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Phil Strickland @drpdstrickland.bsky.social · 5h

Ah yes, when the people protest en mass, it’s right back to the old, racist “rich Jews control everything” trope, I see.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Ernst: "I think it is extremely important that we look at who is funding these protests. We have to get to the bottom of this. It could be the usual suspect -- George Soros."

Phil Strickland @drpdstrickland.bsky.social · 15h

“How can you not be romantic about baseball?”

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15h

Shohei Ohtani just played perhaps the greatest game in the history of baseball, Peter Wehner argues. But Ohtani’s “performance shouldn’t be of interest just to sports fans. His triumph offers all of us a ray of hope at a troubled time.”

A Truly Awesome Performance

Shohei Ohtani’s extraordinary game might be just what we all needed right now.

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Phil Strickland @drpdstrickland.bsky.social · 16h

Gideon: “I’m not a king.”

Also Gideon: consolidates power through threats of violence, takes a harem for himself and lives a life of lavish wealth, and names his son Abi-Melech (“My Father is the King”)

Look at what people do, not merely at what they say.

(Judges 6-8)

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Phil Strickland @drpdstrickland.bsky.social · 3d

Rando on Twitter: “I don’t wanna be part of a church that doesn’t blame the poor for all their problems.”

Jesus: “Once upon a time, there was a rich man and a beggar named Lazarus….”

(Luke 16:19-31)

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 1d

“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
-Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution

Not a "norm" violation. A legal and constitutional violation.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Phil Strickland @drpdstrickland.bsky.social · 1d

Well, you know what they say about birds of a feather....

Donald J. Trump Pays Court-Ordered $2 Million For Illegally Using Trump Foundation Funds

Trump Ordered to Pay Eight Separate Charities $250,000 Each Remaining $1.8 Million in Trump Foundation Bank Account Disbursed Among Charities NEW YORK – New

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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

America-hating Antifa showing up for a *second* time today.

Empathy @constant-tummyache.bsky.social · 2d

Sharing this 102 year old WW2 Vet who is fighting fascism a second time.

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Jwingnut @jwingnut.bsky.social · 3d

They are so clueless. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2d

So the Dallas ICE shooter was an unemployed, online, loner, gamer dude with no friends who was politically unaligned with any particular ideology except the white male internet brain rot.

NPR @npr.org · 3d

A newly released police report states that Joshua Jahn lived with his family and didn't have a job. n.pr/3Jj982m

Shooter at Dallas ICE facility was motivated by notoriety over ideology

A newly released police report states that Joshua Jahn lived with his family and didn't have a job.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3d

It’s crazy that there’s such a base level of criminality now things like this didn’t even merit much outrage at all.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

…and Santos is small change compared to the other pardons:

Trump Pardoned Him. Now He Won't Have to Pay Back $660 Million

Trevor Milton and his wife donated $1.8 million to Trump in 2024.

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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 3d

George Wallace on the 1963 civil rights March on Washington: It’s all a bunch of communists trying to destroy America.

Mike Johnson on the 2025 No Kings rally: It’s all a bunch of marxists/socialists/Antifa trying to destroy America.

The GOP playbook: Same as it ever was

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

🤷🏼

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

The people running this country have zero respect for the Constitution, laws, rules of ethics and professional responsibility, traditions or norms. They are lawless gangsters drunk on power and nobody in their party outside the admin has the courage or integrity to stop them.

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Phil Strickland @drpdstrickland.bsky.social · 3d

Not sure I’ve ever seen a bullpen choke this badly in the postseason. #bluejays

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Phil Strickland @drpdstrickland.bsky.social · 3d

Rando on Twitter: “I don’t wanna be part of a church that doesn’t blame the poor for all their problems.”

Jesus: “Once upon a time, there was a rich man and a beggar named Lazarus….”

(Luke 16:19-31)

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3d

Trump commuting Santos is not just a curiosity. It’s a feature of corruption… it’s a message… if you like me you can get away with anything. If we accept this as ok our kids will never forgive us

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

JUST IN: Judge Mehta threatens contempt and bar sanctions for attorney Carolyn Stewart — who has repped numerous Jan. 6 defendants and pardon recipients — over filing a motion with “fabricated” citations to local rules and refusing to correct it.

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Phil Strickland @drpdstrickland.bsky.social · 4d

It’s “locker room talk” 2.0

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 4d

Probably worth noting that both Vance and Trump have been “joking” about murdering fishermen in these strikes.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

The U.S. military has destroyed five boats it has alleged were ferrying drugs into the U.S., killing 27 people. No authority has publicly released the names of any of the dead. One family is believed to be the first to publicly say they believe a relative is among those who were killed.

U.S. Military Killed Venezuelan Fisherman in Suspected Drug Boat Attack, Family Says

For the first time, one of the 27 people killed in U.S. airstrikes on suspected drug vessels has been publicly identified.

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Phil Strickland @drpdstrickland.bsky.social · 4d

A torrent of lies paid for by our tax dollars

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Caroline Haskins @carolinehaskins.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: A proposal for rebuilding Gaza that's been shared with the Trump admin references Tesla, IKEA, TSMC, and tons of other companies. I reached out to them—none had discussed or agreed to any work in Gaza. Some had no idea they were mentioned in this proposal:
www.wired.com/story/a-plan...

A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They're Not Involved

A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild Gaza. Some of these companies say they had no idea they were mentioned.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.