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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

This is Jesse Mack Butler from Oklahoma. Butler r*ped two teen girls over a period of 9 months, nearly killed them by strangulation, which was recorded on video. Butler was convicted of 11 counts of r*pe and sexual assault and was sentenced to 78 years in prison.

But he will serve 0 jail time

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 14h

24/ 10/31/20 archive.ph/2023.03.12-0...

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 19h

ICYMI, Dominion Voting has been acquired by Scott Leinendecker, a former GOP election official from Missouri. Leindendecker is also the CEO of electronic poll book supplier Knowink whose product manager, Mitch Millville, was Ed Martin’s campaign IT director in Missouri in 2011. This Ed Martin. 1/

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Lissa Buesa-Matoy @buesamatoy.bsky.social · 1d

Because Dems did NOT lose. Trump cheated with Musk's help.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Trump posted an AI video of himself dropping raw sewage on the protesters from a plane. Yes, you read that right.

Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are melting down over "No Kings" success

Trump posted an AI video of himself dropping raw sewage on the protesters from a plane. Yes, you read that right

www.motherjones.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took care of Medicaid and Medicare. We took care of everything. We didn't know where we'd stand in a year or two years from now, so we put every single thing that we wanted in that bill for four years. So we don't need anymore votes."

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 1d

As Harris County Attorney, Christian Menefee has fought back against the lawlessness of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. We need him in Congress to stand up to Trump and maga Repubs.

Elect Christian Menefee
Texas' 18th Congressional District
Special election Nov. 4.

Graphic supporting Christian Menefee for Texas' 18th Congressional District. Special election Nov. 4, 2025.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

Snapshot of recent polls show Rs struggling to defend seats they hold:
- VA Spanberger 51%-41% Earle-Sears
- ME Mills 42%-37% Collins
- NC Cooper 46%-42% Whatley
- OH Brown 49%-48% Husted
- TX Cornyn 48%-46% Allred, 48%-45% Talarico
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/we-have-15...

We Have 15 Days To Win The November Elections - Let's Get To Work Everyone!!!!!!

Hopium paid subscribers will gather Wednesday night at 7pm ET/Welcome new subscribers!!!!!

www.hopiumchronicles.com

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s lack of respect for this country and its history and progress is staggering.

It feels useless to say “Imagine if Obama had done this” because the GOP is nothing if not utterly hypocritical.

They’d be up in arms and we all know it.

This is so disheartening.

A crane is demolishing the east wing of the White House

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking to Founders, Framers, so much against any established religion, representing numerous views & beliefs w/little unity. Thus, examples like Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli (1797): "As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion"🗃️

Article XI of the Treaty of Tripoli, "As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion..."

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

This is a very smart and important point. Talk to the people around you.

Alissa McLean @alissakmclean.bsky.social · 1d

I showed a relative the video Trump posted of himself taking a literal sh*t on the country, and she immediately stopped wavering and filled out her ballot “Yes” on 50.

Talk to your people! Many of them are not terminally online like you are.

That goes doubly for those of you in NJ and VA.

a woman says your vote is your power in a purple jacket

ALT: a woman says your vote is your power in a purple jacket

media.tenor.com

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Lissa Buesa-Matoy @buesamatoy.bsky.social · 1d

People, please don't mail your ballot...Drop them off personally!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

"... the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion ..."

A treaty begun by Washington, signed by Adams and ratified by a Senate filled with many of the same people who drafted the Constitution.

Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking to Founders, Framers, so much against any established religion, representing numerous views & beliefs w/little unity. Thus, examples like Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli (1797): "As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion"🗃️

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Thankful Thinker @thankfulthinker.bsky.social · 2d

Sing it loudly, to the tune of Delta Dawn:

Diarrhea Don, what's that fake crown you have on?
Could it be a fever dream from days gone by?
And did I hear you say you were shitting on people today?
We want you out of our mansion, go bye-bye!

#DiarrheaDon

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nancybruski.bsky.social @nancybruski.bsky.social · 2d

So moving. Yesterday will be a day tht will live in history, for the ages…Americans frm all walks of life, all political parties, even folks who haven’t participated in politics before, showed up 2 reclaim our form of govt, ruled by the people & for the people, not by a tyrant king.

Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 2d

They said Red America would stay silent. Then it roared.

Millions rose in peaceful rebellion from small towns and city streets to defend democracy and reclaim their power.

Read the story of a nation awake and unafraid. #NoKings

👉 open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...

They Said Red America Would Stay Silent. Then It Roared “No Kings.”

From the plains of Wyoming to the pews of Georgia, millions stood in defiance of tyranny. Inside are the voices, colors, and conviction of a nation finding its roar.

open.substack.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d

"I quit. I quit the Republican party and my job as an accomplice to the party in the throes of an authoritarian cult." www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party

Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

www.thebulwark.com

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

POP QUIZ: The Tennessean is…

A) bad at math
B) like other outlets, intentionally downplaying the crowd at the Capitol 🤷🏼

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

omg 👀

This both humiliating and terrifying.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 4d

Holy “parallel establishment”. “Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s approval of a new bank backed by two GOP megadonors, tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey” … 1/ www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Trump administration gives initial approval to bank backed by GOP megadonors

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says the approval of Erebor Bank, which is linked to Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey, is a classic example of crony capitalism.

www.msnbc.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

You may be living in an absolutely racist country when 13-year-old Black boys are tried and sentenced as adults, but white dudes who *are* adults are called "kids" by JD Vance to shield them from culpability.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

(🧵) I’m going to say some things that may cost me followers. That’s only appropriate, given that what I say in this thread is about exactly that: how utterly meaningless everything is right now besides saving America—because without rule of law and democracy, nothing we dream of will ever come true.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

After Republicans predicted violence all week from Antifa domestic terrorists this weekend, it turns out the most dangerous place to be on Saturday was the location that JD Vance was filming his TikTok.