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John W Dean @johnwdean.bsky.social · 20h

Recommend you follow the @steadystatevets.bsky.social! They are fighting the Trump Admin move to authoritarianism!

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indepinla.bsky.social @indepinla.bsky.social · 19h

Dems need to stay strong on this. The fascists will either capitulate, or go nuclear. Dems win in either case.

Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 20h

With the government shutdown well into its second week, President Donald Trump’s strategy to break Senate Democrats has become clear: Maximize the pain of the closure to force them into retreat. Hi...

Why Democrats Think They’re Winning the Shutdown Fight

They’ve clearly succeeded in elevating the issue of health care.

www.theatlantic.com

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indepinla.bsky.social @indepinla.bsky.social · 19h

Sent that to my niece whose having some tough times. She appreciated it.

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Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · 20h

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Howie @howardbr.bsky.social · 1d

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 20h

A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week

He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared

They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him

Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility

They kidnapped a disabled child!

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d

Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.

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indepinla.bsky.social @indepinla.bsky.social · 20h

Imagine that. Deporting the ppl that harvest our crops is having a bad effect on farmers and affecting food prices. Who’d have thunk?

'Hurting farmers': Trump admin just made an 'unusual acknowledgement' about its policies

www.rawstory.com/trump-admin-...

'Hurting farmers': Trump admin just made an 'unusual acknowledgement' about its policies

Donald Trump's administration just made an "unusual acknowledgement" about its immigration policies, according to a new report Saturday.In a weekend article called "Trump administration says immigrati...

www.rawstory.com

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

“All of these actions reflect a buoyed commander in chief who feels emboldened to go further after feeling as though he has faced surprisingly little resistance to his ambitious agenda in the first nine months. He has even remarked to aides that he is shocked how easy it has all proven to be.”

Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear

Recent moves by the president reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his agenda.

www.wsj.com

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indepinla.bsky.social @indepinla.bsky.social · 1d

“For me, but not for you.”

'What a disgrace': Trump roasted for getting COVID jab while admin fans anti-vax flames

www.rawstory.com/trump-vaccin...

'What a disgrace': Trump roasted for getting COVID jab while admin fans anti-vax flames

President Donald Trump's physical results were released on Friday night, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt boasting that he is in excellent health and his heart is functionally 14 year...

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indepinla.bsky.social @indepinla.bsky.social · 1d

Talk about lying through your teeth. I can’t believe that his heart is 14 older than his age.

White House says Trump's heart tested 14 years younger than his 'chronological age'

www.rawstory.com/trump-health...

White House says Trump's heart tested 14 years younger than his 'chronological age'

President Donald Trump's newly released physical results from the White House sing the praises of his health and physical fitness, and claim that he, in fact, has the heart of a man in his mid-60s, ra...

www.rawstory.com

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Reᴛᴡᴇᴇᴛ🗽🌊🎶🇺🇸 @realretweet.bsky.social · 1d

#TheMoreYouKnow 🌈✨

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indepinla.bsky.social @indepinla.bsky.social · 1d

Another jackass that doesn’t understand percentages. What shit for brains.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

I know Mike Johnson says there is nothing for the House to do but there is.

You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!

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indepinla.bsky.social @indepinla.bsky.social · 1d

Dementia Don is at it again. Making more threats and the markets unstable.

'Spooked markets': Trump's social media post sends stocks tumbling

www.rawstory.com/trump-stock-...

'Spooked markets': Trump's social media post sends stocks tumbling

The stock markets fell on Friday after President Donald Trump "spooked markets" when he took to Truth Social to threaten more tariffs, according to a report.The New York Times reported that the S&P; 5...

www.rawstory.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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indepinla.bsky.social @indepinla.bsky.social · 2d

I’m an atheist, but what the hell kind of savior does he worship? One that hates peace, the poor, the ill?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

An artificial heart for children with congenital heart defects was almost finished. Families had waited for years it.

Then, Trump canceled billions in grants for universities — including the grant for this device.

The cruelty is endless. www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

www.npr.org

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indepinla.bsky.social @indepinla.bsky.social · 2d

It’s all about the money the grifter-in-chief can get out of any deal.

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Bea_Freespirited @bea-freespirited.bsky.social · 2d

So, for clarification: Koreans here for the Hyundai plant weren't welcomed. They bring out ICE for immigrants saying they're not welcomed. But they'll happily let Qatar build an Air Force base in Idaho because they gave Trump a jet?

That's really proving they're putting America First.

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 6d

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indepinla.bsky.social @indepinla.bsky.social · 2d

So glad the caller used the “L” word!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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