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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 3h

🚨🚨🚨🚨 A show of military force directed INTO California during NO KINGS PROTESTS?
Not hesitating to signal that he would use the US Military against US citizens who dare to disagree with him.
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MeidasTouch (@meidastouch) on Threads

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during th...

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 3h

Soooo, at the big showy signing ceremony who was there/signing for HAMAS? 🧐
wapo.st/497eR5P (gift article)

Hamas reasserts control on streets of Gaza, turning guns on its rivals

Amid the ceasefire with Israel, Hamas is sending a message that it remains the only visible authority in Gaza, with huge implications for Trump’s peace plan.

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 5h

The ever brilliant Mike Davis demonstrating his concept of a put down.
Also maybe Mr Davis should look into JD Vance belonging to Peter Theil and Russ Vought. He'll never be able to work off those debts!

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 5h

Great pics of them all walking out apnews.com/article/pent...

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 7h

🚨🚨🚨 THIS TRUTH !!!

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

Trump has frozen or canceled $28B in funding for infrastructure projects in Democratic congressional districts.

Meanwhile, representatives of those districts are fighting to extend ACA subsidies — more than half of which go to people in GOP-held districts.

Remember this.

MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 7h

NO KINGS PROTESTS Saturday 10/18
✨PEACEFULLY PROTEST✨

MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 7h

🤬 Republican Ohio Rep Dave Taylor's DC office sporting an American flag defaced/altered to include swastika
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 8h

open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

The Two Section Twos

The Protection Against Racial Gerrymandering in Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Constitutional. Just Read Section 2 of the 14th Amendment.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 10h

NEW: Abu Dhabi’s MGX is suddenly everywhere in Trump’s Washington—

📱 TikTok’s possible new US ownership

💰 A $2B Binance deal using Trump’s stablecoin

💻 A 51% stake in Intel’s Altera unit—and US taxpayers own 9.9% of Intel

Me, for @forbes.com

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What Is MGX? Abu Dhabi Fund Linked To TikTok And Trump’s USD1 Crypto

Founded in 2024, the Abu Dhabi investment vehicle has quickly become a major force in Trump administration deals, from the reported TikTok restructuring to a controversial $2 billion investment in Bin...

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 15h

GREAT Public Notice summary of Comey case to-date.
... and a few incredulous chuckles along the way.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 NO KINGS DAY 10/18/25
Charlie Sykes says:
BRING LOTS OF AMERICAN FLAGS!
www.threads.com/@mattklewis/...

Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) on Threads

If you're planning to attend a 'No Kings' rally on Saturday, @charlie_j_sykes has some advice

www.threads.com

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

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Mike Luckovich (@mikeluckovich) on Threads

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

One thing right...
apnews.com/article/supr...

MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

I guess they didn't give him a hearing test at that check-up 🤦

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

All that disgusting in a single photo.

MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

Every time you want to feel hope for the future ...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

And Rubio smirks while JD laughs on cue.
Usha should be so proud to see her husband degrading women. I'm sure that's why she worked hard to achieve her own law degree -- shaming other working women. 🙄😤 Some of these wives REALLY disappoint.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

So utterly corrupt

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

Already toting these up in Oslo as I put to next year's Nobel Peace Prize.

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

Already crumbling ???
apnews.com/article/gaza...

Israel to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for fragile ceasefire

U.S. President Donald Trump says wants back dead hostages held in Gaza. The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilatio...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )

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Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 2d

seriously, people do not understand just how much we subsidize the existence of rural America

remember when people criticized USAID for making up huge chunks of poor countries' government budgets?

anyways: wvpolicy.org/federal-fund...

Federal Funds Make Up Half of West Virginia's Budget; Cuts Would Shift Hundreds of Millions in Costs to State - West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy

Federal dollars support a wide array of public services and systems that touch the lives of all West Virginians — from health care and food assistance to child care and public schools. Under both the ...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Not even bothering to hide it anymore

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 1d

Is admitting ineptitude their new position?