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bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 1d

WTF is wrong with these people? The GOP holds the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives - if they wanted to end the shutdown, they could do it today.

And also, are the MAGATs being paid by the GOP? If not, why do they think the left is funding protests?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 1d

On the Media is one of the best sources for understanding what the fuck is happening in the US today.

On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 4d

📻On this week’s show: @gregsargent.bsky.social on Stephen Miller’s plan to “sleepwalk” America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.bsky.social on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.writes.news on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky

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bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 4d

Hilarious. GOP candidate doesn't think that denying gay people's rights is discriminatory.

Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 5d

Winsome Earle-Sears — that is, in fact, discrimination.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 8d

Whatever you believe about Greta's demonstrations, that does not make the IDF a reliable reporter about conditions for people protesting their genocidal regime.

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bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 8d

And why do you think the IDF is a reliable reporter of the facts on the flotilla?

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bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 12d

GOP shut it down so they could fire more federal workers.

Congresswoman Madeleine Dean @repdean.bsky.social · 13d

In our district alone, at least 20,000 people are at risk of losing their healthcare.

Real people with real needs will be hurt by this Republican shutdown.

bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 12d

The Republican Shut Down reveals their true priorities.
Ballrooms and Authoritarians.

Workers won't be paid, but $20 billion bailout to Argentina will be paid.

Infrastructure projects in NYC are cancelled, but Trumps ballroom will continue unchanged.

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bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 15d

GOP bill would hand all of Congress's power of the purse over to Trump.

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 15d

I just voted against a GOP bill that gives up Congress's power over spending.

Instead of working with Democrats to stop premiums from DOUBLING next year, Republicans are sending us straight into a shutdown—and pushing bills to give up their own power and hand it over to Trump.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15d

The below post is from CBS Chicago reporter Asal Rezaei yesterday. It comes one day after Chicago journalist Steve Held was detained while covering a protest outside the Broadview immigration facility.

Absolutely inexcusable attack perpetrated by an ICE thug. He should be fired immediately! 😡

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 15d

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bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 15d

Trump said it: the president is always to blame for a government shutdown.

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 15d

#ThisIsTrumpsShutdown according to Trump himself. Listen for yourself.

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bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 17d

The trump regime requires Pay to Play. Another stark example of their corrupt pratices.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened

The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...

www.propublica.org

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bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 19d

If anyone is still confused about why ICE agents are despised by most Americans,, this should clear things up.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 19d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 19d

Preach Amy!

Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 19d

Oh sure, that’s what we need. More tariffs. Haven’t you done enough damage Mr. President? Grocery costs are skyrocketing, health care premiums are about to go through the roof, and now this.

Trump Will Slap Tariffs on Imported Drugs, Trucks and Household Furnishings

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

Trump Will Slap Tariffs on Imported Drugs, Trucks and Household Furnishings

www.nytimes.com

bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 20d

Great political art on the Mall in DC!
It was there on 9.23.25 ... is it still ?

spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 21d

spotted at The Mall, DC

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 20d

So a guy with a sniper rifle shoots and kills detainees, and Noem claims this is violence against *ICE agents*-- none of whom were harmed?

Do I have this right?

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bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 20d

Apple TV+ is bowing to the pressure to ignore radical right wing extremism in the US. Here is the trailer: www.google.com/search?clien...

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 23d

There’s a reason I asked Pam Bondi if she was capable of saying “no” to the president.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23d

😕 💵

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23d

Why does it take a BRITISH newspaper to break a story like this? Where the hell is the American media? 🤨

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 23d

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 25d

There goes the First Amendment.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25d

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bettystumpy.bsky.social @bettystumpy.bsky.social · 27d

Republicans, is this what you voted for?
ICE thugs beating up 80 year old American citizens at their places of business? And then denying them medical care?

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 27d

🚨CW🚨80 year old business owner and man with a heart condition beaten by 3 ICE attackers. Denied medical care. 1/2

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