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Kris Stern

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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness ...” - Mark Twain

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Kris Stern @goldenzgirl.bsky.social · Feb 28

Our shame continues.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Feb 28

Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova during today’s Oval Office meeting with President Trump, VP Vance and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. (via White House pool)

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Kris Stern @goldenzgirl.bsky.social · 5h

The way back machine is real??!

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5h

He keeps saying this, even though Jack Smith didn't join the classified docs case until a few months after the raid.

But since he keeps doing this on Fox News, where they are on the same team, he won't get called out on it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Jeffries: "If Donald Trump can find $20b to bail out his right-wing dictator friend in Argentina, it's extraordinary to me that Republicans are unwilling to even have a discussion about how we address the healthcare crisis that they've created."

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 7h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 7h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 11h

"We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil" is an all-timer. Thank you Mr President, we appreciate your insights.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don’t need to purchase it from China.

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 8h

For all of the people who have urged the American news media to stand together in the face of the Trump admin's attacks – it's happening right now. All the major networks are speaking out against the Pentagon's new press restrictions:

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

This is some vile stuff. And these aren't teenagers. Many are Republican staffers. At least one works for Trump.

"Epithets like “faggot,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined."

Politico @politico.com · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Kris Stern @goldenzgirl.bsky.social · 10h

What in the hell … does this have to do with this?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Kris Stern @goldenzgirl.bsky.social · 11h

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Kris Stern @goldenzgirl.bsky.social · 12h

Locker room talk.

Kris Stern @goldenzgirl.bsky.social · 12h

Is this what they meant by “turn down the rhetoric”?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

So many shakedowns.
So little time. 🤡

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“.. Tuesday brought a major and highly symbolic rebuke. Fox News, the very same network .. which employed Hegseth .. rejected his attempts to control media coverage of the Defense Department he now leads.”

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/p...

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Kris Stern @goldenzgirl.bsky.social · 13h

a man in a black hat is holding a chainsaw and giving a thumbs up to another man

ALT: a man in a black hat is holding a chainsaw and giving a thumbs up to another man

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Kris Stern @goldenzgirl.bsky.social · 14h

Ah. Got it. Praying in public crosses the line. But pepper balls fired at them do not cross any lines for him.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 16h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents 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 Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Kris Stern @goldenzgirl.bsky.social · 15h

And he clearly passed on his tremendous grasp of the English language …

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

The Army exists to defend the Republic; the press exists to inform it. Together, they protect the same ideal—self-government built on public trust. Hegseth's Pentagon press restrictions would hurt the Army, the press, and us.

New from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/locking-do...

Locking Down the Pentagon Press Is Dangerous

Pete Hegseth’s proposed restrictions would harm the people whom both the military and the press are meant to serve.

www.thebulwark.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17h

The ICE raids, the Guard deployments, the fear — it’s all real.
But I can’t shake the feeling that Trump pushed too far too fast.
People are waking up. Judges are pushing back.
Maybe this isn’t the end of democracy — maybe it’s the moment it remembers to fight back.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

When Power Overreaches: The Gut Feeling That America Is Starting to Push Back

I admit I've made some bad predictions...but maybe not this time. Or maybe

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 19h

NPR's veteran defense reporter Tom Bowman: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon Pass

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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