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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

There are so many obvious constitutional violations in this story. It is enraging.
There is no war, there is no foreign invasion, there is nothing that justify it. This is a choice to create a military presence that will brutalize residents of cities that do not support the President.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 18h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 3h

Ep 70: Young Republicans Exposed As Hitler Youth. Whoopsie!

Plus, JD Vance gets kicked in the nuts by George Stephanopoulos.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

😡😡😡😡

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The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 3h

Oh, honey…you think Trump is an alpha male. I’m afraid your Trump Derangement Syndrome is out of control and you’ll never be rid of it. Seek help.

The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 4h

I'm sorry, where/when did this happen?

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The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 4h

You don't have to believe me but when the loudest "progressive" voices on the far left start screaming about what a "disappointment" Mamdani is and how he "sold his soul to the establishment," you should ask yourself how I could possibly know that was going to happen. 3/3

The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 4h

I said the same thing was going to happen to AOC when she was elected. She's unabashedly progressive but her sin is that she does the work and does not spend all of her time tearing down the Democratic Party and centering white men.

That made her the enemy. It will be the same with Mamdani. 2/3

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The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 4h

Not a popular opinion but the alt-left WANTS a reason to split w/Mamdani & they will take anything they can find.
He is an actual progressive who threatens to get things done & the alt-left will not tolerate that.

Sounds crazy? Cool. He will be declared a "corporate sell-out" within 6 months. 1/3

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 7h

7. The hed could have just as easily been "I am not a Zionist." What I think the FP/Reingold were trying to do here was 1) antisemitcally make a claim for Mamdani's standing with "the Jews" of PS & 2) to try to sow discord between Mamdani and his anti-Zionist supporters.

The latter...worked!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 23h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 6h

I've clocked in to work and my boss is already micromanaging me...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 7h

Even Fox said no. That's how onerous the demands were.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15h

Solidarity is the only way

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

www.notus.org/health-scien...

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Just Lynn 💙🦋✌️🇺🇦 @shoredweller7.bsky.social · 18h

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 19h

4 months apart

Official ICE government account
June 6, 2025:
"To call us 'Nazis' - to compare us to one of the worst groups in history - is disgusting and just outright wrong.
"What the men and women of ICE are doing in Massachusetts and all over this country is making communities safer."
—ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons

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The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 17h

"Sigh. I miss The Boondocks comics more than the TV show. Aaron MacGruder, another lost neo-soul."

Since MacGruder is still alive, can someone help me out here? Did he go MAGA? That can't possibly be right. What did I miss here?

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Black People Always Knew I.C.E. Was Coming For Us

White Supremacy Never Skips Black Day

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The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 23h

Must be nice to have $1 million to set on fire in a pointless temper tantrum.
Mayor Mamdani thanks you for the free PR, though, you piece of shit.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

While Trump blusters about "law & order," his regime has dropped or halted nearly 165 investigations into corporate wrongdoing. And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters, including Jan 6 rioters and others convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery.

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RobsMuir 🐀 [insert √ here] @robsmuir.bsky.social · 1d

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The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 1d

Remember: The people telling you "both sides are the same" are the people most invested in protecting this kind of hate.

They know who Republicans are and they use the both sides lie to hide the truth.

altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d

They (Leaders of Young Republican groups) 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 driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

‘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.

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 2d

Louder, for the shitheads in the back:

If you're supporting a fascist fuck like Trump, YOU'RE the modern day Nazis in this example.

Go to hell. We'll never stop being anti-fascist.

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The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 1d

Doesn't he mean his "plenary authority?"

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 1d

That's 27 murder counts and every military person involved has to face charges. "I was just following orders" is not a defense.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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The Opinionated Ogre @opinionatedogre.bsky.social · 1d

"As we enter Week Three of the Trump Shutdown, the damage Republicans are inflicting on the country is escalating, and it’s reasonable to ask how this ends. Do they have a plan? Is there a way out for the regime that results in a victory?

Ummmmm…no."

The Trump Shutdown Ends In Disaster For Republicans (Even If Democrats Cave)

No plan but chaos ends in humiliation for the regime.

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