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Trump MELTS DOWN in His Most Humiliating Interview Ever

May 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM

Cunning Escape Plan

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Yesterday, I answered a 'How's the first 100 days going?', survey. Knew I should've ticked the 'You're shitting me. What, America actually voted for this batshit?' box.

Laughing, not laughing.

#Tattoos #Bulwark #NoWords

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCxN...

YouTube video by The Bulwark

🚨 US Supreme Court move SURGES into national spotlight

April 30, 2025 at 7:08 AM

Cunning Escape Plan

@cunningescapeplan.bsky.social

Move to disenfranchise valid ballots received after election day.

#PostalVote #SCOTUS #ProtectYourVote #YourVoteMatters

youtu.be/hM89EB6K-hI?...

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

BREAKING: 4th Circuit Pauses North Carolina Ballot Rejections

April 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM

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Eric Swalwell

@ericswalwell.bsky.social

Kevin Kiley refuses to talk to his constituents about their health care and social security. Because he WON’T protect it. So, I went to Folsom and talked to them.

April 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM

Cunning Escape Plan

@cunningescapeplan.bsky.social

It’s not over, but this is really good news.

#NorthCarolina #JusticeRiggs #GriffinList #DefendDemocracy #FightBack #JusticeMatters

youtu.be/edDvHvq3cxM?...

North Carolina Supreme Court race takes turn in Democrats’ favor

April 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM

Cunning Escape Plan

@cunningescapeplan.bsky.social

It’s free - if you can’t make the time, you’ll be sent a recording to the email you sign up with.

#DemocracyDocket has a free newsletter subscription - it’s well worth it.

#DefendDemocracy

April 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM

Cunning Escape Plan

@cunningescapeplan.bsky.social

Tomorrow, I find out whether my covid cataracts are cooked enough to whip out. God, I hope so. I'm so done with this blurry shit. It's making me feel quite deaf for some bizarre reason.

April 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM

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Tortoise

@tortoisemedia.bsky.social

Introducing Hot Air – a searchable database of social media posts from almost 300 online actors posting about climate change, in ways that range from scepticism to outright misinformation.

Head to our website to explore the tool yourself: torto.se/4j0NNY4

🗣️ @chefboibex.bsky.social

April 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM

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paulalj.bsky.social

@paulalj.bsky.social

Sorry - just the reverse. The MAGAs are now fully in possession of the Republican Party. We agree on that, but your election ballot will not have maga on it next to a candidate. It will say Republican & we need people to know that is who to blame. If the party officially changes its name then I’m ok

April 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM

Cunning Escape Plan

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The #InstituteofEconomicAffairs might want to forget its role in one of the biggest acts of self harm any nation has committed in modern history, but the internet won't

#Greenpeace #Unearthed #MarkLittlewood #IEA #HeritageFoundation #AtlasFoundation

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April 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM

Cunning Escape Plan

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#NorthCarolina Supreme Court justice #AllisonRiggs (D), gives an update on the certification of he Nov. 2024 win. If her Republican opponent is successful in his attempts to change the results, it doesn't bode well for future Dem wins.

#GriffinList #JusticeMatters

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frg3...

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen News

What We Must Do Now | Robert Reich Speaks at Berkeley Rally | April 17, 2025

April 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM

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Michael J. Stern

@michaeljstern.bsky.social

April 20, 2025 at 6:03 AM

Cunning Escape Plan

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"The only way to deal with a tyrant is to deny the tyrant the ability to be tyrannical. #Tyranny cannot exist unless people
submit to it"

"Every person who stands up...invites thousands of others to stand up"

#RobertReich gets to the point at the #Berkeley rally

#Resist

youtu.be/ge5wsaTpuz8?...

YouTube video by Robert Reich

I Worked At Palantir: The Tech Company Reshaping Reality

April 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM

Cunning Escape Plan

@cunningescapeplan.bsky.social

This is truly alarming...

A former employee sounds alarm about #PeterThiel's company #Palantir. Palantir claims it can revolutionize government systems with their #AI-powered software. It's been hired by the US Defense Dept, the FBI, ICE, &...Wendy’s

#Resist #P2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ95...

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY WITH BERNIE AND AOC: FOLSOM, CA (LIVE AT 9PM ET)

April 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM

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Secular Talk

@kylekulinskishow.bsky.social

April 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM

Cunning Escape Plan

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"I’m no mathematician, but I do know this: 99% is a hell of a lot bigger than 1%. We, together, are powerful enough to defeat Trumpism"

#AOC: 1:08:51
#BernieSanders: 1:37:35

Keeping people in #Poverty is #VoterSuppression

#FightOligarchy #Resist #StrongerTogether

www.youtube.com/live/a9zX6ZZ...

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders

No union and forget staff toilet breaks, but hey, at least Bezos can buy Venice for his wedding | Catherine Bennett

April 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM

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Eoin Higgins

@eoinhiggins.bsky.social

MIT following Harvard's lead here

April 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM

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Thomas Lecaque

@tlecaque.bsky.social

This is how all billionaires, and everyone in Trumpland, should be covered.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In a triumph of bling over restraint, the bride will get a hen do in space and a party on a super-yacht

www.theguardian.com

April 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM

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Dan

@ndduck.bsky.social

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Democrats say NC Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin's election lawsuit has national implications • NC Newsline

Democrats warn that if NC Judge Jefferson Griffin wins his lawsuit to throw out votes, the GOP will try it in other states.

ncnewsline.com

April 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM

Cunning Escape Plan

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Pituffik Space Base chief, Col. Susannah Meyers, fired for speaking truth to couch humping, man-child.

Didn't say, 'Don't look at me, you batshit crazy wife of lard mountain'

#MeyersFired #Pituffik #Greenland #WomenResisting

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

US fires Greenland military base chief for 'undermining' JD Vance

The US military said it had lost confidence in Colonel Susannah Meyers' ability to lead.

www.bbc.co.uk

April 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM

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Nicky Schwenzer

@nickyschwenzer.bsky.social

Next Worldwide Day Of Action April 1️⃣9️⃣✊🏻
#HandsOff2025 #WeThePeople #April19

#DEFENDDEMOCRACY 🗽

3/3🧵

April 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM

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Crystal

@crystalvw.bsky.social

Did your wife change her last name when she married you? It will be real funny when she can’t vote for you again.

April 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM

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Cunning Escape Plan

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Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain the #SAVEACT, its harms, & how it disenfranchises, amongst others, the poor, married & divorced/separated #women, & 1st time voters.

Follow @democracydocket.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQr...

Republicans Reintroduce Controversial Voting Bill

BREAKING: North Carolina Court Says 65k Ballots Can By Tossed Out | Justice Allison Riggs

January 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM

Cunning Escape Plan

@cunningescapeplan.bsky.social

Eleven days.

#NorthCarolina #defenddemocracy

Cunning Escape Plan @cunningescapeplan.bsky.social · Apr 5

🚨 #Dems in #NorthCarolina. You have FIFTEEN DAYS to check if your ballot is on #JeffersonGriffin's list of over 60,000 votes #the Republicans want to cast aside. If Griffin succeeds in this case, NO election result is safe

Justice #AlisonRiggs & #MarcElias explain 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HfX...