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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

“Arizona is considering suing for taxation without representation if you don’t seat Adelita Grijalva.”

Speaker Johnson: *continues to cover for Pesophiles*

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning to all you wonderful A N T I F A

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 4h

“I really don’t want us to grow up in a country where a kid telling a stupid joke telling a very offensive stupid joke is cause to ruin their lives,” VP J. D. Vance 🔗 www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
Do these look like kids to you? The Republican party is a hate organization.

Young Republicans and their text messages:

PO
PO
Peter Giunta
Great. I love Hitler
Peter Giunta
Everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber
Joe Maligno
Gas chambers don't fit the
Joe Maligno
Boom - they're dead
YR
YOUNG
REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL PEOTLATTON
fant
n--ga
the watermelon people
Willam Hendrix
"n--ga" and in--guh"
Willam Hendrix
and kool aid with that?
carving watermelons
Missouri doesn't like f--s
YSYA
NYS
Luke Mosimen
"beaner" and "sp-c
Luke Mosiman
Id go to the 200 if I wanted to
Bobby Walker
It they vote for us why would they be gassed?
1488 (shorthand for Hei Hitler)
Alex Dwyer
Trumps too busy burning the Epstein ties
Samuel Douglass
She just didn't bathe often
Samuel Douglass
youre expecond the sew
Anne KayKaty
When do we bring that side out?
Anne KayKaty

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 4h

Developing: DOJ to seek a grand jury indictment of John Bolton for still having an AOL email account.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

CHICAGO (AP) - Judge says she will require immigration agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after turbulent protests.

@apnews.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

Cartoon by wolvertoon.com.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 6h

It’s day 15 of the Epstein shutdown

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 6h

🚨The new escalation of “normal” violence includes breaking into homes, ransacking/destroying property and THEN disappearing families. 🚨🚨We. Are. Occupied. 🚨🚨
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

Welch: Mike Johnson-If he's a big Christian, he should be fighting for the marginalized, fighting for the poor. But instead he weaponizes his faith to lure voters in and then dicks him over every chance he gets.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

ICE has arrested a mother of a three-year-old for playing her clarinet outside an ICE facility in Portland, as reported by her husband.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

“Kids”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

We can’t pay air traffic controllers during the shutdown, making us less safe, but we can send $40 billion to bail out Argentina.

Make it make sense.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 15h

In fact, the “Young Republicans”group extends to age 40

There is NOTHING Republicans won’t try to gaslight us about

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h

Mockler: We saw this Nazi group chat which I’m sure you condemn right?

Kolvet: We can talk about it

Mockler: Do you condemn it?

Kolvet: I want to talk about it

Mockler: So, you’re like JD Vance? You won’t condemn this?

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 15h

An emotional minute as the word Democracy melts away in front of the US Capitol Building.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Kathy Mortensen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🇺🇦 💙 🌊 💙 🌵 🚲 🏊‍♀️ kayak @kathyswords.bsky.social · 13h

Day # 268

Does GO☭ realize "their kids" don't mature until after aged 35?

Wisdom barely begins to emerge, then, until after age 35.

Their leader did say, smart people dont like him.

His people don't mature until aged 82? It fits. Immaturity idolized by immaturity!

Kids following kids!