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Lifelong Dem. Rescue dog owner. Repel MAGAts!

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LSum @lsumtx.bsky.social · Apr 4

Every success Hitler had gave him power and made him feel righteous. He was given this power by people who sat around and did nothing.

Trump is the same. Everyday he escapes public scrutiny and responsibility he feels more righteous about his actions.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 5h

“It's a classic ratio of concern here in the West. 50 Palestinians to 1 Israeli soldier...it's complete bullsh*t as usual.”

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social discuss Israel’s violation of the ceasefire since day one and the erasure of Palestinian deaths from the discourse.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

The President of the Nebraska Farm Bureau isn’t happy about Trump’s plan to import beef from Argentina.

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 12h

Everything he touches dies. The guy is a liar - a festering cancer on this earth.

Nothing is sacred under his watch.

Photo of portions of the White House being demolished per Trump's order.

Quote on 7/31/2025 from Trump:

"I won't interfere with the current building. It won't be. It'll be near it but not touching it and pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of. It's my favorite. It's my favorite place. I love it.”

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LSum @lsumtx.bsky.social · 18h

Trump posted that because he hates Americans. He hates people. He has zero friends just people who want to ride on his greed tail. I wouldn’t be surprised if his own kids dislike him. He’s a rat.

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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 1d

Actor Robert De Niro: “I like what Letitia James is doing. She’s fighting back. She’s saying fuck you. I’m sorry, this is where we are. She’s saying this is it. I will not be taken down by this person. I am not afraid of him. God bless her for that.”

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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 1d

I think everyone knew exactly what point Trump was making dropping shit on Americans.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: What does it say that president released a video of him pooping on the American people?

MIKE JOHNSON: You can argue he's probably the most effective person who has ever used social media. He's using satire to make a point. He's not calling for the murder of his political opponents.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not a slogan-chanter and, frankly, I'm pretty bad about being social and getting involved in group activities of any kind. But in today's newsletter I talk about how going to No Kings made me feel better. It made me feel like we're going to win. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...

It's hard to say this without coming off corny as hell, but I cannot tell you how good and inspiring it was to be in that crowd. Not because I made new friends or got caught up chanting slogans or singing or whatever. And not because being there made me made me believe things are going to immediately change for the bette, because I know better. No, it felt good because it made me feel less alone and less crazy.

I work from home, I'm out in public less than a lot of people, and I spend a lot of my time taking in the world through my computer. When you do that it's easy to trick yourself into feeling like you're the only one at wit's end. It's easy to fool yourself into feeling like the rest of the world is just going about its business, not caring terribly much about the things that have depressed and enraged you for months. It's an absolute balm to be around a few thousand folks who are every bit if not more unhappy and angry and determined to make things better than you are and when you're among millions of people across the country feeling the same way.

That was especially true once I realized that the vast majority of the people there were nothing like me. There were old people and very young people. Some hardcore lefty types the sorts of which I converse with online sometimes but way, way, way more normal liberal or middle-of-the-road types holding signs that made me laugh or scratch my head. People who wouldn't, to their great credit mind you, understand half of the things I or the people I follow on social media rant about on a daily basis. And that's good! Partially because it means most folks aren't as internet poisoned as I am, but mostly because it reminds me that thousands of people have at least one super important thing in common: we don't like what's happening to this country and we want to fix it.

The shitheads running this country want us to feel isolated. They want us to feel weird and out-of-touch for not being on board with Trump's authoritarianism. They want us to despair and to give up. But when you see that several thousand of your neighbors are willing to come downtown on a Saturday – while the Buckeyes are playing no less! – to oppose tyranny and demand change, it's impossible to feel hopeless. It's impossible to feel alone.

A day of marching is not sufficient to stop the madness. But it's necessary. And it's encouraging. It's a reminder that there are more of us than there are of them. And that we're going to win.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

What have the news media been thinking as they’ve normalized and empowered MAGA fascism over the last decade? I took an intrepid journey inside the media’s brain to find out.
Read my free Stop the Presses newsletter.

My exclusive Trump-era tour inside the media’s brain

What were America’s journalists thinking? I have strong suspicions.

www.stopthepresses.news

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 23h

In new AP-NORC poll here's Trump's approval with independent voters. Um, big yikes!
- Job approval 21%-75% (-54)
- Immigration 26%-66% (-40)
- Economy 18%-78% (-60)
- Health Care 16%-79% (-63)
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We Have 15 Days To Win The November Elections - Let's Get To Work Everyone!!!!!!

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

These numbers are padded

sleepyjohn00.bsky.social @sleepyjohn00.bsky.social · 2d

The public supports the Portland Frog over Trump 73% to %19%, according to the Tadd Poll.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 21h

Trump’s priorities:

Bulldozing the White House ✅
Reopening the government ❌

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23h

Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House to build President Trump’s long-desired ballroom — despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing building. https://wapo.st/4hl7jyF

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

No Kings! Just a Cava bag with $50,000 in it. Normal stuff.

#NoKings @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

📍Washington, D.C.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 20h

It’s so fucked up.
substack.com/@logicallyjc...

The People’s House Is Becoming a Party House

The East Wing of the White House is being torn down to make room for a ballroom.

substack.com

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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 20h

“This is not about drugs, it’s not about Venezuela, it’s not about anything else but this new assertion by the president that the U.S. military will kill anyone he points at, for any reason he deems sufficient.”

Very true and very scary comment by Tom Nichols.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

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Maé 🐕‍🦺 @its-mae-bae.bsky.social · 18h

Have you seen this one?

Maé 🐕‍🦺 @its-mae-bae.bsky.social · 3d

This Ice agent is driving drunk with children in his car. The cop asks for papers and he doesn't have any. He is also getting a divorce and just wants to go home. Huh, sounds familiar except you aren't being violated and abused. @mxscottkernest.bsky.social

ICE Officer Arrested for DUI w/ Kids in Car. Not Happy About it!

YouTube video by The CrimePiece

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jayseph b @jbckwthjr.bsky.social · 18h

You think they're actually giving a signing bonus like that? I'm sure it's wrapped in 10 miles of red tape and dependant on 10 years of service

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EA Strom @profmisterlizzie.bsky.social · 18h

I was wondering whether we should indeed encourage folks to enroll, get the bonus, and then subtly sabotage from within.

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LSum @lsumtx.bsky.social · 18h

I have a feeling they get paid like bounty hunters.

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eddiethebulldog.bsky.social @eddiethebulldog.bsky.social · 19h

Fuck ICE. All of them. There are no “good” Nazis.

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dengre.bsky.social @dengre.bsky.social · 18h

Trump's Nazis are fat slobs. One & all.

White. Racists. Baby men. Too afraid to show their faces as they beat women, children & elders.

If we, as a society, face these Nazis, they will crumble.

Mock them. Laugh at them. Belittled then. They will crumble. They will follow their "leader" & TACO.

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Dr Kris Sargent @ksargent.bsky.social · 18h

How many of them do you suppose are felons, or people with domestic violence convictions, who are legally not allowed to carry firearms?

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 18h

I thought all the white supremacists and PBs were into fitness?

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Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 18h

Wasn't the "Presidential Fitness Test" or whatever we all had to do in elementary school in the 90s more strenuous than current ICE standards? Embarrassing.

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Exceptional Product @unit-of-product.bsky.social · 18h

What happens to the #GravySeals who are too fat for ICE?

I mean... These are some disturbed individuals who WANT to zip tie children.

Gotta be crushing to be rejected from that 'dream job', and probably having access to all kinds of weaponry?

And holding a grudge against those who rejected them

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🦨 Musteloid Appreciator 🦨 @micah.pet · 18h

Literally.

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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 9d

Status Coup's videojournalist @JonFarinaPhoto had a leg day on the clock capturing this epic chase between two ICE agents and a nonviolent, middle-age activist who was standing outside the gates of the Broadview processing center on September 27, 2025.

#iceprotest #chicagoprotest #broadview

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