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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

Help me out here. When did Biden take office? Who was the FBI director on January 6th? Who appointed that FBI director?

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Scott Cohn @scottcohn.bsky.social · 1d

Ok felon. Define criminal since you're one and on a revenge tour to hurt anyone not you.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: ICE are making arrests at courthouses in NYC and around the country--

TRUMP: Criminals. They're arresting criminals. I'm happy about it. I want them to arrest criminals.

Scott Cohn @scottcohn.bsky.social · 1d

Hear lines from Hellraiser as you never have before!

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Hellraiser Or Hilarious w/ Doug Bradley (Pinhead) | Your Mom's House Ep. 824

YouTube video by YMH Studios

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 2d

Days after Trump ordered the prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James, his corrupt Justice Department has indicted her. It comes one week after former FBI Director James Comey was indicted and proves crooked Pam Bondi will continue to follow Trump’s orders to take down his enemies.

Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department | CNN Politics

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in federal court on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two source...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

Congress continues to fail to check Trump’s authoritarian power.

Screenshot of a tweet from Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) reporting that the Senate rejected a measure to stop Trump from unilaterally striking Venezuelan boats, with a vote of 48–51. The tweet adds that Fetterman voted no, and Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski voted yes. The attached photo shows senators on the Senate floor during the roll call vote, with a caption bar reading: ‘Motion to Discharge S.J. Res. 83…’

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Republicans have had 15 years to come up with an Obamacare replacement plan. They still haven’t

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Scott Cohn @scottcohn.bsky.social · 3d

WHY DID THEY BOTHER SUING? JFC FFS

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 3d

Oh www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

CNN headline: Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting
Systems, says he'll push for paper ballots

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 3d

The prize wasn't awarded to Obama for 'nothing.' The prize was awarded in the hope that Obama had staved off the specter of an America governed by folks like the man below.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Obama got a prize for doing nothing. Obama got a prize, he didn't even know what he got it -- he got elected and they gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country. He was not a good president."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sorry, did Temu Mel Gibson here just sat that the baby is *in* the placenta?

Is there any aspect of human biology this lumbering science experiment of a man can't get wrong?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Scott Cohn @scottcohn.bsky.social · 3d

The perpetual "2 weeks out" nonsense.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "We're not gonna do anything only good for healthcare."

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Cherry Bomb 🍒 @cherokeegirl11.bsky.social · 3d

Disgusting

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3d

CBS was the home of Walter Cronkite, “the most trusted man in America.”

This week CBS announced it will be the home of new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, a right wing firebrand who made her name by getting professors fired for criticizing the Israeli government.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/danger-lur...

Danger Lurks As CBS Capitulates To Right Wing Extremism

As corporate media and the White House blur into one unholy entity, we must be intellectually armed and ready to fight the increasing disinformation war

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Ford, The Punslinger @inferknow.co · 4d

@developers.google.com

Hey Google. Do better and don’t do this. Jesus Christ.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 4d

Nbd It's just 528 megawatts is basically a good sized power plant for like u know to power a whole region but Google wants it just for them & for the power to be fueled by motherfucking diesel when they knowingly blackout the local power grid for the people who live downwind of it like me & my kids

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 26d

Now Google says they need 497% more diesel tanks than they originally lied about needing and also they need 547% more diesel generators than they lied about needing and our city & county leaders are gonna pretend to think about it then say lol ok obviously sure

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Scott Cohn @scottcohn.bsky.social · 4d

So it wasn't the history of fraud and abuse that those banks dropped them?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

CUOMO: Why would you put yourself in a situation where you get involved with crypto and have the UAE as one of your big customers, and then they get AI clearance for chips from the US government? You know how that's gonna look

ERIC TRUMP: That can't be a serious question

Scott Cohn @scottcohn.bsky.social · 4d

#RedesignWednesday 99/102 Tsunami

#aquaman #jsa

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 4d

the world of republican congressional leadership, just constantly unaware of anything in the world

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · Dec 24

Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!

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Scott Cohn @scottcohn.bsky.social · 6d

Crime DOES seem to work that way when dealing with a 34 count felon.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

COLLINS: The police chief of Portland says the president's claims don't match up with what's happening on the ground

LEAVITT: You're probably talking to partisan Democrat officials who are opposed to everything this president does

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

Stephen Miller said last year this was the plan. They said it out loud. Some of us highlighted his remarks at the time and warned how dangerous they were. Most of the media missed them and/or moved on from them. It’s happening:

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 6d

Red states sending troops to blue states is a really bad idea.

‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
· 32m
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
· 32m
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Scott Cohn @scottcohn.bsky.social · 6d

Remember when this rotting pumpkin admitted he "lost by a whisker" multiple times on the campaign trail he never should have been allowed to have after trying to overturn the previous election? I do. This is an old broken record people are tired of hearing him faux whine about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump to the Navy: "I was president in 2016. And then they rigged the election on me. And then we caught 'em, didn't we?"

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 7d

Insanity

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 7d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 8d

This was taken two nights ago outside Portland’s ICE facility. According to the Trump administration a guy in a chicken suit counts as a reign of terror.

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David Thomas Moore @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social · 10d

"we shat the bed so comprehensively, for so long, that just going back to the standards we used to adhere to in less than a generation is literally impossible" is a bold line to take for an business hoping to avoid going into administration

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d

Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules

Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040 * Business live – latest news Thames Water may not fully comply with rules on pollution of England’s waterways for as long as 15 years, according to a new plan by creditors who are scrambling to avoid the utility being forced into government administration. The creditors who in effect own Thames Water have said they will commit to paying fines for pollution, as well as writing off more of their loans and investing more in the company, in new proposals published on Thursday. Continue reading...

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Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social · 10d

hats going for $50 each via the official trump store, being advertised with the caption "the future looks bright! rewrite the rules with the Trump 2028 high crown hat"

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