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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 40m

How about allowing Qatari military base ON OUR LAND?!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 41m

It never stops with these mobsters.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

it’s all just a grift

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 43m

They should all be arrested and charged; every damn DHS/ICE member.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3h

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3h

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3h

Usually presidents don't have much of a direct impact on the economy. But in 2025, the downturn is ALL Trump. It's his tariffs, his shutdown, his ICE raids, his health care cuts.

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 47m

Remains to be seen. I predict most of them will go right back to the red buttons programmed into their brains. They seem to think it is a religion. I hope you are correct.

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 49m

They have no consciences. Strike that statement.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1h

Number of days since Republicans shut down the government to carry out their Project 2025 agenda and protect the Epstein files: Eleven.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1h

More than 5,000 federal employees have received layoff notices. We’re working to ensure that the administration isn’t using state voter rolls to target registered Democrats for termination. More details soon.

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 52m

Probably much worse than this. I think that 3.8 GDP number is fiction.
fortune.com/2025/10/09/a...

Roughly half of U.S. states are effectively in a recession and ‘hanging on by their fingertips,’ Moody’s chief economist says | Fortune

Moody’s chief economist, Mark Zandi, tells Fortune parts of America are already in recession, with 22 state economies contracting despite strong national GDP growth.

fortune.com

Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 21h

They all are.

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 21h

Right? We're all terrorists now, so they can use that as an excuse to kill us. But terrorists building military bases on OUR SOIL? NO problem.

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 21h

OH and fuck you, Vought. Laugh away. Your day is coming, jerk. You won't be welcome at a damned McDonalds.

Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 21h

And while you're at it, is everyone aware that Dominion voting machines were just bought out by a RW company? So now the fascists own a sizable percentage of our voting machines nationwide under 2 different names. If that doesn't scare the hell out of you, you aren't awake.

Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 21h

Can you also stop foreign terrorists from building military bases in the US, please?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

We've all heard that there is no free lunch.

Well, guess what?

There is no free 747 either.

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 21h

Where are the Saudis going? Iowa?

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 21h

Don't expect much of a welcome from the cowboys in Idaho, most of whom call you 'towel heads'. Someone get Kegsbreath another shot.

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 21h

It burns me up every time I hear pundits say NC is 50/50. We are more like 60/40 dem/rep but when the republicans gerrymander us to about 90/10 this is who you get in charge; a criminal legislature who wants to turn us into TX or FL.

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 23h

And how about this? Americans should love the Qatari military having free access to our country. Look at your Christmas give from King Donny, Iowa.
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Hegseth announces new joint US-Qatari airbase in Idaho as defense ties with Doha grow

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Cyn @cottagedweller.bsky.social · 23h

Wait until they see the...what do they call them? "towel heads"?...walking around Iowa. Amazing what you can get for a free plane no one else wanted.
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Hegseth announces new joint US-Qatari airbase in Idaho as defense ties with Doha grow

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www.timesofisrael.com

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