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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 6h

Journalists should start reminding him that he's a public servant and that we're his boss. It doesn't matter what he likes.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 7h

“You’re ABC fake news, I don’t take questions from ABC fake news,” Trump said as a reporter shouted a question at him. “After what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States—I don’t take questions from ABC fake news.” trib.al/J0LdJLZ

Trump Lashes Out at ABC Reporter After Disastrous Vance Interview

Donald Trump refused to take a question from an ABC reporter in his meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 11h

"What I've seen is the abuse of law enforcement by radical leftist activists. You know, most recently, the most threatening thing I've seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there. I mean, it's getting really ugly."

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Mike Johnson decries 'naked bicyclers' in Portland as 'most threatening thing I've seen'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted that federal agents' abuse of force had not risen to the level of congressional investigations after a judge barred the Department of Homeland Security from ...

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 7h

You know who doesn't need to campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize?

Someone that actually deserves it.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 13h

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Tuesday that he and Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohanna will jointly nominate former President Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

www.axios.com/2025/10/14/m...

Mike Johnson, Israeli Speaker to rally for Trump getting 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohanna said Trump deserves the "highest recognition" for his work in the Middle East.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva

The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.

www.politico.com/live-updates...

Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva

The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan wants former special counsel Jack Smith to sit for an interview with his panel.

Republicans are looking to relitigate Smith’s investigations into President Donald Trump.

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Jack Smith asked to testify before House Judiciary Committee

Republicans are looking to relitigate Smith's investigations into President Donald Trump.

www.politico.com

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

Fox News, CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS issued a joint statement Tuesday refusing to sign the Pentagon’s new press policy that demands reporters acknowledge a new policy that would penalize those who solicit information from military officials.

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Fox News, CNN, ABC and Others Reject New Pentagon Press Restrictions in Joint Statement

Fox News, CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS issued a joint statement on Tuesday refusing to sign the Pentagon’s new press policy that demanded reporters acknowledge a new policy that would penalize those who soli...

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 7h

President Trump said he will announce Friday the most "egregious socialist, semi-communist" Democratic programs being eliminated, and promised they won't reopen.

www.axios.com/2025/10/14/t...

Trump teases new list of "Democratic programs" being shut down will come Friday

Other cuts would follow the thousands of employees laid off last week.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 17h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 13h

“It’s that face. It’s that brain. It’s those lips, the way they move. They move like she’s a machine gun,” he said, hailing her as a “great person” and “amazing.”

Donald Trump's 'Gross' Remark About Karoline Leavitt Is Condemned Online

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Donald Trump's 'Gross' Remark About Karoline Leavitt Is Condemned Online

The president answered his own question about whether the White House press secretary should be replaced.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 12h

“She’s written a letter to your office. You’ve not sworn her in. I understand about pro forma sessions. Doesn’t your resistance to not swear her in add fuel to the fire that this is about the Epstein files?” Pergram asked.

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Fox Reporter Grills Speaker Johnson’s Refusal to Swear-In New Democrat — And the Epstein Files

"Doesn't your resistance to not swear her in add fuel to the fire that this is about the Epstein files?” Chad Pergram asked.

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 12h

Robert Jordan could've been more verbose in his descriptions of minor details.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 12h

All Eric needs is a few nails and a cross for his Halloween costume.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

It looks like every media company in American that covers the Pentagon except OAN is refusing to sign Hegseth’s ultimatum.

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 14h

What a f**king joke.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

Just now— @SpeakerJohnson announces he will lead a global pressure campaign to get the narcissist-in-chief a Nobel Prize next year

(Also revealing he doesn’t understand what “objective facts” are)

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 14h

If he announced his resignation from office, he might get a standing ovation.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · Jan 25

if you wanted to crash the economy, embolden criminals, aid our enemies and hurt people, these are the exact policies you’d enact

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 15h

President Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to posthumously award conservative activist Charlie Kirk the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Tuesday marks what would have been Kirk's 32nd birthday.

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Trump set to posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

He has hailed the Turning Point USA founder "a giant of his generation" and a "martyr for American freedom."

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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction) @ajduden.bsky.social · 15h

That "honor" is now meaningless. #ETTD

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