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Please repeat over and over: “Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.” —Gov. JB Pritzker

Delivery - Operating at a loss. youtu.be/WHoTPALd0QE?...

Obama, finally woke up and joined Bluesky. Better later than never.😒

@amandacarpenter.bsky.social joined @nfod.bsky.social to discuss the ways in which the Trump administration is following the authoritarian playbook to a “T” and the concrete actions we can all take to build a pro-democracy coalition.

Breaking the law knowingly, to see whether courts ever catch up with you, is a violation of the oath of office. It's an additional reason why whoever is in charge of DOGE -- some say it's Amy Gleason, some say Elon Musk -- should have to go before the Senate for confirmation.

One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy. “It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”

If the president defies the courts and Congress does not impeach him for it, the Constitution simply ceases to exist.

Muck Fusk

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Venezuela’s Epic Movement Towards Democracy. Featuring: María Corina Machado Anne Applebaum. Johns Hopkins University. #HastaElFinal youtu.be/IUw1gSfeCvs?...

Having worked on #Syria full-time since the crisis began nearly 14yrs ago, there really is no understating how remarkable the losses imposed on #Assad's regime have been over the past week. A large reason for this lies with #HTS — a 🧵:

When are the celebrities for Harris joining Bluesky? 3 days before the 2028 election? Where is Kamala, Biden, Obama, the Clintons, etc?

SOS KARIM KHAM #CPIActuaYaXVzla #HastaElFinal

In the mood for watching a movie so bad is actually good?😆 Empire of the Ants. This one came out in 1977 riding on the success of Jaws.

As Donald Trump is already engaged in the project of consolidating his power, Rachel suggests also keeping an eye out for "autocratic breakthrough." Watch: youtu.be/JRVXQsx8RF0?...

No soy fan de estos chistes. Pero se lo ganaron.

I'm not exaggerating: as a historian I consider it to be historical fact that this is one of the most shameful documents in the history of the United States. It's a concession by federal law enforcement that there's no means available to it to punish one of the biggest traitors in American history.

Last post on X commitment.✋ December 31st, 2024. Repost to commit.

✊ Wonderful to be at the Halifax Security Forum with my @WLCongress colleagues, President Alinejad Masih and Leopoldo Lopez! Dictatorships are uniting, so must dissidents and the free world. Iran will be free! Venezuela will be free! Russia will be free!

Pensando en abrir otra cuenta Bluscai en español y tener esta en inglés para no espantar a mis millones de followers.

Why is Trump refusing to obey the law and sign Transition of Power agreements with the White House? There’s a reason, and it isn’t good. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

In January 2024, for the first time in its nearly 50 years, Microsoft became worth $3 trillion. But the journey to the top, from competition during the mobile era to capturing AI’s moment didn’t come without its lessons. A deep dive: www.wired.com/story/at-age...

Los magazolanos diciendo que la estrategia de Biden con Venezuela fué un “desastre” pero al mismo tiempo felicitan a MCM por ser una brillante estratega.🤦🏻‍♂️😆 ¡Tremendo sesgo!

The Equal Vote Coalition supports science backed voting methods including STAR Voting, Approval Voting, and Ranked Robin that prevent vote-splitting and ensure equality of the vote.

What could possibly go wrong when the vast majority of voters are uninformed or, worse, misinformed? Serious proposals to incentivize informed voting have been quickly dismissed as “fascist”🤷🏻‍♂️ This is how we ended up with real fascism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

If Musk were a true free speech absolutist, X wouldn’t be disabling links to Bluesky.👇

“The Senate won’t confirm them” is not even a wishful thinking response, it’s one that ignores what’s happening: Trump announced in advance of these picks that he expects the Senate to shut itself down so he can make recess appointments — which means no confirmation process at all.

To President Biden and all elected Democrats: Stop playing by rules that no longer exist. At this point, it's not just spinelessness, it's complicity.

Play hardball. Understand the game and don’t preemptively capitulate. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-f...

There is no ideology, writes Masha Gessen, but there is a playbook for "Autocratic breakthrough" www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...

From Putin to Qadhafi, and from Maduro to Trump, our current era of ‘Enduring Disorder’ is rife with tyrants and aspiring tyrants. To delve into these issues, we are joined by Marcel Dirsus, author of How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Societies can function well for a while, maybe a hundred years, sometimes less, sometimes more. But inevitably something starts to happen. Things start to break down and they enter what you might call end times. So why?

El enchufado🔌

Why @counterhate.bsky.social is leaving Twitter. #eXit counterhate.com/blog/this-is...

I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night. We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is. It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump. 🧵

X competitor Bluesky rocketed to the No. 1 spot on the Apple App Store’s US chart this week, as many users of Elon Musk’s platform said they were decamping in the wake of his significant role in the US presidential election. | Analysis

Trump’s deal with Putin: Help me win the election, and I’ll give you Ukraine.

How will history remember Joe Biden’s presidency? What lasting impact will define his legacy?

I keep coming back to 1876 as the analogy: not the end of competitive elections or the establishment of a nationwide one-party state, but a catastrophic blow to constitutional government from which it took 90 years to sort of recover. But the North was able to avert its eyes from the consequences, 1

When are we organizing protest marches to demand that the DOJ hold Trump accountable for his crimes against democracy? Even if unsuccessful, we need to challenge his legitimacy. Our democratic institutions need to know that we cannot continue with this level of impunity. It’s eroding our values.

Here's a Democracy starter pack of people to learn from in our trying times. go.bsky.app/7L56iCD