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Angela Marx | Angie in WA State

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Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · Sep 17

For the Record:

#Antifa is shorthand for Anti-Fascist

Which my late Grandfather was.
POW of the OG Nazis in WWII

The attempt by the felonious POTUS & his criminal cabal to undermine the bravery & courage of #WWII US Armed Forces 80+ yrs ago by turning their legacy into a slur?

#Unforgivable

My late grandfather, Eugene E. Marx of Sparta, WI
story on him in his hometown paper after his death
Images of him in his US Army Air Forces (USAAF) in his 20s & a photo of him around age 85.
Text:
Stalag Luft IV
Gene Marx, a 1936 Sparta High School graduate, was shot down over Italy in a B-24 Liberator in August of 1944. He spent six months in a POW camp called Stalag Luft IV in Poland and was forced to march 500 miles in three months as his captors tried to escape the advancing Russian Army. By the time he was repatriated, Marx had gone from a 175 pound picture of health to a 105 pound skeleton bordering on death.

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Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 21m

Trump is demolishing the historic East Wing of the White House to start the building of some gaudy 90K sq ft Antebellum monstrosity, allegedly for "dancing" (which is what a ballroom is for).

The current White House is 55K sq ft (1/2 the size of this new room).

#FDR built the East Wing in 1942.

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Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 28m

Halligan's 1st text to the reporter did not have "OFF THE RECORD" in it.
Then at the end said, 'by the way, all of this was Off The Record'.

A US Attorney who doesn't understand how conversations with news folk require a preparatory Declaration of "off the record"?

Only in Trump's America.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

“If Obama had done this fix would’ve declared World War 3”

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 8h

So far this year, 16 states have enacted 29 laws that restrict the vote — a rise from previous years. 28 and parts of the 29th will be in effect for the 2026 midterms. Learn more in the latest State Voting Laws Roundup from the Brennan Center and @goldmanschool.bsky.social:

State Voting Laws Roundup: October 2025

The number of new restrictive voting laws has increased this year, while legislation aimed at expanding voting access has lagged.

www.brennancenter.org

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Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 33m

So we are back to the viewpoint of: "fuck the good enough, I won't settle for less than perfect" again?

You know what that got us?

George W Bush in 2000 & 2004
and
Trump in 2016 and 2024

NO one and no Party is ever going to be perfect.
Pick the lesser evil, every damned time.

Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 43m

2 Stories EVERYONE should read today.
Both on the same issue:

Where are we, really, and where are we going?

What Happens Next by @hunterub.bsky.social
www.unchartedblue.com/what-happens...

What Are We Living Through by @jedpurdy.bsky.social & #DavidPozen
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...

Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 4h

Every time you read a post about politics in America, remember this salient fact:

Nothing changes the Party a voter picks at the ballot box, like a shitty economy their friends and family can’t find jobs in.

Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 4h

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 5h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

Bondi put 1000+ personnel on finding and tagging Trump’s name in the Epstein files. There were training videos showing them how. I’ve filed a FOIA for those videos and have sued the government to get them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Mike Johnson: "Suddenly now, they've somehow convinced themselves that the Epstein files will be damaging to President Trump and Republicans in some way that they've imagined, and so they feign outrage."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump notes the sound of construction of his new ballroom at the White House and says, "that's music to my ears. When I hear that sound, it reminds me of money. In this case it reminds me of lack of money because I'm paying for it."

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 4h

Hitler had a large ball room/ reception hall built at the Old Reich Chancellery in Berlin This was part of a major renovation of the building after he became Chancellor. It was designed by Albert Speer and completed in 1939

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 4h

When I took these images of the East Wing, I knew it would be some time before I ever got to see them in person again. I never imagined no one would ever be able to see them in person again. 😞

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h

Update from Oregon: Late last night, a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called for the full court to reconsider whether Trump can deploy National Guard troops in Oregon.

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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 5h

George Santos is writing about how he feels unsafe in NY with Mamdani there at the same time he bilked seniors out of their life savings and stole from vets. So there's that.

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Just Lynn 💙🦋✌️🇺🇦 @shoredweller7.bsky.social · 20h

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Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 4h

Going through my Follows to follow back accounts, I keep seeing new accounts following me which are impersonating #JellyRoll the musician.

WHY? Why pick me, after I report and block them, next week there they are again.

Seems like an odd thing, right?

Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 4h

omg

An AUSA who doesn't know you have to state "OFF THE RECORD" before you say another word to anyone who reports news out to the public?

What other things of import doesn't that attorney know about legal matters?

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6h

What if every day Putin keeps the war in Ukraine going, he pays $2 billion to arm the people fighting him? The money already exists— frozen Russian assets. Let’s turn his stolen billions into Ukraines shield

open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

How to Make Putin Pay: The $2 Billion-a-Day Plan That Could End the War

By using Russia’s own frozen assets to arm Ukraine, the free world could force Putin to calculate every new day of war as another billion-dollar loss — in both money and men.

open.substack.com

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Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 5h

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Shows they could run daily…

Dem Governors Roundtable — 3 to 6 State Governors discuss whatever they want
State Dem Party Chair 50 State Strategy Progress Reports
Candidate Meet n Greet — 3 to six State AND Federal Candidates roundtable

Would you all watch this channel? I know I would.

Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 5h

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The Dems could create their own #YouTube Channel, and air daily programs, free, 24/7 and it would reach tens of millions of viewers DAILY.

Hell, it would give them a permanent, alternate path to release campaign videos and run Live Podcasts from campaign events or location events.

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Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 5h

The Democratic Party has had decades of being overspent by the GOP, and that translates into massive campaign ads on over-air TV.

But there is a solution to that problem and I don't understand why NO ONE has ever even talked about it that I can discern.

@kenmartin.bsky.social

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Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 1d

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People can save it or put it on their Desktop.

U.S. Capitol Switchboard direct dial phone number (gets answered by a human person, not an AI).

Call to reach your US Senators and US House member
Just know your zip code when you call, the Switchboard can route you to YOUR elected members of Congress.

(202) 224-3121

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

"Unnerved by the sight of Natives less miserable than they were supposed to be, settlers and the U.S. military believed Ghost Dance adherents were working themselves up into a frenzied uprising." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-pro-mass...

The Pro-Massacre, Pro-Segregation, Pro-Eugenics Administration

The Trump administration is seeking to rewind the clock on an entire century of legal—and moral—progress.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Angela Marx | Angie in WA State @angelakmarx.bsky.social · 1d

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