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swell @swellschultz.bsky.social · 4h

trump did this

Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson Blames Shutdown on “No Kings” Protest in Absurd Rant newrepublic.com/post/201638/...

Mike Johnson Blames Shutdown on “No Kings” Protest in Absurd Rant

The House speaker is blaming the Republican-led government shutdown on Americans protesting Donald Trump. Make that make sense.

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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 4h

RIP

www.independent.co.uk/news/london-...

John Lodge, singer and bassist of Moody Blues during classic era, dies at 82

John Lodge, the singer and bassist of The Moody Blues, has died at 82

www.independent.co.uk

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swell @swellschultz.bsky.social · 4h

trump did this

Rubicon1313 💕Safe 4 LGTBQ💕Vets @rubicon1313.bsky.social · 4h

MAGA, make no mistake- YOUR PARTY IS LITERALLY NOT WORKING. They’re getting paid, too. You created this mess. No money for fed employees, healthcare, farm crisis. Lots of money for the Trumps & for Argentina- but no money for YOU! Don’t believe Johnson’s lies.

'You Created This Mess': Brian Schatz Points Finger At GOP As Government Shutdown Enters Second Week

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

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swell @swellschultz.bsky.social · 4h

Neither do his cultists

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5h

The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5h

The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 12h

You can bet your ass I voted YES on California’s PROP 50 because fascist republicans will stop at nothing to cheat/rig elections and destroy democracy and that must be countered every time if we are to have any democratic freedoms left. Vote YES on PROP 50. 💙👊

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swell @swellschultz.bsky.social · 4h

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 10h

Seeing pictures of an abandoned tamale cart in Pilsen where ICE took a tamale street vendor. Those photos of left behind carts are so haunting. Community members disappeared. Not just vendors but people who have long standing relationships with the community and people.

swell @swellschultz.bsky.social · 4h

Thanx, MAGATS!

🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 4h

Bribe and treason in plain sight! If the FBI, CIA, and DOJ don't take action, it's time for the restructuring of our law enforcement agencies. Our Democracy is at stake, and the law enforcement agencies are complicit.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 9h

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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swell @swellschultz.bsky.social · 4h

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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 14h

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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 5h

Republican Rep Claims Everyone at “No Kings” Protest Is a Terrorist newrepublic.com/post/201660/...

Republican Rep Claims Everyone at “No Kings” Protest Is a Terrorist

This is how the Republicans begin to dismantle the First Amendment.

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Joan @mcjoan42.bsky.social · 4h

Trump’s “Enemy Within”: How Fascist Rhetoric Became U.S. Policy
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Trump’s “Enemy Within”: How Fascist Rhetoric Became U.S. Policy

Behind talk of “vermin” and “enemies,” Trump’s administration is mobilizing the tools of state power against its own citizens.

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 5h

Refusing to touch the Bible while swearing to defend the Constitution says it all…

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swell @swellschultz.bsky.social · 4h

trump did this

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 6h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Churlayla 86.47 @churlayla.bsky.social · 8h

Has anyone besides @muellershewrote.com reminded people that the gqp senate killed the filibuster to get mass nominations confirmed just a few weeks ago?

The gqp could end the shutdown if they wanted to.

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🇺🇲📎Gigi Alexander 🇺🇦 Democracy Defender! 🌊 ❤️America.🌈 @gigialexander123.bsky.social · 4h

We've got to win the Midterms, Impeach and Remove him. Vance may be next and Johnson's a safe bet. They are traitors all to our Country. Every ICE agent needs to be in Prison.
We cannot let them Rig this Election too.

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swell @swellschultz.bsky.social · 4h

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h

Venezuela has called on the UN Security Council for an emergency session over the US military buildup near its waters.

Caracas warned of a possible armed attack “in a very short time.”

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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 12h

The Candidate Caught in a Nazi Porn Scandal Is Today’s GOP Personified newrepublic.com/article/2015...

The Candidate Caught in a Nazi Porn Scandal Is Today’s GOP Personified

Meet John Reid, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia. There’s a lot to learn.

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 10h

If you aren't antifa then I guess you are pro-fascism

#nokings
#nofascists
#nopedofiles
#noice

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Suzan @tinlizzy49.bsky.social · 5h

Debbie Brockman was taken by ICE. She is a citizen and a journalist. Where are the local police, state troopers, the TV station attorney's, and Governor Pritzker getting her release??

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HaciTorunu @hacitorun111.bsky.social · 1d

Guillermo Esteves @allencompassingtrip.com · 1d

Coyotes, Antelope Flats, Grand Teton National Park. February, 2020.

📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR + 1.4x
🎞 560 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 500
🏷️ #Coyotes #Photography #NationalParks #Wildlife

Two coyotes sitting in a snow-covered field, howling.

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LindaMarks @lindamarks.bsky.social · 5h

Why are ICE and Border control wearing masks? I think maybe they are the ones who should be asked for their id's. Who are they? What's their experience in law enforcement? They aren't engaged in the rule of law.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

Trump is using our tax dollars to buy Argentine pesos to bail out the country's failing libertarian economy.

My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

It is mass resignation time at DOJ. Don‘t be complicit. These goons are largely incompetent and the authoritarian takeover will fail if they have to run things on their own.

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 7h

Absolutely NO LIES TOLD....

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