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Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden 🌵 @newsprintmafia.bsky.social · 5h

Amen 🙏

Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden 🌵 @newsprintmafia.bsky.social · 5h

He is the greatest American president of all time period. He is the Pope. Is Jesus. He is your Lord and Savior. He is your God. There is no America, there is no constitution, there is only Trump.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 9h

I honestly think Johnson was trying to make a joke here, but he's too stupid to realize that the joke reveals that all the claims of threats and violence are bullshit.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 13h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 10h

Old enough to remember when scenes like this would have been unthinkable in America. (It was 9 months ago)

PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 9h

The party dedicated to fighting antisemitism, folks

Politico @politico.com · 19h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 11h

This is terrorism. Abolition of ICE and DHS is not enough.

(Photos by Anthony Vasquez, Chicago Sun-Times.)

A trio of cowardly, pathetic ICE agents hold a terrified man at gunpoint. The BORTAC patch, by the way, means Border Patrol Technical Unit.

Worthless lumps (ICE agents) pin down an unarmed, young Black man.

A domestic terrorism (ICE agent) lobs a canister of gas directly at an unarmed man trying to film the chaos on his phone

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Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden 🌵 @newsprintmafia.bsky.social · 6h

Congratulations, America

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Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden 🌵 @newsprintmafia.bsky.social · 6h

The I love Hitler party waging war against anti-semities is hilarious

Lawrence: Trump admin. staffer reportedly in an 'I love Hitler' chat hasn't been fired by Trump yet

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 9h

I don't think it would happen here for the same reason but it's funny to remember how economic mismanagement leading to chronic shortages of cooking oil is one of the major factors that sparked the massive protests that doomed Ceausescu.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 17h

"We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil" is an all-timer. Thank you Mr President, we appreciate your insights.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don’t need to purchase it from China.

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Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden 🌵 @newsprintmafia.bsky.social · 7h

Normal Republican stuff

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PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

Walking away with $20 billion of US taxpayer money so Scott Bessent’s Wall Street cronies don’t lose their investments in Argentina.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 10h

The current U.S. President straight up hates America and roots against us. We should talk about that more. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons

www.theguardian.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 12h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Jeffries: "If Donald Trump can find $20b to bail out his right-wing dictator friend in Argentina, it's extraordinary to me that Republicans are unwilling to even have a discussion about how we address the healthcare crisis that they've created."

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 11h

Same in DC. It’s been two months.

Still constant helicopters overhead. Abandoned work trucks where neighbors have been kidnapped by ICE. Armed national guard walking the streets. Feds posting up in former unhoused spaces to keep people away.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

Trump has a very simple worldview: the Presidency is not a public office, it is his property. He can use it to satisfy his personal or partisan whims, or to enrich himself.

So here, he threatens to reorganize an international competition, cohosted by Mexico and Canada, to settle a vendetta.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden 🌵 @newsprintmafia.bsky.social · 12h

I guess we can expect Trump as Neo AI slop now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 15h

If you saw the sentence "They are loving it like they have not loved a lot of things" you would know who said it immediately. I long to go back to the time when The Apprentice was on, I never saw it, and the only thing I was vaguely aware of was "You're fired!" being the weakest buzz phrase.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump opens the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "This is the first time we've been at the new and improved Rose Garden. And people are loving it. They are loving it like they have not loved a lot of things."

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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 15h

Trump playing up his bullet dodging skills at the Charlie Kirk memorial is really beyond parody.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden 🌵 @newsprintmafia.bsky.social · 12h

Hah

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 15h

I swear I did not have "I'm better at ducking bullets than Charlie Kirk" on my Donny Batshit Bingo card

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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