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Vee Haacke Politics @veepoliticsonly.bsky.social · Apr 30

Look, I'm just a liberal living in Kim Reynolds' hell (Iowa), trying to explain to people that you should CARE about OTHER HUMANS regardless of WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
When did this country utterly destroy its empathy?
Oh. Right. When they voted for the Fanta Fascist.
TWICE.
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Vee Haacke Politics @veepoliticsonly.bsky.social · 28m

It’s all a bit hazy, due to the the Real Crime happening, but I believe that a man in a uniform saved me?
Yeah! A man in a uniform saved me.
It was a Captain America cosplayer from Awesomecon, but it counts! 🤣

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Luke Russell @lukerussell.bsky.social · 1h

He has a point. I can't remember a SecDef inviting a reporter to their classified Signal chat either.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

KARL: Why is the Defense Secretary afraid to interact with journalists who cover him?

JOHNSON: I reject the premise

KARL: The guy has only had 2 briefings and he basically forced the press out

JOHNSON: I can't remember a Secretary of Defense who has been so transparent and out in the open

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

Translation: He tried and he knows @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is going to win anyway

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄

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Vee Haacke Politics @veepoliticsonly.bsky.social · 2h

As an Iowan who was in DC in April and was in DOWNTOWN DC at that? This man is an idiot.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

!!! Trump now says he's secured $20 TRILLION in investments in America. His fake number has increased by $2 trillion just since last Thursday! (The entire US GDP is $30 trillion)

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h

NEWS: Israel has launched new strikes in Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire. The IDF says Hamas fighters fired on troops in Rafah, prompting retaliation. Netanyahu ordered forces to “act forcefully.” Hamas denies the charge, claiming it’s honoring the truce.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 2h

it’s honestly impossible for me to respect any Trump supporters.

if you are proud of this man leading our country, I cannot respect you on any level. the lack of class, intelligence, or taste is just stunning. pure trash

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

This is sick. Several of the MS13 gang members Trump traded to Bukele so he could have access to CECOT prison for deportees were actually COOPERATORS with law enforcement. He betrayed them. wapo.st/4nbNiM4

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 3h

Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.

This is the official US response to Petro's comments.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Trump calls Colombian President Petro an ‘illegal drug dealer’ and announces an end to US aid to the country.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero

Tell me again which side is violent?

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 8h

WHEN YOU SPEND $61M ON YOUR OWN BIRTHDAY MILITARY PARADE

(photo of a sparsely occupied field)

WHEN A DAY IS DEDICATED SOLELY TO TELL YOU WHAT A DICK YOU ARE

(SO SO SO many people)

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 19h

Facts:

President Calvin Coolidge was sworn into office by his own father, John Calvin Coolidge Sr.

President Lyndon Johnson was sworn into office by U.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes.

Mike Johnson's refusal to swear-in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is felonious! Swear her in! Now!

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 4h

Some folks were worried that they'd sic thugs on the protestors or declare martial law. Instead they posted AI videos and complained.

These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 3h

Speaking to CNN today, George Santos said, "I don't know how much more humbled I can get before people believe I'm humble or remorseful"

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12h

Nothing that any elected Democrat has ever said about Republican voters is ever as crass or as cruel as what Trump says about Democratic constituencies every single day, and the media just treats it as background noise.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

KARL: You talked about anarchists, antifa advocates, the pro-Hamas wing. I mean, 'Hate America Rally' sounds like enemies.

MIKE JOHNSON: Well, there were a lot of hateful messages yesterday. We have video & photos of pretty violent rhetoric calling out the president. I don't think it's pro-American

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "We congratulate them on an apparently violent-free speech exercise ... but if President Trump was a king, the government would be open right now ... by the way, the Mall was open because President Trump hasn't closed it."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h

No kings protest in Des moines, lowa.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

PSA: If you’re using the word “sewage” instead of “poop” or “shit” 💩 to describe this obscene, undignified, indefensible video Trump posted, you’re sanewashing it.

@IrishStarUS got it right✅
@nypost did not❌
@Variety also did not❌

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Margot @margotvds.bsky.social · 9h

Strong picture of @govpritzker.illinois.gov during the #nokingsprotest yesterday.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 9h

you gotta imagine that people protesting with NO KINGS signs in London, a city that very famously does in fact have a king, makes a whole other bonus group of people very mad

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 1d

immigrant grocery store owner who voted for Trump to lower grocery prices and then got wrecked by tariffs. mfer you run a business called "Wong Kai Imports" what the hell did you think was gonna happen

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 1d

"A beloved family-run grocery store in Florida may have to close its doors after 43 years because of tariffs." www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/ar...

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 18h

“What we are seeing from the Democrats is some spine,” said Ezra Levin, a co-founder of Indivisible, a key organizing group. “The worst thing the Democrats could do right now is surrender.”

'No Kings' protests against Trump bring a street party vibe to cities nationwide

Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, people gathered in the nation’s capital and communities across the U.S.

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