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dshags @dshags.bsky.social · Feb 2

"If the United States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States." ~Bonnie Wilk, SWEEP by Red Wine & Blue

a group of people holding american flags in a line

ALT: a group of people holding american flags in a line

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Muriel @murielseabright.bsky.social · 17h

Castro improved literacy rates and reduced infant mortality in his Country. Still a murderous dictator.

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 4h

If you are a lawyer, please help out and do this: bring or borrow a megaphone, point out what the police and/or ICE are doing is not clear, and speak out! Use your tools to help with what is going on!

#ProudBlue

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dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 1h

I recall watching this "live" during Democrat National Convention ... I guess protest voters weren't watching 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 2h

💣"The flood of money into two opaque industries — AI and crypto — has propped up the US stock market and, indirectly, the U.S. economy.

AI and crypto have created the illusion that all is well with the economy — even as Trump has taken a wrecking ball to it..." open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Beware the Oligarch's AI Bubble

They’re likely to burst.

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dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 4h

🚫👑 "...a president who is the son of immigrants and has been married twice to immigrants has become the face of nationalism, using hate and horror to expand his control over people, both American citizens and immigrants, on American soil. Are we the Nazis now?" ~Civil Discourse

dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 4h

🚫👑 Plenary Authority?

"Stephen Miller froze up because he thought he’d given the game away, but with the other two branches of government abdicating their responsibility to check Trump, he’s more right than he should be." open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

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dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 17h

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

Vance could not give a straight answer to questions about:

➡️ Tom Homan's alleged acceptance of a bribe
➡️ Trump's accusations that J.B. Pritzker is a criminal
➡️ Layoffs at the CDC

Read/Watch: bit.ly/4nMSVl9

dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 17h

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 17h

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 18h

This is the way.

dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 17h

BlueinOhio @sharon43302.bsky.social · 18h

When is ICE going to start arresting the drug cartel gang members?

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h

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dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 18h

ProFootballTalk @profootballtalk.bsky.social · 18h

Colts place Anthony Richardson on injured reserve, claim S Reuben Lowery.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

Colts place Anthony Richardson on injured reserve, claim S Reuben Lowery

The Colts placed quarterback Anthony Richardson Sr. on injured reserve on Monday, the team announced.

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dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 18h

norbizness @norbizness.bsky.social · 1d

This headline is obviously ultra-simplified but at some level it's correct, my retirement account is at the mercy of the stupidest, most gullible prats (acting collectively on the belief that everybody else is stupid) in the world

CNBC Headline: Dow futures jump 400 points after Trump says China situation ‘will all be fine’

dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 18h

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 20h

🚨After being tased and beaten by ICE, a man dies in a Chicago hospital. Date and location in following post. These are the horrors of 2025 and we cannot look away. 1/2

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 23h

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

Coffee Indiana @coffeeindiana.bsky.social · 23h

Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.

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dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 18h

🇺🇸 America 2025 ....

Geneawac @genwacc.bsky.social · 1d

I hate that the US is daily dragging people off to be disappeared. I hate the fact that our so-called leaders lie constantly. I hate that they celebrate the murder of people on tiny boats. I hate their sneering and entitlement. I hate that they don't care if people die. This isn't "great again".

dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 18h

Climate change will not be kind to Alaska...

dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 18h

🤞 This is my ardent hope!

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 20h

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 23h

Whether it's a halo or horns depends which news channel you watch.

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 1d

Trump told Republicans to NOT work with Dems to get the gov’t open.
When you’re feeling the pain of this shutdown, I do NOT want to hear a single person blaming the Dems.
Blame Trump.
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

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good george @goodgeorge.bsky.social · 22h

If zero integrity and why America is lost was a photo…. It’d be Mike Johnson’s face.

Such a disgrace. These unfit hacks need to be removed from public office.

We can survive bad policies. We can’t survive bad people.

Trump & GOP infest our government.

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dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 19h

"What follows is now in the hands of [a multitude of] forces. What we know is nothing and no one will be the same. We can only pray that those experiencing unspeakable grief experience recovery, healing, and—yes—peace." open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

What now for Israel and Gaza?

No one will be the same.

open.substack.com

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

The Chicago detention center has refused the Mexican Consulate access to visit detainees

Now what reason would ICE have for doing that?

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dshags @dshags.bsky.social · 20h

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 22h

He gets credit for it. I don't think it outweighs his menace to our democracy, but his team helped make it happen. (Well, Bibi attacking Qatar helped - a lot.)
More on Trump's role here, from my @theatlantic.com colleagues:

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...