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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 1d

The White House (2028)

Picture of Biff Tannen's casino from "Back to the Future Part II". The sign says "Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise" and includes a picture of him burning a wad of cash with his lit cigar.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 1d

Taking care of Medicare like the Detroit mob took care of Jimmy Hoffa.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took care of Medicaid and Medicare. We took care of everything. We didn't know where we'd stand in a year or two years from now, so we put every single thing that we wanted in that bill for four years. So we don't need anymore votes."

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waxm7.bsky.social @waxm7.bsky.social · 1d

Crazy how people aren’t pointing out how many countries China has established new trading agreements with as the US becomes increasingly unstable/undependable as a trading partner. If Trump is left unchecked for full 4 years, America will be so ostracized globally by then it will be unrecognizable

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I think China is in big trouble. I'll be honest with you. I don't know that they even make it."

waxm7.bsky.social @waxm7.bsky.social · 1d

Changing my language in Duo Lingo to Mandarin to get ahead of the curve now

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waxm7.bsky.social @waxm7.bsky.social · 2d

I’m glad our energy bills are at all-time highs and we’re sacrificing our fresh water sources so that we can make garbage like this

waxm7.bsky.social @waxm7.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely impressed how many folks showed up in downtown STL today for No Kings, despite having more rain in one day than we’ve had in the last 2 months—vibes were still immaculate 🙌

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4d

"You will not silence me, not on this issue or any other issue. Zeteo is here to stay, I am here to stay, & the truth - whether it’s about genocide abroad or fascism at home - will not be suppressed."

From my speech accepting the Arab Center's Journalistic Integrity award.
zeteo.com/p/you-will-n...

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waxm7.bsky.social @waxm7.bsky.social · 4d

How tech—unregulated—*will* harm the planet

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

more of this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.

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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 5d

For the first time, renewable energy has overtaken coal as the primary source of electricity around the world. While countries around the world are shifting away from harmful fossil fuels, the Trump administration is trying to bail out coal while halting clean energy.

Renewable energy is overtaking coal is the world's primary source of electricity

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waxm7.bsky.social @waxm7.bsky.social · 5d

He’s resetting the world order alright—and it’s not in America’s favor

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Daines: "I have incredible confidence in President Trump's bold leadership, his decision making, his wisdom. And you're seeing he's resetting the world order because of his peace through strength."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

"There is, however, one big difference between Trump’s trade policy and China’s. Namely, the Chinese appear to know what they’re doing."

How Trump Is Making China Great

Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides

paulkrugman.substack.com

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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 10d

amazed at how it's caught on. it's like a reverse Miranda Right

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11d

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10d

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 10d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 10d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 11d

the discourse around the nobel peace prize is always so funny given alfred nobel’s profession (arms dealer). why anyone thinks it is a legitimate conferral of humanitarian achievement is beyond me

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 11d

Bro blocked me for pointing out that she supports Trump, the strikes, and Israel’s genocide

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social • 1h
I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12d

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

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waxm7.bsky.social @waxm7.bsky.social · 12d

This is fucked at the highest level

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸🐝🦄 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 14d

In Mexico, every politician has a connection to the cartel.

In America, Epstein is the sex mobster everybody has a connection to.

Fighting dirty hands with dirty hands doesn't make them any less dirty, sister.

So now we know - the FBI has photographs of Trump with naked young girls.

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waxm7.bsky.social @waxm7.bsky.social · 14d

This is fucked

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 25d

If you voted for him, you've done this.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 15d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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waxm7.bsky.social @waxm7.bsky.social · 15d

lol from the beginning of his statement I thought he had to be describing immigrants—absolutely wild that he made the connection to ICE agents instead of

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸🐝🦄 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 15d

Pt1 🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "There's a live-streamed Genocide in front of our eyes in Gaza. No one will be able to say they didn't know this was happening. The Global Samud Flotilla only existed because our leaders failed. Our international systems are betraying Palestinians."

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