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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3m

The “teabaggers” showed up.🤣

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Jun 16

This is what happened when the Koch brothers tried to astroturf a “grassroots” movement against Obama without involving any normal people. The Teabaggers were sooooooo proud of themselves…at first.😂

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Don Wood @donwood.bsky.social · 2h

Trigger warning: woodwinds.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1h

“If you’re allowed even a crumb, it’s because the Dear Leader blessed you with it.”

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 2h

The most tone-deaf part of this is that the US remains very unpopular in Argentina for its role in supporting the dictatorship. So issuing a US ultimatum to interfere in a democratic election could very well backfire.

Trump to meet Argentina's Milei as U.S. advances $20-billion bailout

President Donald Trump will host Argentina's president, Javier Milei, at the White House on Tuesday, just days after the U.S. agreed to provide a major financial lifeline to the South American nation.

www.reuters.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Trump has cancelled $18B of spending in blue states. He fired more than 4,000 federal employees the same day he sent $20B to Argentina. He is propping up the government of the guy on the left, while firing government officials working for the guy on the right. But those employees also work for us!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Just trying to imagine what Republicans would’ve done if, say, the head of the California Democratic Party were accused of rape, while one of the state’s Democratic congressmen has his career ended by sex trafficking allegations and a second juggled multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

(taps mic)

“Florida Keys Party”

Florida's GOP power couple is embroiled in scandal

House report on former Rep.
Matt Gaetz reveals rampant sexual misconduct, drug use

Exclusive: Top Florida
GOP official was convicted in probe into his romantic involvement with
inmate during his time as jail employee

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against
Rep. Cory Mills

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2h

I haven’t seen gas lines like these since the OPEC oil embargo of the 1970s.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4h

Russia, which is referred to as a 'gas station,' stands in lines for gas and exports it from Belarus and China.

📹: line for gasoline in one of the cities of Russia's Irkutsk region

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 2h

If you let this Administration continue to kill people indiscriminately and without due process in international waters, it won’t be long before you’re also fine with them murdering American citizens.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2h

I also loathe bananas, but that’s no reason to arrest people!

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2h

"Federal agents had just exited the fortified facility and appeared to be chasing a protester when the protester and officer collided with band members, most of whom were wearing banana costumes."

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

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

www.oregonlive.com

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 2h

"...to have accomplished this hunt would have taken the kind of database scan that fascists dream of, one cataloging the free speech of Americans."

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

The Fascist Dragnet To Avenge Charlie Kirk's Honor

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/15/t...

The Fascist Dragnet To Avenge Charlie Kirk's Honor - emptywheel

It's bad enough that the State Department using free speech about Charlie Kirk to exclude purported visa holders. It's still worse that two of six claimed accounts don't do what State accuses. But the...

www.emptywheel.net

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tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 2h

After the Bay of Pigs, Kennedy said "I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds.” It will be interesting to see if any of the Democratic Party front-runners for ‘28 adopt a similar line regarding ICE.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 8h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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abentleyinfl.bsky.social @abentleyinfl.bsky.social · 3h

Jailed… for music.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 9h

Humpty Dumpty was pushed.

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Tony Serrata 🇺🇦 @serrata.org · 10h

He used to keep his cool better. This is clearly flustering him 😂

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson does a gigantic eye roll in response to Fox News pressing him on the Epstein coverup

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 10h

ABC News swallowed it hook, line, and sinker. Pure stenography.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

I don't think I've seen a network TV news report more transparently full of shit since maybe 2003, right before we invaded Iraq

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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 17h

There is a very plausible theory that it was being exposed to lead as children that led to the peak serial killer era of the '70s-'80s.

I can't help but think about which kind of podcasts & influencers have made a career of peddling protein powder & supplements to men, & which kind of men listen.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 23h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 18h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 11h

“The chairman and vice chairman of the Kansas Young Republicans took part in encrypted chats with political peers that were laced with violent, racist and antisemitic rhetoric and blended with references to white supremacy and suppression of the Jeffrey Epstein files.“

Kansas Young Republicans shut down after Politico report on racist, violent encrypted chat • Kansas Reflector

Politico reports the chairman and vice chairman of Kansas Young Republicans participated in racist, antisemitic encrypted chats with GOP political peers.

kansasreflector.com

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 16h

So, China is buying soy beans from Argentina instead of America but we are giving Argentina billions of dollars? Also, Argentinians have free healthcare but Americans do not and our government is now shut down because it doesn’t have enough money to give Americans even a discount on healthcare?

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 13h

So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?

Politico @politico.com · 22h

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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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 11h

It was a huge business along the Colombian border. It looks like they’re phasing out many of the subsidized stations.

Inside the Evaporating Black Market for Gasoline in Zulia, Venezuela

Zulia's gasoline black market has disappeared as government policies and supply increases take effect. But will it soon return?

insightcrime.org

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 12h

Feds have got until midnight tonight to take down the fence in front of the Broadview ICE facility, per a recent ruling from district judge LaShonda Hunt.

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 13h

Not sure what’s up but this flatbed with what appears like more fence materials has pulled up outside Broadview.

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