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Newtown Action Alliance @newtownaction.org · 5h

Mass Shooting Breaking News!

4 people were killed & at least 20 were injured at a crowded Willie’s Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island South Carolina.

Their GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, who stands with the gun lobby, sends thoughts & prayers.

apnews.com/article/sout...

4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on the idyllic South Carolina island of St. Helena left four people dead and at least 20 injured.

apnews.com

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JayDubya @zorbo218.bsky.social · 4h

Vance is a straight up psychopath.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

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JayDubya @zorbo218.bsky.social · 1d

This!

TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 1d

My advice:

EVERYONE should bring as many American flags as possible to the No Kings protests on October 18th.

Blanket every rally from coast-to-coast in red, white and blue.

Take the flag back from the party of a wannabe-dictator and his sycophants, and never let it go.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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JayDubya @zorbo218.bsky.social · 2d

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Friday, Antifa warriors! 🥂🩵

Funny meme with a picture of an "Antifa" headquarters that reads:

Just got to my desk at Antifa. I can't believe Karen in HR scheduled the mandatory Molotov cocktail safety training today.
Nobody feels like that shit on a Friday.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

So, Tom Homan can straight accept a bag of $50K in cash from the FBI in a sting operation, have the investigation dismissed by this corrupt Justice Department, but all of Trump's critics somehow face indictments?

Cool, cool. Cool.

A desperate, weak Administration overplaying its hand.

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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 3d

MUST LISTEN: "I'm begging you to pass this legislation—my kids could die."

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JayDubya @zorbo218.bsky.social · 3d

'The message is clear: The worse people’s economic situation and prospects, the easier it is for right-wingers to exploit their discontent for their own ends.'

www.thenation.com?post_type=ar...

To Defeat the Far Right, We Must Adopt an Anti-Fascist Economic Policy

Opposition to the status quo must not be monopolized by the right-wing extremist visions of parties like Alternative für Deutschland.

www.thenation.com

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JayDubya @zorbo218.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent read.

Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · Jul 22

The explosive case for why Donald Trump Is the most dangerous criminal in U.S. history…

hartmannreport.com/p/is-donald-...

Is Donald Trump America’s Public Enemy #1?

The explosive case for why Donald Trump Is the most dangerous criminal in U.S. history…

hartmannreport.com

JayDubya @zorbo218.bsky.social · 3d

According to Google, the woman is model Ingrid Seynhaeve at a Victoria's Secret party in 1997.

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JayDubya @zorbo218.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, it's frightening, Sarah. So when they replace most of us, who pays the bills? How do they make money when the majority of us are broke? It's like a drug dealer killing off their customers with tainted drugs.

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JayDubya @zorbo218.bsky.social · 3d

Their ability to lie so effortlessly is breathtaking.

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JayDubya @zorbo218.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly what I have been saying, who is asking for this? Why is this being shoved down our throats?

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JayDubya @zorbo218.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent thread. Well done, sir.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

JayDubya @zorbo218.bsky.social · 4d

Pritzker is on it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Master Elrond [he/him] @inuyasha1953.bsky.social · Jul 23

other98

Doctor here.

A pregnant mother in Tennessee was denied care for being unmarried.

This is legal under Tennessee's Medical Ethics Defense Act.

We are entering a dark time in public health.

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 4d

Oregon National Guard general said that if they were deployed, his troops would be instructed to protect the protesters, not ICE.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d

This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 4d

#ResistanceEarth

Pressure works! A local school board decided to give Exxon Mobil a tax break to build a $10 billion plastics plant on the Gulf Coast. An environmental activist sued and won. Exxon Mobil has decided to postpone its plans for the plant.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

Exxon delays planned plastics plant on Texas coast

The announcement comes six weeks after a judge struck down the local school district’s decision to give Exxon a tax break for the $10 billion plant in Calhoun County.

www.texastribune.org

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JayDubya @zorbo218.bsky.social · 4d

These people are psychopaths.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 5d

They’re liars—and bad at lying.

These photos of “war-ravaged Portland” are from other countries.

Not Portland.

If it weren’t so dangerous, it would be laughable.

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 5d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 5d

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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