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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 15h

Rise up✊

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15h

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 15h

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 15h

Well, he does need a place to land his gold-embossed jet ...

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 18h

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.

Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 15h

When the "Big Three" with some $80M in salary goes 1 for 14 ...

Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 15h

ICE thugs violating the First Amendment and a judge's ruling. Also, why is this story not on wgntv.com? thedesk.net/2025/10/wgn-...

WGN-TV producer detained by Border Patrol during operation in Chicago

A video producer for WGN-TV was detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents during an enforcement operation in Chicago on Friday.

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 21h

The governor @govpritzker.illinois.gov on the front lines. Be safe out there!! @jimmykimmel.com

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Michele/Meidas Fan @michelemanziano.bsky.social · 1d

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 1d

He'll have it ready in two weeks!

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, the incredibly competent and honest president promises that he's totally going to give us something that's much better and much cheaper than we already have? Golly, sign me up.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 1d

I asked my wife, how can this idiotic clown show be in charge of what was the greatest nation on Earth. She said they were elected by, and quoted "Blazing Saddles" - "simple farmers ... the common clay of the new West ... you know ... morons"

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone else remember that old SNL sketch in which Jon Lovitz is playing Michael Dukakis and Dana Carvey is playing George H.W. Bush and they're debating and in mid-debate Dukakis turns to the camera and says, "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy"?

Yeah, *that*

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 1d

They are living up to their name - Faux News.

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

They did this with this dude more than twice too

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 1d

It's not him to fear as much as it is the evil support system led by Stephen Miller ...

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 2d

We need action, not hand-wringing and sternly worded letters on official letterhead.

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 2d

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 2d

I'd love to be optimistic, but ...

Olivia 💙 4thTransformer /#ReleaseTheFiles‼️ #FreePalestine‼️ @olivia4t.bsky.social · 2d

Rep @ericswalwell.bsky.social 👍

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 2d

Swore an oath to the Constitution ..

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 This is protecting the American people. “Full force” is not defined by the military. More of this!

Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 2d

"Oh my Lord" ... I love Dolly!!!

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 2d

I have an idea: Pull out the ICE officers!!!

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 2d

Hmmm, weird ...

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 2d

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 2d

I assume this is a rhetorical question. Correct?

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 3d

📌 OH SNAP ‼️ Stank Ice just
brutally shot a Priest with a pepper ball‼️🙈👀

❌️🔴 E N O U G H 🔴❌️ ⬅️🐥

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 2d

F**k the PT, where are the donuts?

Joe Brian 🇺🇦 will win @mrjoebrian.bsky.social · 2d

The new Dough Boys have arrived

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 2d

In a nutshell (emphasis on "nut") ...

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 3d

Such destruction and violence in war-torn Portland ...

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Bud McLaughlin @budd33.bsky.social · 3d

And he’s going to be our governor … 🤬

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