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MisoMeow
@misomeow.bsky.social
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Childless cat person. I like miso soup. And democracy. 😎
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Wtaf...

Here's a link to the article in case it saves anyone clicks/taps: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Screengrab of quote from the article that reads: “These families were lawfully complying with ICE’s orders and for this they suffered cruel and traumatic separation. If this is what the Trump administration is orchestrating just three months in, we should all be terrified of what the next four years will bring.”
April 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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April 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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April 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Trump, Musk and Republicans in Congress are gutting services, raising prices, and racing towards slashing Medicaid, Social Security, and other life-saving programs. We're coming together nationwide to tell them "hands off!", find and join an event near you!
#HandsOff
#April5th
handsoff2025.com
Text that reads "Hands off!" in very large text, then goes on to say "Medicaid, Medicare, social security, our jobs, our wallets, our bodies, fair elections, personal data, public lands, veteran services, cancer research, NATO, consumer protections, clean air, clean energy, schools, libraries, free speech, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrants, courts, more." There's a banner on the right that reads "We must stop Trump and Musk's illegal, billionaire, power grab. Saturday April 5." and includes handsoff2025.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Please go to action.aclu.org/send-message... to send a message to the acting ICE director.
Infographic from the ACLU titled Know your protest rights. 1. You don't need a permit to protest in streets or on sidewalks if you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. 2. You have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including police. 3. If stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If yes, calmly walk away. 4. If arrested, ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present.
March 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Taking a moment to call out this lesson from @timothysnyder.bsky.social's "On Tyranny". Please be mindful of people who may attempt (or are already attempting) to push false narratives and weaponize tragic scenarios.
Picture of lesson 18 from the book, the text says: Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. *Do not fall for it.* (end of page 103, next images are pages 104 and 105 with more info) Page 104: The Reichstag fire was the moment when Hitler's government, which came to power mainly through democratic means, became the menacingly permanent Nazi regime. It is the archetype of terror management. On February 27, 1933, at about nine p.m., the building housing the German parliament, the Reichstag, began to burn. Who set the fire that night in Berlin? We don't know, and it doesn't really matter. What matters is that this spectacular act of terror initiated the politics of emergency. Gazing with pleasure at the flames that night, Hitler said: "This fire is just the beginning. Whether or not the Nazis set the fire, Hitler saw the political opportunity: "There will be no mercy now. Anyone standing in our way will be cut down." The next day a decree suspended the basic rights ofall German citizens, allowing them to be "preventively detained" by the police. On the strength of Hitler's claim that the fire was the work of Germany's enemies, the Nazi Party won a decisive victory in parliamentary elections on (end of page 104) Page 105: March 5th. The police and the Nazi paramilitaries began to round up members of left-wing political parties and place them in improvised concentration camps. On March 23 the new parliament passed an "enabling act," which allowed Hitler to rule by decree. Germany then remained in a state of emergency for the next twelve years, until the end of the Second World War. Hitler had used an act of terror, an event of limited inherent significance, to institute a regime of terror that killed millions ofpeople and changed the world. The authoritarians of today are also terror managers, and if anything they are rather more creative. Consider the current Russian regime that backed an American candidate. Vladimir Putin not only came to power in an incident that strikingly resembled the Reichstag fire, he then used a series of terror attacks - real, questionable, and fake - to remove obstacles to total power in Russia and assault democratic neighbors. When Putin was appointed prime minister by a failing Boris Yeltsin, in August 1999, he was... (end of page 105 and last image)
January 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Did you read the linked post? It has a clear ask in the beginning... It's of course okay to evaluate things that Democrats could've done differently, it's also okay to request clarification on and ask questions about other elephants in the room that haven't been fully addressed yet.
Screengrab of text from the linked post: "And that’s exactly what they’re counting on. It’s why they pushed the “stolen election” narrative so hard, for so long. It’s brilliant, really. The same message that whipped up unrest on January 6, 2021, now guarantees what I write below will fall upon deaf ears. But it’s also why I can’t let this go, because so few may pursue it. If we all fall silent, that means we’re letting Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Elon Musk, and their anti-democratic ilk get away with it. Please approach the following with an open mind. This is the terrible truth behind the greatest criminal conspiracy in the history of the world."
December 26, 2024 at 4:04 AM
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Another bad faith attempt at targeting women. If passed, it would further amplify the scary precedents being set. www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...
Screengrab of text from my Notes app: If passed, H.3537 could: • Force more women to have to share their most personal, heartbreaking stories publicly in court. • Cause more doctors getting pulled away from providing care to defend themselves in legal battles. • Lead to more women being scared to seek care. • Allow potential targeting of women they just suspected of being pregnant. SC people, please oppose H.3537 in any way you can!
December 22, 2024 at 5:23 AM
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Rep. Raskin's calling on the president-elect's transition team to confirm their nominees will go through the standard FBI background check!

Thank you, @raskin.house.gov! 🙏💙

oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-r...
First paragraph of text from the press release linked in the post. The text says: Washington, D.C. (December 13, 2024)— Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, sent a letter to the co-chairs of the Trump-Vance Transition requesting that they commit immediately to requiring that all nominees submit to a full vetting by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The letter comes amid media reports that the Transition may still be planning to skirt traditional FBI vetting by outsourcing to private firms, and that some incoming personnel may be refusing to undergo vetting before the Trump Administration takes office. Media reports also indicate that President-Elect Trump could be planning to grant broad security clearances on day one without any of the standard vetting.
December 16, 2024 at 6:04 AM
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(Adding an image with what she says in the video for accessibility)
Quote from Kamala Harris on a pink and purple sky background: "I just have to remind you, don't you ever let anybody take your power from you. You have the same power that you did before November 5th, and you have the same purpose that you did. And you have the same ability to engage and inspire. So don't ever let anybody or any circumstance take your power from you."
November 27, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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Hi. Another new user here, I heard this is where all the cool people hang out. Please enjoy this picture of a sunflower.
A vibrant yellow sunflower in full bloom, with a couple droplets of rainwater on a few of the petals.
November 14, 2024 at 8:41 AM