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On hiatus from Bluesky until Sarah is reinstated.
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Free Sarah Kendzior @dlaw51.bsky.social · Jul 2
Nothing makes sense unless you look at what they're doing as a deliberate attempt to destroy the health, safety, economy, and future of the United States. It's too destructive and too irrational to be stupidity or craziness or libtears or whatever. Occam be damned, this is enemy action.
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cafastfoodunion.org
Get up, get down, San Diego is a union town! #NoContractNoCoffee
The Starbucks strike in San Diego today
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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wtafc.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
dlaw51.bsky.social
Again, SO WEIRD that THIS AUTHOR, on today, or ALL DAYS, should be banned from BlueSky.
The story of Donald Trump’s rise to power is the story of a buried American history – buried because people in power liked it that way. It was visible without being seen, influential without being named, ubiquitous without being overt. Sarah Kendzior’s Hiding in Plain Sight pulls back the veil on a history spanning decades, a history of an American autocrat in the making. In doing so, she reveals the inherent fragility of American democracy – how our continual loss of freedom, the rise of consolidated corruption, and the secrets behind a burgeoning autocratic United States have been hiding in plain sight for decades. In Kendzior’s signature and celebrated style, she expertly outlines Trump’s meteoric rise from the 1980s until today, interlinking key moments of his life with the degradation of the American political system and the continual erosion of our civil liberties by foreign powers. Kendzior also offers a never-before-seen look at her lifelong tendency to be in the wrong place at the wrong time – living in New York through 9/11 and in St. Louis during the Ferguson uprising, and researching media and authoritarianism when Trump emerged using the same tactics as the post-Soviet dictatorships she had long studied. It is a terrible feeling to sense a threat coming, but it is worse when we let apathy, doubt, and fear prevent us from preparing ourselves. Hiding in Plain Sight confronts the injustice we have too long ignored because the truth is the only way forward.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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mommunism.bsky.social
Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
I was suspended from BlueSky for defending the honor of Johnny Cash. I wish I were joking. In early October, I referenced the "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" lyric of "Folsom Prison Blues" in response to a terrible Wall Street Journal article saying that Johnny Cash was uncool. I quote-tweeted the article and everyone understood the reference. There was no outcry. I stand by my assessment that Johnny Cash is cool. I do not like being the subject of so much attention, especially when I cannot see the discussion. But the BlueSky admins are now claiming that I wrote a post saying, out of nowhere, "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die". They are not posting a screenshot of the actual tweet, which shows that I am quote-tweeting an article about Johnny Cash, and that my post is obviously not a threat but a play on "Folsom Prison Blues." BlueSky is lying and saying I posted this line on November 10. I did not. I posted it in early October, when the WS) article came out. You can see that they are lying about the date from this page showing my last BlueSky tweets: I was not given any explanation for my suspension the first two times l inquired. Later I was told it was for the "Folsom Prison Blues" reference, and I asked for clarification but did not receive it. I thought it might be a prank until a reporter reached out this morning and confirmed it. BlueSky's behavior is bizarre and unwarranted. I have lost access to friends and all my posts and photos. I am incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support here on Substack and also on BlueSky - though I cannot see it, because I am suspended. To quote another Johnny Cash song: "I ain't never done nothin' to nobody/ I ain't never got nothin from nobody, no time/ And until I get somethin' from somebody, sometime, I don't intend to do nothin' for nobody, no time." As for BlueSky...
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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dlaw51.bsky.social
Since Bluesky gets to control the convo and Sarah can't post while she's suspended, here's her side of things:
I was suspended from BlueSky for defending the honor of Johnny Cash. I wish I were joking. In early October, I referenced the “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die” lyric of “Folsom Prison Blues” in response to a terrible Wall Street Journal article saying that Johnny Cash was uncool. I quote-tweeted the article and everyone understood the reference. There was no outcry. I stand by my assessment that Johnny Cash is cool. I do not like being the subject of so much attention, especially when I cannot see the discussion. But the BlueSky admins are now claiming that I wrote a post saying, out of nowhere, “I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die”. They are not posting a screenshot of the actual tweet, which shows that I am quote-tweeting an article about Johnny Cash, and that my post is obviously not a threat but a play on “Folsom Prison Blues.” BlueSky is lying and saying I posted this line on November 10. I did not. I posted it in early October, when the WSJ article came out. You can see that they are lying about the date from this page showing my last BlueSky tweets: I was not given any explanation for my suspension the first two times I inquired. Later I was told it was for the “Folsom Prison Blues” reference, and I asked for clarification but did not receive it. I thought it might be a prank until a reporter reached out this morning and confirmed it. BlueSky’s behavior is bizarre and unwarranted. I have lost access to friends and all my posts and photos. I am incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support here on Substack and also on BlueSky — though I cannot see it, because I am suspended. To quote another Johnny Cash song: "I ain’t never done nothin' to nobody/ I ain’t never got nothin’ from nobody, no time/ And until I get somethin' from somebody, sometime, I don't intend to do nothin' for nobody, no time." As for BlueSky…
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
dlaw51.bsky.social
Free Sarah Kendzior.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
dlaw51.bsky.social
Fucking off this site until Sarah Kendzior is reinstated.
November 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
dlaw51.bsky.social
@support.bsky.team this is existential. If you disappear journalists like Sarah Kendzior you better have cause and you better show it. This isn’t a “trust us” kind of situation.
November 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
dlaw51.bsky.social
Free Sarah Kendzior.
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
dlaw51.bsky.social
I don’t understand. Sarah Kendzior is suspended for a post which violates community guidelines. Bsky won’t tell anyone, including her, which post. No transparency. Just blind trust in an obviously faulty system. They will just disappear anyone for nothing and we just have to accept that? No thanks
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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lidsville.bsky.social
Perhaps we should stop using this thing until they reinstate Sarah Kendzior (with an apology)
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
dlaw51.bsky.social
Any place that bans Sarah Kendzior is not a place I want to be. @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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kenburnside.bsky.social
Free Sarah Kendzior.
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
dlaw51.bsky.social
If @sarahkendzior.bsky.social is gone so am I. @support.bsky.team

Logging off.
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Hello @support.bsky.team why has
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social been suspended without explanation?????
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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jilltwiss.bsky.social
WE WEREN'T THE ONES WHO STOPPED FIGHTING
whitehouse.senate.gov Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 3d
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
dlaw51.bsky.social
Democratic voters can give victories to democratic politicians, but democratic politicians will NEVER return the favor.
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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bubbaprog.xyz
they have never *not* betrayed everyone. using the word "if" here reveals just how either a) naive and unsuitable for office you are or b) complicit (and unsuitable for office) you are.
whitehouse.senate.gov Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 3d
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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mattoswaltva.bsky.social
my God, she's gonna chop off Paul Sheldons other foot, isn't she
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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indivisible.org
We deserve a Democratic Party that is willing to fight as hard as we are.

We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
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November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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walkerbragman.bsky.social
What is the point of a political party that will not fight for the people?
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM