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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 18h

It’s not a rescue for humanitarian reasons; Trump has at least one Cabinet member who has investments in Argentina!

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 21h

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 19h

We’re on our way to being a nation devastated by tyranny, one having begun to include ethnic cleansing. If project 2025 becomes “America,” most John Q’s, as Thoreau said, “Will live lives of quiet desperation.” But logically, from desperation, will be spawned many “Abba Kovners” showing no mercy.

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Democrats, HERE'S YOUR TALKING POINT!

AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's painted himself & everyone else into a "corner"; he can't let Congress reconvene because of "VOTE 218" & he may keep the government shut down forever to cause riots … which he may be engineering to impose the "Insurrection Act. Likely, Congress Members & SCOTUS Justices are EPSTEINED.

AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's painted himself & everyone else into a "corner"; he can't let Congress reconvene because of "VOTE 218" & he may keep the government shut down forever to cause riots … which he may be engineering to impose the "Insurrection Act. Likely, Congress Members & SCOTUS Justices are EPSTEINED.

AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 1d

Bravo!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 1d

I fear the only viable solution is a Military Coup given it’s likely Trump will try to end elections.

pete52.bsky.social @pete52.bsky.social · 2d

100%

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, you understand STAND YOUR GROUND & CASTLE DOCTRINE LAWS.
I wonder what impact “Stand Your Ground Militias” might have.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

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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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 2d

Layoffs during the Epstein files shut down, serve two purposes; first, money saved via salaries will be diverted towards tax breaks for the rich & corporate interests, & second, layoffs are attended to coerce John Q to beg Republicans to have their way in terms of healthcare costs skyrocketing.

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 2d

A fake screenshot that looks like a social media post by former U.S. President Donald Trump claiming that he once sparred with boxer Muhammad Ali is circulating online.

Royal Dutch Blue 🇳🇱 @dutchannie.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a good thing, I wasn’t drinking coffee when I read this! I don’t like to boast, give me a break. And why is this clown, bringing so many people to tears lately? To show us he has a heart? Again, o please 🙄

AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 2d

Evidence, source? Another liar for Trump!

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Wait. We get paid?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Sean Duffy says the No Kings protests this Saturday are “really frustrating” because they are all paid Antifa people.

AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t embarrass yourself, America by heaping praise on Trump for the hostage release which he likely delayed so Harris wouldn’t be elected POTUS given partial credit for a Joe Biden negotiated cease-fire & release! Remember that the prior warnings of the Hamas assault on Israel were ignored!

AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 2d

Hey MAGA KNOW-NOTHINGS: as Trump hollows out the Federal Government to enrich himself & his family, you may lose your job, your home, your family members for loss of their health care, while likely EPSTEIN-compromised Congress members & Justices who may have fucked young girls … look the other way.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 2d

A plausible explanation as to why inhumanity has become American policy & escalates, is that a significant number of Congress members & Justices who could end it may be compromised or blackmailed because they paid Jeffrey Epstein to fuck young girls! Only the released files can disprove that.

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 3d

The Chicago detention center has refused the Mexican Consulate access to visit detainees

Now what reason would ICE have for doing that?

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 2d

MILITARY COUP.

Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 3d

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 2d

Wonder how several hundred, legally-armed citizens exercising their rights under "STAND YOUR GROUND LAWS" (where legal), might send a message.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...

chicago.suntimes.com

AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 2d

Stop calling it "THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN," when it's actually "THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE PREVENTION SHUTDOWN".

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 3d

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully this is accurate, but he's been saying it and it hasn't happened. That causes skepticism.

pete52.bsky.social @pete52.bsky.social · 3d

I sure hope so!

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 2d

They're mad at books because many are illiterate, stupid and ignorant.

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 4d

These are no legitimate law enforcement personnel, likely Proud Boys & other PARDONED INSURRECTIONISTS.

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 4d

ACTUAL DESCRIPTION: Bounty Hunters kidnapping brown people for cash payoffs; kidnapped brown people sent to FOR-PROFIT PRISONS that collect a tax-dollar-paid fee per each incarcerated brown person taken in … FOR WHICH IT'S LIKELY TRUMP GETSA KICKBACK.
A.K.A. a form of HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 5d

Reporters: stop using the deferential term "detaining" when talking about ICE goons' abduction of innocent people from US streets. You proper term would indeed by "abduction", but if you want to pretend neutrality you could use "capture", which at least says nothing about the captors' motives.

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 5d

But he's still the fucking POTUS because of the likelihood that many MAGA Congress members & a JUSTICE or 2 or more MAY BE NAMED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES.

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 5d

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 5d

Galatias 6-7

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Are you fucking kidding me?

Florida sucks.

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 5d

Which 40 people? Can we see "the statement"?

Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 5d

Trump Hit With Humiliating Attack From Republicans Over His ‘Abuses of Power'

~ statement—signed by nearly 40 people who have held key roles in law, government & national security says demanding that the DOJ prosecute his perceived enemies is Abuse ..

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Trump Hit With Humiliating Attack From Republicans Over His ‘Abuses of Power’

Almost 40 people signed a statement accusing the president of threatening the safety and rights of every American.

www.thedailybeast.com

AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 5d

The perpetrators of this, et al incidents are NOT "OUR MILITARY"! They are Proud Boys & pardoned INSURRECTIONISTS directed by Stephen Miller!

kiwigav88nz.bsky.social @kiwigav88nz.bsky.social · 5d

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AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.social · 5d

Hey Democrats! How 'bout RUNNING TV ADS TELLING THE TROOPS WHO ARE NOT GETTING PAID DURING THE "EPSTEIN FILES SHUTDOWN," the THE MONEY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THEIR PAYCHECKS, IS GOING TO SUBSIDIZE THE TAX BREAKS for the WEALTHY & CORPORATE INTERESTS!
Run the ads throughout the shutdown relentlessly!

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5d

Why

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

Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown

GOP leaders are seeking to keep pressure on Democrats to reopen the whole government.

www.politico.com

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