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While fascists will do fascist things, good people will do good things - I choose to be good. What a year so far, I can't longer hold a full list of the wrongs in my head.. But, we have momentum, america is waking, albeit slowly - we must keep speaking up & out - keep fighting the good fight.

#michigan #vote absentees are really not looking great w/ sent ballots significantly higher but received @ parity w/ 22 - compare this to other states (OH!?)where it falls mostly between 22/24 (~15% higher). please call a friend, neighbor, & family - listen & discuss! early.professorbutts.com/mi/

Hello, new followers. I track ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. This is what the ICE Air operation looked like yesterday, Oct. 23, 2026. --88 flights --14 removal stops --3 third-country removal stops --Nearly all adult passengers shackled at the ankles, wrists & waist.

NEW: An army of volunteers and activists across the US have been training for months to face down ICE at the polls on election day. The message they have for the Trump administration? "We're ready" 1/ www.wired.com/story/massiv...

Found this interesting, Timothy Snyder talks about the dangers & opportunities we face and to do's for us all incl: Show courage. VOTE! lifetime chance to win both houses! Transform win into accountability, pushing forward (& push dems!) @timothysnyder.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hUc...

this is worth a listen and some reflection I think.

6/ So here's a small plan. Pick three people closest to you. Not strangers, not the loudest voice online. People who'd actually pick up your call. Then write one gentle question for each, about something local you both care about. A school budget, a bus route, a clinic closing. Health care cuts.

Another person has died in ICE custody — this is the 28th known death this year. The cruelty of this rogue agency is beyond unconscionable. Abolish ICE.

Listen up! Vote Blue because our lives all depend on it. #voices4Victory #usDemocracy #dv1

pickled rat (mcconnell) woke up like he does every 10 years and finds a soul and morals and is jumping ship from traitor trump on trumps open love for putin and victim blaming ukraine - now how a vegetable can write an oped.. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Ukraine’s drones were hit by a 10-day Starlink speed limit. What happened and why it matters ⬇️ united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

Elon apparently wasn't too happy about our latest episode of the Coffee Klatch — and my criticisms of him. Here's the full conversation, in case you missed it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa6g...

I found this interesting

Ever heard someone say "protest doesn't change anything"? Brazil and Serbia just proved them wrong. 🇧🇷 🇷🇸

The federal agency has sent critical funding to the state after Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Ida and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The lesson from Serbia is that when no party represents the people, you can build your own alternative even if it takes years of community assemblies, organizing and resistance to severe state repression. Democracy and justice are fragile; it takes the utmost strength to keep them alive.

"this rapid expansion of govt surveillance..(clip) [is being misused].. that paranoid conspiracy theory that we feared is actually happening now.. all over the country.. these are real crimes with real victims and they are stacking up faster than we can keep track of them"

Trump is considering mass pardons for his enablers. I have some ideas about how they could be undone. Liz Oyer

I am requesting that we bring back shame a bit more urgently than usual

Olena Sharhovska, 43, a Ukrainian journalist, veteran and combat medic known as “Jane,” died on Oct 24. Since 2015, she had saved wounded soldiers, served with the Hospitallers and International Legion, and fought for women's rights in the military.

Interesting thread on Lula winning in Brasil that I found worth a read and reflection.

@professorbutts.com has put together an awesome tracker for early votes early.professorbutts.com

consider this will be used to scare republicans to vote. consider to use this to energize yourself - contact a family member, friend, neighbor, help them understand what this election means and the importance of voting in enormous numbers to rebuke this administration.

We win when we seek vengeance. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

With 80% counted, Folha de São Paulo (Brazil’s WSJ) calls it.

this is so bleak

great context on the serbia news here -- gift link, no paywall: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/o...

Racism is a big driver in America. Afterall, we have ended up with this sack of shit racist misogynist criminal conman pedo narcissist abuser instead of an intelligent multiracial woman. Do not underestimate what narcissists and the racists in America will do to retain power.

watch LIVE! Michigan Rally : Abdul El-Sayed & Bernie Sanders @abdulelsayed.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7fh...

The MAGA influencers weren't enough to save Putin's favorite candidate in the Serbian elections. Vucic has just conceded.

Yeah, this man should not be allowed to practice law, and any failure to take away his ability to practice law after all of this would be a part of the end of the rule of law in America.

For the Americans the war is just an element of a grift; they are, sadly, not negotiators in any sense, just men seeking to make more money from the bloodshed their actions enable.

michigan is now up over 2022 levels!! Let us vote in numbers and rebuke this administration at a level that can not be ignored!

Wtf is the plan of centrist democrats.. there is no negotiating with this admin of terrorists, let alone pardoned terrorists, and not ones that only abide by strong man doctrine - dems can not actually do anything BUT impeach like beatings until morale improves or mass action is provoked.

watch Jocelyn Benson, Abdul El Sayed, and President Barak Obama live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Eo...

listen to this. ~"this could end very quickly if there was .. some sort of a collective action - (but) if we can start taking care of one another in our actual lives that is the power that we have..(social movements)start with that" @unftr.com @jysexton.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z5r...

🚨One county can’t overturn an election, but it can help Trump allies try to rig the midterms. And rogue counties are just one of five threats. Democracy Docket’s free Deep Dive series breaks down each one in your inbox. Know what’s coming: https://demdock.com/4yFOygp

“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed — if all records told the same tale — then the lie passed into history and became truth.” 1984

let's go! @abdulelsayed.bsky.social @jocelynbenson.bsky.social @barackobama.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFm-...

Impeach this degenerate, NOW!!!

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam opened up a Cheesecake Factory" Obama just spoke to an ELECTRIC audience in Ohio, skewering Trump & Hegseth and making the case that while we may be stuck with the same POTUS until 2029, we are not stuck with a spineless do-nothing Congress Highlights:

I'm asking my fellow Jews in Michigan to help elect the first Muslim American to the U.S. Senate—a devoted dad, a scholar, a visionary thinker, and a genuinely good dude. Let's be the people we hope others will be. Islamophobia and antisemitism feed the same beast. Let's starve that MFer.

It reminds me of prisoners communicating by knocking ..

Disgusting. Impeach this degenerate. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...