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@bustersbuds.bsky.social

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Reporting life from the reality I find myself in. Husband, Father, MSW, LSW, LCADC, Healer, 🇺🇸, 🫶🌎, I am.

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · Jan 20

it’s hard to believe this, but isn’t holding on to faith at a moment like this the greatest display of that faith? #politics
If so, rejoice then. For the I AM who brought you here will surely not abandon you now. It’s now that we are carried. #Faith #LoveOverFear #LoveUsThroughThis #Loveanyway

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 37m

If all you needed was the right leader to have an excuse to reveal your authentic character, you were never a ‘good’ or more appropriately, a healthy person to begin with. #TruthMatters #CharacterMatters #TherapistSky

Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 3h

Maybe we just hate what you people have done to America, have you thought of that? That what you’re doing is deeply unpopular and maybe just people hate what you’re doing rather than the country it’s self.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

Expand the Supreme Court.

It's corrupt and rancid and taken over by right-wing hacks groomed by billionaires.

What more do you need to see?

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 5h

www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 5h

Here is the truth: Trump is losing. The GOP is losing. The tidal wave of change is coming. They will deliver a majority that will change the country for the good. It’s dark now, but the light of change is on the horizon.

Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 20h

This was right after he tried to grab her by the …

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 20h

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h

Nasty

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21h

In honor of Charlie Kirk, the alleged free speech champion, Trump's State Department has revoked the visas of foreign individuals who made critical, disparaging comments after his assassination.

What weak, pathetic snowflakes and hypocrites.

Fragile, porcelain tea cups.

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 21h

The next part of voting rights is about to fall apnews.com/article/supr...

Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out an...

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 21h

new policy championed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “gags Pentagon employees and threatens retaliation against reporters who seek out information that has not been pre-approved for release.”

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...

Media outlets, including Fox News and CNN, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21h

I assume that every single journalist reading this understands that the *first question* to ask the State Department tomorrow morning is how quickly it will provide a list of foreign nationals banned from the United States for statements made about Democrats or Americans perceived to be left-leaning

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 22h

The biggest threat in Portland is getting caught in the the middle of an inflatable frog–unicorn dance-off.

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 23h

Nokings.org

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Trump and budget chief Vought are making this a government shutdown unlike any other

President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen. The White House's budget office headed by Russ Vought is deciding who gets paid or fired in an unpreceden...

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 23h

I'm sure the Supremes won't have any problem with this. It's what the founders certainly intended. Trump will be irreparably harmed if he can't ruthlessly punish his political opponents and any innocent collateral damage.

Just don't try to forgive student loans. That's where they draw the line.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Major clashes in southeast Chicago this pm.

DHS agents who crashed a car had eggs thrown at them. According to ABC7, they then fired pepper balls at local residents. It’s now a scene of flying rocks & tear gas.

Chicago was never a war zone. But Trump’s militia is turning it into one.

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Katmcs @katmcs.bsky.social · 1d

I just texted four friends and told another about a protest in her area. Can you do the same? Make our voices and opinions heard! #NoKings

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www.nokings.org

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Dem staffers tell the people you work for that if they use the words 'across the aisle' or 'bipartisan', we're all gonna remember this shit come election time

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 1d

And he should pay every dime.

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 1d

Justice. "The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors." FactMatters apnews.com/article/supr...

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

If Mike Johnson was struck by lightning after he told one of these lies, I'd start going to church.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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Joe @bustersbuds.bsky.social · 1d

You’re right Sen. fight like hell. Stand tall in the light of your values.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning.

Democrats have no obligation to vote for a budget that funds corruption and totalitarianism.

Trump is willing to do whatever it takes to destroy our democracy and pad the pockets of billionaires.

People don't want Democrats to wilt. They want us to fight.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

The American founders didn't expect Mike Johnson. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

In case you got lost in the steaming pile of bullshit Speaker Johnson’s been shoveling, the shutdown fight Democrats are holding the line on is about healthcare for hard-working Americans.

Leader Jeffries isn’t flinching, isn’t wobbling; he’s been consistent and hasn’t wavered on this issue.

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