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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 15h

This Nazi philosopher's playbook explains everything Donald Trump does

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This Nazi philosopher's playbook explains everything Donald Trump does

The endgame for Donald Trump, JD Vance, Kristi Noem, and Pam Bondi is coming into clearer focus, and it’s nearly a one-for-one, step-by-step implementation of Nazi jurist/philosopher Carl Schmitt’s id...

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 16h

Fort Worth is scrambling to close a $17 million deficit. Kentucky depends on federal funds for 30% of its budget - funds Trump is cutting. Florida faces a potential $7 billion shortfall while spending $505 million to enforce Trump’s immigration policies.

buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 16h

"Trump Country Is Going Broke" dianeravitch.net/2025/10/10/t...

Red states handed Trump his victory. Now they’re getting destroyed by it.

Across Texas, Florida, Kentucky, and Ohio - the heart of MAGA country - cities are slashing services, gutting education, and watching their budgets implode.

“Trump Country Is Going Broke”

Patti Vasquez has the story that Trump voters need to hear. Their farms are failing, their property taxes are rising, their schools are closing, their hospitals are going broke…and they need …

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 16h

"Trump Country Is Going Broke" dianeravitch.net/2025/10/10/t...

Red states handed Trump his victory. Now they’re getting destroyed by it.

Across Texas, Florida, Kentucky, and Ohio - the heart of MAGA country - cities are slashing services, gutting education, and watching their budgets implode.

“Trump Country Is Going Broke”

Patti Vasquez has the story that Trump voters need to hear. Their farms are failing, their property taxes are rising, their schools are closing, their hospitals are going broke…and they need …

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 17h

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It all goes to show that there is deep insecurity, weakness, and fear behind the MAGA projection of force and authoritarian power; humor, mockery, and ridicule are some of the best weapons we have to fight back.

Defanging MAGA Lies with Chicken Guys

There’s a reason that comedians are often the first targets of authoritarian leaders.

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 17h

This is how STUPID TRUMP IS. He doesn’t even understand mathematics taught in elementary school.

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 17h

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Horrors! Trump is literally “out of control.”

Urgent Evening News Update

ICE ramps up military-style raids in Chicago, violently detaining American citizens, Abbott orders removal of rainbow sidewalks, Johnson sends House home through October 20th, and more

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 17h

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Russia’s Own Rebels Just Used a Ukrainian Katran Drone to Hit a Kremlin Drilling Platform

The Revolution Takes to the Water

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 17h

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Yup…Sick…

trump wants a SICK America.

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.

The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 17h

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Jeremy Faust, MD (@insidemedicine)

We have the first visual confirmation of RIFs at the CDC, in an apparent Friday night massacre underway. Unlike prior RIFs, there is not even a pretense that this is some kind of course correction do...

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 17h

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Fight back!

They’re panicking, friends! Do not relent!

October 11, 2025

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 17h

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From ICE on American streets to plans to invoke the Insurrection Act—discover how Trump’s quiet strategist, Russell Vought, is dismantling democracy piece by piece.

The Hidden Mastermind Behind Project 2025: How Russell Vought Is Engineering Trump’s Authoritarian Takeover

From ICE on American streets to plans to invoke the Insurrection Act—discover how Trump’s quiet strategist, Russell Vought, is dismantling democracy piece by piece.

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 17h

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Trump’s War on America | The Coffee Klatch for October 11, 2025

With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 17h

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The shame the GOP should feel for backing this horror is infinite, and unforgivable, but the price of their souls has already been collected, and shamelessness is their superpower.

Be the Insurrection

They want one. They're going to get one.

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 17h

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Trump is an asshole!

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 17h

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That orange monster is wrecking America at every turn…for personal retribution and because he doesn’t want to go to jail where he belongs.

MAGA’s New Draft: Obey or Else

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 18h

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Qatar military in Idaho is NOT OKAY!

Beware! This is a big red flag.

Qatar in Idaho: The First Foreign Base on U.S. Soil

Trump insists it’s training, but the precedent is unmistakable.

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 18h

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The Qasim Rashid Show - Episode 191

Maine US Senate Candidate Graham Platner, US Veteran Bae Franklin on the Flotilla to Gaza, and ICE showdowns in Broadview, IL

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Kpow💥 @kpow70.bsky.social · 10d

He's still a fking toddler. Babbles, shits his pants, makes shit up, lies...

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Walter Scott @valleyboy77.bsky.social · 10d

He's been out of control since he was a toddler.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 18h

Former Surgeons General Say It's Their Duty to Warn of 'Profound' Threat RFK Jr. Poses to Americans www.commondreams.org/news/rfk-jr-...

RFK, Jr. is a FOOL, like the rest of Trump’s cabinet.

Former Surgeons General Say It's Their Duty to Warn of 'Profound' Threat RFK Jr. Poses to Americans | Common Dreams

Former US surgeons general warn that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses a threat to public health with anti-vaccine views and misinformation.

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 18h

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

Trump doesn’t care if we burn this country down.

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles | Common Dreams

One of them described her job as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies seeking permits from regulators.

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buddyshares.bsky.social @buddyshares.bsky.social · 18h

Pritzker Warns Trump Will Have Military Seize Ballot Boxes So He Can 'Count the Votes Himself' in Elections www.commondreams.org/news/jb-prit...

Beware! Trump is desperate.

Pritzker Warns Trump Will Have Military Seize Ballot Boxes So He Can 'Count the Votes Himself' in Elections | Common Dreams

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warns of Trump's plan to militarize US cities and control elections. Pritzker remains defiant against threats of imprisonment.

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