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True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy @donjorizzy.bsky.social · 4h

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 17h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Bob Lawrence 💙 @trumpluvsobama.bsky.social · 10h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11h

The fact there’s a man in our White House who constantly expresses his hatred for half of the country and makes clear his desire to strip away programs supported by Democrats should tell millions & millions why they need to be a part of the No Kings protest if they still believe in America.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 4h

I understand Saddam did this too.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 4h

Trump is remodeling the White House & environs like no other president, gilding the Oval, planting trees, creating the Rose Garden patio & a ballroom, hanging portraits, even directing how & where new marble-tiled floors are laid

This is Don The Builder

www.axios.com/2025/10/15/t...

Don the Builder: Inside Trump's White House makeover

Long after Trump has exited the presidency, his imprint will be on the executive mansion in an unprecedented scope and scale.

www.axios.com

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True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy @donjorizzy.bsky.social · 4h

FAFO MAGA-land

VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 16h

Trump politicized stupidity strikes Nevada.

Esmeralda 7 would have comprised a sprawling network of solar panels and batteries across 118,000 acres of federally owned land in the NV desert. It was expected to produce 6.2 gigawatts, enough to power nearly 2 million homes.
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An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump

www.nytimes.com

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True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy @donjorizzy.bsky.social · 10h

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True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy @donjorizzy.bsky.social · 20h

Great reality check on the day son of Klan member Fred awards white-nationalist Kirk with the Presidential medal of freedom...I won't hold my breath waiting for these students to be disciplined by their schools under US Dept of Ed threats of mass-withheld research grants.

Alan Rosenblatt @drdigipol.bsky.social · 20h

Well it seems that behind "closed doors" Young Republicans are a bunch of racist, anti-Semitic, bigoted people.

Who knew?

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True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy @donjorizzy.bsky.social · 10h

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True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy @donjorizzy.bsky.social · 20h

Great reality check on the day son of Klan member Fred awards white-nationalist Kirk with the Presidential medal of freedom...I won't hold my breath waiting for these students to be disciplined by their schools under US Dept of Ed threats of mass-withheld research grants.

Alan Rosenblatt @drdigipol.bsky.social · 20h

Well it seems that behind "closed doors" Young Republicans are a bunch of racist, anti-Semitic, bigoted people.

Who knew?

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 10h

Vice President JD Vance downplayed the severity of racist texts leaked from a Young Republican group chat, dismissing the criticism as "pearl clutching" and attempting to draw attention to a Democrat texting scandal instead.

JD Vance Hits Out at ‘Pearl Clutching‘ Over Racist GOP Group Chat

The vice president defended the “college group chat” in a post made to X.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy @donjorizzy.bsky.social · 10h

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True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy @donjorizzy.bsky.social · 20h

Great reality check on the day son of Klan member Fred awards white-nationalist Kirk with the Presidential medal of freedom...I won't hold my breath waiting for these students to be disciplined by their schools under US Dept of Ed threats of mass-withheld research grants.

Alan Rosenblatt @drdigipol.bsky.social · 20h

Well it seems that behind "closed doors" Young Republicans are a bunch of racist, anti-Semitic, bigoted people.

Who knew?

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 16h

People think politics is corrupt… all of it. And to fix it, we need to rebuild trust.

That’s why I’m running on:

- Banning stock trading by members of Congress
- Overturning Citizens United
- And not taking a dime of corporate PAC $$

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 14h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 13h

There is literally NO MEDIA OUTLET that is not owned by fascist billionaires. And we all have to pick and choose what we use and when because right now we have few outlets.

But for fuck's sake people, can we all at least boycott Schmuckerberg for a month???

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13h

Oh.👀

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h

The woman who has secured a restraining order is *different* than the woman who called the cops on Mills back in February and accused him of physical abuse before recanting.

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 18h

Watch this quick explainer on the Hatch Act and you’ll see just how far the regime has gone—propaganda in airports, partisan emails, and political orders from the top. It’s not “messaging,” it’s a full-blown assault on the law that keeps our government nonpartisan.

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True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy @donjorizzy.bsky.social · 10h

Wait...I've seen this episode...

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True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy @donjorizzy.bsky.social · 10h

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13h

RESULTS: voters in Oklahoma City have passed all 11 ballot measures that make up this package—unlocking $2.7 billion across hundreds of projects. All measures up by gigantic margins.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13h

A set of elections to watch today: Oklahoma City residents are deciding whether to finance $2.7 billion in projects and services, a big chunk to street projects but also large pots for other purposes like funding parks.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

GOV. WALZ: "The biggest myth is that this guy understands business. He's an absolute abject failure at business — the irony is calling Democrats socialists when I am begging for free markets here to allow capitalism to work. Trump’s the one with government interference." (From @atrupar.com )

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · May 1

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A Guide to Marco Rubio’s Messy Personal Finances

Questions about his numerous money woes, including misuse of a state GOP credit card, are becoming a campaign issue.

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