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CousinIT aka SevenBowie

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Democrat forever. IT professional. Writer. Artist. Poet. 🚫 Kings 🚫 MAGAts 🚫 dating/sex, porn 🚫 crypto 🚫 gofundme 🚫 sales 🚫 lottery 🚫 stock market 🚫 DMs I will BLOCK 'em all! #DemocraticUnderground #8647 https://iwillvote.com

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 10d

9-30-2025 Donald J. Trump declares WAR on his own country and his own people, commanding US military leaders to “practice” against the “enemy within” (he was referring to Democrats) in US cities.

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Wonderful 🎃 Secret Czar 🇺🇸🇺🇦💙💛 @petczar.bsky.social · 8h

Ridicule of them works.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 11h

This is awesome.

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 1h

Grim Reapers

Trump and his cronies cackle about destroying America. Will Americans fight back?

open.substack.com/pub/anneappl...

Grim Reapers

Trump and his cronies cackle about destroying America. Will Americans fight back?

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Franken-Pattern @franken-pattern.bsky.social · 2h

This is as Nazi as it gets, Folks.

Time to end this reign of terror.

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 1h

Trump's Portland War Zone Doesn't Exist youtu.be/zDDozz8nQZ0

Trump's Portland War Zone Doesn't Exist

YouTube video by The Warning with Steve Schmidt

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 1h

If Republicans REALLY want TSA agents, air traffic controllers, and our troops to be paid, THEY’D PAY THEM.

Republicans CONTROL THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT.

NOT Democrats. They are USING the shutdown THEY CAUSED to FIRE and REFUSE to pay government workers.

It’s BULLSHIT.

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 2h

Republicans know they can’t eliminate Medicare and Social Security and get away with it so they’re destroying it cut by cut:

Raising the retirement age
Raising the eligibility age for SSI (Disability)
Reducing or eliminating COLAs
Forcing Medicare to pay AI companies to deny coverage (pre-approval)

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 2h

“Doctronic”? SERIOUSLY? 🤣 I suppose you have to pay for this AI doc-in-a-box slop and sign a waiver that if the damn thing kills you or makes you injured or sick, you will not hold the ripoff outfit selling this slop accountable.

Pfft. Yikes. NOPE.

a bald man wearing glasses is making a funny face while sitting in front of a wall .

ALT: a bald man wearing glasses is making a funny face while sitting in front of a wall .

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 2d

Republicans have spent the last few days claiming, with varying degrees of hysteria, that the Biden-era FBI was caught “spying” on GOP members and “tapping” their phones.

In reality, that's really not what happened. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The latest Republican conspiracy theory about the FBI and Jan. 6 starts to unravel

Republicans are claiming that the FBI was caught “spying” on congressional Republicans and “tapping” their phones. That’s really not what happened.

www.msnbc.com

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 5h

WE ARE 37 TRILLION IN DEBT because we have spent DECADES giving massive tax cuts to MILLIONAIRES & BILLIONAIRES and propping up the fossil fuel industry, among others.

NOT because of Social Security or Medicare, so the Republican LIES about that are...LIES. Pure BULLSHIT.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

“we are telling you right now that we do not intend to honor anything we agree to” is certainly a negotiating position one can take

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 5h

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 5h

More Sneak Attacks on Social Security www.democraticunderground.com/100220712040

"...age will no longer be taken into account in determining whether someone is eligible for disability. This could disqualify some 750,000 applicants over the next decade."

More Sneak Attacks on Social Security - Democratic Underground Forums

www.democraticunderground.com

CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 5h

We are faced with two BAD outcomes from the Supreme court's ruling on Trump tariffs: www.democraticunderground.com/100220712118

Either way, their rule is a disaster.

The economically ILLITERATE, dementia-ridden, criminal in thief has made a goddamned MESS of our economy.

We are faced with two outcomes from the Supreme court's ruling on Trump tariffs - Democratic Underground Forums

www.democraticunderground.com

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 6h

Mr. President. Stop breaking the law.

The shutdown does not give you the right to fire thousands of hard working federal employees.

Instead of giving huge tax breaks to your billionaire friends, show some respect for the struggling working families of our country.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 6h

Fewer than 1 in 10 of our Congressional races are considered competitive - in a country that's politically more or less 50-50.

This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 5h

Didn't get that UPS package? It may have been dumped. www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

Why? The #TRUMPTAX

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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Bruce Disenhouse @bed52.bsky.social · 7h

Couldn’t wait to prove you’re an incompetent but paranoid asshat, huh, Bari?

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 5h

Quid Pro Quo: Qatari plane for air base in US -- youtu.be/QrlPTXLxZVk

BREAKING: Trump & Hegseth issue BOMBSHELL announcement

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Governor Josh Shapiro @governor.pa.gov · 9h

I want members of our Latino community to hear me on this:

You’ll always have a home here in Pennsylvania – and I’ve got your back.

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 9h

Found Republicans’ to do list.

Screenshot of Republicans reminders app, unchecked reminders include: "Stop the government shutdown," "save health care," and "Release the Epstein files". The only checked reminder says, "Eh, whatever we're on vacation."

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 8h

More illegal firings will not save people from health care costs that are doubling, it will just compound the harms.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 8h

And creepy Vought is taking a very strange and unhealthy pleasure in it.

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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 10h

An economic bailout for Argentina. An air force base for Qatar.

This guy is doing everything but putting America first.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 12h

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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Democrats @democrats.org · 10h

Trump’s building a golf course in Qatar.
He accepted a $400M luxury jet as a gift from Qatar.
His son-in-law got a $1.5B investment from Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries.
His top officials like Kash Patel and Pam Bondi worked for Qatar.

And now this.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 12h

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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Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @sarajacobs.house.gov · 10h

So Pete Hegseth is getting gender affirming care while kicking highly qualified, highly trained trans service members out of our military? Got it.

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