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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 19h

We should have punished the Confederates.

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Sylvia @smc569.bsky.social · 14h

He hadn’t said in the past, why have them if you don’t use them.

NPR @npr.org · 14h

The U.S. has not conducted a nuclear test in over 30 years. Experts say doing one now could make America less safe.

Trump says he wants to resume nuclear testing. Here's what that would mean

The U.S. has not conducted a nuclear test in over 30 years. Experts say doing one now could make America less safe.

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Sylvia @smc569.bsky.social · 14h

Demonstrably false. These tRump people lie so easily. What a way to live.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15h

In Gary, IN, Kristi Noem lies up a storm.

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Sylvia @smc569.bsky.social · 14h

That’s some drunk FOX tv host drama queen stuff right there. Working too hard to impress the dementia boss who loves rough and tough over the top manly man stuff.

Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 14h

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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 1d

Let this sink in.

The entire platform for the Republican Party in all coming elections is based on cheating, how successful can they be.

It's truly an oxymoron to say our democracy is depending on cheating.

But that's where we are.

No longer policy, just can we prevent them from cheating.

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 14h

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jashead @jashead.bsky.social · 14h

How low can Trump’s ICE goons stoop?

Lower than this?

Of course they can.

And they will.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19h

Multiple accounts on ICE Watch Facebook pages are reporting that agents pulled a couple out of their vehicle in Aurora, Illinois, arrested them, and then abandoned the couple’s toddler in the backseat.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Bunkering down in military housing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Sylvia @smc569.bsky.social · 16h

Fun size nazi.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 16h

NEW: This guy has been working hard to make himself the face of Trump's deportation push in Chicago. He knows what that could mean for his own future career—because he knows Trump is watching.
www.thebulwark.com/p/this-man-i...

This Man Is the Face of the Future

Greg Bovino is next.

www.thebulwark.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17h

Here's an example of how Trump's corruption factory works.

1. Coinbase put $46M into elections to help Trump allies.
2. Sends him a huge check for his inauguration.
3. Trump drops SEC lawsuit against Coinbase.
4. Trump demands big donation from Coinbase for ballroom.

Done.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 16h

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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brendanamartin.bsky.social @brendanamartin.bsky.social · 19h

…Let’s not sugarcoat it: it’s to be a sizable standing army deployed against Americans, apparently to suppress opposition after paramilitary forces prevent free elections:

“…The National Guard Reaction Force…is expected to complete civil unrest training and be fully operational by April 1….” \2

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brendanamartin.bsky.social @brendanamartin.bsky.social · 19h

This piece on our nascent military dictatorship is a good place to wrap a lot into one 🧵.
The tail end is reposting of my encounters with Guard troops in DC—it dispirits me that nearly all passersby treat an occupation force as something normal….\1

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens

The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard is being readied for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 19h

GOP: I can't believe Dems are trying to stop us from taking away your healthcare. Just for that, no food for you.

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Sylvia @smc569.bsky.social · 19h

Moses Mike Little Johnson must have skipped a few catechism classes.
Also, there should be some work requirements before he can collect his government check.

Jack O'Lantern Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social · 19h

"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;
that put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter."

- Isaiah, 5:20

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

Q: "What's your reaction to Jesus telling you that you must *give* to the poor, not take away from the poor?"

MIKE JOHNSON: "I don't know any of the details of that yet. I'm just hearing that for the first time so can't really comment."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: What's your reaction to yesterday's purge of senior ICE officials? When is it time for Congress to do some oversight?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know any of the details of that yet. I just heard about that, literally I was walking in.

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Greg here is having a rough day. Gassing protesters and journalists is an abuse of power: Tear gassing families on their way to a park for an annual Halloween celebration is beyond an abuse of power. That is child endangerment; abuse.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19h

Multiple accounts on ICE Watch Facebook pages are reporting that agents pulled a couple out of their vehicle in Aurora, Illinois, arrested them, and then abandoned the couple’s toddler in the backseat.

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Sylvia @smc569.bsky.social · 19h

They are insulating themselves from the world they are creating for the taxpayer citizens they work for.

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Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 19h

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases

Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.

www.theatlantic.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19h

Another video from a FB ICE watch group. The user who uploaded this wrote that it depicts ICE agents shooting pepper balls at a vehicle with children inside. Also in Aurora, IL. From what I can tell, it was two days ago.

(I’ve cropped out the ID of the person who uploaded this just to be safe.)