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carolyn0909.bsky.social @carolyn0909.bsky.social · 1d

Agree. Nobody respects him. He's a joke.

carolyn0909.bsky.social @carolyn0909.bsky.social · 1d

He may have had a terrible life, but we all shouldn't have to pay for it. It isn't going to get any better despite what he thinks he can do.

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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 1d

Please ~ take a minute …

This is a MUST listen to 💙

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carolyn0909.bsky.social @carolyn0909.bsky.social · 1d

A reporter should ask trump if Stephen Miller and Russell Vought are making all of the decisions in the administration and then quote Stephen. Maybe trump would get rid of them

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Tom @opinionstm.bsky.social · 1d

Who is actually in charge of our country at this point?

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller's slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. “Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

Stephen Miller Accidentally Says “I” When Discussing Trump’s Powers

Miller’s slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4d

Really looking forward to the @jasonleopold.bsky.social FOIA for the staffer's notes who put this together, DURING a shutdown.

Not least bc (as @whitehouse.senate.gov noted), the Reid Hoffman slur was false.

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 4d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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carolyn0909.bsky.social @carolyn0909.bsky.social · 4d

I don't think they should ever ask him about anything that hasn't been implemented. I don't think he remembers anything until the reporter reminds him.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4d

Turns out Corey Lewandowski is sabotaging Stephen Miller's dragnet.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Eight current and former officials at ICE and the Department of Homeland Security told me that they blame Corey Lewandowski, the longtime Trump-world figure who is a “special government employee” at DHS and functions as the unofficial chief of staff to Secretary Kristi Noem. Lewandowski has operated as a gatekeeper for Noem, especially since June, when the department implemented a new policy requiring her to sign off on any contract exceeding $100,000.

Read: Fast times at Immigration and Customs Enforcement

With 260,000 employees and an annual budget of $62 billion, DHS has thousands of contracts in that range—including things like Coast Guard vessels, Border Patrol equipment, and TSA software—and deals with private-prison companies that have facilities with tens of thousands of beds that they say could be operational within weeks. Ever since Trump was elected, companies like the Geo Group and CoreCivic have been quickly expanding and promising their investors fat profits.

DHS’s new contracting rules have produced “chaos,” according to the current and former officials I spoke with, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters or feared reprisals from the administration. Most of them support the president and his mass-deportation plan, but told me they were dismayed that ICE seemed to be losing altitude right after securing the funding they’d always dreamed of.

“There’s extreme frustration that the president’s agenda—when it comes to ICE beds, and therefore deportations—is not going to happen,” one former DHS official told me. “The White House worked for months to get the reconciliation bill over the finish line. Why did you just lobby Congress for months saying you needed the money if you don’t intend to spend it?”

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 4d

Gutter Catholic Spotlight: Father Michael Pfleger — Faith in Action on Chicago’s South Side

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 5d

youtube.com/shorts/C_VPV...

More Voices Expose Opus Dei’s Power Inside SCOTUS #leonardleo #scotus #guttercatholic

YouTube video by The Flying Kitchen by Shannon Vavich

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 5d

There is no such thing as post-liberal. Its a rebranding of Catholic Integralism. A marketing ploy. Like Datsun to Nissan. Every time someone says post-liberal an Inquisition Crusader gets its wings.

newideal.aynrand.org/patrick-dene...

Patrick Deneen and the Right's War on Freedom

The Post-Liberal Right threatens to roll back American liberty.

newideal.aynrand.org

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 5d

Opus Dei #13

www.universitymagazine.ca/richest-chur...

The Richest Churches In The World 2026

The religion continues to shape the global economy through powerful institutions with immense wealth and influence. The richest churches in the world 2026 manage vast networks of real estate, investme...

www.universitymagazine.ca

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Scootrbum @scootrbum.bsky.social · 5d

The rich get tax breaks.
Seniors get fucked!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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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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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 6d

Well, well, well. Better late than never. Someone at Daily Kos noticed the Opus Dei-Leonard Leo Catholics running the coup.

(This has been common knowledge in DC newsrooms for 15 years - but NYT, Wapo, Mother Jones etc wouldnt touch.)

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Opus Dei and Six Supreme Court Justices... Anti-Capitalism Meetup

My original intent today was to continue my recent articles on Republican leaders and their ties to the NAR movement, Dominionism, and Christian Fundamentalism. Researching our highest court’s ...

www.dailykos.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 6d

Tyranny isn’t American. Defiance of tyranny is.

Trump might think he’s warming people up to the idea of authoritarianism, but he’s encountering patriotic resistance at every turn.

From judges, governors, ordinary citizens…like us.

True Americans will not go quietly into the night.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6d

Just like this.

Imagine being SO HORNY to find Dems to blame you CHOOSE to blame Garland (based off conspiracy theories) rather than John Roberts, who literally is part of the ongoing urgent problem.

Imagine if you had focused on Roberts during the election, rather than your conspiracy theories?

Alan Grofield @alangrofield.bsky.social · 6d

We actually got here because Joe Biden and Merrick Garland made a deliberate decision to offer Donald Trump and every other prominent conservative de facto immunity for crimes committed from 2016-2021 in exchange for… nothing

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6d

The Crime Wave Is Coming from Inside the [White] House

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/06/t...

The Crime Wave Is Coming from Inside the [White] House - emptywheel

Stephen Miller is trying to redefine crime in an effort to criminalize the Democratic party. He's doing it even amid an unprecedented crime wave centered on the White House and as he orders up murders...

www.emptywheel.net

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Cindy Colvin @cindycolvin.bsky.social · 7d

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 7d

open.substack.com/pub/andrawat...

The Cult of OPUS DEI with Journalist and Author Gareth Gore

A wide-ranging conversation about the Catholic cult Opus Dei, its recorded human rights abuses, and where it may go from here

open.substack.com

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Music Box Magazine @musicboxonline.bsky.social · 6d

Masked authorities trying to drag people away is NOT AMERICA. Good for the community to resist and help.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 6d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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carolyn0909.bsky.social @carolyn0909.bsky.social · 7d

Nope. Not going there.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8d

Thugs.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight.

But consider this...

Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.

Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8d

Know what would be great counterprotesting on Thursday when Kash wants a perp walk?

Adelita Grijalva and some Epstein survivors talking about the lengths Trump is going to cover up the Epstein files.

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