Lone Gadfly
@lonegadfly.bsky.social
Educator, writer, liberal democracy lover, antifascist, watcher of public consent, AmSt PhD, interested in books, mass manipulation, rhetoric, pop culture, ethology, all things birds. I want all the dogs.
Deploying troops or armed federal agents to election sites is illegal under federal law. And voters have the right to vote free from fear and intimidation. Here is what you can do to protect your vote if federal agents show up at your polling place. bit.ly/4wpSGAH
Vote Safely in 2026
Sending troops or ICE officers to the polls is illegal. Here’s how you can protect your vote and your community’s voice, even if federal agents unlawfully show up.
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"I’ve dreaded this moment for ten years and it’s finally here. These are the conditions that lead to WWIII. That's not something I've ever said before." youtu.be/5r8mEzTdggk?...
The True Agenda of the World Oligarch Class (feat. Sarah Kendzior)
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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Deploying troops or armed federal agents to election sites is illegal under federal law. And voters have the right to vote free from fear and intimidation. Here is what you can do to protect your vote if federal agents show up at your polling place. bit.ly/4wpSGAH
Vote Safely in 2026
Sending troops or ICE officers to the polls is illegal. Here’s how you can protect your vote and your community’s voice, even if federal agents unlawfully show up.
bit.ly
Tell that to the dead teachers. And no. It’s not ok that they died at the same rate as many other groups, because 2020 was such a spectacular pandemic response fail with a horrible death toll that it was ALL AWFUL. www.tes.com/magazine/arc...
139 teacher and education worker Covid deaths in 2020
New Office for National Statistics data finds similar Covid death rates in teaching compared to other professions
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Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · 6d ago@lewisgoodall.com / @jonsopel1.bsky.social said "I am not sure that even in the first lockdown, school closures for any length of time were a price worth paying." But no discussion of the alternative. The alternative was never "schools open and everything else the same". 2/12
This is an administration willing to inflict real harm on ordinary people to protect its own power. And when survival is their only policy, anyone can become the next target.
The pattern is unmistakable. When the truth becomes inconvenient, they pick a citizen, invent a villain, and count on the wreckage to advance their interests.
The chilling thing about the Trump administration falsely accusing David Hearn is what it reveals: they have no hesitation targeting ordinary American citizens when it serves their agenda. It’s the same playbook they used with Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and countless others.
It’s no surprise that nobody is shocked. Capital One has confirmed that it terminated the accounts of the Trump Organization following an anti-money-laundering review.
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review
Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump
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“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Very important concept. An additional reason why the WHCA dinner was grotesque and the harms of journalists and news orgs normalizing and democracy-washing the fascist MAGA movement From our pro-democracy election coverage recommendations:
Rita Moore@ritamoore.bsky.social · last wk.Important corollary: people are LESS likely to support authoritarian leaders if people around them don't. This is where "social proof" comes in. Be vocal and visible to social circles and neighbors about your resistance against authoritarians AND your support of pro-democracy candidates and causes
@lawyeroyer.com Trump’s DOJ is making it possible to buy a gun online and have it delivered directly to your doorstep. A company called GrabAGun stands to reap big profits. You’ll never guess who owns it.
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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In the same @EconUS interview @elonmusk claims that "nobody" has died of HIV/AIDS, TB or other diseases due to the erasure of USAID, PEPFAR & global health funding by DOGE. Zero. Here are a few counter-references for you, Mr. Musk: & & & & & & Original post
I’m betting Trump can’t spell communism. But this guy gets detained in the crackdown on “the worst of the worst” the “killers and rapists,” the “communist terrorists.” There’s no integrity in this Administration. It’s not just that their principles are odious. They really have no principles.
Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 2w agoHuman rights lawyer Wu Shaoping barely escaped arrest in his native China in 2019. The anti-communist Christian convert applied for asylum, made it to Pa. - doing it all the right way But in Trump's wretched America, the gulag is one traffic stop away My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/wu-s...
All of these letters are good, but this one is more important than most. While it preaches to the choir, its clearly defines the fascism of the current regime.
Allison Marsh@mamafoo2000.bsky.social · 2w agoThe fact that Miller and Rubio can make speeches that pull direct themes from Hitler and Himler writings should tell us everything we need to know about the current threat to American Democracy. #WakeUpAmerica @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Do you want to know how popular school vouchers are? They have never won on a ballot. Not once. In any state. Ever. The only way states are able pass a school voucher scheme is behind closed doors. Legislatively. The people would never approve their tax dollars going to private religious schools.
Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
One of the reasons Rs want to kill the ACA is that it has given workers more leverage against employers, more freedom, more power.
Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2w ago“Almost a quarter of all U.S. workers say they want to leave their current job but won’t because they want to keep their health benefits, according to a new survey of more than 2,000 employed people... up significantly from 16% in 2021, the last time Gallup measured job lock among working adults”
They have redefined “victims”. Jeffrey Epstein's victims, according to Blanche and diaperdon , are the men that Epstein may or may not have been blackmailing or collecting evidence on. That's how Blanche can say those words with such fervor. He honestly and truly believes the men were the victims.
Employee at ICE Detention Center Run by Private Prison Company Shot Protester
Employee at ICE Detention Center Run by Private Prison Company Shot Protester
Aurora ICE Center employee arrested for shooting protester, facing multiple charges including attempted murder. Victim expected to recover.
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