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“We learn from history that we do not learn from history.” Hegel “You cannot negotiate with people who say what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.” JFK #SpeakOut #Resist #BeKind

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Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 24m

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Trump is Demolishing the White House, Here is How We Fight Back!

An Action Guide on how you can fight back on the Destruction of The Peoples White House!

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Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 5h

Yes! He will charge private entities to use it. He not gonna move out.

Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 5h

His thought process:
He never should have been charged.
He should not have to pay his attorneys.
He’s building a personal ballroom and says none of current structure will be touched and it will be paid by donations.
Claims *taxpayers* owe him $230M for classified documents case. $230M ➡️ ballroom.

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Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 5h

⭐️This is a President substack.com/@newyorklove...

NEW YORK MINUTE (@newyorklovesbts)

WOULD Mr. Trump do this?

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Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 6h

300K SNAP clients in Pittsburgh and over 2M state-wide are losing *food* assistance in November.
Our friends and neighbors will go hungry unless private food banks can pick up the slack (unlikely.) Our children and elderly will be impacted the most.😡 Pittsburgh Gazette

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 1d

How long are we going to keep pretending that the fascist Trump regime is not a cabal of Nazis? Texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, reveal vile pro-Nazi and racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people. 👇

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Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 9h

I’m told this hangs in the WH

Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 10h

Foot and mouth disease? omg
But hey, it’s okay because we fired all the federal employees that inspect food — if you don’t inspect, you don’t find any contaminated food.

Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s new favorite words — “eradicate” and “obliterate” — do not support his desire for a Peace Prize.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my GOD.

At 4:10 p.m., she texted me: "By the way-everything | ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know."
I responded: "I'm sorry, but that's not how this works.
You don't get to say that in retrospect."
Halligan was unpersuaded: "Yes, I do. Off record."
"I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked," I said. "But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?
To my surprise, she kept going: "It's obvious the whole convo is off record. There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never told me about a story."
I didn't respond. It was time to publish my story. I'II text it to her.

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Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 1d

ICE IS flush with bucks; their extravagant budget is abhorrent ($10B.) It’s a pot that requires careful scrutiny. The department cannot do oversight of itself. Noem is not trustworthy.

Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣

justfara @justfara.bsky.social · 1d

Best Sign from NO Kings

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

"And I looked at all the brand new signs"

Look at all the old, homemade signs at typical Trump rally:

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Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 1d

Heaven help us.

Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 1d

His entire quote is 100% lies. To get to the truth, just turn them around.
(Demonstrations were small.). Demonstrations were the largest in 50 years.

Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 2d

This, as we move into trump’s second year, is an excellent piece from Charlie Sykes. It’s still true.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

No, We Do Not Have to 'Go To War With the President We Have'

An answer to Bill Kristol

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Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 3d

Pittsburgh
No Kings

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Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 2d

There were over three hundred individuals and groups nominated for 2025 Peace Prize. Only trump nominations were full of lies.

Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 2d

He always tells us before he takes an unpopular action. He’s doing it now; are you prepared?
“Remember I’ve got the Insurrection Act.”

Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 2d

Zero ambiguity here, folks. Trump is now threatening to use the “unquestioned power” of the Insurrection Act under the phony (and unconstitutional) pretense of fighting crime in cities

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Don't forget I can use the Insurrection Act. 50% of the presidents almost have used that. And that's unquestioned power."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

There's just no way to exaggerate how cooked your brain has to be to think like this. Trump is an unprecedented, law-breaking, norm-breaking, increasingly demented maniac who is destroying this country's basic institutions. Like, right now! As we speak!

But media elites find that boring.

It’s 2025, and Democrats Are Still Running Against Trump

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

The president needs your help! He's collecting diarrhea for his plane. He has a plane that's 99% toilet with other people's diarrhea in it and he wears a little crown when he drives it around. Brave patriots please send your loose stool to your favorite diarrhea president for his diarrhea plane.

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Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 2d

It was fake pageantry. He won’t be talking about Israel and Hamas anymore.

Cora (งಠ_ಠ)ง @corabora5.bsky.social · 2d

“KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD” has long been the city’s mantra and residents won’t disappoint. ❤️

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Okay I cannot stop laughing at this one