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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17h

Fighting for the independence of the judiciary matters. We know this is true, because Trump is trying to take it away. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

When they Bukele the Courts

When Kilmar Abrego Garcia was first deported to El Salvador and his lawyers went to court, arguing an immigration judge had previously prohibited it, Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff,...

open.substack.com

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spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 1d

Argentina got $20 billion this week.

the Argentinian public healthcare system is free for residents and tourists, funded through taxes.

America First, though, amirite??

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Doris F.🐶💙🌺🇺🇦🇩🇪 @lovedogs8.bsky.social · 1d

So police thought a bottle of Opium perfume was Opium. The incompetency is dumbfounding.
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

www.nbcnews.com

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historyisimportant.bsky.social @historyisimportant.bsky.social · 12h

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how many ICE dudes read Anne Frank’s diary in high school and thought, “I’d have gotten her sooner.”

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 22h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Rita Jane @blueeyedbaby.bsky.social · 14h

RFK Jr fired 1000 people from the CDC late last night.

He wiped out entire teams that investigate disease outbreaks, infectious disease responses, data collection, and more.

Yes, this should aIarm you!!!!

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 17h

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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Alyssa Milano @alyssamilano.bsky.social · 25d

Lynchings are not just the past.

They are the history of racism—alive in the present.

The history they want to erase. Here. Now.

Trey Reed.
Cory Zukatis.

Say their names.

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historyisimportant.bsky.social @historyisimportant.bsky.social · 17h

BS

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.

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

are shooters of priests ever the good guys throughout history

Pastor shot by ICE with pepper balls speaks out in first TV interview | CNN

Pastor hit by ICE pepper balls granted restraining order against government.

www.cnn.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

The entire Trump administration is full of shit.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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historyisimportant.bsky.social @historyisimportant.bsky.social · 18h

Who will pay their bills or is the Republican strategy to make more people homeless, so we beg for scraps and thank them.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20h

This isn’t about politics; it’s about ownership of the scoreboard. When the scoreboard changes owners, the game changes. The sale no one voted on...and why you should care.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 23h

What’s happening in America certainly has a lot of parallels to what happened in Germany in the 1930s.

I am not saying that Trump is Hitler, but fascism usually follows the same path at least to some extent.

The warning signs are here.

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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 1d

Before the Gilgo Beach murderer there was Joel Rifkin. He killed 17 women on Long Island between 1989 and 1993 (mostly sex workers). He was caught because he was driving a car w/o a license plate & had a dead victim in his car at the time. Police weren’t even looking

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

ONLY ONE MAN INCITED AN INSURRECTION IN THE USA!!!!

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 1d

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

The president has made no secret of his enemies list.

But we will not be intimidated.

We will not be deterred.

We will do our jobs and continue fighting back against these attempts at retribution.

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