.2025 10:33 πŸ‘ 962 πŸ” 520 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 23

BREAKING: The Pentagon has authorized up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges.

This is a blatant expansion of military power into a civilian judicial process, a dangerous erosion of the separation between the two.

Every day, we inch closer to fascism.

02.09.2025 18:15 πŸ‘ 13720 πŸ” 5468 πŸ’¬ 1079 πŸ“Œ 379
Anne Applebaum Predicted Trump’s β€˜Absolute Power’ in Second Term
Anne Applebaum Predicted Trump’s β€˜Absolute Power’ in Second Term YouTube video by Mediaite

From October, 2024: Everything that has happened was predictable, and indeed predicted

youtu.be/pHDVpBLMiFI?...

27.08.2025 05:32 πŸ‘ 1603 πŸ” 508 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 30
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02.09.2025 10:40 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forced prison labor in the β€œLand of the Free”: Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Spotlight Summary: From fighting wildfires to toiling in the kitchens of some of the country’s most popularβ€―food franchises, incarcerated workers perform vital functions across the United States and produce bil...

On Labor Day, it’s worth remembering the people in prisons across the United States who are forced to engage in what amounts to slave labor.

www.epi.org/publication/...

01.09.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

A reminder on this Labor Day: Slavery still exists in the form of incarcerated labor.

It’s long overdue to end forced labor in prisons.

01.09.2025 14:50 πŸ‘ 2807 πŸ” 916 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 21
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US withdraws from key UN human rights report, draws criticism from rights advocates The United States will not participate in a U.N. review of its human rights record, officials said, a move that rights advocates called a worrying retreat from Washington's global engagement on rights and justice issues.

The Trump regime has pulled the US out of the UN Human Rights Universal Process Review. This is chilling.

This review happens every 4-5 years for each country in the UN. No country has ever pulled out of the review. Until now.

I remember the last time the US had its UPR...

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30.08.2025 23:30 πŸ‘ 625 πŸ” 399 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 32

Closing on September 2nd to rewrite history like they do in fascist societies.

30.08.2025 23:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't see the value or purpose of doing something like this to a person. Goes to show u how our gov is messed up. U can only push so far before u r pushed back. @provokediscussion.bsky.social

29.08.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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On Sunday, September 14th, join us for the Women Deliver Democracy Brunch! We are honoring women of the resistance. We have 6 phenomenal honorees who are trailblazers, rabble rousers, change makers, and fighters. Buy early bird tickets and sponsorships here:
buytickets.at/louisvillede...

16.08.2025 23:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I concur πŸ¦‹

28.08.2025 10:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Two children died as they sat praying in pews school.

Prayers give false hope.

Gun laws protect kids.

27.08.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 533 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2
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The Supreme Corpse

25.08.2025 23:24 πŸ‘ 4525 πŸ” 1769 πŸ’¬ 105 πŸ“Œ 59

πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™β€ΌοΈπŸ’ͺ #skol πŸ’œ

25.08.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬

25.08.2025 01:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Slava Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸŒ»

24.08.2025 23:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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24.08.2025 22:30 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

24.08.2025 01:23 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

And now the hammer is coming down – soon it won't be safe to peacefully protest in the streets even with a permit if you can get one. I've been telling you for weeks he's not only going after people he considers "illegals" he'll be coming after all of us who don't bend the knee and kiss the ring.

24.08.2025 00:31 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Gil Duran of FrameLab:

The authoritarian playbook in action:
1. Invent a crisis
2. Bypass democracy
3. Grab emergency powers
3. Repeat

Trumps staged β€œemergencies” are normalizing authoritarian control.

WE THE PEOPLE MUST COLLECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER TO SHUT THIS SHIT DOWN NOW!!!

MORE PROTESTS!!!

23.08.2025 21:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These states have been on my DO NOT VISIT list for years.

23.08.2025 01:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For those who don't remember, when Tiananmen Square happened, the Chinese made sure to ship in units from the other side of the country instead of using local ones.

It's a concept as old as time, and Trump is doing the same with the National Guard.

Dictators are his teachers.

23.08.2025 01:38 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mariupol Children Undergo Pro-Russian Indoctrination at St. Petersburg β€˜Wellness Camps’ - The Moscow Times Dozens of people dressed in the colors of the Russian flag gathered at the train station in Zelenogorsk just outside St.

More than 2,000 schoolchildren from occupied Mariupol are expected to attend camps this summer in St. Petersburg, where they will be taught to develop respect and love for the country that seized their home city.

18.08.2025 13:01 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 7