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Dadib

@dadib.bsky.social

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Im a bit cheesy sometimes. 😉 And ive been known to curse like a drunken sailor. Oh and I name the animals in my yard and sometimes post about them. So lets do this.

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Dadib @dadib.bsky.social · Jan 29

By the time your average white male American realizes this shit isn't normal, it's going to be too late.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 45m

“This is not sustainable”

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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 𝚍𝚋𝚊 𝙱𝚊𝚍 𝙱𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 1h

Stephen Miller is a weak lying douchebag Nat-C authoritarian who despises the US Constitution, and his dangerous statement that a POTUS has “plenary authority” tells any constitutionally-bound American he is just that. Our Constitution clearly defines the powers of the President.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1h

We are watching Trump and his fascist regime get even more desperate from gerrymandering to investigating grassroots organizations that support Democrats. This is because Trump knows he's losing. His poll #s are awful and GOP is on road to big defeats. They need to cheat. And we need to fight back!

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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 1h

Can we just have some fucking healthcare?????

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Trump’s Albert Speer-style German Arch of Triumph now planned for DC.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

Children that were kidnapped by invading Russian barbarians, not displaced.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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Dadib @dadib.bsky.social · 1h

We really are at the Anne Frank stage arent we?.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Arizona Daily Star @tucson.com · 2h

There's no assurance the University of Arizona would actually get funding benefits for complying, the Regents professors warn.

About 80 top U of A professors urge rejection of Trump compact

There's no assurance the University of Arizona would actually get funding benefits for complying, the Regents professors warn.

tucson.com

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Dadib @dadib.bsky.social · 9h

Im sorry.

Anything they can do to hurt people they will.

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 9h

I'm here to report that the federal layoffs have hit me personally. My 25-yr-old great niece worked for the Library of Congress. She's been laid off. Not furloughed, laid off. As in fired.

She lives less than a mile from me, & we are very close. I'm not a happy camper tonight.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10h

Apparently the CDC and CISA are "Democrat-oriented" agencies. Republicans prefer us being sick and hacked.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Dadib @dadib.bsky.social · 10h

Watch him die in a week and they all blame the covid vaccine.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11h

Friday night massacre at the CDC per the New York Times.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg • @SherylNYT
X.com
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at
CDC. Dozens of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a reduction in force (RIF) action. Please find attached a notice memorandum explaining the RIF and next steps. This RIF action does not reflect directly on your service, performance, or conduct. It is being taken solely for the reasons stated in the memorandum.
After you receive this notice, you will be placed on administrative leave and will no longer have building access beginning Friday, October 10, unless directed otherwise by your leadership. Additionally, please save this email and its attachments, or forward them to a personal email address, for your records.
Leadership at HHS appreciates your service.

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Dadib @dadib.bsky.social · 11h

Hes not even a cabinet member.

Hes a deputy chief of staff.

He cant be impeached unfortunately.

But he can be arrested by state officials.

Think of him as Wormtongue from lotr and judge doom from who formed Roger rabbits love child.

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Kimberly @klr-reno.bsky.social · 11h

"Friday Night Massacre" at Centers for Disease Control is happening.

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Maggie Reed @mermaidmamamaggie.bsky.social · 11h

Mike Johnson is upset we have the right to protest.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17h

Layoffs have begun at the departments of Interior, DHS, Treasury, Education, Energy, HUD and HHS, as well as the EPA.

Spokespeople for several of these have confirmed, but declined to enumerate how many employees were affected, referring comment to OMB.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Trump administration begins 'substantial' federal worker layoffs amid government shutdown

Affected agencies include the departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy and Health and Human Services, among others, according to an administration official.

www.nbcnews.com

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 17h

Donald Trump is firing people because the Democrats won't strip away millions of people's healthcare.

Blaming the Dems for these layoffs is like blaming Sophie for making a choice.

It's the Nazis either way forcing it.

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 17h

This is a direct link to No Kings rallies next Saturday the 18th across America.

Use it to find the one you are going to.

We need everyone to show up AND RT the link and post it in non political digital spaces.

It’s now our never, folks!!!

nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

nokings.org

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Mamdani: I run against a disgraced former governor who, in this moment, has chosen to issue a statement in which he cannot even say the name Tish James, nor the name Donald Trump.

If you cannot say Trump’s name today—how will you stand up to him tomorrow?

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 18h

They have to have a backup plan to the "dangerous immigrants" narrative. They have one. They've literally created a "terrorist group" out of thin air. I mean, you can't be having free and fair elections with "enemies from within," like the "Antifa Terrorist" group running around. It's a pretext.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 18h

For the record, mockery is a perfectly effective form of resistance against ICE.

They want us to be violent so they can put pictures on Facebook and justify a forceful response with their base. They can't do that with an inflatable unicorn costume.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 19h

Three cheers for MIT. When the White House tried to buy obedience with funding strings...MIT said, “Hell No!” Merit over mandates. Freedom over control. Finally...an institution with the guts to tell power where to shove its politics.

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