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Shawn Eli @elistrums.bsky.social · 17m

X is the only place Obama's new ad is playing.
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Barack Obama on X: "California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you. Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide. So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50. https://t.co/qZJwMHKbDO" / X

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you. Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide. So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50. https://t.co/qZJwMHKbDO

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5h

The Daily Show’s Statement Regarding New Pentagon Press Restrictions

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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 4d

The Apprentice

pic of trump, mussolini, and hitler all in grayscale - it looks like they are all there together. trump has his stupid red hat on

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Shawn Eli @elistrums.bsky.social · 4h

The violent left-wing extremists causing all the problems in Portland have been identified by Trump's crack law enforcement officials!

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

So far in 2025 the U.S. has lost a total of 33,000 manufacturing jobs.

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John F Leech🦋💙 @jfleech3.bsky.social · 8d

Pumpkin Pol Pot

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

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ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

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Shawn Eli @elistrums.bsky.social · 1d

The #TrumpDisaster continues to expand and the GOP blindly follows him off the cliff.
#RepublicanDisaster
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Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, we indeed have a serious problem.

A tweet by Robert Reich reads:
“The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.”

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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thebobbygee @thebobgoodman.bsky.social · 1d

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trumpdisasters.bsky.social @trumpdisasters.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s proven he’d rather shut down the gov than stop health insurance premiums from soaring by thousands of dollars a year from millions of hardworking Americans. He’s taking away health care from 14+millions to keep those huge tax breaks for the super rich.

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Shawn Eli @elistrums.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is a professional con man. Only a fool would believe the GOP's lies.
#TrumpDisaster #GOPSelfishness
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The House Republicans' Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich

The House Republican budget plan would eviscerate Medicaid and food assistance and shift resources toward the wealthiest Americans.

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LStewartSC @lstewartsc.bsky.social · 2d

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Shawn Eli @elistrums.bsky.social · 2d

If you disagree with what I wrote below, I support your right to disagree in a democracy. But Trump's ICE Gestapo varies from Germany's in only one way. ICE isn't arresting Jews forced to wear Stars of David on their sleeves, they're arresting people whose badge is the color of their skin.
#Resist

Shawn Eli @elistrums.bsky.social · 2d

The news of what the Trump fascists are doing to America gets worse every day. They won't be happy until they've destroyed our democracy and beaten or arrested every American citizen who opposes their illegal and immoral actions. We are reliving what Hitler did in Nazi Germany. #ResistTrumpFascism

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Shawn Eli @elistrums.bsky.social · 2d

The news of what the Trump fascists are doing to America gets worse every day. They won't be happy until they've destroyed our democracy and beaten or arrested every American citizen who opposes their illegal and immoral actions. We are reliving what Hitler did in Nazi Germany. #ResistTrumpFascism

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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 3d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.com · 2d

While on the Airforce One, in a response to a question asked by the press as to Ukraine, Trump finally answered a question with full lucidity. He knows. He most definitely knows.

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Billie Etchison @sybilte420.bsky.social · 3d

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3d

Pro-voting groups warn that if the Supreme Court rules to strike down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, it could give the GOP at least 19 more U.S. House seats — seats that were directly created by the provision. https://bit.ly/4q7aQ7D

GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns