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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 2h

But seriously:

I do expect elected officials to do more. And my post did not denigrate that effort but asked, since they were denied — now what? It’s a legit question but one clearly too complicated for a keyboard warrior. Twat.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 2h

And to answer you question douche bag.. Yes, I've to both Federal buildings in LA. And I volunteer w local group against ICE. So go suck a bag of dicks self-proclaimed "armchair activist."

leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 2h

Hey genius, Dick Durbin didn’t get arrested. But he did support various Trump nominees (and bills) AFTER Padilla was cuffed & other Dem officials were arrested. So I think your point may be the one on top of your head.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, Durbin's been a real fighter on this and other fronts. But I get it now, you're a fucking idiot. Good luck with that.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 4h

These really are the worse people in the world. With the most punchable faces around. We should be excited to fight and beat these degenerates.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 7h

Good first step (finally). Now what are you going to do about it? This cannot just be performative. What's the next step?

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 7h

We have the hottest information in the world. Total 10. No one is even close in terms of info and mation, I suppose. And we're gonna make a lot of money because everyone wants our information. A trillion dollars some say. And we're going to cut prices on information by 200, 250, 187, 1,000 percent..

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 8h

100 percent. Dems need build back our capacity.

These companies got everywhere with government support. The scandal is also that we outsourced so much of our capabilities to them in the first place. Why are we contracting NASA missions to Space X? Or really anything to Planatir?

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 8h

At this point, I'm a one issue voter and that's the issue. Consequences for all of them.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 8h

I want them all prosecuted. Every last one of them.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 9h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 9h

A national and international scandal of epic proportions.

Or, according to the US media, nothing to see.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

No money flowing to USAID and hardly any to PEPFAR despite their duly enacted funding; well north of twenty billion dollars being deployed for other weird hair autocrats. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms

The U.S. Treasury has finalized a financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country’s central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h

"Who will be viewed retrospectively to have understood the challenge correctly? The one who said, 'If you come for my people, you come through me'? Or the one who pivoted to health-care subsidies?"

This @brianbeutler.bsky.social thought experiment is illuminating:
www.offmessage.net/p/how-to-rev...

How To Reverse The Tide

It's the gap between what's needed and what we have that keeps us up at night.

www.offmessage.net

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 13h

100 percent this 👇

Which is why it's important to brand Dems as anti-corruption because it does tackle so much of the fascism as well.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h

Authoritarian systems tend towards corruption because they a) attract people disinterested in maintaining public goods, and b) systematically remove guardrails and accountability to enable private capture of those goods

Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 15h

How a New Firm With DHS Ties Won a $915 Million Contract to Help Immigrants "Self-Deport."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 14h

Good night and good luck.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 17h

Some people ask if protesting does anything.

At the very least, it shows that it is a normal and patriotic right.

Get out there and keep reminding everyone of that. It will make it harder for them to try to take it away.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h

Along with the Antifa nonsense, the goal here is to reclassify any dissent as dangerous. Which is not something elected officials in a democracy do.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

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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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 18h

They’re scared so they want to scare us.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 21h

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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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 17h

Republicans introduce a resolution today that will honor him with the "Donald Trump Does NOT have a small Penis Prize."

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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 1d

My first foray onto YouTube for @wired.com, doing a deep dive into the state of immigration enforcement and deportation under the Trump administration.

youtu.be/uD9ETC80HDA?...

Where ICE Has Taken The Most People | On The Grid | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

youtu.be

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 17h

these guys are messed up @mattccamera @Kevin Mulharin

TikTok video by EthanMead

www.tiktok.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 19h

What a despicable little man who is lying through his teeth to try to incite violence against Americans who will be peacefully assembling to protest the Trump regime’s anti-democratic rule.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

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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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 17h

"That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Donald Trump Does NOT have a small Penis Prize."

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 17h

@nytimes.com I wish I had something more insightful to write, but at this point, you're just straight up 🤡s

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 17h

www.nokings.org

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 17h

Definitely a future defendant in a trial and/or tribunal if we get out of this alive.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 1d

I love Deadwood. Milch would lay on his back in his trailer and just dictate the script to the writers assistant. Writing and changing the script right up until the shoot. Mad genius.