Seta Ghazarian
setaghazarian.bsky.social
Seta Ghazarian
@setaghazarian.bsky.social
Educator, Activist, Advocate
CDP Region 11 Director
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Most people imagine that democracy ends with a military coup. But they are wrong

With @nprfreshair.bsky.social

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How Regime Change Happens In America
Podcast Episode · Fresh Air · 02/19/2025 · 45m
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February 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients reut.rs/4hWDrIe
US Supreme Court’s Roberts pauses federal judge’s order on Trump administration foreign aid funding
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients.
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February 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Apparently, allowing Americans to file their tax returns for free is a bad thing. A big gift to the Big Tax lobby and a big middle finger to Americans.
February 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
February 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Of course.
November 30, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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“Making the military a political tool of civilian leaders is also a threat, not only to democracy, but to the integrity of the military itself,” Kori Schake writes. A politicized military will struggle to maintain personnel and legitimacy:
What Trump Doesn’t Understand About the Military
Politicizing the U.S. armed forces won’t just hurt democracy. It will make the military weaker.
www.theatlantic.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania Court REJECTS David McCormick and GOP lawsuit to discard Philadelphia provisional ballots. This victory ensures that 966 voters will have their ballots counted.

Congratulations to Team Casey who fought and won for these voters!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...
🚨 In re: Provisional Ballot Sufficiency Determination and Provisional Ballot Challenge Hearing of the November 5, 2024 Election
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Just had a great coffee meetup with some fellow local activists. We can't control the universe, but we can lobby our elected officials here in California to eliminate dark money from our state's politics.
November 17, 2024 at 1:58 AM