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Doug Lindsay

@texdemcowboy.bsky.social

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Lifelong Lib. Voting solid Blue since '76! Persister. Musician. Former kid, future corpse. Dem door knocker and phone banker since '04. BLM & LGBTQ ally. Fighting against the economic war the rich started in the 70's! We have entered the Twilight Zone.

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Doug Lindsay @texdemcowboy.bsky.social · 3d

NSPM-7 is a Presidential Memorandum recently put out by the Trump administration that seemingly denotes all kinds of beliefs, speech, viewpoints and opinions including economic, religious and political matters as potential crimes or causes of terrorism. pca.st/episode/0914...

Are You NSPM-7 Compliant, Citizen? (E343)

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16h

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has indicated that he wants to do something about [ACA subsidies], and he wants the government open. Well, we want this fixed and we want the government open. So why is there a problem here?"

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Baldwin: Our farmers are facing incredible headwinds. A lot of the fertilizer inputs come from Canada. Those have shot up because of tariffs. About a quarter of all farmers use the ACA for their health care coverage. This president is just contributing to the headwinds that our farmers are facing.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 21h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 20h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16h

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has previously said...that government shutdowns are on the president and all you need to do is get everyone in a room and have a serious conversation. And they're refusing to do that. They are holding people's healthcare hostage."

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier--

BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for

JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started

BASH: So this is retribution then

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DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 1d

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

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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tenderheartstrong.bsky.social @tenderheartstrong.bsky.social · 15h

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Doug Lindsay @texdemcowboy.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! I'll delete it.

Doug Lindsay @texdemcowboy.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. I remember getting offered gigs and then asking what they payed. "It would be great exposure for your band!".

a bald man with a shaved head is wearing a gray suit

ALT: a bald man with a shaved head is wearing a gray suit

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bheinauer.bsky.social @bheinauer.bsky.social · 2d

New spending requires 60 votes in the Senate. Recision, only 50+1. Republicans can agree to Democrats' spending requests to get a bipartisan agreement on something, then...poof. It's gone. For example, see Lucy-Charlie-football.

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Ayanna @astin52.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/kTc4jLGgm-U?...

TikTokers Expose the Sad Reality of Having Braindead MAGA Parents

YouTube video by The Humanist Report

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Doug Lindsay @texdemcowboy.bsky.social · 1d

open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Trump Rallies Angry Supporters Outside Nobel HQ in Oslo

“If you want to win the Nobel Peace Prize, you’ve got to fight like hell.”

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

So Trump gave Argentina a $20 billion bailout and is now building a Qatari military facility in Idaho.

While Americans can’t afford groceries.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9d

😳😕 🇺🇸 💵

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 2d

A Dr Wheeler (EmptyWheel) jewel

Pat Fitzgerald is Jim Comey’s attorney, look him up, he’s a legend.

He s challenging Halligans appointment

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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