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Here to represent 🇺🇸 citizens who stand with 🇺🇦 and oppose the 🍊🤡. Resisting our nation’s slide towards an Orwellian dystopia.

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · Aug 6

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 9h

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#prepers

Switzerland is spending millions revamping its vast network of bunkers

Citing “the changing global security situation,” the famously neutral country is embarking on a major revamp of personal shelters and civil protection sites.

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 19h

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#nokings
#resist
#bravery

The lone woman who staged a ‘No Kings’ protest in small-town West Virginia — The 19th News

When Kendra Sullivan woke up on Wednesday, the 43-year-old West Virginian was surprised to see that she’d gone viral overnight — in a good way.

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 1d

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#intelligence
#CIA

Distrust of the USA Is Reshaping European Military Intelligence

By Owen Sullivan | 22 October 2025

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 1d

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#freedomofthepress

The White House Press Secretary has “…the mental acumen of an abandoned sock puppet.”

Trump and Leavitt watch with glee as the press is crumbling

The administration is staging the news and telling reporters how to present it. When will it stop?

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 1d

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#weaponization
#weaponizationworkinggroup

Former US officials urge Congress to examine 'weaponization' working group — Reuters

A group of hundreds of former U.S. national security officials on Tuesday urged lawmakers to examine an internal government group that has been coordinating President Donald Trump's retribution drive ...

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 1d

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#dhs
#fightfascism
#nazi

DHS Posts Video Featuring Song Popular With Nazi Creators — Gizmodo

The agency denied making

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 2d

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#foodbanks
#normalizedcruelty

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 2d

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#ice
#chicago
#unlawfulactions

ICE agents can be arrested over unlawful actions, Chicago judge rules

A federal judge says ICE broke the law with warrantless arrests—and officers who do it again could face charges.

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 2d

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#database
#fightfascism

Database tracking all the authoritarian and Orwellian shit the regime has committed.

Kat Andrews (@katpcb) on Threads

Thank God for nerd friends like me across the pond tracking things! 🤓

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 3d

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#facts
#politicalviolence

Vance blames left for political violence, omits long trends

A study said left-wing violence outpaced right-wing in the first half of 2025. The study found more right-wing violence in the preceding 30 years.

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 4d

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#antiscience

Anti-science bills hit statehouses, attacking longstanding public health protections

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 4d

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#populism
#farright
#welfarecuts

Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says — Guardian US

Exclusive: Poverty rapporteur says governments must rethink welfare state as essential to fabric of society

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 4d

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#secretpolice
#gestapo

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 4d

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#ice
#Weaponry
#warhead

ICE’s spending on weaponry has soared more than 700 percent this year

The $71.5 million spent so far has paid for guns and armor, chemical munitions, “guided missile warheads," and "explosive components.”

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 4d

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#military
#hegseth

‘He lost us’: Generals, senior officers say trust in Hegseth has evaporated

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has lost the trust and respect of some top military commanders, with his public “grandstanding” widely seen as unprofessional and the personnel moves made by the former ...

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 4d

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#nokings
#SanAntonio

Everything we saw as protesters filled downtown San Antonio for the 'No Kings' demonstration — San Antonio Current

Thousands took to SA's streets Saturday during one of the biggest days of national protest against the Trump White House.

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 4d

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#chemtrails
#RFK
#HHS

RFK's HHS probes chemtrails falsehood, weather manipulation

A potential HHS probe into "chemtrails" — which don't even exist — underscores that under President Donald Trump, unscientific ideas have unusual power to take hold and shape public health policy.

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 4d

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#nokings

The Surprising Number Of People Arrested At

I thought that unicorn looked suspicious.

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 5d

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#propaganda
#dhs
#chicago

DHS Accused of ‘Propaganda’ for Shifting Story in Shooting — TIME

The DHS is facing questions over differing accounts of the shooting of a U.S. citizen in Chicago, as protests continue.

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 5d

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#russvought
#shadowpresident

What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President — ProPublica

Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 5d

“The politicians are going to recognise that: either face the wrath of Trump or the wrath of the people – and they have to be more afraid of the wrath of the people.” Robert De Niro

#Robertdeniro
#wrath
#wrathofthepeople

Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 5d

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#joerogan

Joe Rogan warns Trump deploying troops in US is "dangerous precedent"

"The military in the street, I think, is a dangerous precedent," Rogan said on his podcast.

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Martini Dog @mrpuffy.bsky.social · 5d