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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

OBAMA: “There has always been this fight over what is the true story of 🇺🇸?”

The former president boils it down powerfully on Maron’s final episode

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Politics Explained @politicsexplained.bsky.social · 19h

Trump ICE raids just the precursor for attacking the far left radical ‘enemy within’ .. now using our military to invade Chicago

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making up false pretenses

Will your loved one serving in our military be the first to shoot other Americans by FOLLOWING ORDERS?

President Trump is a demented old fool controlled by psychopaths.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 22h

“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.”

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Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...

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Politics Explained @politicsexplained.bsky.social · 19h

Well ..

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 22h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous People's Day, everyone!

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, "Ours."

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Politics Explained @politicsexplained.bsky.social · 19h

Trump ICE raids just the precursor for attacking the far left radical ‘enemy within’ .. now using our military to invade Chicago

youtube.com/shorts/aZuJi...

making up false pretenses

Will your loved one serving in our military be the first to shoot other Americans by FOLLOWING ORDERS?

President Trump is a demented old fool controlled by psychopaths.

YouTube video by Texas Paul

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 22h

🚨After being tased and beaten by ICE, a man dies in a Chicago hospital. Date and location in following post. These are the horrors of 2025 and we cannot look away. 1/2

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Politics Explained @politicsexplained.bsky.social · 19h

Unfortunately pathological lying felon insurrectionist failed businessman trump financial stupidity is missed by main stream media who keep referring to this clown as a ‘goode biznesmann’!

Many think wealth makes him smart yet has huge business losses!

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Donald Trump's 13 Biggest Business Failures

Donald Trump likes to brag about his wealth, but some of his business decisions have been real duds.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 19h

Trump allies accused of misleading donors with bogus 'Treasury' summit pitch

Ethics experts are furious after Trump allies running a private investment firm promoted an event called the “Inaugural U.S. Treasury A.I. Summit,” that was billed as having Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent deliver an address and was heavily implied to be an official government-sponsored event, even...

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Trump ICE raids just the precursor for attacking the far left radical ‘enemy within’ .. now using our military to invade Portland Oregon

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making up false pretenses

Will your loved one serving in our military be the first to shoot other Americans by FOLLOWING ORDERS?

President Trump is a demented old fool controlled by psychopaths.

YouTube video by Texas Paul

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 19h

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Politics Explained @politicsexplained.bsky.social · 19h

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 1d

“The purpose of large scale training events like Iron Defender-25 is to prove the Polish Armed Forces and their NATO allies’ ability to deter and effectively defend the territory of Poland.”
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American heavy armour, gunships ‘open fire’ in Poland

The purpose of large scale training events like Iron Defender 25 is to prove the Polish Armed Forces and their NATO allies’ ability to deter and effectively defend the territory of Poland.

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 23h

Happy birthday, my Dougie. I love you so very much.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

In case you got lost in the steaming pile of bullshit Speaker Johnson’s been shoveling, the shutdown fight Democrats are holding the line on is about healthcare for hard-working Americans.

Leader Jeffries isn’t flinching, isn’t wobbling; he’s been consistent and hasn’t wavered on this issue.

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Politics Explained @politicsexplained.bsky.social · 19h

They also didn’t realize a major political party would abandon democracy for a pathological lying felon insurrectionist failed businessman trump ..

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 23h

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Politics Explained @politicsexplained.bsky.social · 19h

Exactly

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 23h

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Politics Explained @politicsexplained.bsky.social · 19h

Trump following fascist playbook

- create an enemy - migrants

- use that hatred to remove freedoms

- arrest leaders and intellectuals

- weaponize law enforcement

- render constitutional laws useless

- use pathological lying

- threaten your enemies w incarceration

- use propagandist

#resist

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 20h

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