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CallsignBaker GOP=🤡's @bobtheangryone.bsky.social · 2h

Yes.

Blackhawks are military.

Pilots are military or military trained.

Special military training is required for night urban Air Assault operations.

The Chicago apartment raid was military.

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Incognito🧿📎 @kimo781.bsky.social · 2h

Blackhawks may have saved people in lots of situations but let’s be real- they are war machines. And, in the case of Black Hawks descending on Chicago- this was not a mission to save people. The mission was/is to terrorize people and send a message.

Stay focused and stop the but-what-aboutisms.

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CallsignBaker GOP=🤡's @bobtheangryone.bsky.social · 1h

I supported Blackhawks in Iraq. It takes a metric shit-ton of training to repel in unison in the daylight.

Chicago raid was night, urban, on a roof. Those weren't ICE. Those were operators.

They are inserting operators in the mix.

That's why everyone is wearing military uniforms.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 2h

JD Vance indicated in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday that Felon57 was not opposed to invoking the Insurrection Act.

The Insurrection Act would allow the president to deploy the U.S. military domestically for law enforcement purposes.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Vance says Trump is 'looking at all his options' as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act

The Insurrection Act would allow the president to deploy the U.S. military domestically for law enforcement purposes.

www.nbcnews.com

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 2h

This is good, hopefully next time he cuts him off during the rant about why his ratings are low. There is no informational value in having JD Vance on your show.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2h

Sen. Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negations to reopen the government because they're desperate to raise premiums on people in this country by 75% to finance tax cuts for the wealthy...JD Vance and Donald Trump's number one priority is raising healthcare premiums."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h

JD Vance indicates to NBC that Trump isn't opposed to invoking the Insurrection Act.

A key line from Vance: "The problem here is not the Insurrection Act or whether we actually invoke it or not."

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Stefan 🥼 @stefank1117.bsky.social · 1h

“The investment firm Narya Capital—which Vance launched in 2020 with backing from Peter Thiel—was a vehicle for [AcreTrader] investments & a key backer in early funding rounds of the farmland startup…Vance is still an investor in the firm.” — Civil Eats

JD Vance benefits from farms going bankrupt.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1h

JD Vance is the worst. Luckily, he’s also dumb as a rock and has the charisma of that rock.

I, too, would like to interview JD Vance, primarily to tell him I’m done with him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 5h

Opinion: Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It.

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com/post/201625/...

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 7h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 22h

How it's going in Chicago

After ICE arrested US citizen and WGN Producer Debbie Brockman

Agents driving the white van cut off and hit another car, swarmed the vehicle at gunpoint, dragged out the driver-who is ALSO a citizen-and arrested her, too

Straight up fascism

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8APPaBL/

Agentes de ICE chocan contra el vehículo de una mujer y después la sacan a la fuerza para arrestarla. N Paulina St & W Schubert Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

TikTok video by ¿ Qué Pasa ?

www.tiktok.com

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

Imagine that

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obinr.bsky.social @obinr.bsky.social · 22h

BK's Lien on de-dollarizing: U.S. fiscal concerns driving fear that U.S. debt no longer 'risk-free' search.app/SGJxS

BK's Lien on de-dollarizing: U.S. fiscal concerns driving fear that U.S. debt no longer 'risk-free'

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

search.app

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 23h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

trib.al

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22h

What I didn't properly prepare myself for was that as the masked and armed fascists start tossing citizens into unmarked vans without license plates, they *also* take to television to opine on how patient they've been with their allegedly hateful and violent—actually law-abiding and peaceful—critics

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obinr.bsky.social @obinr.bsky.social · 1d

Private security paid with our tax dollars for ICE ??

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