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Gary L Denton

@garyldenton.bsky.social

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East Texas progressive. Now retired, formerly a research analyst, sales forecaster, online editor, armed security. Reposts liberal news and nerdy stuff. No DMs.

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Gary L Denton @garyldenton.bsky.social · Feb 18

I do not follow back everyone.
I have been online for many years in many places like Facebook or Blogger as Easter Lemming.

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Gary L Denton @garyldenton.bsky.social · 1m

FEMA is now weaponized against Democrats.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

This is not “America First”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Walz: "They are paying contractors to pay down the East Wing but they're not putting money into the food bank. So if there's a sense of frustration in America, it's very real ... when the White House press secretary said their top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h

Stop trying to sweeten the deal, Andrew. I'm already voting for Zohran!

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

When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump in Malaysia: "United Nation should be doing this but they don't do it. They turned off my teleprompter when I made a speech. They're good at that. The escalator wasn't working."

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 1d

Well there you have it. This is one reason why he wants a war. He just said it.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

He got the Speaker he wanted - a cuck who will sit in the corner and let him do whatever he pleases whenever he wants.

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 21h

There’s only been one lawsuit filed against the devastating destruction of the White House.

One.

And it’s by Virginia couple, Charles and Judith Voorhees.

Not Congress, not historical (or any) institutions, but a citizen couple.

We continue to be the resistance.

newrepublic.com/post/202201/...

Trump Sued After Destroying White House for His Tacky Ballroom

Donald Trump was hit with a brutal lawsuit after demolishing the East Wing of the White House.

newrepublic.com

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · Jul 2

Abolish ICE

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Jul 2

Abolish ICE

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Jul 2

Abolish ICE

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

This is the guy who lied on the stand at a trial in LA, telling the jury he witnessed the defendant assault the ICE officer, when the video showed the ICE officer assault the defendant. The jury took an hour to acquit. He's referred to immigrants as "filth, trash, and scum."

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 15h

Federal judge in Chicago has ordered U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino to attend a hearing in her courtroom next week, after he was accused of violating a temporary restraining order limiting federal agents' use of certain tactics

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino ordered to face federal judge in Chicago, after being accused of violating court order

A federal judge in Chicago has ordered Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino to attend a hearing in her courtroom next week, amid concerns about federal agents' aggressive tactics during immigration ...

www.cbsnews.com

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 15h

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

Guillermo del Toro quote "...think about wealth for me for example. A wealthy man that has enough..."

"not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite somebody to beer..."

"...you're rich. If you have, whatever-"

"- yachts and planes and islands and you STILL need more? You're not rich."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you, New York City.

Now let’s win.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 15h

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1d

It just got 10% dumber.

Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1d

"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20h

We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump’s orders unnerved many in the industry and appear to have discouraged some large firms from taking on cases they would otherwise have backed, lawyers say. That has dried up a formerly reliable supply of help from large law offices for people and institutions challenging government policies.

The American Bar Association, which joined or filed four lawsuits against the Trump administration, “has experienced difficulty finding previously willing law firms to represent it,” its attorneys wrote in court papers. In one case, the organization said, it was unable to join a lawsuit challenging the administration because it could not get attorneys in time.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

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Gary L Denton @garyldenton.bsky.social · 10h

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 21h

🚨10am-12:30pm October 25th
Annual Halloween Parade and Party for families in the community get tear gassed by ICE in NW Chicago. This is a terror state; a police state. 1/2

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21h

Ukrainian drones now hitting Moscow.

#explodey

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 21h

Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h

I wish I could say I am surprised. But I'm not. The Washington Post gives "credit to the Republican legislators of Indiana and Kansas" while criticizing "Democrats in Virginia."

Every day they find a new way to get worse. Support independent, pro-democracy Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 21h

😢 Betty Ford once said that "if the White House West Wing is the mind of the nation then the East Wing is the heart.”

Well, it's gone now, because we have a grotesque president who is sick in the mind, and was born without a heart.

To hell with him -- and soon, please.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

I still can’t believe Scott Bessent, whose net worth is $521 million, went on TV and claimed that he “has felt the pain” of the trade war because he is a “soybean farmer.”

And he claims to be a “farmer” not because he grows things, but because he is a landlord of some farmers.

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