Red State Dems

Red State Dems

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Fighting from behind the Irony Curtain™ Amplifying Red State Democratic voices since 2012 #Resistance

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"How is he going to serve a country that doesn't uphold his rights?" A video shows the moment two Texas teens, paperwork in hand on their way to enlist in the Marine Corps, are pulled from their car by ICE agents, pepper-sprayed, and beaten before being locked up for 8 hours.

All for recording ICE from a safe distance. When one of the teens told the agent he was a citizen, the agent told him, "I don't give a damn. Your parents can't help you now," and threatened to deport him to Mexico. After the encounter, at least one of the teens says he no longer plans to enlist.

So long, CBS. Goodbye, Paramount+. 👋 They canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert because he mocked corporate capitulation to Donald Trump. It’s time to send a message they’ll actually understand: their bottom line. Today is #DumpParamountPlusDay. We won't fund the silencing of truth.

We're watching MAGA self-brainwashing in real time. "86" isn't a mob code for murder, and they know it. Trump is lying, and his snowflake followers are clutching their shiny, white pearls in support. Don't be fooled by the fools. We need to "86" MAGA stupidity and get back to facts and reality.

"86" later evolved into a code for rejecting customers or throwing them out, with popular theories pointing to Prohibition-era speakeasys. It eventually became slang for discarding something.

Aaron Black@aaronblack.bsky.social

California and Virginia let voters decide what their election maps look like. Florida's Governor decides alone. Why do some states trust voters while DeSantis treats them like obstacles to power. Don’t let that stupid corrupt asshole silence you. #StopIllegalFloridaMaps

Happy Traitor Surrender Day! The final and most significant "Confederate flag" wasn't the "Southern Cross". It was a white dish towel. Nothing captures the reality of a failed rebellion quite like surrendering your entire cause with a piece of kitchen linen. The South literally threw in the towel.

Trump promised his tariffs and 2025 "One Big Beautiful Bill" would make the USA "debt-free." Instead, the national debt just hit a record $39 TRILLION. Tariffs hurt American workers and tanked the economy. So much for that "proven economic formula."

Can’t wait for the Toilet Paper USA halftime show this Sunday! Nothing screams "blue collar hero" like the son of a multimillionaire car dealer screeching "I'm a cowboy" while larping as the working class. Just another richie rich white boy cosplaying as trailer trash like ol' JD. 🦅

🧵1/ It’s ironic how the "Don't Tread on Me" crowd is the first to line up for the tread marks. 📷📷📷 We’re watching the party of "Small Government" and "Individual Liberty" cheerlead the construction of the ultimate surveillance state.

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3/ But history tells a different story. When you applaud the stripping away of anonymity and the demand for papers, you aren't fighting for safety. You’re just greasing the gears of the machine that will eventually process you.

4/ They are happily watching their rights evaporate, smiling all the way to the camps. Freedom isn't lost all at once; it's lost one fascist bureaucratic mandate at a time. And right now, the silence from the "freedom lovers" is deafening.

🧵1/ It’s ironic how the "Don't Tread on Me" crowd is the first to line up for the tread marks. 📷📷📷 We’re watching the party of "Small Government" and "Individual Liberty" cheerlead the construction of the ultimate surveillance state.

2/ First, it was just an ID. Then it was a "Real" ID. Now we need a passport just to travel within our own borders. They’re trading privacy for a false sense of security, piece by piece. They think if they just comply enough, the leopard won't eat their face.

When you hire police department castoffs and wannabe mercenaries, with zero accountability or training, you end up with a gang of sociopathic killers. How many innocent citizens will these unhinged ICE agents kill before we take a stand and stop them?

Nothing says "booming economy" like soaring rent, unaffordable groceries, and 20 million people losing healthcare and food assistance because of the #TrumpInflationCrisis and the Big Ugly Bill. It's astonishing to watch Trump take a victory lap around the dumpster fire he lit. 🔥

Trump became obsessed with building a White House ballroom after visiting England, where he attended a state dinner in St. George's Hall at Buckingham Palace. He's trying to recreate an opulent, gaudy ballroom he saw in a 14th-century castle. #NoKings

What Trump has done to the East Wing of the White House, he has also done to our democracy. The damage has been swift and profound, and we are left to grapple with a loss that can never be fully restored.

At Adventist Health White Memorial in LA, hospital administrators are working with ICE and preventing doctors from properly treating detainees.

Sarah Szalavitz💡@dearsarah.bsky.social

At a Boyle Heights hospital in Los Angeles, hospital administrators are allowing ICE agents call the shots—& are interfering in medical decisions & blocking doctors from properly treating detainees who need emergency care. flip.it/ImWek3

Republican VA budget cuts are jeopardizing veterans' healthcare, causing staff shortages, halting research, and closing hospitals. Contact your representatives and tell them to restore these cuts to veterans’ benefits. #DefendVeteransBenefits

Many Americans still don't understand that U.S. businesses and consumers pay for Trump's tariffs - not the countries from which goods are imported. Trump's tariffs are a sales tax that will hurt small businesses and working families.

Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" devastating cuts to Medicaid and the Republican Congress's refusal to extend ACA tax credits are projected to cause 15 million Americans to lose health insurance, effectively destroying our health care system. #MedicaidCutsKill

The Republican BBB will decimate health care for children, seniors, and veterans by slashing Medicaid and other programs, adding $3.3 trillion to the U.S. debt, all to fund tax cuts for the wealthy. Meanwhile, Trump has shifted thousands of federal agents and the military to immigration enforcement.

Republican Senators are getting ready to screw millions out of their healthcare with a single vote! TAKE ACTION: Call their offices and let them know we're watching and we won't forget their votes at (202) 224-3121. #VoteNO

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ICE just abducted a leading contender for the New York City mayorship for asking to see a warrant. I need everyone to understand that they are not a law enforcement agency — they are Donald Trump’s secret police.

Ever notice how those who view everything as a transaction struggle with moral conviction? MAGA assumes protests are funded by some hidden source, unable to grasp that genuine compassion, not profit, drives decent people. It's called empathy, not a paycheck.