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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19h

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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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 21h

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 · 22h

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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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Trump has officially lost the Nobel Peace Prize.

Instead, the Nobel committee is awarding the leader of the opposition in Venezuela for supporting “democracy over dictatorship.”

Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize He Shamelessly Campaigned For

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday said the recognition would instead go to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Watch the full inteview with @warnock.senate.gov and subscribe to support independent media: youtu.be/Xe67RHTXjKc

Senator becomes Trump's NIGHTMARE with announcement

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

@warnock.senate.gov: "As a man of faith, here's something that I have noticed about evil... Evil always gets a little bit too impressed with itself. It's filled up with hubris. Evil always goes too far, and because it goes too far, it contains within itself the seed of its own destruction."

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

Watch the full interview with @warnock.senate.gov and subscribe to support independent media: youtu.be/Xe67RHTXjKc

Senator becomes Trump's NIGHTMARE with announcement

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

@warnock.senate.gov: "You know that it's a critical moment any time Raphael Warnock and Marjorie Taylor Greene are essentially saying the same thing. That doesn't happen often... She saw that the premiums of her own adult children will go up so much in 2026 that their healthcare is unaffordable."

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

Reminder this is all happening because Republicans refuse to let you have affordable health care.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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

Marjorie Taylor Greene just said the Republican Party is “getting destroyed” during this government shutdown as they refuse to protect health care.

“Everyone’s just getting destroyed... Republicans, you have no solutions... It is hurting so many people.”

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

Republicans are fighting to ensure that Americans in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a raft of other red states pay DOUBLE what they paid before for healthcare.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

Brutal.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

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Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

The Supreme Court appears ready to side with Trump in bringing back “gay conversion therapy.”

This practice involves physically abusing teenagers to try to turn them heterosexual, including with electric shocks and chemically-induced nausea.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15d

NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court.

The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.

The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:

Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS - Bolts

Hawaii justices ruled that their state constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaiians—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.

boltsmag.org

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6d

They literally only know how to be victims

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d

Watch the full interview with @sanders.senate.gov and subscribe to support independent media: youtu.be/CoyyS0EUZqY

Bernie Sanders drops BOMB on Trump as Republicans scramble

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d

@sanders.senate.gov on Trump lying that the shutdown is over funding healthcare for illegal immigrants: "This is what demagogues historically have done: pick on a helpless minority. Trans people, undocumented people... You blame them for all of the problems facing society. And the rich get richer."

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d

The Trump administration just announced they are considering putting Donald Trump on U.S. currency alongside the Founding Fathers.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d

Trump and Republicans are desperately trying to make your healthcare twice as expensive.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 8d

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Gov. Newsom threatens to withhold billions from California colleges that sign Trump's 'compact'

Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening to withhold billions in state funds from any California college

www.kcra.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 8d

Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded.

“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 8d

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Early polls show Trump and GOP taking more blame than Democrats for shutdown

The national surveys taken in the final days of September and the first day of the shutdown find that voters are more inclined to blame Trump and his party. But many are uncertain.

www.nbcnews.com

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