Ed Democracy
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human being, father, practitioner of permaculture & democracy, social systems philosopher | US Navy veteran
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Pushing back works
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Pushing back works
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THREAD: Verified videos of anti-establishment protests currently unfolding in Iran
Protesters push back police and security forces on Tehran's Jomhouri Street.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/LKZH6YbnT2WE...
@geoconfirmed.org
Protesters push back police and security forces on Tehran's Jomhouri Street.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/LKZH6YbnT2WE...
@geoconfirmed.org
December 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
THREAD: Verified videos of anti-establishment protests currently unfolding in Iran
Protesters push back police and security forces on Tehran's Jomhouri Street.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/LKZH6YbnT2WE...
@geoconfirmed.org
Protesters push back police and security forces on Tehran's Jomhouri Street.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/LKZH6YbnT2WE...
@geoconfirmed.org
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Alexandria
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Alexandria
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Jack Smith told House committee he had ‘proof beyond reasonable doubt’ in cases against Trump
Jack Smith told House committee he had ‘proof beyond reasonable doubt’ in cases against Trump
Ex-special counsel testified in front of judiciary committee about aborted federal prosecution of Donald Trump
Jack Smith, the former justice department special counsel who led the aborted federal prosecution of Donald Trump, told a congressional committee that he never spoke to Joe Biden about his cases, according to the transcript of a deposition released on Wednesday.
In his behind-closed-doors testimony to the House judiciary committee earlier this month, Smith defended the charges he brought against Trump for allegedly possessing classified documents and attempting to overturn the 2020 election, while warning of the consequences of allowing election meddling to go unpunished. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Jack Smith told House committee he had ‘proof beyond reasonable doubt’ in cases against Trump
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Jack Smith Testimony released today: “President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol…does not happen without him”
December 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Jack Smith Testimony released today: “President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol…does not happen without him”
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Not one but two scary things here. First, most obviously: 100 million. Close to a 1/3 of U.S. now deemed not-American. Yes, it's trolling. Yes, AND. Second: It's simultaneously a nod toward an old imaginary white US, & an emptied out post-apocalypse. It's acknowledging the ambition is cataclysm.
December 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Not one but two scary things here. First, most obviously: 100 million. Close to a 1/3 of U.S. now deemed not-American. Yes, it's trolling. Yes, AND. Second: It's simultaneously a nod toward an old imaginary white US, & an emptied out post-apocalypse. It's acknowledging the ambition is cataclysm.
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As you read both the Jack Smith testimony about Trump inciting the Jan 6 terrorist attack and the WSJ report on Trump providing young women to Jeffrey Epstein it reminds us that Donald Trump should right now be in a prison cell--where he would remain for the rest of his unnatural life!
December 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
As you read both the Jack Smith testimony about Trump inciting the Jan 6 terrorist attack and the WSJ report on Trump providing young women to Jeffrey Epstein it reminds us that Donald Trump should right now be in a prison cell--where he would remain for the rest of his unnatural life!
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“Did you believe you had sufficient evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction against Donald Trump for interference with the lawful transfer of power?”
JACK SMITH: “Yes.”
JACK SMITH: “Yes.”
December 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“Did you believe you had sufficient evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction against Donald Trump for interference with the lawful transfer of power?”
JACK SMITH: “Yes.”
JACK SMITH: “Yes.”
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"If you see this, post a random image from your device."
December 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"If you see this, post a random image from your device."
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Trump retreating for now from his explicitly stated ambition of militarily occupying US cities. Hooray! Happy New Year! Don't forget he'll try again! And let's remember some of what worked, even if there are parts yr not a fan of: Protest! Courts. Journalism. Mayors. Military slow-walking.
December 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Trump retreating for now from his explicitly stated ambition of militarily occupying US cities. Hooray! Happy New Year! Don't forget he'll try again! And let's remember some of what worked, even if there are parts yr not a fan of: Protest! Courts. Journalism. Mayors. Military slow-walking.
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DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
![@DHSgov on X: The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world.
[Image of a beach] America after 100 million deportations](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreiccvipzc5mayvbrzoo3cxhkp2iayuhphh4grk6lziqajuk7d2leee@jpeg)
December 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
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The move follows the Supreme Court’s decision last week that found Trump could not deploy guard members to Chicago, ruling that the president did not meet the requirements to send guard members to the Windy City for the purpose of assisting with federal immigration enforcement.
Trump gives up on National Guard deployment in 3 cities | Arizona Mirror
President Trump announced that he will back off his plans to use National Guard troops in the Democratic-led cities of Chicago, LA and Portland.
azmirror.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The move follows the Supreme Court’s decision last week that found Trump could not deploy guard members to Chicago, ruling that the president did not meet the requirements to send guard members to the Windy City for the purpose of assisting with federal immigration enforcement.
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On Jack Smith deposition, now released:
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
December 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
On Jack Smith deposition, now released:
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
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Happy New Year with real fascist stuff about expelling a third of the nation. Wonder who’ll be targeted.
December 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Happy New Year with real fascist stuff about expelling a third of the nation. Wonder who’ll be targeted.
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To be on Maine's primary ballot, candidates for Governor and U.S. Senate must have 2,000 signatures. Candidates for U.S. Representative must have 1,000. Candidates may begin to collect signatures starting Jan 1.
FMI: legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-...
#MEpolitics
For those in the Graham camp:
FMI: legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-...
#MEpolitics
For those in the Graham camp:
December 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
To be on Maine's primary ballot, candidates for Governor and U.S. Senate must have 2,000 signatures. Candidates for U.S. Representative must have 1,000. Candidates may begin to collect signatures starting Jan 1.
FMI: legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-...
#MEpolitics
For those in the Graham camp:
FMI: legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-...
#MEpolitics
For those in the Graham camp:
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Cool stuff entering public domain:
Betty Boop
Nancy Drew + her first 5 novels
The Maltese Falcon novel
Disney's first iteration of Pluto as "Rover"
The first fully voiced Academy Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Got Rhythm
Betty Boop
Nancy Drew + her first 5 novels
The Maltese Falcon novel
Disney's first iteration of Pluto as "Rover"
The first fully voiced Academy Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Got Rhythm
🕛 At midnight, new creative works enter the public domain in the US.
🎙️ In the latest Future Knowledge podcast, James Boyle (The Public Domain) explains why the public domain matters & how digital enclosures are quietly fencing it off.
🎧 Listen now ➡️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
🎙️ In the latest Future Knowledge podcast, James Boyle (The Public Domain) explains why the public domain matters & how digital enclosures are quietly fencing it off.
🎧 Listen now ➡️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
December 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Cool stuff entering public domain:
Betty Boop
Nancy Drew + her first 5 novels
The Maltese Falcon novel
Disney's first iteration of Pluto as "Rover"
The first fully voiced Academy Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Got Rhythm
Betty Boop
Nancy Drew + her first 5 novels
The Maltese Falcon novel
Disney's first iteration of Pluto as "Rover"
The first fully voiced Academy Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Got Rhythm
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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
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In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a @wabe.org and ProPublica analysis found.
Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.
(Published Jan. 2024)
Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.
(Published Jan. 2024)
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
www.propublica.org
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a @wabe.org and ProPublica analysis found.
Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.
(Published Jan. 2024)
Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.
(Published Jan. 2024)
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When I launched my campaign, I said I wanted to do politics differently… and we’re actually doing it.
Thank you to Jessica Washington and @theintercept.com for covering the most exciting and rewarding part of this campaign: theintercept.com/2025/12/26/k...
Thank you to Jessica Washington and @theintercept.com for covering the most exciting and rewarding part of this campaign: theintercept.com/2025/12/26/k...
Kat Abughazaleh Thinks Campaign Funds Should Help Feed People
Kat Abughazaleh, an activist running for Congress in Illinois, turned her campaign office into a mutual aid hub.
theintercept.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
When I launched my campaign, I said I wanted to do politics differently… and we’re actually doing it.
Thank you to Jessica Washington and @theintercept.com for covering the most exciting and rewarding part of this campaign: theintercept.com/2025/12/26/k...
Thank you to Jessica Washington and @theintercept.com for covering the most exciting and rewarding part of this campaign: theintercept.com/2025/12/26/k...
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In less than a week, I will be sworn in as the next mayor of New York City. It was only possible because of the more than 100,000 people who volunteered on our campaign. Here’s a story about one of them, my mother.
December 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
In less than a week, I will be sworn in as the next mayor of New York City. It was only possible because of the more than 100,000 people who volunteered on our campaign. Here’s a story about one of them, my mother.
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On behalf of everyone in The Resistance movement following the massive EPSTEIN coverup, I want to wish all my fellow Radical Left Scum the happiest of holidays!- ♥️, Mar🐫
December 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
On behalf of everyone in The Resistance movement following the massive EPSTEIN coverup, I want to wish all my fellow Radical Left Scum the happiest of holidays!- ♥️, Mar🐫
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Translation: no Democrat will ever be allowed, again, to gain control of the White House, House, or Senate.
Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Translation: no Democrat will ever be allowed, again, to gain control of the White House, House, or Senate.
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Amy Wallace says the FBI and DOJ have the list. Twenty abusers. Zero accountability. How long will we tolerate this cover-up?
hartmannreport.com/p/trumps-eli...
hartmannreport.com/p/trumps-eli...
Trump’s Elite Pedophile Protection Program: Who are they Protecting?
Amy Wallace says the FBI and DOJ have the list. Twenty abusers. Zero accountability. How long will we tolerate this cover-up?
hartmannreport.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Amy Wallace says the FBI and DOJ have the list. Twenty abusers. Zero accountability. How long will we tolerate this cover-up?
hartmannreport.com/p/trumps-eli...
hartmannreport.com/p/trumps-eli...
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Did Putin design Trump's new "Epstein Ballroom"? Or just inspire it?
October 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Did Putin design Trump's new "Epstein Ballroom"? Or just inspire it?