Restore Our Democracy
@dougbarking.bsky.social
Lifelong Democrat. Lazy gay. Resistor of disinformation and the hostile takeover of the Trump regime. Get money out of politics. Please and thank you.
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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“A top Goldman Sachs executive summed up the frustration with Mr. Trump succinctly: Someone has to stop him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge
The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“A top Goldman Sachs executive summed up the frustration with Mr. Trump succinctly: Someone has to stop him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
The right take 👇
As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit
February 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The right take 👇
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No foreign adversary has done as much to harm America as President Musk and Donald Trump have done in 3 weeks.
February 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
No foreign adversary has done as much to harm America as President Musk and Donald Trump have done in 3 weeks.
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So, they are
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.
February 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So, they are
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.
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Not for nothing but everyone realizes that these teenagers and 20 somethings who have complete access to the Treasury payment source code are now #1 espionage recruitment targets for Russia and China, right?
February 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Not for nothing but everyone realizes that these teenagers and 20 somethings who have complete access to the Treasury payment source code are now #1 espionage recruitment targets for Russia and China, right?
From the Phila Inquirer Editorial Board.
More chaos, corruption, and incompetence. Welcome to Trump 2.0. | Editorial www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
More chaos, corruption, and incompetence. Welcome to Trump 2.0. | Editorial www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
More chaos, corruption and incompetence. Welcome to Trump 2.0. | Editorial
The one constant over the next four years will be Donald Trump’s continued abuse of power for his own aggrandizement while doing nothing to help average Americans.
www.inquirer.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
From the Phila Inquirer Editorial Board.
More chaos, corruption, and incompetence. Welcome to Trump 2.0. | Editorial www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
More chaos, corruption, and incompetence. Welcome to Trump 2.0. | Editorial www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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BREAKING: Elon Musk and a network of his associates are exerting sweeping control over the inner workings of the U.S. government.
This takeover of multiple government agencies includes the Treasury Department.
There appears to be an attempt to use the federal payments system to enact…
This takeover of multiple government agencies includes the Treasury Department.
There appears to be an attempt to use the federal payments system to enact…
January 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
BREAKING: Elon Musk and a network of his associates are exerting sweeping control over the inner workings of the U.S. government.
This takeover of multiple government agencies includes the Treasury Department.
There appears to be an attempt to use the federal payments system to enact…
This takeover of multiple government agencies includes the Treasury Department.
There appears to be an attempt to use the federal payments system to enact…
Remember when the Nazis destroyed all the sexuality and gender studies in Berlin in the 1930s? Yeah, we’re there.
BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
February 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Remember when the Nazis destroyed all the sexuality and gender studies in Berlin in the 1930s? Yeah, we’re there.
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This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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We’re live tweeting the end of America.
February 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
We’re live tweeting the end of America.
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"We know you’re out of power. We understand you’re in the minority. We hear that, loud and clear. What we’re not hearing is your anger. We’re not hearing your outrage. We’re wondering whether or not you actually hear us."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/comms-advi...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/comms-advi...
Comms Advice for Democratic Lawmakers
You didn't ask, but I'm offering it anyway.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"We know you’re out of power. We understand you’re in the minority. We hear that, loud and clear. What we’re not hearing is your anger. We’re not hearing your outrage. We’re wondering whether or not you actually hear us."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/comms-advi...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/comms-advi...
The purge.
BREAKING: 88 FBI agents who worked on Trump cases were just physically escorted out of the Washington Field office per a source.
February 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The purge.
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🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs.
Full text, per government source:
Full text, per government source:
January 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs.
Full text, per government source:
Full text, per government source:
Where is B613 when we need them?
January 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Where is B613 when we need them?
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Feel deep in my bones that the backlash to all of this is going to be enormous. Not sure how it will manifest and when it will explode into view, but confident it’s coming.
January 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Feel deep in my bones that the backlash to all of this is going to be enormous. Not sure how it will manifest and when it will explode into view, but confident it’s coming.
Hey, Carrie Underwood, what is it we’re supposed to do when he cheats?
Um. What the fuck?
“Elon was very effective. He knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. It was pretty good. Thank you to Elon.”
Did Donald Trump just admit he cheated in Pennsylvania?
“Elon was very effective. He knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. It was pretty good. Thank you to Elon.”
Did Donald Trump just admit he cheated in Pennsylvania?
January 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Hey, Carrie Underwood, what is it we’re supposed to do when he cheats?
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Capitol Police during a previous protection mission ... 4+ years ago
January 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Capitol Police during a previous protection mission ... 4+ years ago
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HE DID IT Y'ALL!
Joe Biden has declared The #ERA ratified and the law of the land!
#28thAmendment
#EqualRightsAmendment
Joe Biden has declared The #ERA ratified and the law of the land!
#28thAmendment
#EqualRightsAmendment
January 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
HE DID IT Y'ALL!
Joe Biden has declared The #ERA ratified and the law of the land!
#28thAmendment
#EqualRightsAmendment
Joe Biden has declared The #ERA ratified and the law of the land!
#28thAmendment
#EqualRightsAmendment
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What's happening today isn't a philosophical debate over whether democracy or autocracy is preferable.
It's a smash-and-grab by the super-rich, who are bankrolling a torrent of lies to pave the way for widespread financial exploitation.
It's organized crime, not politics.
It's a smash-and-grab by the super-rich, who are bankrolling a torrent of lies to pave the way for widespread financial exploitation.
It's organized crime, not politics.
January 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
What's happening today isn't a philosophical debate over whether democracy or autocracy is preferable.
It's a smash-and-grab by the super-rich, who are bankrolling a torrent of lies to pave the way for widespread financial exploitation.
It's organized crime, not politics.
It's a smash-and-grab by the super-rich, who are bankrolling a torrent of lies to pave the way for widespread financial exploitation.
It's organized crime, not politics.
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Starting TODAY, a key provision of the Inflation Reduction Act goes into effect: Limiting annual out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs to $2,000 for Medicare beneficiaries.
19 million people are expected to save an average of $400 each.
19 million people are expected to save an average of $400 each.
January 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Starting TODAY, a key provision of the Inflation Reduction Act goes into effect: Limiting annual out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs to $2,000 for Medicare beneficiaries.
19 million people are expected to save an average of $400 each.
19 million people are expected to save an average of $400 each.