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Esther Reedy @esther1944y.bsky.social · 10h

And the warmonger has given them the same rights as he gives NATO.

Esther Reedy @esther1944y.bsky.social · 10h

They are a hamas backing country bribing a corrupt leader to let his country be open to people much worse than the people that ice are taking everyday. And they will be flying jets over the USA everyday. Shades of 9/11.

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 17h

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 14h

The chance of them ginning up some fake award to give to him in lieu of the Nobel Peace Prize is 100%.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

Mr. Secretary, the president is on the phone. He sounds very angry and he keeps calling you Lil Marco.

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Karl Mathews 🌱 @cheezdhippt.bsky.social · 12h

You have to be a special kind of stupid to want to harm citizens who obviously aren't a threat. Every assualt should be prosecuted. Where are the guardrails?

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David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 14h

🚨 🚨

This is a producer for WGN Chicago.

This is Putin-style autocracy.

WATCH

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10h

“The National Guard’s mostly quiet walks through Washington, D.C., are expected to cost a little more than $200 million…”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.

www.theatlantic.com

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🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 1d

The 🇺🇸American comedy film "PRIVATE BENJAMIN" directed by Howard Zieff, starring Goldie Hawn and Eileen Brennan, who both received Oscar nominations with Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker and Hal Williams, was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1980

🎬 Warner Bros.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14h

MSNBC is reporting that the DOJ is seeking an indictment of John Bolton.

I can’t stand that guy, and still: THIS IS SO WRONG.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 13h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 13h

📌As we were saying ...

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Lady Liberty @sadworld.bsky.social · 11h

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Republicans know Trump is too demented !!!

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 18h

Not sure who needs to hear this but your “physical” isn’t “annual” if you need it twice in six months.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 13h

📌The S&P 500 sank 2.7% in its worst day since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 878 points, or 1.9%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 3.6%, on this devastating news.

📌He is wrecking the U.S. economy.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 13h

President Trump said that he’s placing an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that in April fanned fears of a steep recession and financial market chaos.

Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner

President Donald Trump says “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for American industry.

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Esther Reedy @esther1944y.bsky.social · 11h

Never before have I ever agreed with Laura Loomer about anything. But this yes.

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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 11h

🗣️A Question -

Do you think/believe Trump is using ANTIFA as a building block to cancel the 2018 elections?

(One such example I've seen is this -
ANTIFA is too powerful, too dangerous, too violent to hold public elections. We're at war!)

What are your thoughts?
Let's hear them 🤔💭

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17h

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 13h

They have to have a backup plan to the "dangerous immigrants" narrative. They have one. They've literally created a "terrorist group" out of thin air. I mean, you can't be having free and fair elections with "enemies from within," like the "Antifa Terrorist" group running around. It's a pretext.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 17h

Oh, sure, let's have Qatar set up its military bases on American soil--because we're all about America First, amirite?

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11h

The house just extended their vacation!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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