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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 12h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 9h

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Katherine @katherineintx.bsky.social · 10h

#Alt4You

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Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 8h

So for the KSGOP to "inactivate" their Young Republicans chapter and release a statement loaded with more bullshit than a cattle carrier is pretty effing rich coming from them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 8h

Don't make it an "if", make it an "IF THEN".

IF Mike-ro Johnson does not swear in Adelita Grijalva before the end of the week, THEN you will sue his smug arse for denying Arizonans their lawfully elected Representative!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 8h

The rock didn't do anything. It was just minding its own business. The drivers who kept running it over should be removed... back to driving school.

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 8h

An aggressive rock has been removed from a parking lot in Aurora where it repeatedly attacked drivers.

Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 11h

Pedo Prez only claims to care about America because "ME" and "I" are in it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 13h

#NoKings

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Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 11h

The eighth time is still not the charm. Doubt the ninth time will be as well.

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 12h

US Senate again rejects Republican plan to end government shutdown

Eighth Senate vote fails on 49-45 tally as Congress remains deadlocked on legislation amid now two-week shutdown

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US Senate again rejects Republican plan to end government shutdown

Eighth Senate vote fails on 49-45 tally as Congress remains deadlocked on legislation amid now two-week shutdown

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 12h

"Is it possible to be astonished and, at the same time, not surprised?" — President Bartlett, The West Wing

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 12h

There are legitimate reasons why we need to completely overhaul and restructure law enforcement in this country at all levels. Here's some prime examples right here.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 12h

While they're at it can they bar sheriffs from contracting with ICE?

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Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts lawmakers propose holding back $162 million for county sheriffs' offices in a spending bill, citing “questionable spending practices."

www.bostonglobe.com

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Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 12h

Bollocks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 14h

Reality is that the only people who will be killed will be those in red states that these so-called "Democrat" programs allow them access to affordable healthcare and other programs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "The Democrats are getting killed on the shutdown, because we're closing up programs that are Democrat programs that we were opposed to. And they're never gonna come back."

Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 14h

Go fash, lose cash.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 17h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17h

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17h

Trump called on his DOJ to indict James & Comey

I called it what it is: a hijacking of the justice system to settle political scores

Selective & vindictive prosecutions like these are unconstitutional

That's why we @democracydefendersfund.org are fighting back

Read in @huffpost.com 👇 - TN

How Trump’s Behavior Could Come Back To Bite Him

A former prosecutor who fielded claims of vindictive and selective prosecution by Jan. 6 rioters weighs in on what the DOJ is doing today.

www.huffpost.com

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Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 15h

If we suffer another attack from a foreign gov't or non-governmental entity, and it doesn't have to be in the same scope as 9/11, Pedo Prez and the Banana Republicans have no one else to blame but themselves.

Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 20h

The Trump admin is laying off nearly 200 CISA employees & forcing dozens more to take new jobs at other agencies (sometimes across the country) or quit.

Morale & productivity are sinking at the already-depleted agency, further jeopardizing US cybersecurity.

My story w/ new details: bit.ly/3KLoptn

Layoffs, reassignments further deplete CISA

Some CISA staffers have been pushed out, while others are being told to move across the country for jobs outside their skill sets.

www.cybersecuritydive.com

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Misty K Snow @mistyksnow.bsky.social · 16h

Reminder: Dallin Oaks is a board member for the World Congress of families, an evil organization that supports the death penalty for LGBTQ people.

The LDS Church just selected this evil man as their new president.

#UTPol

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Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 15h

As someone who has studied a bit of psychological warfare, hearing this from Mike-ro Johnson tells you it's being effective and working.

Keep it up and keep it weird, Portland!

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 18h

"What I've seen is the abuse of law enforcement by radical leftist activists. You know, most recently, the most threatening thing I've seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there. I mean, it's getting really ugly."

www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...

Mike Johnson decries 'naked bicyclers' in Portland as 'most threatening thing I've seen'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted that federal agents' abuse of force had not risen to the level of congressional investigations after a judge barred the Department of Homeland Security from ...

www.rawstory.com

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Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 15h

GOP: "Hatch Act? We don't need no stinking Hatch Act!"

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

More than a dozen U.S. airports are refusing to display a video of Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary, blaming Democrats for the government shutdown and any travel disruptions that may result from it. Some said that the video was overly partisan.

Airports Refuse to Show Video of Kristi Noem Blaming Democrats for Shutdown

More than a dozen airports aren’t displaying the Homeland Security secretary’s roughly 30-second clip. Some said it violates policies against partisan political messaging.

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Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 15h

When this is all said and done, how many of these fashy little wankers are going to claim this behavior was due to not getting enough attention from their parents or some other steamy pile of bollocks.

Politico @politico.com · 19h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 15h

All the more reason I'm glad I purged as much as I could and walked away from Facebook whilst giving that dumbfuck Zuck the feather because he doesn't deserve the whole bird.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 17h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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Kenneth W Lewis 🇺🇦 @doctorotaku.bsky.social · 15h

And he will lose to the Portland Frog.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h

I see that this small-minded puritanical pixie is laser-focused on getting the government reopened and the troops paid.