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geraldroman.bsky.social @geraldroman.bsky.social · Feb 2

Shut the *uck up.
Shut the *uck up.
Shut the *uck up.

Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · Feb 2

Cops can legally lie to you—and they do it ALL the time. Don’t fall for it. Shut up. Ask for a lawyer. Do not talk.

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Did you know the cops can legally lie to you?!!

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The Weeknight on MSNBC @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social · 1h

FIRST ON @msnbc.com: Fmr. Special Counsel Jack Smith makes his first public comments on his investigations into Donald Trump, speaking exclusively with MSNBC’s Andrew Weissmann in London.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2h

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago’s East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.
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Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2h

ICE in Chicago

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2h

ICE in Chicago

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2h

Two dozen masked ICE Federal Secret Police, who are kitted out like they are going to war, kidnap a local and brutalize the community.

Toward the end of the video, they throw a gas cannister that almost hits a baby. 😟

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 1h

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 1h

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 1h

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geraldroman.bsky.social @geraldroman.bsky.social · 1h

Make America great again? More like make Americans take it in the *ss.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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geraldroman.bsky.social @geraldroman.bsky.social · 5h

“The lawless Man” says what?

geraldroman.bsky.social @geraldroman.bsky.social · 6h

The Father of lies is his Father. I believe that is his Father, the Devil.

geraldroman.bsky.social @geraldroman.bsky.social · 6h

A turn? He was holding his head in position staring at his big beautiful chart.His story changes every time.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

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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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Find your local event at nokings.org/#map.

Bring your family and friends. Stand up with everyone you love, for the country you hold dear.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

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anakrose.bsky.social @anakrose.bsky.social · 8h

Most Rs are filled with rage at the reality that most women wouldn’t touch them with a 10-foot pole, and they’re not entitled to women’s affection or bodies. They’re filled with resentment over women deciding to discontinue their genetic line from evolution.

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Any ill pH @neillph.bsky.social · 8h

Looks like four dudes who should never be left alone with children, under any circumstances.

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Betty💪 @bettyhumpter25.bsky.social · 8h

a woman wearing a red headband is making a funny face and says hide yo kids .

ALT: a woman wearing a red headband is making a funny face and says hide yo kids .

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Mike 🐸 Schwartz @itsmikeschwartz.bsky.social · 7h

These are the guys I picture when I hear the words “child predator”.

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geraldroman.bsky.social @geraldroman.bsky.social · 7h

When they show you who they are, believe them.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

geraldroman.bsky.social @geraldroman.bsky.social · 7h

Make America great again? 🤔

OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 7h

⚡The US market just lost $450 billion in 7 minutes because Trump threatened to start producing vegetable oil in the US instead of buying it from China.

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 9h

“There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal."

— Toni Morrison, 2015.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8h

Why do I have a feeling these guys were deep in incel circles before they crossed over into Republican politics 🤔

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

I think this is the thing that will tank this whole case for Lindsey Halligan.

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 12h

JUST IN: Comey confirms plan to challenge legality of Trump's appointment of Lindsey Halligan as US Attorney for EDVA. Cites rulings in NJ/NV disqualifying US attorneys there. Motion coming Oct. 20. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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