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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is a wartime president.

War on women.
War on voting rights.
War on Latinos.
War on California.
War on institutions.
War on history.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22h

Source:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22h

Breaking: Text messages of Young Republican groups across the country have just been leaked.

They talk about putting Democrats in “gas chambers,” attacking “Jews,” calling Black people “watermelon people,” calling to “rape” their enemies, and bringing back slavery.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly every media outlet is announcing they will refuse to sign the Pentagon’s new rule stating they cannot report information if it’s not government “authorized.”

Even Newsmax is refusing to sign.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Your daily reminder that Republicans in Congress have gone on vacation while they force thousands of Americans to go without a paycheck this week.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.

California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

Watch the full interview with @repstansbury.bsky.social and subscribe to support independent media: youtu.be/6wnLcjuE0cc

WHOA: Trump pulls INSANE stunt to bury Epstein files

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

@repstansbury.bsky.social: "This is gangster activity. The president is trying to shield pedophiles by calling and threatening members of Congress. We need more members of Congress, whether it's the Epstein files, the shutdown, health care, democracy, the rule of law, to just fucking do their jobs."

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 4d

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5d

So Trump gave Argentina a $20 billion bailout and is now building a Qatari military facility in Idaho.

While Americans can’t afford groceries.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking: Trump has officially lost the Nobel Peace Prize.

Instead, the Nobel committee is awarding the leader of the opposition in Venezuela for supporting “democracy over dictatorship.”

Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize He Shamelessly Campaigned For

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday said the recognition would instead go to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

time.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5d

Watch the full inteview with @warnock.senate.gov and subscribe to support independent media: youtu.be/Xe67RHTXjKc

Senator becomes Trump's NIGHTMARE with announcement

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5d

@warnock.senate.gov: "As a man of faith, here's something that I have noticed about evil... Evil always gets a little bit too impressed with itself. It's filled up with hubris. Evil always goes too far, and because it goes too far, it contains within itself the seed of its own destruction."

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6d

Watch the full interview with @warnock.senate.gov and subscribe to support independent media: youtu.be/Xe67RHTXjKc

Senator becomes Trump's NIGHTMARE with announcement

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6d

@warnock.senate.gov: "You know that it's a critical moment any time Raphael Warnock and Marjorie Taylor Greene are essentially saying the same thing. That doesn't happen often... She saw that the premiums of her own adult children will go up so much in 2026 that their healthcare is unaffordable."

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6d

Reminder this is all happening because Republicans refuse to let you have affordable health care.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6d

Marjorie Taylor Greene just said the Republican Party is “getting destroyed” during this government shutdown as they refuse to protect health care.

“Everyone’s just getting destroyed... Republicans, you have no solutions... It is hurting so many people.”

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d

Republicans are fighting to ensure that Americans in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a raft of other red states pay DOUBLE what they paid before for healthcare.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d

I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d

Brutal.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 8d

Source:

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 8d

The Supreme Court appears ready to side with Trump in bringing back “gay conversion therapy.”

This practice involves physically abusing teenagers to try to turn them heterosexual, including with electric shocks and chemically-induced nausea.

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