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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 58m

Trump posted a clip about prosecuting Obama, lied about a summit with Putin, took a foreign made excavator to the East Wing of the White House while he dined with GOP Senators on a paved over Rose Garden a month into a government shutdown but tell me again how Biden was old.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5h

Nothing says “America First” like selling out U.S. beef and soybean farmers to buy Argentine beef instead. #ArgentinaFirst

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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 7h

Jfc. ICE weapons purchases increased 700%. Of the $71,515,762 spent, most was “on guns and armor, but there have also been significant purchases of chemical weapons and “guided missile warheads and explosive components.”

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ICE boosts weapons spending 700%

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 7h

Canada’s credit rating is stronger than the US.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 9h

Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files

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Colleen McVeigh @cmmc64.bsky.social · 7h

No because, as my comment indicates, I do NOT have confidence in my fellow paisani.

Colleen McVeigh @cmmc64.bsky.social · 19h

It’s not flashy, but it feels like a small win against the shit show.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/20/f...

Federal Judge Presses ICE, Border Patrol Officials On Tactics And Use Of Tear Gas

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis also allowed plaintiffs to take limited deposition from Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino as part of the ongoing excessive force lawsuit filed on behalf of Block Club Chic...

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Colleen McVeigh @cmmc64.bsky.social · 19h

Shining the light!!!! ⚡️

ALMA SUONO BA.,CNS. @almasuono.bsky.social · 1d

I keep bringing up Katrina because I need yall to understand that Katrina was the beginning of a new normal most of yall not comfortable with acknowledging.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican.

It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.

Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.

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Colleen McVeigh @cmmc64.bsky.social · 19h

If it can be done, it’d be powerful.

I don’t think my fellow
Americans have the will power

Prove me wrong.

Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 20h

PLEASE SHARE

blackoutthesystem.com

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Colleen McVeigh @cmmc64.bsky.social · 22h

Don’t try to use that logic stuff here!!!!! Ron De Satan doesn’t cotton to no logic.

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Colleen McVeigh @cmmc64.bsky.social · 22h

He’s getting stupider daily.

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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 22h

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Colleen McVeigh @cmmc64.bsky.social · 1d

Guess they must really hate America.

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Colleen McVeigh @cmmc64.bsky.social · 1d

Islamists. Wtaf

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 2d

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 2d

Folks combatting ICE with nonviolent tactics, here is a resource for you from the Pilsen Arts & Community House in Chicago @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social

Resources for Whistle Warriors - Google Drive

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Colleen McVeigh @cmmc64.bsky.social · 1d

Nah. Too stupid and full of hubris.

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Colleen McVeigh @cmmc64.bsky.social · 1d

Applying the tools of their craft to the U.S., they assess that the nation is “on a trajectory toward competitive authoritarianism: a system in which elections, courts, and other democratic institutions persist in form but are systematically manipulated to entrench executive control.” 2/2

Colleen McVeigh @cmmc64.bsky.social · 1d

From same letter: Today, Steady State, a group made up of more than 340 former U.S. intelligence officers from the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the State Department, and other intelligence agencies, released a report assessing the state of American democracy. 1/2

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Colleen McVeigh @cmmc64.bsky.social · 2d

Trump admin violates the principle that Congress controls funding-withholding appropriated funds, against the Impoundment Act and the Constitution. The cost of which evident when flooding hit Kipnuk, Alaska, a disaster exacerbated by lack of weather data after cuts.
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October 16, 2025

Yesterday the Trump administration announced it would pay furloughed troops by using funds Congress appropriated for research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDTE) for fiscal year 2026.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.

Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏

History.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 3d

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

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