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Massachusetts native. Wife & Mother. Animal lover. Retired. Believe in our country and the value of democracy. Politically opinionated. 💙💙💙💙💙 Vote blue. Use your voice. Save AMERICA.

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Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · Dec 29

Sun Tzu said....

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting...Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.'

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

Translation: they gave him a plane and filled his family’s pockets

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 21h

Buried inside the Big Beautiful Bill is a time bomb...one that detonates the balance of power. You weren’t supposed to read this clause. That’s why I did.

A single section hidden deep in the bill quietly neuters the courts. It’s that serious.🔥👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 17h

I am listening to a Mitch Albom interview on public radio and I’m thinking… how could the GOP defund national public radio? It’s so petty, cruel and stupid. What are these monsters afraid of? That we will be kind to each other? They are afraid of the truth?

Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 22h

Trump can’t remember that he was the president on January 6, 2021. He certainly can’t remember Maria’s name….

Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 22h

Mike Johnson used Christianity to obscure his political motives. Maybe some were fooled? But his ambition and extremism are now obvious to anyone paying attention. His career will be over when Trump’s reign of hatred is over.

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Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you for including me. I greatly appreciate your efforts to strengthen the community!

elmo from sesame street is surrounded by flames

ALT: elmo from sesame street is surrounded by flames

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 23h

Peaceful, but STRONG protests
thank you everyone for support, kindness, laughter
and big hugz 💜

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Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 1d

He is a national embarrassment. While he screws average Americans, he continues to fill his pockets.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'Outrageous conflict of interest': Crypto is making the Trumps hundreds of millions of dollars

Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.

www.abc.net.au

Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 1d

Can someone tell me again why it’s okay that Tom Homan took a bag of money in exchange for government contracts? Was the investigation cancelled because $50k is chump change for this crowd or because pay-for-play is the Trump administration game plan and it’s no longer illegal?

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

You might wonder, why spread this lie at all? Because it serves a purpose. Trump wants Americans to stop trusting the very institutions that protect the country like the FBI. These are some of the most capable and intelligent professionals in the nation.

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Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 1d

Further evidence of Trump’s steep cognitive decline. On January 6, a day that will live in infamy, he can’t remember who was President? I pray more in the GOP will recognize the danger and act…

Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 1d

This cover-up points to a scandal so big it’s frightening. Our government has clearly been compromised.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Rep. Jim Himes on Trump blowing up boats in the Caribbean: "The White House has not shared what they believe their legal justification is. They did put out a memo. I will tell you based on what I know now and the reading of that memo, these are illegal killings."

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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re ever the President but don’t remember that you were President on a very specific day during your Presidency, you’re mentally unstable and should not be President.

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Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. Now where is my MedBed?!? 😆

Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 1d

Reminiscent of DOGE. Who remembers when they got rid of all the employees in charge of our nuclear arsenal? Trump is backed by the biggest group of idiots ever seen in the history of the United States..

Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 1d

www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

Is ICE really targeting the ‘worst of the worst?’ New data suggests otherwise.

Detainees with no criminal record now outnumber those with prior convictions.

www.yahoo.com

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Democrats @democrats.org · 3d

Trump’s building a golf course in Qatar.
He accepted a $400M luxury jet as a gift from Qatar.
His son-in-law got a $1.5B investment from Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries.
His top officials like Kash Patel and Pam Bondi worked for Qatar.

And now this.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 3d

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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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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ElizabethC @econklin44.bsky.social · 2d

Megachurch pastor & Trump spiritual advisor pleads guilty to pedophilia. Lest you be thinking Trump hates pedophiles....
#ProudBlue www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/...

Gateway Church founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse

Robert Morris, founding pastor of Gateway Church and a former spiritual adviser to President Trump, pleaded guilty in an Oklahoma courtroom to child sex abuse charges dating back more than 40 years. H...

www.cbsnews.com

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Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 1d

That feels like exactly what’s happening….

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Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 3d

“Shame! Shame! Free the Squirrel! Free the Squirrel”

Back in the gang ridden streets of Portland, ICE just arrested a girl wearing a “dangerous” inflatable Squirrel without provocation.

She’s fallen several times having been cuffed and pushed to walked faster than the suit will allow.

#Portland

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 2d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Life and Liberty @libertyandlife.bsky.social · 2d

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ElizabethC @econklin44.bsky.social · 2d

Bondi is hit w/ a formal complaint by ~70 law profs, attys, & 2 ex FL Supreme Court justices, filed w/ the FL Bar. They accused her of "serious professional misconduct" for firing the lead prosecutor in a critical case, for *criticizing Trump in 2017*.
#ProudBlue www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Bondi’s firing of federal prosecutor in Miami threatened to derail big Medicare fraud trial

Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Miami federal prosecutor for criticizing President Trump on his blog when he was in private practice.

www.miamiherald.com

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