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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 4h

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john60612.bsky.social @john60612.bsky.social · 4h

Typical move, proving once again that donOLD is a racist.

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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kjc7177.bsky.social @kjc7177.bsky.social · 10h

If you have a boat that goes fast, please don't take it out for a while...

Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 11h

Breaking: At least one US military strike in the Caribbean targeted Colombians on a boat leaving from Colombia, sources tell us.

The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

At least one US military strike on alleged drug trafficking boat in Caribbean targeted Colombians | CNN Politics

At least one US military strike in the Caribbean over the last two months targeted Colombian nationals on a boat that had left from Colombia, according to two people briefed by the Pentagon about the ...

www.cnn.com

kjc7177.bsky.social @kjc7177.bsky.social · 10h

We don't have amnesia

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h

Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?

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call634-5789 @call634-5789.bsky.social · 10h

I haven't forgotten.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Wait one damn minute‼️

I know Lisa Murkowski isn’t up on her high horse talking about the lack of trust between Republicans and Democrats after she cast the deciding “Yes” on the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill and slipped in backroom deals for Alaska.

She’s part of the problem & needs to own it!

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 10h

Here’s how/why Republicans jack up your electric rates: stall/kill clean energy projects, so expensive fossil fuel plants have to come online to pick up slack.

Polluting plants, otherwise idle, now get paid; your money goes to corrupt payday for big Trump donors.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/trump-officials-drop-major-solar-power-project-in-another-renewable-energy-attack"

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kjc7177.bsky.social @kjc7177.bsky.social · 10h

sounds about right!

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kjc7177.bsky.social @kjc7177.bsky.social · 12h

This is horrifying

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Bruce F. Singer @drawnandquartered.bsky.social · 13h

This Mike Johnson?

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kjc7177.bsky.social @kjc7177.bsky.social · 12h

They are repeating things they've heard; they are being brainwashed. I have had a couple of them visit my job and sit with me, telling me why the Democrats lost "because they ran on one issue -- trans rights" (really?) and how the left is participating in "emotional blackmail" (what is that?) -- sad

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tminpsp.bsky.social @tminpsp.bsky.social · 13h

I agree. All the hyperbole about how future generations will save our country. It's all bullshit. If anything gen z and millennials are more racist than boomers ever were.

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shayrul @shayruldawn.bsky.social · 15h

I used to naively think that as older generations passed on, racism would fade into the past. Nope. It's as bad as it ever was.

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Jackie Knott @benignoldbiddy.bsky.social · 13h

Shouldn't have to be noted but the Confederacy were insurrectionists.

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ZachsMind @zachsmind.bsky.social · 14h

"It's okay when I possess an Indian woman. It's not okay when you are an independent Indian woman. Doesn't matter if you can't see how much this makes sense." MAGA mantra, JD Vance version.

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thedarklab.bsky.social @thedarklab.bsky.social · 15h

JD defended the doge child who said 'normalize indian hate'....JD is married to an Indian woman and has kids w her....wtf is wrong w these people
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Vance says DOGE staffer who resigned after a report of racist postings should be brought back

Vice President JD Vance said Friday that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency should rehire a staff member who resigned after he was linked to social media posts that espoused racism.

www.pbs.org

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kjc7177.bsky.social @kjc7177.bsky.social · 12h

True, but I think the young ones are even worse than the older ones.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15h

Talk about indoctrination…

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 13h

Republicans more and more admit they need to extend Affordable Care credits, but disagree on WHEN to start negotiating. Seriously, they're shutting down the government over WHEN to negotiate healthcare? Why not now?

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 13h

If you want to see who is serious about ending the Republican shutdown, look at who's showing up and who's skedaddled. House Republicans have run away, hiding from Epstein and healthcare votes.

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kjc7177.bsky.social @kjc7177.bsky.social · 13h

Exactly. I'm driving myself there, parking (paying for parking, if necessary), making my own sign, and figuring out how to waterproof everything because it's going to be raining.

Unlike all of your MAGA functions, funded by taxpayers.