{"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\/3mn7zrowja42c\" 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\">8\u00a0hours<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            Democracy depends on an informed citizenry. When voters are misled, disengaged, or denied access to reliable information, everyone pays the price. Defending democracy starts with education, critical thinking, and civic participation. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Democracy\">#Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/CivicEngagement\">#CivicEngagement<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Vote\">#Vote<\/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\/bafkreiawbcw3ecy4emfmltxqfqzpkxxfjaabw2zcld2opsghghguxiya4q\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreiawbcw3ecy4emfmltxqfqzpkxxfjaabw2zcld2opsghghguxiya4q\" alt=\"The background of the image is of a microphone in front of a blurry auditorium. In the center of the image is a semi-transparent rectangle that is octagonal with the corners cut-off. The quote in the middle of the rectangle reads: \u201cThe ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.\u201d The quote is attributed to John F Kennedy, 35th President. At the bottom of the rectangle to the left is the URL surge4democracy.com and to the right is the surge4democracy logo.\"  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\/3mn2yts3lie2h\" 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 leaders use public office for personal enrichment, punish critics, reward loyalists, and place themselves above the law, democracy begins to erode. Government exists to serve the people, not the ego, power, or wealth of those in charge. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Democracy\">#Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/RuleOfLaw\">#RuleOfLaw<\/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\/bafkreid4jxdvryht5vsys2wb7vcjoqlr54mf23wksjxkt6xt7gxc76i6oa\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreid4jxdvryht5vsys2wb7vcjoqlr54mf23wksjxkt6xt7gxc76i6oa\" alt=\"The background is an image that is a silhouette of people protesting with their fists raised high in the air against the background of a clear blue sky with the sunset lighting the scene from behind. In the center of the image is a rectangle that is made octagonal because its corners are cut off. In the center of the rectangle is a quote that reads: \u201cA tyrannical government is not just, because it is directed, not to the common good, but to the private good of the ruler.\u201d The quote is attributed to Thomas Aquinas. In the bottom left of the rectangle is the URL surge4democracy.com and in the bottom right is the surge4democracy logo.\"  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\/3mmyiexhxdk2h\" 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                            Democracy is not self-sustaining. It survives only when ordinary people defend truth, reject political violence and corruption, and refuse to surrender their rights to strongmen promising easy answers. History has shown the alternative, and the cost is always devastating.                                <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\/bafkreifwij4bqizywlcjdnwoipt27lpftgwwiv2prmrdnns3z2kjdumgxi\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreifwij4bqizywlcjdnwoipt27lpftgwwiv2prmrdnns3z2kjdumgxi\" alt=\"The background is an image of a dark sky full of stars with a bright band running through the middle. In the middle of the image is a rectangle which is octagonal as the corners are cut off. In the center of the rectangle is a quote that reads: \u201cMany forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time...\u201d  The quote is attributed to Winston Churchill. In the bottom left of the rectangle is the URL surge4democracy.com and in the bottom right is the surge4democracy logo.\"  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\/3mmvxvzxhwc2a\" 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                            The founders understood a hard truth: power without accountability becomes tyranny. That\u2019s why democracy requires checks and balances, an independent press, free elections, and citizens willing to speak out when leaders place themselves above the law. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Democracy\">#Democracy<\/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\/bafkreiaimuwnivugfsgtnv2d7w6k3pvmdrzlm7u4smgywi5aedb2bqzdyy\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreiaimuwnivugfsgtnv2d7w6k3pvmdrzlm7u4smgywi5aedb2bqzdyy\" alt=\"The background is an image taken deep in a green forest with sun shining through in rays through the canopy of leaves onto the forest floor. In the center is a rectangle which is made octagonal by the corners being cut off. In it is a quote that reads: \u201cConstant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.\u201d The quote is attributed to Baron de Montesquieu. In the bottom left of the rectangle is the URL surge4democracy.com and in the bottom right is the surge4democracy logo.\"  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\/3mmthh42ip22k\" 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                            Equal justice cannot exist when wealth buys influence, political allies evade accountability, and ordinary people are told the rules only apply to them. Democracy depends on a justice system strong enough to protect the powerless and restrain the powerful. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Democracy\">#Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Justice\">#Justice<\/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\/bafkreidmd4ueo2pwopi5qf4momzvjv5nzt3iu6vnglp7jhhiolxkf6xylm\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreidmd4ueo2pwopi5qf4momzvjv5nzt3iu6vnglp7jhhiolxkf6xylm\" alt=\"The background is an image of some large, marble columns behind a few steps, like those outside courthouses or federalist style memorials. In the center of the image is a rectangle that is octagonal with the corners cut off. The quote in the middle of the rectangle reads: \u201cProviding equal justice for poor and rich, weak and powerful alike is a central hook of our democratic faith.\u201d The quote is attributed to Justice Hugo Black. In the bottom left of the rectangle is the URL surge4democracy.com and in the bottom right is the surge4democracy logo.\"  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\/3mmqwy5blkm2q\" 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                            The founders of this country declared that all people are created equal. Douglass reminded America that no court, politician, or ideology stands above basic human dignity and liberty. Democracy only survives when people are willing to defend those principles for everyone.                                <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\/bafkreicg7igzuyv6egis3lhkwnleolc2rxdi72lkbzsyzmmgaicxebhite\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreicg7igzuyv6egis3lhkwnleolc2rxdi72lkbzsyzmmgaicxebhite\" alt=\" The background is a clear blue sky with an American flag that\u2019s partially in frame waving, and fading to transparent towards the middle. In the center of the image is a rectangle that is octagonal with the corners cut off. The quote in the middle of the rectangle reads: \u201cHappily for the whole human family, their rights have been defined, declared, and decided in a court higher than the Supreme Court. \u201cThere is a law,\u201d says Brougham, \u201cabove all the enactments of human codes, and by that law, unchangeable and eternal, man cannot hold property in man.\u201d\u201d The quote is attributed to Frederick Douglass. In the bottom left of the rectangle is the URL surge4democracy.com, and to the right is the surge4democracy logo.\"  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\/3mmogjahn6p2g\" 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                            An informed public is the greatest defense against corruption, authoritarianism, &#038; manufactured outrage. Democracy only survives when citizens stay engaged, ask questions, verify facts, &#038;refuse to surrender truth to propaganda. Education is civic power. Knowledge is resistance.                                <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\/bafkreia5rpjxhbdlxlaf6np7hatpqbnv5qf6jll2dtzfcqm7ybltpdz5wi\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreia5rpjxhbdlxlaf6np7hatpqbnv5qf6jll2dtzfcqm7ybltpdz5wi\" alt=\"The background of the image is of a microphone in front of a blurry auditorium. In the center of the image is a semi-transparent rectangle that is octagonal with the corners cut-off. The quote in the middle of the rectangle reads: \u201cKnowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.\u201d The quote is attributed to James Madison. At the bottom of the rectangle to the left is the URL surge4democracy.com and to the right is the surge4democracy logo.\"  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\/3mmlw2dep542w\" 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                            Washington warned that division, factionalism, and political extremism could tear the republic apart. Democracy is not sustained by hatred of fellow Americans. It survives through shared commitment to constitutional government, equal rights, accountability, and the common good.                                <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\/bafkreic2pc5kczj2s6smv4c6ksuzfuemftqdagek2ah3ks7ott5dn67msy\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreic2pc5kczj2s6smv4c6ksuzfuemftqdagek2ah3ks7ott5dn67msy\" alt=\"In the background is a photo of waves crashing on the shore of a beach at sunrise and the morning sky is colored orange and blue as the sun rises behind some clouds. In the center of the image is a rectangle that is made octagonal because its corners are cut off. In the center of the rectangle is the quote: \u201cThe unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize.\u201d It is attributed to George Washington, 1st President. At the bottom left of the rectangle is the URL surge4democracy.com and the bottom right has the surge4democracy logo.\"  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\/3mmjfldfigo2u\" 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                            Authoritarian power survives only when enough people decide to tolerate it, excuse it, or comply with it. Democracy depends on ordinary citizens refusing to normalize corruption, cruelty, censorship, political intimidation, and attacks on the rule of law.                                <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\/bafkreicd5c26gpqwhtarrx5y6sbctvwj6tueexc43yahsywwx7t7ynlvw4\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreicd5c26gpqwhtarrx5y6sbctvwj6tueexc43yahsywwx7t7ynlvw4\" alt=\"The background is an image that is a silhouette of people protesting with their fists raised high in the air against the background of a clear blue sky with the sunset lighting the scene from behind. In the center of the image is a rectangle that is made octagonal because its corners are cut off. In the center of the rectangle is a quote that reads: \u201cResolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place your hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedastal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces.\u201d The quote is attributed to \u00c9tienne de La Bo\u00e9tie. In the bottom left of the rectangle is the URL surge4democracy.com and in the bottom right is the surge4democracy logo.\"  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\/3mmgv4jh63n2w\" 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                            Democracy is shaped by the choices we make long before the consequences arrive. The loudest voices are not always the wisest. History repeatedly warns us what happens when short-term outrage drowns out reason, science, compassion, and democratic principles. Listen carefully.                                <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\/bafkreid57veyij6nerwqehcvga2qpcm6zp75s7jljenr7di25yyzqr3u2q\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:4iqkumr6cvbfbfzelldlmwma\/bafkreid57veyij6nerwqehcvga2qpcm6zp75s7jljenr7di25yyzqr3u2q\" alt=\"The background is an image of a dark sky full of stars with a bright band running through the middle. In the middle of the image is a rectangle which is octagonal as the corners are cut off. In the center of the rectangle is a quote that reads: \u201cThe future whispers while the present shouts.\u201d The quote is attributed to Al Gore. In the bottom left of the rectangle is the URL surge4democracy.com and in the bottom right is the surge4democracy logo.\"  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}]}}