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Posts by Michael Pates

Another good read!

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Worth the read!

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The formidable @dtfleisch.bsky.social tells it like it is.

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It’s a good’n.

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Trump’s invasion of Venezuela is many things, a few of them good and many bad, with most of the latter yet to be realized. One of the main things it is: Yet more attempted conditioning of the American people and the world for American autocracy.

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#democracy
#humanrights
#ruleoflaw
#TreatPeopleRight

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#accountability overdue.

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My latest in cylindr. @cylindrmag.bsky.social

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#humanrights
#ruleoflaw

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#awesome

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#Word.

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#Word.

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Check it out!👇

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#EqualJustice

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#EqualJustice

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“Yeah, if rule of law is just left to lawyers, then we’ve kind of lost the thread….Engage, self-educate, and volunteer with a vengeance….”

— Scott Carlson, Lawyer and Rule of Law Defender

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This.👇🏻

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My latest in cylindr.

#ruleoflaw
#solidarity

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Out-fucking-rageous.

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So You Want to Change the World Building an activist career amidst disruption and opportunity.

“We are free to change the world and start something new in it.” — Hannah Arendt
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The Tangerine Terror Don the Destroyer grabs the government by the . . . you guessed it. Who will pry him off?

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Interview with Zamira Djabarova Lawyer / Labor Rights Advocate

“It’s surprising how often individuals and organizations who should be natural allies based on their values and interests take a long time to come to the same table….”

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Deserve's Got Nothin' to Do with It Sometimes moral compromise spurs moral absolutism.

#TreatPeopleRight
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Bernice A. King on LinkedIn: #thekingcenter #kingholiday2025 #mlkday #missionpossiblemlk #mlk… | 23 comments Maladjustment to injustice is required to protect and cultivate freedom, justice, and democracy. Maladjustment to injustice is essential for making that… | 23 comments on LinkedIn

#maladjusted
#TreatPeopleRight

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"What Kind of Extremist Will We Be?" Answering MLK today.

In a novel time of entrenched extremes, the question remains, which kind of extremist will we be—for love or hate? Justice or injustice? Ourselves alone or the common good, too? In keeping with King, our answer will determine whether we’re still fit to be free.
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The Big If The challenge now is not whether we can "keep" our republic, but reclaim it.

Americans today are locked in an existential conflict to determine whether the people elected to safeguard our republic, and the people who vote for them, and the people who inform the people, have simply left it to die.

Four years from now, we’ll know.
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