{"id":7342,"date":"2025-08-14T02:09:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T02:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surge4democracy.com\/?page_id=7342"},"modified":"2025-08-14T02:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T02:18:16","slug":"surge4democracys-latest-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surge4democracy.com\/?page_id=7342","title":{"rendered":"Latest Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            <aside class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post theme-system display-default\" aria-label=\"List of the latest Bluesky Posts\">\n                    \n                \n                <ul class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-list\">\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/surge4democracy.com\/post\/3mjmeddu6ry25\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreifisk76u7uyy47clecpxjvjbbzfgqxmvuvdi6aklt5howclj4rd7a\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Surge 4 Democracy<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@surge4democracy.com<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">23\u00a0hours<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            A democratic society is the promise that every person deserves freedom, dignity, and equal opportunity, not just regular elections. That promise has always required courage from those willing to defend it. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Surge4Democracy\">#Surge4Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Democracy\">#Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Liberty\">#Liberty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Freedom\">#Freedom<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreihmx6bwiy6ln5duzxaqexpv2bpovezqip4pdmkngoolbgvvsataci\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreihmx6bwiy6ln5duzxaqexpv2bpovezqip4pdmkngoolbgvvsataci\" alt=\"Graphic with a sunlit forest background. Large text reads: \u201cI have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.\u201d \u2014 Nelson Mandela. Bottom text reads: surge4democracy.com. Surge 4 Democracy logo appears in the lower-right corner.\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/surge4democracy.com\/post\/3mjjtue4jw623\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreifisk76u7uyy47clecpxjvjbbzfgqxmvuvdi6aklt5howclj4rd7a\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Surge 4 Democracy<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@surge4democracy.com<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">2\u00a0days<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            When institutions fail to deliver justice, people are forced to choose between obedience and conscience. Democracy survives only when laws serve justice, not when justice is sacrificed to preserve power. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Surge4Democracy\">#Surge4Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Justice\">#Justice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Democracy\">#Democracy<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreiazan3bau4ik63fpk5jmn2tov2bhrv7xtcv6n6rrb7gtx2lcqcm3q\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreiazan3bau4ik63fpk5jmn2tov2bhrv7xtcv6n6rrb7gtx2lcqcm3q\" alt=\"Graphic with a courthouse column background. Large text reads: \u201cInjustice makes the rules and courage breaks them.\u201d \u2014 Ursula K. Le Guin. Bottom text reads: surge4democracy.com. Surge 4 Democracy logo appears in the lower-right corner.\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/surge4democracy.com\/post\/3mjhdfgpgei2x\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreifisk76u7uyy47clecpxjvjbbzfgqxmvuvdi6aklt5howclj4rd7a\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Surge 4 Democracy<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@surge4democracy.com<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">3\u00a0days<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            Liberty is not merely the absence of chains. Liberty is the confidence that power cannot be arbitrarily turned against you. A just democracy creates institutions strong enough that no citizen must fear the whims of another. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Surge4Democracy\">#Surge4Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/DemocracyMatters\">#DemocracyMatters<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreidm6j737uk5wtptxw6panru7urkgwlb2yqiia7l47bnuc7sybvzia\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreidm6j737uk5wtptxw6panru7urkgwlb2yqiia7l47bnuc7sybvzia\" alt=\"Graphic over a faded American flag background. Large text reads: \u201cThe political liberty of the subject is a tranquility of mind arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order to have this liberty, it is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.\u201d \u2014 Montesquieu. Bottom text reads: surge4democracy.com. Surge 4 Democracy logo appears in the lower-right corner.\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/surge4democracy.com\/post\/3mjeswlp7vb2e\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreifisk76u7uyy47clecpxjvjbbzfgqxmvuvdi6aklt5howclj4rd7a\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Surge 4 Democracy<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@surge4democracy.com<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">4\u00a0days<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            Truth is not optional in a democracy. Truth is the mechanism by which injustice is exposed and corrected. Authoritarians thrive on lies, distortion, and silence. We fight back by shining light where they demand darkness. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Surge4Democracy\">#Surge4Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/TruthMatters\">#TruthMatters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/CivicDuty\">#CivicDuty<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreicwdghgs7fsmggobjon4udvdoprp5xki4olv3egeo7w2otgbsinjy\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreicwdghgs7fsmggobjon4udvdoprp5xki4olv3egeo7w2otgbsinjy\" alt=\"Graphic with a blurred warm-toned background and microphone image. Large text reads: \u201cThe way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.\u201d \u2014 Ida B. Wells. Bottom text reads: surge4democracy.com. Surge 4 Democracy logo appears in the lower-right corner.\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/surge4democracy.com\/post\/3mjcchlkuez23\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreifisk76u7uyy47clecpxjvjbbzfgqxmvuvdi6aklt5howclj4rd7a\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Surge 4 Democracy<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@surge4democracy.com<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">5\u00a0days<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            Democracy and human rights are not historical accidents, but rather they are the hard-won moral inheritance of centuries of ethical progress. We preserve them by defending and refining them, and refusing to abandon them. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Surge4Democracy\">#Surge4Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Justice\">#Justice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Ethics\">#Ethics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/HumanRights\">#HumanRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Democracy\">#Democracy<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreihfohjqxjhqfuszupmnm4amzvh5uba5kfdog2x44vwtyf2ffe4vsy\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreihfohjqxjhqfuszupmnm4amzvh5uba5kfdog2x44vwtyf2ffe4vsy\" alt=\"A graphic with a background of an ocean shoreline at sunset. Centered text reads: \u201cUniversalistic egalitarianism, from which sprang the ideals of freedom and a collective life in solidarity, the autonomous conduct of life and emancipation, the individual morality of conscience, human rights and democracy, is the direct legacy of the Judaic ethic of justice and the Christian ethic of love. This legacy, substantially unchanged, has been the object of a continual critical reappropriation and reinterpretation. Up to this very day there is no alternative to it.\u201d Below the quote: J\u00fcrgen Habermas. At the bottom: surge4democracy.com. A Surge 4 Democracy logo appears in the lower right corner.\"  width=\"900\"  height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/surge4democracy.com\/post\/3mj7ryo7lg52e\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreifisk76u7uyy47clecpxjvjbbzfgqxmvuvdi6aklt5howclj4rd7a\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Surge 4 Democracy<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@surge4democracy.com<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">6\u00a0days<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            A free society begins with the individual. Power flows upward, derived of the consent of the people, not imposed downward on them by authority. Democracy works when we recognize that truth and defend it together. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Surge4Democracy\">#Surge4Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Power\">#Power<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Authority\">#Authority<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Enlightened\">#Enlightened<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreihqit7tzof4xxe4cpe6hdyv2rqefu2no3nhsmtsmth2igtzvzncam\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreihqit7tzof4xxe4cpe6hdyv2rqefu2no3nhsmtsmth2igtzvzncam\" alt=\"A graphic with a background of silhouetted people raising their hands against a bright sky. Centered text reads: \u201cThere will never be a really free and enlightened state until the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived.\u201d Below the quote: Henry David Thoreau. At the bottom: surge4democracy.com. A Surge 4 Democracy logo appears in the lower right corner.\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/surge4democracy.com\/post\/3mj5bjs5cwo2e\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreifisk76u7uyy47clecpxjvjbbzfgqxmvuvdi6aklt5howclj4rd7a\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Surge 4 Democracy<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@surge4democracy.com<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">7\u00a0days<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            Hope is a political force. Fear divides, paralyzes, and controls but hope moves people to act, build, and defend democracy. Choose hope. Organize with it. Lead with it. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Surge4Democracy\">#Surge4Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Hope\">#Hope<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Future\">#Future<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/ThomasJefferson\">#ThomasJefferson<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreih32xqjjhzyzudzplmb7ipjopx5lncgspazizc3ff4jr2zv5egi7i\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreih32xqjjhzyzudzplmb7ipjopx5lncgspazizc3ff4jr2zv5egi7i\" alt=\"A graphic with a background of a starry night sky. Centered text reads: \u201cI steer my bark with Hope in the head, leaving Fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail; but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy.\u201d Below the quote: Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President. At the bottom: surge4democracy.com. A Surge 4 Democracy logo appears in the lower right corner.\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/surge4democracy.com\/post\/3mj2r2thwib2h\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreifisk76u7uyy47clecpxjvjbbzfgqxmvuvdi6aklt5howclj4rd7a\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Surge 4 Democracy<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@surge4democracy.com<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">1\u00a0week<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            People don&#8217;t want a government that rules by fear. It should secure freedom. Real leadership empowers people to live safely, think freely, and act without coercion. Liberty isn\u2019t a byproduct. It\u2019s the purpose. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Surge4Democracy\">#Surge4Democracy<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreiaihcw4fog5ez6pv37qrnde4tuhocf3qr7cg5wyrbazak5l53gj3i\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreiaihcw4fog5ez6pv37qrnde4tuhocf3qr7cg5wyrbazak5l53gj3i\" alt=\"A graphic with a background of a sunlit forest with tall trees and rays of light filtering through. Centered text reads: \u201cThe ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain, by fear, nor to exact obedience, but contrariwise, to free every man from fear, that he may live in all possible security[\u2026] In fact, the true aim of government is liberty.\u201d Below the quote: Baruch Spinoza. At the bottom: surge4democracy.com. A Surge 4 Democracy logo appears in the lower right corner.\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/surge4democracy.com\/post\/3miyalvtz7726\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreifisk76u7uyy47clecpxjvjbbzfgqxmvuvdi6aklt5howclj4rd7a\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Surge 4 Democracy<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@surge4democracy.com<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">1\u00a0week<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            Justice isn\u2019t revenge. It requires integrity, perspective, and the courage to weigh what\u2019s right, not just react. A healthy democracy demands more than outrage; it demands accountability. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Surge4Democracy\">#Surge4Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Justice\">#Justice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Integrity\">#Integrity<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreidow3qtluwxlauqainywl7g5ac5hjvbxqhs3djxlh7nuacjjklw4i\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreidow3qtluwxlauqainywl7g5ac5hjvbxqhs3djxlh7nuacjjklw4i\" alt=\"A graphic with a background of large stone columns resembling a courthouse. Centered text reads: \u201cJustice demands integrity. It\u2019s to have a moral universe \u2014 not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.\u201d Below the quote: bell hooks. At the bottom: surge4democracy.com. A Surge 4 Democracy logo appears in the lower right corner.\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/surge4democracy.com\/post\/3mivq534uy625\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreifisk76u7uyy47clecpxjvjbbzfgqxmvuvdi6aklt5howclj4rd7a\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Surge 4 Democracy<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@surge4democracy.com<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">1\u00a0week<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            Rights exist beyond any governmental power. No government, no movement, no leader has the authority to erase what belongs to every human being. Defend those rights. Always. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Surge4Democracy\">#Surge4Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Freedom\">#Freedom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Rights\">#Rights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Liberty\">#Liberty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/InalienableRights\">#InalienableRights<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreicar56p3qct3iuz6mmzrlcc772pvxdj727gaghguy3f7sm564zye4\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreicar56p3qct3iuz6mmzrlcc772pvxdj727gaghguy3f7sm564zye4\" alt=\"A graphic with a background of an American flag. Centered text reads: \u201cThe sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the Hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.\u201d Below the quote: Alexander Hamilton. At the bottom: surge4democracy.com. A Surge 4 Democracy logo appears in the lower right corner.\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                <\/ul>\n            <\/aside>\n            ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7342","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surge4democracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surge4democracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surge4democracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surge4democracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surge4democracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7342"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/surge4democracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7348,"href":"https:\/\/surge4democracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7342\/revisions\/7348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surge4democracy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}