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💯 There's been more, and more frequent, protests in the US than before. Tons of effort at all levels, including but not limited to special elections, the 2025 elections, and the upcoming midterms. All sorts of societal resistance, from jury nullification to objecting to Jimmy Kimmel's cancelation.

The US is not about to have a free and fair election. The state has put its thumb on the scale to favor the ruling party in multiple ways. It's a mostly free, somewhat unfair election. But still one where the ruling party can be overwhelmed by numbers. Hence the term "competitive authoritarianism."

Another stunning defeat for a Trump-aligned right-wing leader in Europe. Serbian students voted out their authoritarian leadership after months of protests against corruption, taking their fight from the streets to the ballot box and turning people power into political power.

There are some people who claim "oh, Dems in blue states will never shift towards enacting anti-trans policy" Meanwhile Colorado is literally enacting a medical detransition protocol for trans youth on medicaid.

Miller deserves everything that's coming. He's afraid of state prosecutors because a presidential pardon only covers federal offenses; and beyond prison, there's also future congressional investigations and civil lawsuits. www.rawstory.com/rs-exclusive...

Meta up to their usual tricks again ???

I’m so very proud of Brazil today, they voted for democracy and told the jailed former dictator Bolsonaro and his equally disgusting son to go fuck themselves. Let’s keep that going. 💙👊

Both Brazil and Serbia defeated fascism today and chose democracy instead. The United States must be next.

Most of the assholes in the MAGA regime including those in the bulldozed White House couldn’t even get a job cleaning toilets because they're all drug addicts, alcoholics, predators, abusers and convicted felons.

One interesting thing to look for on this map are the "Wing" devices. Wing Gateway is Flock's option to integrate third-party video cameras into their network to run their AI surveillance on! ⚠️ "AI-Powered Alerts: Automatically identify & receive alerts on suspicious activities" archive.is/KK0HB

Hawaii banned Citizens United..👍

Trump is trying to take over the entire California coast for Musk & his oil & gas buddies. This is BAD: www.latimes.com/environment/...

Senate consideration could begin as soon as November 9. Please contact your senators now and tell them to oppose S. 5653 as written. Protect NEPA, the Clean Water Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.

Supporters point to its clean energy provisions. But expanding our electric grid should not come at the expense of clean water, Tribal sovereignty, or the public’s right to speak up about what gets built in their communities.

make it harder for communities to challenge harmful projects. The Native American Rights Fund warns it would weaken Tribal consultation and protections for cultural resources. Nine Tribal organizations have already called for harmful historic preservation provisions to be removed.

Heads up. A Senate bill being sold as “permitting reform” could seriously weaken protections for our public lands, clean water, historic places, and sacred Tribal sites. S. 5653, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, would narrow environmental reviews and

#AbolishICE

This clip was a long time ago, but it still holds that very few Americans know what Jared Kushner sounds like. For all we know, he sounds like Gilbert Gottfried. youtu.be/f1AIfziwsHE

Let the Albanians have him they love him there. bsky.app/profile/libe...

I sincerely hope that whoever’s the next democrat president, goes after this corrupt little shit, locks him up and throws away the god damn key.

Well of course he's an expert on terrorism he's been a terrorist his whole life. The likud party was founded by and for terrorism.

Secret oil ‘deal’ with Venezuela favors US, uses Barbados-registered firm as go-between. "The document reveals carefully constructed terms that favor US interests at every turn and cements the power of a small group of people handpicked by the Trump administration..." www.salon.com/2026/10/23/t...

What is he talking about?

Thank you to the driver of this Ford Explorer for making my day.

A Nanomucci

Again: Why does Musk have operational control over any *military grade* version of anything. That’s not how DOD contracts work.

A dog "helps" its owner finish working so they can go out for a walk sooner. Original post

The students knew they would be marked with an unexcused absence for walking out. Still, about 430 did. "We don't care, because we've got to support our people," "We've got to support our people who belong here." The hundreds of students, who left their campuses from 7 Santa Fe schools.

The only thing more disgusting than that wheezing liar is the crowd clapping at every racist thing he says.

Vivek Ramaswamy thinks childhood sexual abuse is a character flaw. Being a colossal asshole, apparently, is not.