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@zangerliberia.bsky.social

When Hillary said there was a vast right wing conspiracy, she was, as usual, correct. It's become more entrenched, secretive, organized, & scary.

Armed w knowledge, we will #PushBack 🐸

#WeAreDemocracy
#DemocracyNotAutocracy

Gifted article. wapo.st/3Jsvgrl

#Voices4Victory
#USDemoctacy

The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future

Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.

wapo.st

November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM

Do Not Obey. We are Democracy.

@zangerliberia.bsky.social

Dem wins yesterday. Today, back in the streets protesting drumpf & his chaotic, corrupt, cruel regime
#WeAreDemocracy We'll create a more fair, equitable, inclusive #DemocracyNotAutocracy
Elect folks who work for us!
Join @fieldTeam6 & register new Dem voters!

#Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy

November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM

Do Not Obey. We are Democracy.

@zangerliberia.bsky.social

Listen to Kamala!
#Project2025
#Strategy

#PushBack
#DemocracyNotAutocracy

November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM

Temecula Rises

@temecularises.bsky.social

Said in regard to the NC GOP. #GOPfascism
#TrumPutinCult
#NoKings
#DemocracyNotAutocracy

October 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM

Lorri Neilsen Glenn 🇨🇦

@lorri.bsky.social

#NoKings demonstrators across the US. Canada is behind you all the way!! 🇨🇦 #democracynotautocracy #publicservantsnotkings

October 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM

@cmerfy Lifelong Democrat

@cmerfy.bsky.social

📢🔥🔥🔥‼️

WaPo, NYT, CNN, Fox are all included. OAN was NOT, at least not initially

Hegseth did NOT answer all related questions at the Pentagon briefing & walked out

#OV1

#FreedomOfThePress #Journalism101
#DemocracyNotAutocracy
#InformThePublic

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

October 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM

pugparent.bsky.social

@pugparent.bsky.social

#DemocracyNotAutocracy
#RESIST!!!`

ReneePaints @painthike.bsky.social · Apr 5

Denver!!!!
#handsOff

April 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM

Felon Musk and Puppets

@tweetsss.bsky.social

SpaceX's Starship aims for another test, but at what cost to safety and democratic oversight? Will it be another fiery spectacle? #DemocracyNotAutocracy #AccountableTech #SafetyFirst

February 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM

Katdchu

@katdchu.bsky.social

Perhaps this administration will be the most corrupt in history.

#VoteBlue
#GOPCorruptionResist
#DitchTheGOP
#GOPLies
#SaveDemocracy
#BlueWave
#GOPHypocrisy
#ProtectOurRights
#DemocracyNotAutocracy

January 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM

Maria G.

@mgfe70.bsky.social

OMFG!! C'mon, Americans! Are you that 🤬ing blind?! Do you NOT see the blatant Nazi-💩 happening?! WTMFH! 😱
#EndFascism #StopFascism #WakeUpThisIsACoup #democracy #DemocracyMatters #UniteAndFight #DemocracyNotAutocracy #DemocracyforAll

November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM

GinaInTheBurg ❌👑

@ginaintheburg.bsky.social

Familiar to those who have lived under #authoritarian regimes’: #FirstAmendment experts implore judge to side with #AP in dispute over White House access

#FreePress #FreeSpeech #Democracy #DemocracyNotAutocracy

lawandcrime.com/high-profile...

First Amendment experts implore judge to side with AP in dispute over White House access

"If the White House can evict one outlet from the press pool due to its due to its coverage, it can dangle a sword over those that remain."

lawandcrime.com

March 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM

𝙺𝚊𝚕... 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚝

@citizensagainstyranny.org

A breakdown to #ResistTyranny:
#DemocracyNotAutocracy

#BlueWave #BlueUnderground #StrongerTogether #Unite #fbr
#DemsConnect #AntiFascism #Demcast #RiseUp #Resisters

#FDT #Fucktheright #gopSycophants #fuck73Mvoters #fascistRump #corruptRump #misogynistRump

#FAFO

scholars.org/contribution...

Twenty Lessons on Fighting Tyranny from the Twentieth Century

Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so. From acr...

scholars.org

December 5, 2024 at 4:37 PM

Ingvald

@ingvald1.bsky.social

F.B.I. Arrests Wisconsin Judge, Patel Says #DemocracyNotAutocracy www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

F.B.I. Arrests Wisconsin Judge, Patel Says

Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on suspicion that she “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from” an immigrant being pursued by the authorities, the F.B.I. director said.

www.nytimes.com

April 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM

Trish Lynn

@holdinghope22.bsky.social

#DemocracyNotAutocracy #SaveAmericaFromTrump #TrumpIsAGrifter #ElonIsAPredator #IMPEACHtrumpAGAIN #DeportElonMusk #StopTheSteal #TrumpWorstPresidentEver #TrumpIsAFascist #FreedomOfReligion #EqualRightsForAll #OustTrumpAndElonNow #SendTRUMPtoGuantanamo

MWLogic17🦋💙✨ @mwlogic17.bsky.social · Feb 8

WOW! Cory Booker isn't holding back!

"There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent." 🤘🔥

#DemocracyNotDictatorship

February 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM

Peggy Stuart

@peggystuart.bsky.social

A tribunal for Putin. Yep! #DemocracyNotAutocracy

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/7/15/a-tribunal-for-putin-from-a-nobel-prize-winning-ukrainian-rights-defender

July 15, 2024 at 6:55 PM

M. L. (And the Dead)

@andthedead.bsky.social

Hands off Social Security! Stop the cuts. Support retirees not billionaires. Hands off Medicaid. (Sample of signs) #HandsOff #StopTheCuts #CCoHopeIndivisible #DemocracyNotAutocracy

March 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM

Ingvald

@ingvald1.bsky.social

The Great American Betrayal: How We Lost Our Moral Compass #DemocracyNotAutocracy open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

The Great American Betrayal: How We Lost Our Moral Compass

When greed replaces justice, and cruelty becomes policy, democracy dies not in darkness—but in plain sight, cheered on by those in power…

open.substack.com

May 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Minnesota Mary

@minnesotamarys.bsky.social

#DemocracyNotAutocracy

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · Sep 18

Siccing the FCC chairman on an entire network in response to comments from a late night comic?! These are the moves of a wannabe dictator.

The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel is no laughing matter. We should all be concerned.

September 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM

Caki like khaki

@cakikeith.bsky.social

The Trump Regime cannot be trusted, they lie to us every chance they get. #NoICE #DemocracyNotAutocracy
"Out of control ICE agent yells ‘do something, b----' before shooting Chicago woman 5 times" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6mkDUArC/Y...

Out of control ICE agent yells 'do something, b----' before shooting Chicago woman 5 times (The Mirror US Online)

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)agent in Chicago is facing scrutiny after a new video shows him yelling at a local woman “do something, b—-” befo...

l.smartnews.com

October 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM

𝙺𝚊𝚕... 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚝

@citizensagainstyranny.org

From @kenklippenstein.bsky.social ...
Thank you so much for making sure we're so well informed and that #FOTUS cannot hide.

#democracyNOTautocracy

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Jan 31

NOAA calls the the troll emails employees received following Trump admin's changes to the network a "cyber attack" and "extremely offensive," per memo I obtained: