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Brain in a box. Half Human Half Vulcan. Just want a Piece of the Action. Blogger at Digby's Hullabaloo http://digbysblog.net Crooks & Liars https://crooksandliars.com https://spockosbrain.com SF, CA, USA, Section 0.1.1 @[email protected] @spockosbrain

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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · Jan 9

I love @alaw202.bsky.social's videos.
Check out Rep Greg Lopez saying outside the first meeting of the #DOGE Caucus that _there will be some cuts_ to Social Security & Medicare.
As @samseder.bsky.social says on @majorityreport.bsky.social
HANDS OFF OUR EARNED BENEFITS!

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 4h

Put a banner on every closed rural hospital

WE SAVED ARGENTINA INSTEAD

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 4h

I really just once a reporter would reply “oh are you gonna cry about it”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

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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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 7h

one thing we can never allow to happen again is making someone president who is rich enough to fund endless frivolous lawsuits

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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · 17h

Russ Vought thinks Federal employees have too many protections.
"I was like, guys, we're Republicans. We don't believe in these laws that give you these protections." Nov 18, 2025

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · 20h

It's now illegal to throw people like @katmabu.bsky.social to the ground?

"Protesters, start your lawsuits!"

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The Upside Down @theupsidedem.bsky.social · 1d

More blood on the Gestapo‘s hand…

His name is Silverio Villegas Gonzalez

He is a father of 2 who just dropped his kids off and is now unalive.

This as the #GOP is just standing by..doing NOTHING!

www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...

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COOLJEN @cooljenim.bsky.social · 1d

Some tiny good news: bsky.app/profile/moth...

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

womp womp.

Appeals court: Trump can't deploy National Guard on Chicago's streets

A ruling Saturday forbids the White House from actively using troops in Illinois.

www.motherjones.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨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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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 · 1d

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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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 21h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 21h

Things to do in the future:

1. Putting them all on trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague

2. Totally reforming entire government to root out corruption and abuse of power so this bullshit never happens again

3. At some point you’d imagine, brunch

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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · 1d

Post & share photos & videos of the #Portland #AntiFascistFrog & the #FrogBrigade because it counters their claim of vicious Antifa protesters.

People in frog costumes VISUALLY DESTROYS their lie.

Flood the zone with dancing frogs & other characters.

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Frogs in Portland text reads Cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war.
-Nora Reed
Frogs together strong

#Portland #Frogs #Antifa #AntiFascistFrog #FrogBrigade
spoken by Mark Antony in Act 3, Scene 1, line 273 of William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar: "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war."

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A totally normal raccoon @ordinaryraccoon.bsky.social · 2d

I love this, and it's so effective. Opposing people that don't read anything but headlines and look at a picture you can't really used a nuanced or complex argument like "Portland is statistically safer then most cities."

But everyone can see the antifa frog.

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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump admin lies about #ICE being attacked, so they can be the victim.
The Technique is called DARVO
(Deny Attack Reverse Victim & Offender)

But when the "attackers" are people in frog costumes, it VISUALLY DESTROYS the lie.

So KEEP sharing our silly protests
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Cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war.
-Nora Reed

#Portland #Frogs #Antifa #AntiFascistFrog #FrogBrigade
spoken by Mark Antony in Act 3, Scene 1, line 273 of William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar: "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war."#Portland #Frogs #Antifa #AntiFascistFrog #FrogBrigade

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 3d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · 3d

Cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war.
-Nora Reed

#Portland #Frogs #Antifa #AntiFascistFrog #FrogBrigade

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 3d

Just had my first-ever experience of a delivery guy needing to collect a tariff from me in order to give me my package. Only a bank or cashier’s check is accepted, so no way for me to pay, I have to go to the bank tomorrow and the postman will try again. Very cool new system, America is great again

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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · 3d

#BondVillian
"No. Ms. Bondi I expect you to lie."

Ms Pam Bondi with Trump. Saying No +Ms Bondi I expect you to lie

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 3d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

NEWS: "Donald Trump is a pedophile who routinely raped young girls."

MAGA: "So boring."

NEWS: "Donald Trump is allowing Qatar to build an air force base in Idaho.”

MAGA: “This is IMMORAL! What an outrage!!! I will not stand for this wicked behavior!!!”

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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · 3d

I liked what the #AntiFascistFrog had to say.

"So I'm out here protesting in a frog costume to, especially in a Frog costume, just to show how ridiculous the notion that we are violent terrorists is. It's just to showcase how that narrative is wrong."
#Portland #Antifa #Frog