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MauraP☘️

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I will always be my mother's daughter! Mom Retired Licensed Vet Tech Animal/Civil Rights Advocate Slava Ukraine #Resist #Liberal #BLM #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct #EndCitizensUnited #NYY Safe Space 4 all. 🚫DMs🚫MAGA🚫CRIPTO🚫PORN

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MauraP☘️ @msmaura.bsky.social · Mar 20

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

Making Argentina Great Again

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MauraP☘️ @msmaura.bsky.social · 1h

No. Knowledge is knowledge.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Tomorrow in NASHVILLE…

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2h

MAGA: there wasn’t even a mishap with the artillery over I-5 you lying libtard

Marines: halted exercise after firing 6 155 mm rounds because one prematurely detonated over the highway

MAGA: DIDN’T HAPPEN NERDS

Marines: we’ve opened an investigation and believe a fuze failed

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare.

And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12h

This is a very smart and important point. Talk to the people around you.

Alissa McLean @alissakmclean.bsky.social · 12h

I showed a relative the video Trump posted of himself taking a literal sh*t on the country, and she immediately stopped wavering and filled out her ballot “Yes” on 50.

Talk to your people! Many of them are not terminally online like you are.

That goes doubly for those of you in NJ and VA.

a woman says your vote is your power in a purple jacket

ALT: a woman says your vote is your power in a purple jacket

media.tenor.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12h

Lindsey Halligan is no Pat Fitzgerald. The attempt to besmirch Fitzgerald’s reputation was a cheap shot, and one that will undoubtedly misfire. She’s no match for what she’s up against—the rule of law & lawyers who care about it.

Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12h

James Comey responds to Lindsey Halligan's claim that his counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald, ever "improperly disclosed classified material." Says the claim is "provably false" and an "effort to defame" Fitzgerald.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11h

It’s long past time for Speaker Johnson to do his job and swear in Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. She won on September 23rd that’s 26 days ago.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

“You said bad? I don’t like you either. And i probably never will.”

Trump is asked about 🇦🇺 ambassador Rudd, who is sitting right in front of him.

(He previously called him “the most destructive president in history” who “drags 🇺🇸 & democracy through the mud”)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

DOJ WHISTLEBLOWER: “I wouldn’t be abiding by my oath if I stayed silent right now.” 🇺🇸

He says Trump’s DOJ wanted him to lie (about Kilmar being a gang member & terrorist, etc…) — and fired him when he wouldn’t.

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

Trump is now planning to occupy San Francisco. He must be upset about the messages they’ve been making on Ocean Beach.

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

FIRED DOJ LAWYER: “I responded up the chain of command - that’s a lie. I cannot sign my name to that.”

Erez Reuveni says he was fired by Trump’s DOJ for refusing to lie that KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA was a terrorist & gang member.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17h

Millions of people marching is a sign that what trump is doing is wildly unpopular and authoritarians need some kind of public buy in, in order to completely dissolve all of our rights and freedoms. Republicans won’t act as the guard rail, the Supreme Court won’t act as the guard rail….

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17h

New episode

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Rick Wilson & Adam Liptak

Podcast Episode · Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast · 10/20/2025 · 41m

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

GUARDIAN: How Blue states could withhold federal💰to fight back as Trump abuses them and threatens to withhold💰— “The state would act as a temporary custodian, holding in trust and releasing only when certain constitutional conditions are met.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

MURFREESBORO, TN

#NoKingsInAmerica 🇺🇸

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Chattanooga was poppin’ 🎉

#NoKingsInAmerica 🇺🇸

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14h

Always keep your cameras rolling. Federal officials are scheduled to appear in court today, where they’ll face questions over whether the government breached a prior order by deploying tear gas during immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

POP QUIZ: The Tennessean is…

A) bad at math
B) like other outlets, intentionally downplaying the crowd at the Capitol 🤷🏼

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

🧑‍🌾 FARMER: "MAGA now means Make Argentina Great Again — as China buys soybeans from Argentina, the same country Trump sent ($40 BILLION)… A bailout is like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. We don't want a bailout. We want markets for our crops."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Literally

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

I hope Portland and Oregon appeal en banc ASAP. This is a ridiculous ruling.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 8h

Two Trump-appointed judges of the Ninth Circuit let Trump send the troops into Portland, pausing another Trump appointee's TRO.

The only non-Trump appointee denounces the "political theater" behind the deployment, calling for an en banc review to stop it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

UPDATE: Trump has begun demolishing parts of the White House to build his $250 Million ballroom, despite claiming they wouldn’t do that.

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