toby 'imprison the oligarchs' sackton
New England birder, hiker, photographer, lover of the ocean. 50 years of left activism; family ties to Nantucket & NH. Fisheries expert and journalist. Founder SeafoodNews.com. My anti Zionist Judaism demands justice for Palestinians and all peoples.
- No kings. Not ever. Saturday, June 14
- Get your sign at @lexingtonalarm.bsky.social and lexingtonalarm.org
- Get your sign at LexingtonAlarm.org
- Anyone got a film lab they like in Boston?
- Hunts video is the best.
- I like them to. Have bought several cameras there.
- No kings
- we’ve distributed nearly a thousand signs in our community Lexington,MA. we came together to have a presence at the 250th celebrations of the start of the American revolution. honoring 18th century patriots meant honoring what they fought for. we call ourselves LexingtonAlarm. Google it.
- hundreds turned out for May Day rally in Lexington with @lexingtonalarm.bsky.social, @indivisiblelab.bsky.social and others to build #resistance in #lexington and everywhere else. can’t stop won’t stop until we put tyrants and dictators under our feet where they belong. #nokings #mayday #lexington
- This is the sign over 700 people in Lexington MA displayed during patriots day, April 19th,
- Same story across the world. Shin Bet chief says Netanyahu wanted him to commit to him personally rather than the Supreme Court. Laws not men is what every civic democrat needs to be fighting for. www.timesofisrael.com/bar-says-net...
- Chris Murphy Explains How to Fight - and why our mobilizing around No Kings No Tyranny on Patriots Day in Lexington was important. lexingtonalarm.org
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- Of course we need new leadership. The Civil War was not won by the first general Lincoln appointed. He fired 5 generals before he settled on Ulysses Grant and won the war. In Military conflict if you don't get rid of weak leaders, you're doomed. We are in a war. WTF are you thinking.
- @maddow.msnbc.com re your lead tonight. Entire town in Lexington expressing “No King! No Tyranny” and “In America the Law is King” with huge distribution of signs for April 19th. Check out lexingtonalarm.org. The spontaneous local community event came together in just 3 weeks. Worth a story.
- ICE being honest about their mission: Stopping Ideas at the Border. Next step: Stopping Ideas within the US. Pure totalitarianism. Fight Back with everything everywhere all at once. Each action begets more actions.@swingbluealliance.org @maddow.msnbc.com #teslatakedown @50501movement.bsky.social
- The wall of signs in boston was even more amazing. this is the granary burying ground containing graves of Paul Revere John Hancock and Sam Adams. the woman in the red coat and her partner made all of these using foam core grey paint and carving . they were amazing. @swingbluealliance.org
- One of my favorite signs from Boston today.. fantastic energy, friendly crowd from 25.000 to 100,000 depending on different sources. Hands Off Penguins. Flippers Up. #handsoff, @maddow.msnbc.com
- RFK killing thousands of Americans to feed his ego. Great end to the Kennedy Clan.
- April 5th Rally in Boston and elsewhere. Fight the Dictator. Join Me www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...
- This overreach needs to be rejected immediately by a co-equal branch of government. Or was Congress eliminated by this executive order, too?
- President Trump has signed an executive order to begin dismantling the US Department of Education, aiming to fulfill a campaign promise but raising new questions cnn.it/4hqBh2I
- Hey Gavin.. why don’t you get your right wing buddies on a podcast? You do know their fascist rationale is they don’t like the way employees at the Dept. Of Ed think. You can’t just take a small bite of the dictator’s poison. You fight and live free or you join and die. Where you stand?
- Mike Lawler #ny17 is a deadman walking after only SSA office in his district shut down on his vote. I hope his constituents eat him alive. I say to all you hypocrites who praise Musk and then whine when the blood hits you in the face, get the fuck out of Dodge.
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- Fight harder. Shut down senate with speeches about the rule of law. Go on social media every day. Each of us has to fight with the power we have, and statements won’t cut it. Organize a freedom caucus of blue states who will not stop for anything to protect the constitution.
- great energy today at Watertown Tesla service. about 100 people on all 4 corners of intersection. 10-12pm #teslatakedown #stopthecoup
- “They Have Nothing”. Time for a new plan to fight. Dems no better than Columbia…Weakness breeds Weakness. I am getting off that train
- "Mr. Schumer's stated approach of waiting for Trump to 'screw up' and continue this inexplicable embrace of the slippery slope is wholly inadequate and an astonishing failure of leadership." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
- I'm voting NO on the Republican shutdown bill. NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want. NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats. We need to push back.
- there is no trust right now that dems actually can fight. That's why we want to see explicitly that you will not vote for cloture. that is the vote. nothing else matters if cloture succeeds. Maybe trump declares martial law if there's a shutdown. But we're fighters. Lets have this fight now.
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- Hi Leah.. i think it could lead to martial law. But I say bring it on. It is better to have this fight now when people are rebelling and not accustomed to bow down. I think they lose this confrontation. Failure to run things will force Rep. Senators back into session to reopen even over his veto.
- Leah... I think he very well could declare martial law. But my feeling is bring it on. Most people have seen his incredible destructiveness. I think it is time to bring this to a head and draw lines in the sand. I think we will win that fight because they cannot keep everything functioning.
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- Are you crazy. This is kabuki, Schumer is caving. The key is the 60 votes.. and dems will give that musk and trump in exchange for what.. a vote on an amendment that will fail. Republicans are laughing all the way to the bank.. expect the government to be dismantled by September.
- The Senate is collapsing. Dems must vote no with no tricks.. no cloture, no cr; no amendments that fail; no messaging. Use your power or lose it. it’s your only chance. @schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.soc
- Going to my local #teslatakedown peaceful protest Saturday. I love the sight of rattled billionaires lying faster and faster as they and their companies sink.!! Join us at www.teslatakedown.com
- Don’t cave to Elon Musk. Unless you vote no on the continuing resolution he will nullify every dem vote and our sovereignty. This is your only chance. Pick up your power and use it. No senate bullshit about all in this together… no you fight or go home. I’m in 02421 @markey.senate.gov
- Markey don’t fail us. Don’t vote for Elon. Are you crazy? Vote no unless you get a guarantee that Elon won’t nullify your vote and our soverignty
- Dem Senators Don't roll over and play dead. You have one job: Protect budget Authority. Your bottom line is Stop Breaking the Law. Stop Doge or no budget. Use it or lose it. @schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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- i use ipad mini. i use kindle but also bookshop.org now has ebooks. great alternative to Amazon to cut down their monopoly and their leader in a small way
- so true. Vance a coward from FT “But Zelenskyy is the real thing. He stayed in Kyiv, when Russian forces were closing in and the city was under bombardment. Vance, by contrast, chose to move to a secure location when confronted with a few hecklers on a skiing trip this weekend.”
- We can solve every problem in this country by taxing the wealth of the 1/10 of 1 %. There is no deficit except that billionaires won’t pay taxes. Elon doesn’t think people using SNAP are human. He is a psychopathic racist South African. Send him to Mars.
- the most evil thing here along with the fascist repression is the racist neighbor calling the police. That’s how Jews got murdered…. many neighbors turned them in. i hope the gates of hell open for the snitch who did this
- 🚨 Update: we were able to track down Yesenia, the mother picked up with her 2 kids in Tucson. After a night of interrogation at Border Patrol station, the Venezuelan mother of 4 was deported to Mexico. Her husband and two of her kids remain in US. azluminaria.org/2025/02/16/v...
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- @booker.senate.gov For god’s sake fight. defeat the budget and refuse the debt ceiling. Fight fight fight!! We can’t stand leaders being so weak. You have no power. So Act where you can. Don’t go all mealy mouthed on how bad things are. We know that. What we don’t know is where is your spine?
- This level of conflict of interest and lack of transparency is unprecedented and rife with opportunity for self-enrichment. This is unacceptable.
- Ok.. deny unanimous consent. Don’t be afraid to work weekends.
- Great opportunity today to hear directly from highest ranking Dem leadership. Democratic @whipkclark.bsky.social tele town hall at 10am. Watch on YouTube here. www.youtube.com/@KatherineCl...
- @whipkclark.bsky.social i was on the call today but got off. You’re making a fatal mistake begging three republicans to come over and save the constitution. Dems are fighters not beggars. Say no budget no debt increase no anything until lawbreaking ends. We want fighters not beggars for crumbs.
- AOC doing what every dem should do. get on social media and explain the oligarchs. www.instagram.com/aoc/live/182...
- They had another 12,000 on YouTube for the live stream, and upwards of 50,000 registered.. not all could get on.
- @schumer.senate.gov No. This is so weak. Channel Churchill " we will fight on the beaches, we will fight on the landing grounds, we will never surrender to this monstrous tyranny, and with courage strength and conviction, we will win. Don't worry about Pizza. Worry about fighting for gods sake.
- Trump fired Aviation safety officials at behest of Musk. So there are fewer experienced people to investigate the crash. Also - media stop saying DEI. Just say Trump blames black people because he is racist to the core. Here is link on staffing www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
- for monday i want to discuss this new repression and SAWA’s work on the group called towards inclusive massachusetts — about 60 organizations including JVP fighting the mass legislature attempt to weaponize antisemitism and how that might help us expand in lexington mondoweiss.net/2025/01/repo...
- Victory! "Trump scraps plan to freeze federal loans and grants after backlash" financial times. We Fight We Win!!! on.ft.com/42ALgPe
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- For god sake Chuck. Stop talking and act. Shut down all democratic votes until the constitution is respected. Stop being so weak. Actions. Now.,
- Musk - a racist psychopath open to genocide; Zuck-pathetic weakling who can’t find himself and blows in the wind- Bezos- self serving guy who collapsed after his first wife dumped him, and now scrambling to play bro. How the hell did we end up with these dudes in our lives. Put them on an island.
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- Not just them.. all the oligarchs. It is now us vs. those looting the government for personal gain. So let’s get a wealth tax. Musk should pay 1% of his net worth over 100 million every year in taxes to support things like housing and basic income for the people he screwed.
- This from David Dayen at American Prospect. Musk tanked the bi-partisan agreement because it threatened to make it harder to transfer his tesla technology to China. He was protecting his wealth by killing childrens’ cancer research. This is what oligarchy looks like !! prospect.org/politics/202...
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- I bet many affected workers voted for Trump. Globalization/capitalism is collapsing as crises spin out of control and America loses hegemony. Billionaires and corporations are going to loot the public in every way possible.But for dems to make this argument we must fight our own billionaire class.
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- some points. 1) entire graph shows decline as of early 70’s when unions lost power. 2) globalization and NAFTA depressed US manufacturing SO turn to finance as driver of capital accumulation gave banks/VC power to depress wages. In the US we see the result #econsky billionaire capture of government
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- don’t listen to him. you take the pictures that please you and with today’s equipment and software you’ll get excellent results. i suppose the commenter is mad because most people who are patient and take time to frame and compose picture have it come out great.
- Fight or Die, Yes. Adam Kinzinger (Republican member of the Jan 6th Ctte) when threatened with jail by a tinpot dictator said "BRING IT ON". Dems must do the same. Fetterman is becoming a disgrace to the party cozying up to Trump. Did he never believe in us? For real Dems its fight or die. #dems
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- The important lesson is the speed of the collapse. The hollowness of a fearful authoritarian regime gives the lie to the Israeli right’s view of all powerful enemies circling forever. We have to destroy the fear in Israel by limiting American support and forcing Israelis to survive on their own.
