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Julian Sanchez

@normative.bsky.social

It is wild to me that a military incursion to steal another country’s resources so the president can have a personal slush fund in Qatar is like the 5th most scandalous thing currently happening.

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2h

this is a straightforward impeachable offense for trump, vance, rubio and every other person down the line who enabled it and the framers would have thought impeachment for it did not go nearly far enough

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"

January 29, 2026 at 12:54 AM

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Asha Rangappa

@asharangappa.bsky.social

So my connect the dots here is that there will be some allegation that there was foreign interference in the voting — Hugo Chavez, Italian satellites, etc. — (hence why DNI is involved), making it a nat sec issue that they will use to justify doing something crazy/illegal in Nov

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”

@reuters.com

January 29, 2026 at 2:31 AM

BigRedDiver

@bigreddiver.bsky.social

Cabinet-level BALLER

🤲🏻 inshallah🤲🏻

H. Perry Horton @hperryhorton.bsky.social · 56m

How a Baller Talks.

🫡

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Ilhan Omar: “He was saved by security”

January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM

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Julian Sanchez

@normative.bsky.social

I cannot stress how completely bizarre & unheard of it is for the DNI to be personally present for a search warrant execution, never mind this one.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”

@reuters.com

January 29, 2026 at 2:10 AM

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Alicia Bannon

@aliciabannon.bsky.social

States have more power than many people realize to prosecute federal law enforcement for violations of state criminal law. I wrote about the legal framework governing these prosecutions in @statecourtreport.org. statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

January 28, 2026 at 2:49 PM

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Liam Nissan™

@theliamnissan.bsky.social

Melania Trump was paid $28 million to make a movie nobody wanted to see. That's called a bribe, folks

January 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

If you work at DHS and know the identities of the CBP officers that murdered Alex Pretti, my Signal contact info is in my bio. I’ll keep you anonymous.

January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM

BigRedDiver

@bigreddiver.bsky.social

This is really intense, but an important part of history.
STRONG trigger warnings
youtu.be/j3xwgrMiO7o?...

Pretti shooting witness describes everything she saw

YouTube video by CNN

youtu.be

January 28, 2026 at 7:27 PM

BigRedDiver

@bigreddiver.bsky.social

#WhenThereAreNine

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 11h

And, as a final testament to Alan Alda on his 90th birthday, let us never forget that he was not just a strong advocate for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, he was literally chairman of Men For The ERA & traveled the country for it for YEARS while starring in one of the top-rated TV shows

• Rocky Mount, N.C. Telegram Tues., Jan. 23, 1979-6 Alan Alda Talks On The N Necessity Of The ERA BY BARBARA FUSSELL Telegram Family Editor "I have come here to North Carolina to plead with North Carolinians to extend to all of the people of this country the same rights that now only a minority of the people in the country have," Alan Alda said in a speech in Elizabeth City Saturday. Alda, star of television's M-AS-H on which he plays the 1 role of Hawkeye, has been traveling throughout the United States to encourage support of the Equal Rights Amendment. "I have not come to North Carolina to tell the people of this state what to think, but I want to tell them about the necessity of the ERA," Alda said. The amendment will come up again for consideration at this year's session of the N.C. General Assembly. Thirty-five states have ratified the amendment. Thirty -eight must ratify it before June : 30, 1982 for it to become part of the U.S. Constitution. In some states, Alda said, laws exist which give women few rights if they should suddenly find themselves without their husbands. "I have h heard it said many times over that we want to protect the women in our lives, and yet by not putting the ERA into our Constitution, we are doing just the opposite." Alda said. "We are not now éven recognizing that women are people, according the Constitution, and salary scales show. how much, we really care about them. say that we want to put women ‹ on pedestals and keep them there. Well, I think it is time to bring them up from their pedestals and treat them as equals." Today 12 percent of the women in this country are heads of households and have the responsibility to support and maintain a home for themselves and their families, but they experience many roadblocks, Alda said. Alda is the father of three daughters, but said that is only part of the reason he supports passage of the amendment. "I don't want my daughters to have to shop around for a state to live in where they will have the same rights have," he said. "My daughters' are American citizens, and I want to know that they, as well as all the other women in this country, will have the same opportunities and rights to be treated as people just as men Dear Abby families under the ERA are unfounded. "We don't have to worry about * what would happen,' he said. "There are 14 states that now have ERAs in their state constitutions. Millions of people are now living under ERAs in those states, and no problems have developed which make those fears worth worrying about.' In Pennsylvania, Alda said, the passage of a state ERA has meant that women who have been homemakers while their hubands supported them now get credit for the value of their work when a divorce occurs. Before the state ERA was passed, Alda said, a woman involved in a divorce case was not entitled to any of the household goods unless she could prove she had paid for them with her own money. Now, he said, monetary and nor considered. contributions to a marriage are "This is an extraordinarily important principle," he said. "The work that homemakers do is now being valued. A bunch of flowers every once in a while is not the same as saying it is worth money, and it's worth money now in those 14 states." There has been no breakup of families, no striking down of protective labor laws, he said. "And," he added, "toilets have not been integrated. I'm sure you were waiting breathlessly for that news." . "A great injustice is being done to the women in this country as well as the men,' Alda says. "Most women have what they have as a privilege, but what happens should they find themselves without a man, then t they will find out that what they have is a privilege and not their right. "Men like to feel that they are protecting the women in their lives, and this is fine. We should protect them, but by protecting them we are also cutting them off and making things harder for them," Alda says. "If you really love the women in your lives, you will. protect them by giving them their rights and by letting them be recognized as persons in the U.S. Constitution and the only way this can be done is by the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. "The laws which now exist are valuable to women as well as to men, but they are not enforced and I do not say that with the passage of ERA that there will be any immediate overwhelming changing of things. It will still be a battle, but at the time of the passage of the amendment the struggle will begin and the Equal Rights Amendment will be a tool with which to work to fight the battle of equality in this country. "We love the women in our lives and we want to protect and love them, and I say, let's care enough about them to let them have the right to make their own decisions just as we as men have this right. The passage of ERA will not change the feelings or the love that we have for women, but will give them the equality that they should have," Alda says. "ERA is not dead in North Carolina and I implore the people of this state to say yes and to do it right now," Alda said. "We have an obligation and a responsibility to pass this amendment and to give women the rights with which they as people are entitled to have," Alda concluded. "The only thing wrong with the ERA is that we don't have it yet." Miss Blevins Is Wed Sheila Renee Blevins and James Elmer Savage, Jr., both of Rocky Mount, were united in marriage on Saturday, January 20, at 2. p. m. at Falls Road Baptist Church in Rocky Mount. The Reverend W. D. Hamrick officiated at the double-ring ceremony. The wedding was directed by Mrs. W. D. Hamrick of Rocky Mount. Wedding music was presented by organist Grady Howell and soloist Joe Peters, both of Rocky Mount. Given in marriage by her parents, the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blevins of Rocky Mount. The groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. James Elmer Savage, Sr., a…

January 28, 2026 at 5:34 PM

BigRedDiver

@bigreddiver.bsky.social

"...is my understanding" is wiggle room in case it's not true. The eventual audit will be interesting.

He doesn't know is the truthful answer.

Ask why that's true and if the Secretary of State doesn't know, WHO CONTROLS THE MONEY

#Grift

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

SHAHEEN: It's been reported that the oil sold for $500 million and $300 million went to Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?

RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding

SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?

RUBIO: Yes

January 28, 2026 at 5:32 PM

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Bruce Springsteen

@brucespringsteen.net

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM

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Wajahat Ali

@wajali.bsky.social

Also, it is not lost upon us how the Democratic leadership and establishment has repeatedly failed to show up for Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and others.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21h

Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week.

No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.

Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.

The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.

January 28, 2026 at 6:20 AM

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Denise Wheeler

@denisedwheeler.bsky.social

Obsessing over the number of bullet wounds in the victim they murdered. There is no denying the utter willful brutality of this.

January 28, 2026 at 6:07 AM

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑

@strictlychristo.bsky.social

Coretta Scott King and MLK's daughter, Bernice King's advice for the coming six months:

1. Don’t use his name; EVER (45 will do)
2. Remember this is a regime and he’s not acting alone;
3. Do not argue with those who support him–it doesn’t work;

(continued...)
www.ebony.com/bernice-king...

January 28, 2026 at 4:07 AM

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Jack Hopkins-The Original

@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social

“Proud Boys…stand back…and stand by…”

This, I believe…is what he pardoned them for. It was his way of paving the way for when he called on them again. One doesn’t have to look far to see what he wanted done.

January 28, 2026 at 5:06 AM

BigRedDiver

@bigreddiver.bsky.social

Lots of resumes willing to fill positions that open unexpectedly.

You know who you work for.

Reap it.

Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 1d

Google DeepMind staffers are pressing leadership on their plans to safeguard the 3,000-person unit from ICE agents.

"As we have seen, government agency tactics can change and escalate quite rapidly. With offices in many metro areas across the US, are we prepared?"

Scoop from @mzeff.bsky.social

Google DeepMind Staffers Ask Leaders to Keep Them ‘Physically Safe’ From ICE

A federal agent allegedly tried to enter Google’s Cambridge campus in the fall, WIRED has learned. Now, staffers want policies that protect them from immigration officials.

www.wired.com

January 28, 2026 at 1:18 PM

BigRedDiver

@bigreddiver.bsky.social

Be aware.

And spend your time & money intentionally.

Do you really want to support structures that are key to the Regime’s attempts to rewrite history in real time & gaslight citizens?

You can choose not to participate in the systemic oppression of people & free thinking.

Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 17h

After being available for months, information about ICE agents is suddenly being blocked today on META-owned platforms Instagram, Facebook and Threads.
“We restrict certain activity to protect our community,” an IG response said Tuesday. “Let us know if you think we made a mistake.”

January 28, 2026 at 1:11 PM

BigRedDiver

@bigreddiver.bsky.social

Key point:

When the malignant narcissist *isn’t* in front of cameras, one should immediately wonder why.

He always insists on putting himself at the center of all things.

So when he’s absent

Ask why.

EVERYTHING WITH THIS REGIME IS STAGECRAFT

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 22h

Once you start noticing it you can't stop: when the real Trump falters and is incapable of defending his administration (more and more frequent) the actual Trump is "subbed out" of news coverage for an invented, imaginary, often explicitly hypothetical version of Trump who is reasonable and cogent

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22h

A few hours ago the msm unquestioningly repeated the White House spin that Trump had changed his “tone.”

January 28, 2026 at 1:04 PM

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dr melissa king is real and strong and my friend

@swolecialism.bsky.social

Pro tip for any Hill journos, the Speaker can approve 24hr protection for Members who are under heightened threat. Omar used to have this, but Mike Johnson took it away. You should ask him about that

January 28, 2026 at 3:48 AM

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes

@dashannestokes.com

ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.

January 28, 2026 at 11:26 AM

BigRedDiver

@bigreddiver.bsky.social

POTUS proclaims lack of confidence in USSS ability to protect him while he films content for Regime propaganda on global stage.

leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 15h

Guardian: The Winter Olympics start on Feb 6, 2026, in Italy, and ICE has announced it will be guarding Trump, Vance, and Rubio, sparking angry pushback from citizens at Italy’s far right government.

January 28, 2026 at 12:49 PM