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applegrove

(132,853 posts) Wed Apr 29, 2026, 02:37 AM Wednesday

Heather Cox Richardson:

"Forcing supporters to accept a lie as reality is a key tool of authoritarians, making it harder for them to reject the next lie, and so on. ...Democrats are calling for violence, when in fact it has been Trump calling for executing those he believes are his enemies, follows that pattern exactly."
— Paulette Feeney âŒï¸ðŸ‘‘ (@pauletteparis1.bsky.social) 2026-04-29T05:49:28.175Z

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Heather Cox Richardson: (Original Post) applegrove Wednesday OP

it's the same old double standard Skittles Wednesday #1

Skittles

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1. it's the same old double standard

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Wed Apr 29, 2026, 05:09 AM

Wednesday

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repukes, treated like white men, are allowed to be VERY ANGRY and EXPRESS THAT ANGER........Dems, treated like women / POC are NEVER allowed even to display a mild level of frustration without being criticized

now repukes are KILLING PEOPLE but we Dems, well, we better not CRITICIZE them

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