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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

A precondition for Republics to transition to autocracies is the politicization of the military. It is why the political & military leaders of the country have been so vigilant to keep partisanship away from it. But this admin is dismantling that concept. www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...

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Tokyo-Jon @tokyo-jon.bsky.social · 3h

This is true. One reason of many that almost all of my cash are in ETF T-Bills.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Bopeep-Burton 🌎🏴‍☠️🏡🐓🏖 🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇫🇷🇵🇸🇺🇸 🏳️‍⚧️💙🗽 @bopeep-burton.bsky.social · 1h

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@qasimrashid)

An ICE fascist shot an American citizen 7 times, then arrested her, then filed a false police report that he was ambushed by 10 cars all while taunting her to “Do something, b*tch”—AND ITS ALL ON CAME...

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 11h

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

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Tracy @tracydeepbluesea44.bsky.social · 9h

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sarahcconner.bsky.social @sarahcconner.bsky.social · 9h

ETTD

sarahcconner.bsky.social @sarahcconner.bsky.social · 9h

What a creep.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

sarahcconner.bsky.social @sarahcconner.bsky.social · 9h

Fuck Little Mikey. Find a federal judge to swear her in.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 10h

She marched to Mike Johnson’s office and will be the 218th vote to finally release the Epstein files

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TopCat @tiffinjames.bsky.social · 1d

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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sarahcconner.bsky.social @sarahcconner.bsky.social · 10h

Never make a deal with a malignant narcissist.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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sarahcconner.bsky.social @sarahcconner.bsky.social · 10h

Of course they do. They are insane.

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Blue Doggy @bluedoggy.bsky.social · 20h

After Bondi’s statement [on] Antifa, Rep. Adam Schiff asked, “You begin to wonder – do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can’t rule that out.”