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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 23h

Pretty much sums up how Trump and his co-conspirator criminals are destroying our democracy and already are and will be coming after anyone who isn’t a full blown Trump fascist as they are.

Quite alarming but ya better read it.

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 1d

One of the writers best explaining Trumpism right now is not a full-time writer, but @donmoyn.bsky.social, an academic and professor. The Times should give him a column. But for now, you can read his great stuff via his newsletter. Another sharp piece here.

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Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 9h

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Mike Johnson Says ICE Shooting a Priest Doesn’t Cross the Line (The New Republic)

House Speaker Mike Johnson thinks faith leaders and journalists are fair targets for federal law enforcement officers that have descended on Chicago. During ...

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Race Bannon @racebannon.bsky.social · 1d

This is brilliant. I wonder how many frogs are going to show up on October 18th.

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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 12h

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Vought the creator of Proj 2025 that diaper don said he knew nothing about!

‘WH is “making every prep to batten down the hatches & ride out the Dems intransigence.”
“Pay the troops, pay law enforce, cont the RIFs, and wait,” the OMB, led by Vought, added

'Batten down the hatches'. Trump White House warns of more layoffs during shutdown (USA Today)

WASHINGTON ‒ The White House said additional mass layoffs of federal workers are coming as the federal government shutdown, now 14 days old, drags on. The Of...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

California voters, are you paying attention?

North Carolina Republicans are redrawing the map to hand Trump another seat. They’re bragging about locking down Congress for him.

Prop 50 isn’t optional, it’s how we fight back. #YesOnProp50

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h

I see that this small-minded puritanical pixie is laser-focused on getting the government reopened and the troops paid.

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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 13h

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An ambul crew says armed ICE agents blocked them fr taking a patient to the hosp, as one goon alleg threatened to shoot t/driver
The medics h/collected a protester w/a susp fract collarbone fr ICE's So Macadam Ave in Portland accd to matching h/reports by the 2 medics

ICE Barbie's Goons Allegedly Threatened to Shoot Ambulance Driver (The Daily Beast)

An ambulance crew says armed ICE agents blocked them from taking a patient to the hospital, as one goon allegedly threatened to shoot the driver. The medics ...

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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 14h

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Why Is ICE So Aggressive Now? A Former ICE Chief Explains. (Politico)

As Presiden...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15h

Me: “Why do you think ‘Succession’ was such a big show?

Arian Moayed/'Stewy': "Because the truth of ‘Succession’ dials into what we’re witnessing every day in our news cycles. There’s an elite group of 10 to 15 people that run everything."

Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/succession...

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Bob Lawrence 💙 @trumpluvsobama.bsky.social · 17h

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Nothing but crickets🤬

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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 14h

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“That collaboration will be here from now on,” said Lee. “So this operation, in some ways, may never end.”

Critics blasted the governor.

“As I predicted,” noted authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat, the “aim is a ‘domestic forever war.'”

Pure fascist is right!

'Pure fascist': Governor blasted for backing 'forever' federal joint policing operation (AlterNet)

Following the launch of a massive federal interagency task force in partnership with state law enforcement, Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee pledged th...

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14h

Based on the large number of young Republicans I’ve spoken with on a daily basis the past 6-7yrs, this is not surprising. Not surprising at all.👇

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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 14h

Yep!

oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 14h

Local off’s say just a handful of nonviolent protesters have b/demonstrating outside facility during the day& approx 100 peaceful prot’s h/gathered there at night

All lies out LyinLeavitt’s mouth

‘Leavitt Lies and Lies!’: Karoline Leavitt Visibly Upset, Stumbles After She’s Pressed on a Story Trump Keeps Repeating That No One Can Seem to Verify (Atlanta Black Star)

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt launched into a testy tirade against a CNN reporter in trying to justify President Donald Trump’s attempts at se...

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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 14h

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DHS Downplays Horrific ICE Arrest by Straight Up Lying About It (The New Republic)

The Department of Homeland Security has been caught in yet another lie about the victim of a violent immigration arrest. A shocking videothat went viral Satu...

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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 15h

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Gaza ceasefire outlook darkens as Israel delays aid and Hamas tightens grip (Reuters)

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell

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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 15h

"Meaning somehow the repeated use of mucus & cocaine buildup made it something that it was very precious to him," he cont. "And therefore, now he's the head of the health syst of the U.S."

When he returned the straw, Andersen said, Kennedy took it and then "virtually slammed the door" in his face

oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 15h

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"And apparently I had pocketed-not wanting to steal Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s special cocaine straw-but it turned out it was his special cocaine straw, because he believed, as he explained to me, it had crystals growing in it," Andersen said.

What I Learned After RFK Jr. Sold Me Drugs: Author (The Daily Beast)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s cocaine dealing enterprise while at Harvard left a bad taste in at least one customer's mouth. Aut...

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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 15h

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US military cond yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off t/coast of Venezuela, killing 6 people on board,
DT said that the vessel was "affiliated with a Design Terrorist Org" but did not name any org or prov evidence to back up the assertion.

Six killed after US strikes another boat off coast of Venezuela (CNN)

The US military conducted yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people on board, President Don...

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