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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1h

"And I looked at all the brand new signs"

Look at all the old, homemade signs at typical Trump rally:

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

Q: "Trump authorized military strikes...in the Caribbean. 20 people have been killed in six different strikes. Do you believe these strikes are legal?"

Sen. Rand Paul:" "No...These people have been blown up without us knowing their name or any evidence of a crime."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 53m

OK, so our "Secretary of War" currently has two big priorities: (1) murdering innocent fishermen in the Caribbean, and (2) endangering the lives of commuters in Southern California.

Perhaps, we are seeing one of the downsides to having a drunk TV talk show chatterbox running our military.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 10h

"SOUTHCOM was concerned about the operations not being lawful," per CNN reporting.

Not surprised.

I served in Pentagon assessing counterterrorism operations. I explain constitutional and international legal problems with these Caribbean strikes.⤵️

youtu.be/DHXz_y6Updg?...

Illegal Caribbean Boat Strikes

YouTube video by Ryan Goodman

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: You talked about the Hudson River Tunnel in NYC. Is the funding terminated?

TRUMP: Right now there is no funding. Because it's up to me

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Pete Hegseth conducted a live fire exercise over I-5 as part of a made-for-Fox stunt for him and Vance which had a misfire that struck a Highway Patrol vehicle and could have killed people?

Who could have foreseen this?

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 4h

As soon as Trump was sworn in, he immediately stopped the investigation into who was paying Epstein money.

Can't be any more obvious that.

Shows 100% that Trump was connected to the money side of Epstein's sex trafficking and child rape.

#SmokingGun

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 4h

🧵Guarantee it's the Epstein money trail that's spooking Trump more than the child rape.

As soon as Trump took office, he immediately blocked the 4-year congressional investigation into Epstein's assets.

He also immediately revoked access to all sensitive docs.

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 3h

abcnews.go.com/Politics/wee...

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 1d

As much as the conman psychopath wants the crown, it's No Kings. Not now, not ever in the United States of America. 😂🤣👇

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

See the difference? 👀

#NoKings

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 6h

Steve Bannon: “The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.”

Media: "We cannot with certainty identify this mysterious brown substance."

Trump trolls ‘No Kings’ protests with obscene AI video and mulls invoking Insurrection Act: Live updates
Trump posts AI video showing him dumping brown liquid on to demonstrators after nearly 7 million took part in nationwide protests against him

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/no-kings-protest-trump-today-live-updates-b2847817.html

Trump posts a fake video of himself flying a ‘King Trump’ jet over protesters.
President Trump has posted a fake video on social media that showed him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/politics/trump-fake-video-no-kings.html?smid=url-share

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4h

We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton, but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

This can’t be said often enough: Trump is selling out his most loyal voting block while bailing out somebody else’s.

📍Keep an eye on this: Trump’s intentionally sabotaging U.S. farmers. His billionaire buddies will benefit by acquiring their land on the cheap.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

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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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 9h

It’s not about the people in power. It’s about the POWER of the PEOPLE!

#DefendersOfDemocracy
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The Defenders of Democracy @thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social · 9h

7 million people joined together & marched in the USA No Kings Protest making it the largest in American history!

While other countries joined in our movement such as 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇦🇹🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇵🇦🇵🇹🇪🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧🇦🇺🇩🇰🇮🇸🇻🇬🇳🇱🇯🇵 & many more

It is not about the people in power. It’s about POWER of the PEOPLE!

#DefendersOfDemocracy

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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 9h

😡😡😡😡😡😡👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 23h

At the South Portland ICE facility, after pushing back the crowd to let some vehicles leave, agents gassed the street for approximately 10 minutes solid. S Bancroft was opaque with gas; agents also threw flash grenades and shot pepper bullets.

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Jesi🃏♠️🔥 @luciferjesit.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings Anthem. This is really good! 👏👏👏👏👏

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maga-crime-watch.bsky.social @maga-crime-watch.bsky.social · 20h

THAT'S NOT A ROAST...THAT'S FIRE!!! 🤣🤣🤣

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Chrystol @chrystol.bsky.social · 19h

Listening to Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, "Hallowed Be Thy Name".

Feels kind of timely.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmAZ...

Hallowed Be Thy Name

YouTube video by Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Topic

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Chrystol @chrystol.bsky.social · 1d

"It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war."

This is why I am glad to be former military, child of a military family. I understand preparedness. Too many do not.

Even us hippies know how to survive. Not all of us were always peaceful.

Chrystol @chrystol.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I am glad to be former military, child of a military family. I understand preparedness. Too many do not.

Even us hippies know how to survive. Not all of us were always peaceful.

Just Lynn 💙🦋✌️🇺🇦 @shoredweller7.bsky.social · 1d

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Just Lynn 💙🦋✌️🇺🇦 @shoredweller7.bsky.social · 1d

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Chrystol @chrystol.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I am glad to be former military, child of a military family. I understand preparedness. Too many do not.

Even us hippies know how to survive. Not all of us were always peaceful.

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Chrystol @chrystol.bsky.social · 1d

So, yes, he DID unite us.

Just not in the way he anticipated, nor controlled.

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