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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 36m

This is the post-January 6th world. The lies are their reality. It’s a broken reality in which no number of facts - or obvious observations - will make them give up a lie. In the end, there was no real accountability for January 6th, which was caused by lies. And so they continued on.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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IfICouldFly369 @ificouldfly369.bsky.social · 37m

youtube.com/watch?v=hY7L...

Trump FORGETS he’s president with INSANE announcement

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Undivided@bsky @mcbf.bsky.social · 1h

Bari tells the investors who set her up in business what they want to hear. Once they gave her the money and she gave them what they wanted, she was guaranteed additional success in a culture where the rich usually fail upward

Undivided@bsky @mcbf.bsky.social · 2h

Yours is the best take I’ve read yet. Simple and to the point and dead on correct

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 3h

I think Bari Weiss is not a journalist and FP produces a large volume of opinion slop designed to coddle people who do not want to be confronted or challenged on any of their existing beliefs and opinions. She is wildly unqualified to lead CBS News.

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 3h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Guess that Qatari jet wasn’t a “gift” to Trump after all.

Screenshot of tweets. Mike Madrid writes: “Joe Biden was criticized for a Chinese balloon flying over our airspace. They’re giving Qatar an entire f’ing air base.”
Below, Aaron Rupar’s tweet quotes Pete Hegseth saying on Fox News: “I’m also proud that today we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.”

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Mark Bauer @thepurplebauer.bsky.social · 3h

What a freaking idiot

Mike Johnson Blames Shutdown on “No Kings” Protest in Absurd Rant

The House speaker is blaming the Republican-led government shutdown on Americans protesting Donald Trump. Make that make sense.

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 1d

We must rebuild the global food system around NEED & not shareholder profit.

We must radically change what we eat & how we produce it.

We need BOLD LEADERSHIP on this, or we watch our world crumble as more & more people go hungry, & then we go hungry, & then billions of us die.

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 9h

One more time: As it’s not “weaponization of justice” for law enforcement to prosecute someone who committed crimes trying to rob a bank, it’s also not weaponization of justice for law enforcement to prosecute someone who committed crimes trying to overthrow an American election.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

Trump just installed Michael Ellis as CIA general counsel, possibly to green light legally dubious CIA ops to do this as an end run around congress.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Kelly: I really worry about those aviators, drone operators, special forces guys that are in the Caribbean right now striking these boats and whether or not this is legal..

There’s no authorization for the use of military force. The Congress has not given that to the president. He hasn’t asked.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 6h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

Rep. Jim Himes on Trump blowing up boats in the Caribbean: "The White House has not shared what they believe their legal justification is. They did put out a memo. I will tell you based on what I know now and the reading of that memo, these are illegal killings."

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 7h

Every day that passes I am more convinced of two things:

1) This regime’s attempt to consolidate and hold power is going to collapse in truly spectacular fashion

2) That collapse is going to be astoundingly dangerous and destructive

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Candyce 🌊🦋🌈💙🩵 @candycemv1.bsky.social · 5h

Incredible and sad for California

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DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 22h

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ksp2pdx.bsky.social @ksp2pdx.bsky.social · 4h

Excellent question!❤️
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Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social · 6h

If Jan 6 was all Antifa then why did you pardon them?

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Fat Satan got his COVID booster shot yesterday. If he doesn’t listen to his Trumpshit-crazy HHS Secretary, why should we?

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

And people tell me the libs have no knack for messaging.

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 5h

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Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 5h

#ClearNPresentDanger☠️ #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 21h

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 5h

Checking out my war-ravaged neighborhood here in SE Portland this morning. Everyone stay safe out there.

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Support Democracy @supportdemocracy.bsky.social · 6h

UNBELIEVABLE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA! I think we are now exceeding the norms of Russia, North Korea and China at political violence against our citizens.

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Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 5h

#ClearNPresentDanger☠️ #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 18h

Massive escalation at the Portland ICE facility. Worst I’ve ever seen. More pepper balls than I can count. Teargas in the middle of crowd. Violent arrests. Some type of either noise or rubber bullet shotgun fired into the air then later aimed at protesters chests/heads at near point blank range.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 20h

This.💯

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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