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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

PSA: Trump was president on 1/6

(Can’t wait to read @jaketapper’s book about this)

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 20h

Dumbest gaslighting ever. Who was president on January 6?

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Rick of the North @rickchristo.bsky.social · 1d

There is no "W" in T.E.A.M. #Badgers

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Lisa @lisalookingforward.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Republicans in Congress strangely silent on the Argentina bailout to benefit Bessent’s friends.

It also helps you to avoid talking about it when you are never asked about it.

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Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social · 3d

I feel very moved by the Portland resistance - inflatable people, hot-to-go dancers and twerking dinosaurs, as this piece outlines , it’s true courage, defanging fear

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as "war-torn" becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it's, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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robynblasco.bsky.social @robynblasco.bsky.social · 4d

ABSOFUCKINGLUTLY⁉️

In every window of evety business across AMERICA⁉️👍🤷‍♀️💙🌊⚖

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 4d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Sickening.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 4d

there is a government shutdown with no end in sight and it’s not even really the lead story rn because the president can’t stop invading American cities for no reason other than spite

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Rick of the North @rickchristo.bsky.social · 4d

GOP Priorities. Peds over People.

Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 4d

Republicans won’t come back to work because we can now force a vote on releasing the Epstein Files.

Meanwhile, folks' insurance is skyrocketing because they refuse to extend healthcare tax credits.

They’re putting Pedophiles before the American People.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

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Rick of the North @rickchristo.bsky.social · 5d

If Pam Bondi doesn't want to be called a liar, then maybe she shouldn't lie.

Is lying to Congress an impeachable offense? (Not that there are the votes in the House to impeach and in the Senate to convict.)

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Rick of the North @rickchristo.bsky.social · 5d

Confederate troops are near Chicago.

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 6d

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 7d

After shutting down the federal government and voting to do nothing about an imminent health insurance premium spike, House Republicans have now gone on a multi-week vacation.

Donald Trump and the GOP just aren't for the American people.

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Rick of the North @rickchristo.bsky.social · 7d

The Yankees are going to have to finally loosen up their purse strings and not let teams like the Pirates and Royals buy up all the talent.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 8d

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.

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Rachel Richmond @saudaderachel.bsky.social · 8d

Kiddie couch fucker is disgusting.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8d

JD VANCE: "My mother got the drugs that almost killed her from Mexicans."

REALITY: JD's mother got the drugs that almost killed her from her hospital patients, whom she stole from.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 8d

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

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Rick of the North @rickchristo.bsky.social · 9d

This is America in 2025.

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 9d

Camouflaged agents.
Ziptying women and kids.
In the middle of the night.

Many were US citizens.

This is Trump’s America—and next it could be YOU.

Rick of the North @rickchristo.bsky.social · 10d

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11d

Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11d

THE TRUMP ECONOMY: US private sector businesses LOST 32,000 jobs in September, far below the expected gain of 51,000, per payroll processor ADP.

August has been revised DOWN by 57,000, to -3,000.

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