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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13m

The Trump regime is clearly scared by the No Kings protests, with coordinated denunciations that advertise the protests, in paranoid language that will quickly be proven laughably wrong.

Great convo about this with two of my favorite voices, @gregsargent.bsky.social and @jilldlawrence.bsky.social.

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10m

"We do ultimately depend on the common sense and common courage of the people. “No Kings” is an expression of protest. But it is also an affirmation of responsibility. We the people ordained and established our free government. It’s up to us to keep it."

www.thebulwark.com/p/its-gettin...

It’s Getting Worse.

The Trump administration’s assault on the rest of us is intensifying.

www.thebulwark.com

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Gipper’s Gravespin @gippersgravespin.bsky.social · 58m

Trust is a fragile thing

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❀༻𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕫𝕚𝕖𝕡𝕚𝕖༺❀ @schultziepie.bsky.social · 2h

A message from Adelita Grijalva
to Mike Johnson. Swear her in NOW! Take a listen! 👇🏼

#swearherinnow
#pinks

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Gipper’s Gravespin @gippersgravespin.bsky.social · 1h

I thought it was Tang 😂

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Gipper’s Gravespin @gippersgravespin.bsky.social · 1h

No can do

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💙🦋 @humanity101.bsky.social · 7h

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 7h

I laughed way too hard at this 🤣🤣🤣

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Gipper’s Gravespin @gippersgravespin.bsky.social · 1h

Trump instability will destroy US arms exports, who’s going to buy a multi billion dollar system when you can’t count on software upgrades, training, or even ammunition going forward

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NoHoldsBarred @aussiesteve64.bsky.social · 2h

NATO Defence Ministers met in Brussels.
The Netherlands announced €90 million for the production of reconnaissance & strike drones.
Belgium confirmed that all F-16s will arrive in Ukraine.
Sweden, Estonia & Finland pledged contributions.
Hegseth urged them to buy more US weapons.

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 2h

Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, owns TIME magazine. He called for troops to invade San Francisco. He kisses the ring and still gets blasted by Trump.

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

‘The worst of all time’: Trump rails against ‘super bad’ Time magazine cover

Despite the glowing story, the cover earned the ire of the US president with criticism of his appearance

www.theguardian.com

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Gipper’s Gravespin @gippersgravespin.bsky.social · 1h

Well, he’s old and ugly, gonna have to face reality sooner or later

I assume all his mirrors are smeared with Vaseline or something

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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 6h

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Trump's America 2025 . . .

... how sad !

💠 😔 💠

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 3h

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Moscow. He is going to meet Putin demanding extradition of Bashar al-Assad, who is hiding in Moscow.

I highly doubt that Putin is going to give up his private zoo of toppled dictators.

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 2h

💔 Two 16-year-old boys from Melitopol were tortured to death in Russian captivity.

Danylo Dakhov and Pavlo Hrymak were detained in Aug 2023, accused of participating in the sabotage movement.

At the end of May 2024, the parents were informed that the boys had somehow died, "exploding on a bomb."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

A precondition for Republics to transition to autocracies is the politicization of the military. It is why the political & military leaders of the country have been so vigilant to keep partisanship away from it. But this admin is dismantling that concept. www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...

www.cnn.com

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Gipper’s Gravespin @gippersgravespin.bsky.social · 2h

MAGA runs on blissful ignorance

It’s so easy to have a king, you don’t have to think for yourself and nothing’s your fault

Don’t really have to even know anything- just move along with the herd

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

MAGA: We are owning the libs by siding with Hegseth to let the military industrial complex keep us in the dark about everything doing on inside the Pentagon and DOD.

They actually want to simply accept govt propaganda on the military. The definition of blissful ignorance.

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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 2h

Hungary’s main opposition leader, Péter Magyar, has said that Hungarian intelligence officers were sent to the country’s EU embassy in Brussels between 2015 and 2018, adding credence to reports that Budapest ran an espionage operation in the heart of the European Union.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 2h

⚡️ NATO may soon let allies shoot down Russian jets without warning.

Defense chiefs are pushing new unified rules to respond faster to Moscow’s missile-carrying aircraft after repeated airspace violations.

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Gipper’s Gravespin @gippersgravespin.bsky.social · 2h

When they cross our borders, they should consider themselves warned

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 21h

MAYBE "WINE-SOAKED" PETE KEGSTAND (BURP!) SHOULD WORRY MORE ABOUT BEING A CLOWNFUCKINGLY INCOMPETENT EMBARRASSMENT AND LESS ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN CHICAGO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY VERY STRONG AND VERY POWERFUL POST. READ IT HERE: bit.ly/3KNMQGu

as military transport vehicles rolled onto the streets of Chicago, the worst people in the world all stood up and cheered — because fascists gonna fascist.

but there was one guy who was horrified by what he saw.

that one guy was Secretary of Defense Plastered Pete Kegstand, the five-time International Flip A Skateboard Into Your Own Nuts Champion.

was Piss-Drunk Pete horrified by Dear Leader’s fascist display of brutality? fuck no. he’s totally down with that shit. Pete loves hypermacho posturing almost as much as he loves guzzling champagne straight from the bottle.

Petey McFlipNuts was horrified because the troops who stepped off those transports in Chicago were not the lean, mean fighting machines of his dreams.

they were Meal Team Six.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 23h

here's today's post: "Pete Kegstand shits a brick when Meal Team Six shows up in Chicago" — how fucking petty can one man be?
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Pete Kegstand shits a brick when Meal Team Six shows up in Chicago

how fucking petty can one man be

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 2h

US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuela kills six, Trump says - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US strike on boat off Venezuela kills six, Trump says

A U.S. strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday killed six suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump said in a social media post.

www.reuters.com

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Gipper’s Gravespin @gippersgravespin.bsky.social · 2h

He loves it, doesn’t care who it is

As long as somebody gets popped

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