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indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 1h

It's those pesky details again...

Joe Biden's birthdate:
November 20, 1942

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 1h

Forest/Trees Syndrome

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

But we cant have healthcare. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Sean Duffy: "If we go to the south pole of the moon, we can set up a base. We want to put up fission power. We think we can have longterm stays on the south pole of the moon."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Trump greets the delegate from UAE, which put $2 billion into Trump’s crypto company: “They got a lot of cash. Unlimited cash.”

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indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 1h

"The beatings will continue until morale improves."

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1h

Workers are being threatened with RIFs, and when asked whether all federal employees would receive back pay after the shutdown, Trump replied, “It depends on who we’re talking about.” It’s the classic government motto: the beatings will continue until morale improves.

indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 1h

PROTESTING 101:

Know Your RIGHTS.

DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · Jun 9

Important information from @aclu.org on your rights in protesting. Thanks, Sarah- please spread far and wide!

nursesarah18.bsky.social @nursesarah18.bsky.social · Jun 9

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 21h

📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”

-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 3h

“The Republicans who cut Medicaid & are refusing to lower health care costs for working families are the same politicians who gave $40 million of taxpayer dollars to President Trump to build a ‘garden of heroes.’”

Seriously.

Thank you @neguse.house.gov

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 1h

Bravo!

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 1h

Tough Love opportunity❣️

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 1h

Time to find out, Pam.

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 23h

🚨🚨🚨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

indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 1h

🎯 Right on the 💸

Literally.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Translation: they gave him a plane and filled his family’s pockets

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Keys for Liberty @demskeys.bsky.social · 7h

The so-called peace President has doubled the government expenditure for pepperballs and non-lethal rounds to be used against Americans exercising their First Amendment Rights.

#NoKings

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indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 1h

Let this sink in.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

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.

indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 1h

Exhibit A:

SAYING. IT. OUT. LOUD.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 1h

Questions emerge when attempts at distraction are stubbornly fruitless.

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: More fuel to the Epstein fire

Questions about how responders handled the scene .. when Jeffrey Epstein died

youtube.com/shorts/hGDr7...

THE DAY AHEAD: Mounting questions about how responders handled the scene when Jeffrey Epstein died

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 1h

Respect

AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 4h

#Pinks #ProudBlue
October 13, 2025
Indigenous Peoples Day ❤️

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indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 2h

Weaselling defined.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 2h

When Resistance Is Actualized

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2h

Multiple airports around the country said they won’t display a video in which DHS Sec. Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown and related travel delays.

Airports say they won’t play Kristi Noem shutdown video at TSA checkpoints

Travelers in Seattle, Phoenix and other cities will not see the video, which blames congressional Democrats for shutdown-related flight disruptions.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 2h

No words.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "You have Canada. That's so great to have, in fact. The president called and he wanted to know if it's worth -- well he knew exactly what it is. He knew the importance. Where's Canada, by the way? Where are you? He knew the importance of this."

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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