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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 18h

She also spent a considerable amount of time on Donald Trump’s Truth Social account and on Rapid Response 47 on Twitter.

NOT shocking that the staffer of guy who DMd classified war plans to a journalist is wildly careless with her “important work” in public.

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 18h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 11d

Here’s my anti-racist message to white Christian nationalist pastor, Joel Webbon, who said to Black Americans, “If slavery never happened, then you would be in a grass hut. The greatest moment in history for any brown or black country is the moment that the white man’s ships arrive on your shore.”

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Brittany Page @brittanyepage.bsky.social · 11d

Mike Johnson is making the rounds to convince the American public that the Republican Party is concerned about what happens to Americans during the government shutdown, but we haven't forgotten what Trump has done to essential government programs! What kind of government are we actually funding?

Mike Johnson SQUIRMS AFTER CONFRONTATION About His & Trump’s Lie About Government Shutdown!!!

YouTube video by Brittany Page

www.youtube.com

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 6d

Bingo.

No amount of good behavior, of distancing yourself from perceived toxicity, of twisting yourself into a pretzel is going to save you from the whims of this administration’s retribution.

I wrote about this a few weeks ago:

open.substack.com/pub/wicziped...

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 2d

Trump to the Israeli parliament today, gloating about U.S. weapons supplied to Israel over the past two years:

"You obviously used them very well."

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Guardian headline: "Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead"

The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims"

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I Doubt It Podcast @idoubtitpodcast.bsky.social · 6d

"Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue."

www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 8d

Contrary to popular misconception, #HarmReduction for addiction doesn’t encourage drug use. Physicians like @melodyglenn.bsky.social are letting recovering addicts know that their lives matter, that they’re cared for. @brittanyepage.bsky.social

Failures of America’s Drug Laws and Addiction Treatment w/ Dr. Melody Glenn!!!

Brittany Page is joined by Dr. Melody Glenn, associate professor of addiction and emergency medicine at the University of Arizona and author of the new book, "Mother of Methadone: A Doctor's Quest, a…

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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 7d

no words

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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I Doubt It Podcast @idoubtitpodcast.bsky.social · 7d

Let's goooooooooooooooo!

"Prosecutors’ inability to secure this indictment continues a pattern mirrored in Los Angeles and Washington DC where local citizens on grand juries are providing a check on a White House-directed law enforcement takeover."

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters (1)

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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I Doubt It Podcast @idoubtitpodcast.bsky.social · 8d

Is Donald Trump giving us a glimpse into his fear of mortality with this? @dollemore.com dives into the latest mess here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=viWw...

Donald Trump REVEALS HIS DEEPEST FEAR of Falling Down Stairs!!!

YouTube video by Jesse Dollemore

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I Doubt It Podcast @idoubtitpodcast.bsky.social · 8d

"In a rural corner of Louisiana, Meta is building one of the world’s largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70 football fields that will consume more power in a day than the entire city of New Orleans at the peak of summer." www.mississippifreepress.org/metas-louisi...

New Meta Data Center Needs Twice as Much Energy as New Orleans

Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana requiring more than twice as much electricity as New Orleans.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Brittany Page @brittanyepage.bsky.social · 15d

Remember when Trump's Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper came forward to tell us Trump wanted to direct the military to shoot protestors in the summer of 2020? Let's revisit this as we watch Trump tell the "gathering of generals" about their role in defeating the "enemy within."

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Brittany Page @brittanyepage.bsky.social · 13d

Who knew we'd get a ruling like this from a Reagan-appointed conservative federal judge? In his 161-page ruling, Judge Young goes in on Donald Trump and his Administration's attacks on First Amendment rights, but he doesn't stop there.

I talk about it here: youtu.be/gNA536Gw-SQ?...

A screenshot of Judge Young's ruling in AAUP vs. Rubio: "And there's the issue of masks. This Court has listened carefully to the reasons given by Ozturk's captors for masking-up and has heard the same reasons advanced by the defendant Todd Lyons, Acting Director of ICE. It rejects this testimony as disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable. ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence. Small wonder ICE often seems to need our respected military to guard them as they go about implementing our immigration laws. It should be noted that our troops do not ordinarily wear masks. Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor -- and honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police."

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 13d

If you live in the Washington DC area, you know.

If you don't, just Google what you should do if you encounter a lantern fly.

Sticker on a street sign in Washington DC. The sticker is of a lantern fly with Donald Trump’s head.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 12d

As far as normalization efforts go, it’s hard to top Axios’ repeated framing of Trump’s actions as “accelerating a trend.”

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 12d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 15d

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.

Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

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ACLU of the District of Columbia @aclu-dc.bsky.social · 15d

With President Trump continuing to target our rights and communities across the country, join us and get loud at the No Kings protest in D.C. on Saturday, October 18.

Find out more info below:

ACLU of the District of Columbia @aclu-dc.bsky.social · 20d

We refuse to be intimidated by the Trump administration’s attacks on our rights and communities. It’s time to get loud.

Register to join us for the No Kings Protest on Saturday, October 18 in Washington, D.C.: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 15d

Jesse Watters - I didn't say we are at war. That's what I said they said.

Checks tape.
"We're going to avenge Charlie's death."
"They are at war with us."
"This is a war we didn't ask for and this is a war they can't win."
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Brittany Page @brittanyepage.bsky.social · 15d

Trump in the headlines, 1973: "Major Landlord Accused of Antiblack Bias in City"

Trump in the headlines, 2025: "Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws"

Some things never change! I talk about it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tnE...

A screenshot of two separate headlines:

On top: Major Landlord Accused of Antiblack Bias in City - New York Times article from October 16th, 1973

On bottom: "Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws - Interviews and internal documents show that signature civil rights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven and DEI in disguise." from September 2025

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I Doubt It Podcast @idoubtitpodcast.bsky.social · 15d

Trump is visibly uncomfortable, standing before Hegseth’s “gathering of the generals,” begging for some outward display of approval from the crowd.

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 16d

So, the same guy who screamed “election interference” over how 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris is literally using the power of the presidency to interfere in the NYC mayoral race to get his candidate elected.

Truth Social post from Trump:

Self proclaimed New York City Communist, Zohran Mamdani, who is running for Mayor, will prove to be one of the best things to ever happen to our great Republican Party. He is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City. Remember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises.
He won't be getting any of it, so what's the point of voting for him? This ideology has failed, always, for thousands of years. It will fail again, and that's guaranteed! President DJT

Truth Social post from Trump:

60 MINUTES SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OFF THE AIR - ELECTION INTERFERENCE. CBS SHOULD LOSE ITS LICENSE.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST SCANDAL IN BROADCAST HISTORY.
Kamala should be investigated and forced off the Campaign, and Joe Biden allowed to take back his rightful place (He got 14
Million Primary Votes, she got none!). THIS WHOLE SORDID AND FRAUDULENT EVENT IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 19d

“I was just following orders” will not be an excuse when all this is over.

We need to ensure accountability through strong political leadership and a competent attorney general who will provide actual justice, unlike Merrick Garland's failure!

Multiple headlines regarding the death of individuals in ICE custody.

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I Doubt It Podcast @idoubtitpodcast.bsky.social · 16d

"The Trump administration can treat this government of the people as his own mob enforcers, but the people need not acquiesce. When Trump abuses his power to settle political scores, the people can choose to nullify."

Brittany Page @brittanyepage.bsky.social · 16d

"Now that President Donald Trump is perverting the Justice Department into an instrument of political persecution, jury nullification may be one of the only mechanisms that everyday Americans have to protect the rule of law." - @adamserwer.bsky.social

Trump’s Politicized Prosecutions May Hit a Roadblock

When the president puts his political enemies on trial on pretextual grounds, jurors have the option of refusing to convict.

www.theatlantic.com

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