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Ukraine Rally DC @ukrainerallydc.bsky.social · 7m

Join us back at Capitol Hill tomorrow Thursday at Constitution Ave NE and Delaware Ave NE by Russell Senate Office Building from 4-7pm.
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Call your members of Congress and demand the USA resumes military aid to Ukraine.
#CrimeaIsUkraine

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OsoPeligroso @oso-peligroso.bsky.social · 1d

Actual quote from Johnson:

"I think the most frightening thing I've seen yet are the naked bicyclists."

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I cannot believe we have to take these disingenuous bags of dicks seriously

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 6h

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tootswoot 🌻🌻Be The Bonk You Wish To See🌻🌻 @tootswoot.bsky.social · 2h

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Saint Snuggledick von Scratchensniff @snuggledick.bsky.social · 3h

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@Crowebarre @davidcrowe.bsky.social · 2h

Nothing says support for Capitol Police more than refusing to mount a plaque honoring their service during the MAGA insurrection

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 4h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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tootswoot 🌻🌻Be The Bonk You Wish To See🌻🌻 @tootswoot.bsky.social · 2h

😦 holy moly! 🫂

At least more people should start seeing the same increases now and start making noise about it

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🇺🇦🌻Karin🌻🇺🇦 @karimala.bsky.social · 2h

It’s official. Idaho’s ACA marketplace opened today. My health insurance premiums doubled & out-of-pocket expenses more than doubled. Enrollment ends 12/15 & yet Johnson says they have until 12/31 to fix it. Uh, no you don’t, Mikey!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

The Pentagon no longer has a press corps because of Pete Hegseth, trump’s Secretary of war (on journalism)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Ambassador Luis G. Moreno (ret) @ambassadormoreno.bsky.social · 2h

The Trump Administration’s entire Latin American foreign policy consists of blowing up ships in international waters, giving $40 billion in cash to Argentina, and now flying B-2 bombers near Venezuelan air space. Oh, don’t forget about taking Petro’s visa when he said something mean (and dumb).

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

I have a lot of respect for Zolan Kanno-Youngs and @haleaziz.bsky.social and have talked to both many times in the past. That the Times lets them be so blunt about what is happening with the U.S. refugee admissions program is a good sign of how much the Trump admin is not even trying to deny it.

Zolan Kanno-YoungsHamed Aleaziz
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz
Reporting from Washington

Oct. 15, 2025
Updated 3:44 p.m. ET

The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration, according to documents obtained by The New York Times.

The proposals, some of which already have gone into effect, would transform a decades-old program aimed at helping the world’s most desperate people into one that conforms to Mr. Trump’s vision of immigration — which is to help mostly white people who say they are being persecuted while keeping the vast majority of other people out.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

This exchange lends a ton of support to this New York Times story from January that the White House previously denied. Trump reportedly joked in 2024 that Stephen Miller wants to purge the country of anyone who doesn't look like him — and Trump fully supports what he is doing.

“He has the president’s complete trust,” said Mr. McCarthy. “Trump’s complained about everyone. Never him.”
Mr. Trump may not complain about Mr. Miller, but he does occasionally poke at his obsession with immigrants — a hostility that goes far beyond Mr. Trump’s. In one meeting during the 2024 campaign, Mr. Trump said that if it was up to Mr. Miller there would be only 100 million people in this country, and they would all look like Mr. Miller, according to a person with knowledge of the comment. Karoline Leavitt, Mr. Trump’s spokeswoman, denied the account.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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tootswoot 🌻🌻Be The Bonk You Wish To See🌻🌻 @tootswoot.bsky.social · 3h

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Laura 4 NAFO @lmnash123.bsky.social · 5h

Great progress so far!

Thanks to all the donors, let's keep that momentum going.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.

@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "These are sick, bad people. And don't tell me about us going after them. If anything, we've been very, very soft. I wouldn't be that soft, I'll tell you that. Thank you very much."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump suggests he may get even more involved in prosecuting his political foes: "What we're doing is nothing. I don't have to leave it up to them. But I choose to at this moment at least."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump on tariffs: "We're allowed to do whatever we want. We just had presidents that didn't want to do it for whatever reason. Of the eight wars, tariffs are directly responsible for me ending 6 of them. 5 or 6."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump says lawyers challenging his power to impose tariffs are "aligned with foreign nations" and adds that he plans to go to the Supreme Court to watch the arguments of the tariffs case

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump on No Kings: "They have their day coming up. I hear very few people are gonna be there, by the way. But they have their day coming up and they want to have their day in the sun."

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 4h

The WH budget for FY26 includes a proposed $18B cut to NIH, a $5B cut to NASA, a $5B cut to NSF, a $5B cut to CDC, and a $5B cut to EPA. You don't need a math/econ PhD to see that a $40B bailout to Argentina covers this and more right here in the USA.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Bessent says US considers doubling aid to Argentina to $40B

The assistance is aimed at bolstering the country's collapsing currency and calming economic unrest before Oct. 26 midterm elections.

www.politico.com

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Ukraine Rally DC @ukrainerallydc.bsky.social · 4h

Join us back at Capitol Hill today Wednesday at Constitution Ave NE and Delaware Ave NE by Russell Senate Office Building until 7pm. The Senate is in session right now.
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Call your members of Congress and demand the USA resumes military aid to Ukraine.
#CrimeaIsUkraine

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