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*DEFCON Dem*cracy* POLITICS, sanity, scienze, compassion & sarcasm 🇺🇦🦅🌍. Blocked: no bio, no original posts/only reposts. Don't come at me with AI, religun, porn, crypto, self promotion. Big dem*cracy energy Keeper Of The Flame 🔥 🇺🇸 Art by Anita Inverarty

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Hannibal's Lectern @chasenmytail.bsky.social · Feb 10

Pinning a post for the purpose of proving I am a real, pro-democracy human, and not a witless bot or scam artist 👍🔥Notice my amazing alliterative skills? Could a bot do that? I don't think so 😉

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Susan Hendrick, Esq. @susanhendrick.bsky.social · 21h

This is important & brilliant strategic move by the judge. A TRO is NOT appealable, a preliminary injunction is. Judge Perry is retaining jurisdiction & preventing the Trump regime from seeking relief from the court of appeals and SCOTUS. Thus, the NG/military cannot be deployed in Chicago!

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 22h

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Another day of House Republicans refusing to show up for work to avoid a vote on the Epstein files. 3 weeks paid vacation and counting.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

"Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago"

Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.

Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social:

Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago

Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.

zeteo.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Hannibal's Lectern @chasenmytail.bsky.social · 1d

Horrorid👇

Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 1d

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 1d

At 11am I will try to live-blog, for @lawfaremedia.org , the hearing in Abrego Garcia’s civil (habeas corpus) case in federal court in Greenbelt MD. Abrego is seeking release from detention under a SCOTUS precedent called Zadvydas v Davis (2001). ...
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Hannibal's Lectern @chasenmytail.bsky.social · 1d

What the everloving actual fuck?!?!👇

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 1d

Qatar gave Trump the luxury 747 that he wanted and now we are LETTING THEM BUILD A MILITARY BASE ON US SOIL

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Hannibal's Lectern @chasenmytail.bsky.social · 1d

Encourage people to bring American flags and dress like George Washington

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Hannibal's Lectern @chasenmytail.bsky.social · 1d

And blowing up Venezuelan fishermen

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d

Guy who is zip-tying American children and shooting pastors on the head with pepper balls wants Peace Prize.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Mr. Secretary, the president is on the phone. He sounds very angry and he keeps calling you Lil Marco.

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Ruth @poofer.bsky.social · 1d

So now we are allowing Qatari Emeri to build a base here, the people who gave safe harbor to the 9-11 terrorist
An absolute slap in the face of the family of the 9-11 victims.

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💙Sue L N @blue-rosary52.bsky.social · 1d

Also know as
SPRAY-GATE 🤣

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Rooster @jimijo.bsky.social · 1d

Never Forget.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

So they’re keeping the House in recess for another week (see his follow up)?

To delay the Epstein Files and, I guess, avoid the No Kings rally on 10/18?

They are in full blown pants pissing panic

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

UNREAL

Democratic Whip Notice: The House GOP Leadership have made the following change to the House Floor schedule:

Members are advised that votes are no longer expected in the House on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Pending Senate action on FY26 Funding, Members will receive 48 hours' notice prior to any potential votes in the House. Further information regarding the Floor schedule will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

This is a change from the House GOP Leadership's previously announced schedule.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1d

💡🇺🇦 After the massive Russian shelling, as of 12:00, energy workers restored power to 270,000 subscribers in Kyiv. Special emergency outage schedules have been canceled in Kharkiv, Poltava, and Sumy, but regular schedules continue to operate, — Minister of Energy.

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Hannibal's Lectern @chasenmytail.bsky.social · 1d

👇 It's a resource grab👇

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

Venezuela has the world’s largest proven oil reserves, in case anyone was wondering.

Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 4d

"None — repeat none — of America’s fentanyl has been found to originate from Venezuela. Yet Trump and Pete Hegseth, his compulsively strutting “secretary of war”, insist that the country is fuelling America’s opioid epidemic." Me on Trump's wag the dog script. www.ft.com/content/5b3e...

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 1d

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder that this baseless indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James is part of Donald Trump’s corrupt weaponization of the criminal justice system against anyone who has sought to hold him accountable.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The committee said she had resisted death threats to fight for democracy in opposition to President Nicolas Maduro - widely considered a dictator who's cheated elections

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Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado named Nobel Peace Prize winner

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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