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Theresa McLeod

@westtexascatlady.bsky.social

5.8K followers 8.8K following 2.9K posts

Lifelong Democrat who will continue exposing Trump, MAGA, Project 2025. Political Junkie! Advocate for human and animal rights. Pro-choice. Breast cancer survivor. No DMs, Sales, or Crypto - you’ll be blocked.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 9h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

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No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 6h

And all my former Republican colleagues who, with me, howled in objection when Obama’s IRS targeted tea party organizations won’t say shit now. Bcuz they sold their souls.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING via WSJ

The Trump administration is planning sweeping changes in criminal division at the IRS.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/3LbVFtK

The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said.
The undertaking aims to install allies of President Trump at the IRS criminal-investigative division, or IRS-CI, to exert firmer control over the unit and weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations, officials said. The proposed changes could open the door to politically motivated probes and are being driven by Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Thomas H Sears 🫘 @thomashsears.bsky.social · 4h

Moses has seen no action from ICE that crossed the line*
The most frightening thing he's seen is naked cyclists**

Inversion much?

*Maxwell saw Trump do nothing inappropriate
**His phone called his son cuzza the woody

Bornabrit1 @lindarothwell.bsky.social · 13h

Trumps lap dog.Can he get any more pathetic.?

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 6h

The Trump administration is planning massive changes that will allow the IRS to go after left-wing groups, according to a new report late Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.

New Trump scheme seeks to let loyalists hunt down left-wing groups through IRS

The Trump administration is planning massive changes that will allow the IRS to go after left-wing groups, according to a new report late Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.The change would allow the administration to stack the IRS's criminal investigation unit with Trump allies "to exert firmer c...

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Dad In Detroit @dadindetroit.bsky.social · 10h

Just incredible. It’s almost like it wasn’t torn open by a high velocity bullet at all!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

BERNIE: “I worry we are increasingly becoming an oligarchic form of society, where a very small # of people control our economy + have huge influence over both political parties. if there was ever a time to stand up for working families and prevent authoritarianism, this is it.”

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

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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Jeff Turner 🦋🌈🦋🌈@loveneverhate @loveneverhate.bsky.social · 11d

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DrLes 🇨🇦🇺🇦💙 @ozoniferous.bsky.social · 4h

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 16h

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thewakan.bsky.social @thewakan.bsky.social · 4h

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

I give them 1-star reviews on their taste, judgment, and critical thinking skills.

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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 20h

Is it typical that multiple Governors and Senators openly say that the President has dementia?

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 6h

I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 9h

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 5h

⁨The blatantly political videos being forced on airports across the country are not only an abuse of taxpayer dollars, but they violate the law.

I'm joining @SenBlumenthal and @SenJackReed to demand DHS take down these videos immediately.⁩

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h

Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,