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SWAGGY WOLFDOG ™️⭐️ (@swagrman) on Threads

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montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · 3d

😡https://www.threads.com/@swagrman/post/DPr0kfOjWBi?xmt=AQF0Pvqj5nb0R7lBk04vGLBxZGW3e-Z2WeFYLgwH9EU-OA

BREAKING: ICE agents pepper sprayed a woman who wasn’t resisting or doing anything wrong outside El Paso Grande in Aurora, Illinois😳 Witnesses say it appears to be the same crew involved in previous ...

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montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · 7d

😡https://wapo.st/4o9DC5M

VA’s disability program is an ‘honor system.’ These veterans are defrauding it.

Post investigation finds VA’s $193 billion disability program has turned into a rich target for fraudsters. Some fake blindness or paralysis to get as much as $1 million.

A Novice Defense Secretary Lectures the Brass on What It Takes to Win

montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · 15d

🤭https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/hegseth-military-officers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE8.1Dzn.oMH3pQvqnrRK&smid=url-share

Trump’s shutdown plans: Mass layoffs, deregulation, military deployments

montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · 15d

🤬https://wapo.st/3VDzLBR

The White House’s call for mass layoffs in a looming shutdown tracks with past administration efforts to defang much of the federal government.

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montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · 17d

seems legit.

Opinion | What the Mayor Got Away With Has Already Changed America

montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · 17d

🤔https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/opinion/trump-eric-adams-corruption.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pU8.5hEt._h2fVGb9ma2t&smid=url-share

Trump officials shut down bribery probe of border czar Tom Homan

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montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · 24d

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Tom Homan was caught on tape accepting a bag filled with $50,000 in cash from an undercover FBI agent in Texas in September 2024, according to people familiar with the matter and a government document...

Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash

montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · 25d

😑https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/tom-homan-fbi-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk8.0HBC.iuGK8hdYKgNV&smid=url-share

Trump’s Second U.K. State Visit Draws Protests

montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · 28d

🫢https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/world/europe/trump-uk-visit-protest.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mk8.1eFL.fBfMVw435uWF&smid=url-share

Protesters Call Out Trump as He Dines Out in Washington

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montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · 29d

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 29d

We just breeze right past the President of the US saying this shit now…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d

JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech

TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.

montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · Sep 10

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. 🤭https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/us/politics/trump-dc-joes-seafood-protesters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.k08.kfoR.5zgKY7MpTmnP&smid=bs-share

Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump

montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · Sep 8

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. 🤑https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/nyregion/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kU8.Lmf_.2BDQv2WiNRRl&smid=bs-share

Epstein victims join House members pushing for release of files at news conference

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montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · Sep 5

Yeah this is real. Mike Johnson said Trump was an FBI informant in the Epstein case.

montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · Sep 3

wapo.st/4lXIIAz

Reps. Ro Khanna (D-California) and Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) are holding a news conference with victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s abuse.

'Washed up has-been loser!' White House erupts at famed rocker for criticizing Trump decor

montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · Aug 28

montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · Aug 20

🤭🤭'Washed up has-been loser!' White House erupts at famed rocker for criticizing Trump decor www.rawstory.com/white-stripe...

The White House clapped back at the White Stripes front man Jack White after the famed rocker criticized President Donald Trump’s Oval Office makeover on Tuesday, calling the Grammy Award-winning musi...

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montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · Aug 20

Are you kidding me???🤡https://www.threads.com/@bulwarkonline/post/DNjcmB6Ij9s/video-trump-i-worked-with-your-friend-bibihes-a-war-hero-i-guess-i-am-too-nobody-cares

The Bulwark (@bulwarkonline) on Threads

Trump: "I worked with your friend Bibi...He's a war hero. I guess I am, too. Nobody cares, but I am too."

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montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · Aug 19

Trump Freaks Out After Nobel Peace Prize Form Asks If Applicant Ever Used Troops Against Own Citizens
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Trump Freaks Out After Nobel Peace Prize Form Asks If Applicant Ever Used Troops Against Own Citizens

Trump argued that the Nobel application was treating him “very unfairly.”

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montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · Aug 18

🤑🤑🤑https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/business/media/newsmax-dominion-defamation-lawsuit-settlement.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fE8.odB3.e8zQn8lAaKHr&smid=url-share

Newsmax Will Pay $67 Million to Settle Dominion Defamation Lawsuit

The Ukrainian children killed in Russian strikes this year

montrose620 @montrose620.bsky.social · Aug 17

😔https://wapo.st/4oFZIxP

The year began with a new U.S. president and hope for a ceasefire in the grinding war but instead the fighting continues and the children keep dying.