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Don Hoskins 🍁 True North Strong & Free!🍁 @djbhoskins.bsky.social · Feb 14

Well, Canada, did you stand tall for our wonderful True North Strong & Free today? Bypass that bourbon? Forgo Florida fruit? Ask if the restaurant buys Canadian?

It’s a battle for our country & we’re all soldiers… Our wallets are our weapons & our $$ are our bullets…

True North Strong & Free!

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

If you were an admin or member of one of the Facebook groups that the DOJ jawboned Facebook into censoring, we want to talk to you!

Please shoot me a message,

Rtorney Pamela
' @AGPamBondi
Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a
large group page that was being used to dox and target
@lCEgov
in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and
social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing
their jobs. The Departrnent of Justice will continue engaging tech
companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent
violence against federal law enforcernent.
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Sharon 🫶🏻💙🇺🇸🦋🍿 🐸 @sharonsf.bsky.social · 1h

I picked what sign I will be borrowing for the #NoKings

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1h

Give me a break 🙄

Eric Trump Blasted After Claiming That His Father And The MAGA Movement Are 'Saving God'

www.comicsands.com

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Lil A 🐴💙 @lilatheofficial.bsky.social · 1h

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1h

Was it America First or Argentina First? Somehow there’s $40 billion for Argentina.

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 12h

nailed it!!! absolutely iconic work by @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social

its a pizzacakecomic illustrating the difference between how young republicans portray themselves privately versus publicly using examples of texts from a leaked chat from yesterdays politico report

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3h

The Vice President of the United States will not unequivocally condemn Young Republicans for saying that their perceived political opponents should be sent to gas chambers.

A window into @jd-vance-1.bsky.social's disgraceful character.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 20h

Vice President JD Vance downplayed the severity of racist texts leaked from a Young Republican group chat, dismissing the criticism as "pearl clutching" and attempting to draw attention to a Democrat texting scandal instead.

JD Vance Hits Out at ‘Pearl Clutching‘ Over Racist GOP Group Chat

The vice president defended the “college group chat” in a post made to X.

trib.al

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1h

Over five million Americans gathered at more than 2,000 No Kings protests in June — and Saturday is going to be even bigger. Let’s show up with more people, in more places, bringing more signs and songs and joyful defiance than anything we’ve done before: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1h

Nothing new, just the vice president of the United States making excuses for Nazis.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1h

So this is just facially illegal right?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidef...

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1h

Every time the GOP lies about Saturday’s peaceful protests, our massive No Kings Day events get even bigger.

We thank Republicans for their attention to this matter!

Aaron Rupar on Bluesky: “Trump on No Kings: "They have their day coming up.
I hear very few people are gonna be there, by the way. But they have their day coming up and they want to have their day in the sun."”

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 21h

I heard the initial story, but the story is advancing and getting quite interesting!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "It's over $18 trillion being poured into our country." (The entire GDP of the US is $30 trillion ... )

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Robertscribbler @robertscribbler.bsky.social · 4h

Trump and his flunkies double down on fascist scumbaggery.

a group of star wars characters standing next to each other with a robot in the background

ALT: a group of star wars characters standing next to each other with a robot in the background

media.tenor.com

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Seung Min Kim @seungminkim1.bsky.social · 6h

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown.

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Tom @tomofbell.bsky.social · 4h

It's funny because he's a murderous Nazi sociopath who is directing a lawless army of masked thugs to abduct, torture and disappear those he considers undesirable.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

The plan to force taxpayers to cover emergency medical costs for non-citizens is a law called EMTALA: signed into law by the infamous democrat Ronald Reagan.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Lisa McClain: "Democrats' plan forces taxpayers to cover the majority of emergency medical costs for all non-citizens. Another $28 billion tab for who? You guessed it, the American people."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Ole Vet USAF @olevetusaf.bsky.social · 4h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbxS...
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump causing hell to break loose in Chicago and cities across the United States as Trump uses ICE to try to provoke peaceful communities to find a pretext for more extensive military invasions.

All HELL BREAKS LOOSE as Trump INVASION backfires

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 11h

President Trump and I have something in common: We both recently got our annual flu and updated Covid vaccines!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

The last people who said this here were American colonial merchants who remained loyal to King George III. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Marilyn 🇨🇦 @mlauriat.bsky.social · 8h

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Navy vet buries Trump for 'sacrilegious' plan to make US 250th anniversary about himself

Commenting on a plan to honor Donald Trump on the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the United States, a retired U.S. Navy officer called out the president and his supporters for going all out...

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Marilyn 🇨🇦 @mlauriat.bsky.social · 8h

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Trump admin slammed for using ethnic cleansing euphemism: ‘Wannabe Nazis’

The Department of Homeland Security relayed a message on social media Tuesday from its official X account: a single word that critics say is a blatant call for ethnic cleansing.“Remigrate,” the post r...

www.rawstory.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

EISEN: What do you say to people who say the government taking stakes in private companies and picking winners and losers sound socialist?

BESSENT: We're not going to come in and takes stakes in non-strategic industries, but we've identified seven industries

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