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A Day for Decency and Democracy
We aren't maga bullshitters
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A Day for Decency and Democracy
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
When your signature achievement becomes so toxic you abandon your own name for it, you've lost control of the political conversation.
https://dittany.com/political-rebranding-reveals-deeper-collapse-when-signature-policies-need-new-names/
September 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I am living inside a train wreck. America, democracy, the reality I grew up in, the ground I was raised on, is crashing around me.
August 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My President, The Mob Boss
The US just told 27 democratic allies: pay us $1.35 trillion or face economic destruction. We've become the mob boss of international relations - exporting the same predatory model we use to extract wealth from our own people.
July 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
⚠️ “Release the Files” Means Names—Especially the Abusers
What the public wants isn’t legal procedure—it’s accountability.
July 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
SHARE MEMES where Christians might see them.
July 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Citation:

New York Magazine, October 28, 2002
Title: Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery
Author: Landon Thomas Jr.
Link (archived):
nymag.com/nymetro/news...
(Scroll to paragraph 5 or search “Terrific guy” or “younger side” on the page.)

@axidentaliberal.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM
July 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
July 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Struggling families need support

Here's a letter to the editor I wrote about the Republican budget bill. I kept the local context specific to my county to show how others can personalize these letters for their own towns.
June 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Stop unauthorized war
https://resist.bot/petitions/PERPPR
It’s a good letter; click the link to read it. Congress must decide if we go to war—not the president.
June 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This post explains what happened in Los Angeles—ICE raids, protest, then federal military deployment—and how it fits into a broader pattern of constitutional erosion.

Steps to take in response to the LA military deployment and the authoritarian playbook:
lfitzhugh.substack.com/p/the-author...
June 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀! 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀! ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇxᴛ. Just think—all those Hawaiians... when they're gone, I guess somebody will have to get that land.
June 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐃𝐨 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐛, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐬
...𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬.

𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬:

The May 2025 tornado in St. Louis and the missing federal response raises important questions about the role of the federal government.

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June 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
THE SIT-DOWN WAVE is a simple, effective way to respond to violence. A calm, seated crowd is a powerful image for the world—and the cameras—to see. Any bad actors will be dramatically visible.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
June 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📣 Title: “You Swore an Oath. We Expect You to Keep It.”

📲 Send it in under 2 minutes:
Text SIGN PRKNOO to 50409
🔗 Or click here: https://resist.bot/petitions/PRKNOO

They’re not untouchable. Remind them who they work for.
May 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Oversight Needs a Civil Rights Attorney at the Helm

Rep. Jasmine Crockett is a civil rights attorney with the legal expertise, oversight experience, and clarity this role demands.
May 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Sign and Share widely

Quatar's gift to Donald Trump violates the Constitution. Congress is required to act.
May 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Phonebank: The Secretary of State is preparing to purge 455,000 voters from Georgia's voter rolls in June (next month). Help us contact these voters to tell them how they can update their registration and stay registered to vote in the upcoming election!
May 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Your message goes straight to your reps.

This thread was composed using blueskythreads.xyz
May 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just out yesterday
April 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The DNC’s new outreach plan is smart — but it won’t break through the media divide. We need a daily, fact-based press briefing that reaches everyone — not just people who already agree with us.
April 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
There’s a difference between just getting by—and belonging to a country that truly values your life. America thrived when the middle class thrived.
April 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Save and Share memes widely. Get facts out.
April 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM