L’Etat C’est Moi

A horrific anti-gay hate crime shouldn’t be how we start Pride Month. But here we are.

Jonathan Joss was just murdered by someone who yelled homophobic slurs before shooting.

Joss & his husband were just married on Valentine’s day.

End hate. #LoveIsLove

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King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss’ fatal shooting was a ‘hate crime’, says husband

Joss, also known for his role in ‘Parks and Recreation,’ was 59

Timothy Snyder said recently that the resistance to fascism is sometimes highly organized, as with #NoKings, and sometimes develops spontaneously.

This is the latter.

L.A. resisters are finding hotels ICE agents stay in & making sure they DON’T get a good night’s sleep.

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Federal agents thought they could stay at LA-area hotels. Communities are trying to make sure they can’t — LA Public Press

When federal agents checked into a Pasadena hotel, they didn't expect hundreds of protesters and a day laborers’ band — now the tactic that kicked them out is spreading across LA.

“Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me. But they all seem to.

“It doesn’t matter what country they’re in or what religion they claim. They all want to control women.” - @hillaryclinton.bsky.social

Resist fearlessly, women.

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Secretary Hillary Clinton On Extremists Controlling Women, the Power of Choice and Calling On Women to Be ‘Fearless’

At 2012 “Women in the World” Summit, Hillary Clinton discussed importance of investing in women & how women must shape their own lives.

The World According to Reality.

Olga Lautman with the awful truth:

The U.S. has a dictator now.

The kidnappings of non-citizens are just a trial for the disappearing of citizens.

This is what Putin does in Russia.

But she also offers hope:

WE CAN STILL STOP THIS, if we rise in force, NOW.

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FiveStack

A recording from Olga Lautman's live video

@miafarrow.bsky.social understands polio. She suffered through it as a child.

I’m saving this post and photo. I’m going to make sure every legislator responsible for appointments knows that a vote for RFK Jr is a vote for polio, suffering and death.

#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
#DemCast

Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social

What a triumph! Thank you, archivists, for restoring the CDC website.

Science: 1
Fascism: 0

NCSD @ncsddc.bsky.social

A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website exactly as it was the day Donald Trump was inaugurated. The site, called RestoredCDC.org, went live Tuesday and is currently being hosted in Europe. Read more: www.404media.co/archivists-r...

Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe

The team used a Reddit-made archive of the CDC website to create a new live mirror of the site before it was purged.

HALLELUJAH.

Well done, POTUS.

I’m grateful you pardoned Hunter. For your sake, for your family’s sake, for justice’s sake, and for OUR sakes.

We don’t want to let lawless Republican fascists drag him anymore.

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President Joe Biden issues pardon for son Hunter Biden — ABC News

The announcement came Sunday evening that he had pardoned Hunter Biden.

If we retake the House, we have turned back the coup!

So push hard.

Three elections, TWO coming up April 1. That's just a few weeks away.

1: Here's Gay Valimont's website. #FL01 >>
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Gay Valimont for Congress

Polar Nerd @polarnerd.bsky.social

READ THIS: Democrats can still take the House. Support these candidates: 1. Valimont (D) Florida, election April 1, 2025 2. Weil (D) Florida, election April 1, 2025 3. Gendebien (D) New York, election date pending Help these candidates win. secure.actblue.com/donate/suppo...

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TV ratings are determined by Nielsen meters.

Only 1200 homes have Nielsen TV meters at any given time. Ratings are extrapolated from their viewing.

If you’re a Nielsen household, your #Jan20 viewing behavior is important. Advertisers are especially interested in ages 18-49.

#Jan20Blackout

Some judges are telling the fElon #HandsOff too.

Almost 350 of them.

They’ve signed an amicus brief backing the Perkins Coie law firm in its suit against the Trump regime.

Another brief signed by more than 300 law firms is expected.

#HandsOff the rule of law!

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Not only is this regime coming for medication abortion (far safer than pregnancy and birth), they’re not even pretending there’s any legitimate science behind it.

It’s just to own the women.

Read @jessicavalenti.bsky.social’s grim review.

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The Rise of Abortion 'Abolitionists'

5.7.25

Congrats to England and Wales, where lawmakers have voted to decriminalize abortion.

88% of the population there supports the right to abortion.

The majority of Americans support the right to abortion too, but our illegitimate SCOTUS stole our rights.

Gift link.
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Lawmakers Vote to Decriminalize Abortions for Women in England and Wales

Essential reading from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social. Not comforting, but it helps me set my compass for survival & resistance.

Item 15 from Rebecca Solnit: "If they try to normalize, let us try to denormalize. Let us hold on to facts, truths, values, norms..."

Fight their lies with truth & values.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr

In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

MSM failed democracy this election. Now Trump will attack journalism in ways that require real courage of the press.

Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social asks newsroom leaders to back reporters willing to tell ugly truths.

#USDemocracy #DemCast
#Voices4Victory
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My plea to newsroom leaders at this dangerous moment

We need you to have a strong spine, to state the truth without euphemism, and to communicate a clear sense of public mission.

The degenerate fascist in our White House has made enemies of our dearest friends.

I'm so sorry, Canada. There's a resistance here. Remember us.

Musk is breaking the law.
Georgetown law professor David Super explained how.

“So many of Musk’s moves were ‘so wildly illegal’ that he seemed to be ‘playing a quantity game, and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once.’” >>

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All the ways Elon Musk is breaking the law, explained by a law professor — Vox

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is moving fast and breaking the law — lots of laws.

I opened an email from DNC chair @kenmartin.bsky.social and was pleased to see it wasn't about money.

His ask is for activism for the April 1 elections in Wisconsin and Florida. This is what I want to see from the DNC.

So here's how to phonebank in WI. 1/2

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WisDems Virtual Phonebank! · WisDems

Join WisDems to make calls to voters! We’ll be making calls to talk to voters in Wisconsin about what issues are important to them & the importance of our Supreme Court Race and Spring Elections! Fir...

This is horrifying.

Trump is testing his ability to impose totalitarian rule on the United States. He & his Republican henchmen are traitors.

IF WE TOLERATE THIS, WE LOSE EVERYTHING.

Get in the streets. Rise up. Fight this tyranny, or live in fear. If he can arrest a governor, he can arrest you.

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When you have eminent investigative political journalist @carolecadwalla.bsky.social discussing eminent fascism & authoritarianism historian @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social, and both of them are telling you it's a coup...

IT'S A GODDAM COUP.

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Count fired FDA leader Dr. Peter Marks among the heroes who won’t bend to RFK Jr’s deadly anti-vaxxer lies.

“It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

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Exclusive | FDA’s Top Vaccine Official Forced Out

In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks cited ‘misinformation and lies’ from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.

Happy Democratic Messaging from @atrupar.com:

We’re in the right place!

“If you actually want to get your message out there, Bluesky is the place you ought to be doing it, rather than a platform owned by Elon Musk.”

We’re ready, 2025.

#DemCast #Voices4Victory

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Wow, thank you, @mcuban.bsky.social, for these motivating numbers!

We can help end hate & disinformation by building BlueSky in this manageable way.

Bring your friends. Build community. Amplify the policy, media, sports, and science voices that come here. Give truthtellers a platform.

#DemCast