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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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AvgJoeCrowe @avgjoecrowe.bsky.social · 29m

Wait, what'd I miss?

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 3h

We are sending hard earned taxpayer dollars outside this country.

Not for humanitarian aid.
Not to help the poor or needy
No reciprocation.
No good will

But to enrich the Treasury Secretary's buddies.

FUCK!!!!!!!!

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 3h

What the fuck are we doing?

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 4h

Trump is the real terrorist. No Justice bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · Apr 18

Trump's History of Violence (2016-2020)

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h

Supercut of comments from Republicans today alone about the No Kings rallies taking place this weekend. This has to be some of the worst, and most anti-American, coordinated messaging of all time.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 20h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h

This is profound ✊🏿

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AvgJoeCrowe @avgjoecrowe.bsky.social · 2h

The way the military is arranged has ALL orders be lawful until specifically proven unlawful. You can’t just not follow orders without ending up in the brig during a court marshal.

People escape poverty by signing their rights away to the military. They aren’t the enemy for the most part.

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AvgJoeCrowe @avgjoecrowe.bsky.social · 2h

That’s idiotic.

Except poverty by joining the military, refuse orders and end up in jail?

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AvgJoeCrowe @avgjoecrowe.bsky.social · 2h

But he was forced.

People join the military to escape poverty. They are then forced into a system where you literally go to jail for not following orders, even unlawful ones, under the presumption of lawfulness until proven otherwise.

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AvgJoeCrowe @avgjoecrowe.bsky.social · 3h

One that they broke on day 4 effectively.

AvgJoeCrowe @avgjoecrowe.bsky.social · 3h

No kid has ever pulled a knife on you and you know it. Cope harder with your abusive tendencies.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 4h

The dominant business plan these days seems to be let’s turn everyone into slaves, who famously never revolt

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 19h

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 3h

You don't hate Elon Musk enough

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

Breaking: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.
This is to help Javier Melei win his upcoming election as he doubled the countries poverty rate but is friends with Elon + Trump

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 1d

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 20h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

This line didn’t make sense the first time he said it, and it doesn’t make sense now.

The fact that they continue to demonize millions of patriotic Americans engaging in peaceful protest tells you everything you need to know about them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Be Happy and Civil @beakindhuman.bsky.social · 1d

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AvgJoeCrowe @avgjoecrowe.bsky.social · 1d

Quite alarming, but goes to show that regulation isn’t a bad thing.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 1d

As a gym girlie… 😬😬😬

Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 1d

Consumer Reports finds that some protein shakes and powders contain extremely high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 1d

Bobby Walker, former vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans, has apparently deleted his Twitter account.

Politico’s story reported that Walker referred to rape as “epic,” used slurs, and participated in a thread about sending opponents to the gas chamber.

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AvgJoeCrowe @avgjoecrowe.bsky.social · 1d

My colleagues? Again, strawman much? You presume an awful lot.

AvgJoeCrowe @avgjoecrowe.bsky.social · 1d

If said hypothetical black lady said that her getting worse healthcare due to her race was the exact same as the Holocaust, yeah I think I’d tell her that I’m on her side- but that she’s absolutely wrong with her hyperbolic statement.

AvgJoeCrowe @avgjoecrowe.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely this, and those calling for a civil war are often preying on the notion that they will win, since they think that there are far more crazies than there are, amplified by the media.

Thorne Identity @thorneidentity.bsky.social · 1d

One thing folks seem to forget (if they knew) is White Nationalists think, truly think, MOST white people are just like them but are too scared to step up.

They are relentlessly baffled and frustrated when their "flashpoint" moments fail to ignite that civil war.

Because they are stupid and evil.