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Phoukaco @phoukaco.bsky.social · 58m

They really just don’t grasp that we hate Trump and what he’s doing to America, but we love America.

Phoukaco @phoukaco.bsky.social · 59m

Projection at a truly EPIC level. It’s truly delusional.

experimental22.bsky.social @experimental22.bsky.social · 1h

“We’ve watched legions of far left radicals resort to desperate acts of violence and terror because they know that their ideas and arguments are persuading no one,” Trump said. “They have the devil’s ideology and they’re failing. And they know it, they feel it, and they become violent.”

Projection.

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Grace 💙 @grace2002.bsky.social · 1h

Reminder: Kirk was assassinated by another far-right lunatic.
No relation with "left-wing radicals".

Wolves killing one another. No sheep involved.

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Phoukaco @phoukaco.bsky.social · 1h

Whatever cocktail of drugs, they gave him to keep him awake during meetings, apparently seeps over into the trip home. This is a guy who can fall asleep sitting in a chair at a meeting that he is supposed to be running.

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Dianna1963 @dd1963.bsky.social · 7h

One thing we can all bet on is whatever the issue,JD will be on the wrong side.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

Trump has a very simple worldview: the Presidency is not a public office, it is his property. He can use it to satisfy his personal or partisan whims, or to enrich himself.

So here, he threatens to reorganize an international competition, cohosted by Mexico and Canada, to settle a vendetta.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 17h

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

www.nytimes.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12h

The State Department said that it has revoked the visas of foreign nationals who had spoken out against Charlie Kirk. Senior officials within the department said they would move to deny or rescind visas for individuals who had criticized Kirk, this is a direct violations of the First Amendment.

US revokes visas for six foreigners over comments made about Charlie Kirk's death

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had revoked the visas of six foreigners over social media comments made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

www.reuters.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13h

With this new policy of assigning agents to trawl social media to find foreigners who say anything unkind about any American on the grounds that they offend our dignity and could be dangerous, if no such list exists protecting Democrats or left-leaning Americans then the DoS clearly wants us killed

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Phoukaco @phoukaco.bsky.social · 16h

Not to him. It’s the only reason he’s even remotely interested in peace in the Middle East dust – he seems to think that it will get him recognition and an award that he’s whining for.

Phoukaco @phoukaco.bsky.social · 16h

They are remarkably slow, if they are just finally getting the idea that he has no fucking clue what he’s doing

Phoukaco @phoukaco.bsky.social · 18h

He is such a classless asshole. And a coward. He truly thinks this makes him look powerful. What a Fucking joke.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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Phoukaco @phoukaco.bsky.social · 18h

Did he understand the question?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

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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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 21h

This isn’t about ‘hating America.’ It’s about standing up to Trump’s authoritarian regime. That’s what loving America actually looks like.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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Phoukaco @phoukaco.bsky.social · 19h

A ‘partisan manufactured thing’ when 80%+ want them released, including 80% of MAGA? Really?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20h

"The richest man in the world and the owner of the most influential social media site in US politics is a nazi who openly supports and amplifies other nazis" would, on its face, seem to be rather newsworthy!

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 20h

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

The Pentagon is restricting press access, and the NYT raises a serious First Amendment concern. The SecDef’s response? A wave emoji. It’s a childish mockery of accountability. But dodging scrutiny with memes is how authoritarians treat a free press.

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Phoukaco @phoukaco.bsky.social · 20h

Any federal judge can swear her in. Why hasn’t that happened?

Phoukaco @phoukaco.bsky.social · 20h

So shooting priests in the face with pepper balls is not ‘crossing the line’.

Got it. It’s ok. He’s ok with it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Daniel Larison @daniellarison.bsky.social · 21h

"Trump has civilians murdered on his orders, and he enjoys doing it. The deaths of these civilians please him." daniellarison.substack.com/p/trump-the-...

Trump, the Murderer-in-Chief

The far more accurate description of what he does with U.S. power in the world is murderer-in-chief.

daniellarison.substack.com

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Phoukaco @phoukaco.bsky.social · 20h

Oh, I bet they didn’t. He’s just making things up.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Markwayne Mullin: "I even met with some Jewish leaders in Oklahoma City and it was amazing because I walked in and they just wanted to hug and say 'thank you.' And one of them even said, 'I don't understand why so many Jewish communities vote Democrat.'"

Phoukaco @phoukaco.bsky.social · 20h

Oh, I think the rest of us gave much better nicknames for her. None printable, of course, but way more accurate.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 21h

So now anyone who criticizes our Dear Leader "hates America" and is "very violent".

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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