jtownsle.bsky.social
@jtownsle.bsky.social
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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We are fighting like hell to stop Musk’s staffers. They come into our buildings, forcibly removing us with the FBI, U.S. Marshals, and police. This coup must be stopped.
March 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Anne Applebaum on Substack
Anne Applebaum on Substack
A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.
substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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When fascists clutch their pearls, it's because they expect you to be civil so that they can steamroll you. It's a page right out of the Abuse 101, a playbook well loved by the patriarchy.

Meet - and beat - their energy. They deserve neither your civility or decorum.
Fascism is not polite. Fascism is not civil. Fascism cares little for decorum. Whether we are urged to be civil to racists or polite to patriarchy, the goal is the same: to maintain the power of the racist, to maintain the power of patriarchy.

Daily Dose: 117 www.feministgiant.com/p/daily-dose...
March 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Reminder: Amazon Blackout—starting tomorrow.

Amazon ❌, Whole Foods ❌ off the to-do list!
March 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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March 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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#50501 protest Indianapolis
March 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim— oh.
March 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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March 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Real income for the bottom 80% has barely moved since the 1980s. Even for the top 20% it's been stagnant for 20 years. Yet corporate profits have skyrocketed. #neoliberalism #LatinoFreeze
February 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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We are arms dealers to terrorists.
February 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Listen up.
February 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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JUST IN: ICE van reportedly set on fire in Philadelphia
February 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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True.
February 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ?

And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !

We all look forward to reading your thoughts
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
February 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
February 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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I guess I'd love to see Democratic politicians using dirty tricks on Republicans for a change rather than exhausting all their dirty tricks on their own progressive primary challengers
February 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Gillibrand on WNYC today said one reason they're all falling in line is that they get death threats.
cassidy changing his tune after what he said on the senate floor is what has upgraded my position from "they are being bribed" or "they are worried about primary challenges" to "they are worried about being murdered"
Cassidy was honestly the one that signaled for me these Senators think they are in real fucking danger. Collins and Tillis have jello for spines. Ernst probably got strong armed
February 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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February 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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So far, there's a lot more evidence that fighting back can work than that it can't, whether it's through the courts, mobilizing public opinion, or even in some reported cases GOP politicians complaining.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Feb 6
Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.
NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar
Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.
www.npr.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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One of the key points of non-violent direct action is to force the authorities to stop you -- to force their hand, to make them arrest you, and yes, perhaps even make them lash out in violence -- and to broadcast those images to an otherwise apathetic public.

Be confrontational, not compliant.
February 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM