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Castle’s Last Howl @jw1958.bsky.social · 14d

The free speech equivalence is not just about shouting “fire!” in a crowded theater; Fox News are now operating at the level of setting smoke bombs off in a crowded theater - then shouting “Fire!” Fox News are operating with impunity as a party organ of misinformation, disinformation & provocation

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Nightbird @nightbird39.bsky.social · 4h

So Yesterday we had a munitions plant blow up and kill 16 people in TN
Today in South Carolina a guy walked into a bar and killed 4 people and injured another 20
And where is Dear Leader?
On the golf course sulking bc he didn’t get a Nobel Prize. The country be damned

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

Save this graph for the next time @MarshaBlackburn @SpeakerJohnson @JDVance try to hold $50 Billion for rural hospitals out as a of win for the 🇺🇸 people

We’re bad at math but $1.1 TRILLION in cuts (for tax cuts for the rich) > $50 BILLION

They think we are all morons

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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Castle’s Last Howl @jw1958.bsky.social · 2h

Does the evolving definition of the ‘Kavanaugh Stop’ now include ‘hospitalised and badly injured by fat thug while being an American citizen’?

Does the most corrupt, venal and vile Scotus in history get off on this shit?

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 7h

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫,

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

Can someone tell me why so many Republicans are working so hard to protect rich and powerful pedophiles? 🤨

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 23h

It’s a Watergate-level crime every damn day in this administration, and Congress is appallingly unwilling to exercise its Article I obligations to check executive branch power.

Reprehensible, inexcusable, and indescribably dangerous.

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🅰️bacus 🇺🇲🇺🇦🇹🇼 @tradersabacus.fellas.army · 1d

Babylon didn’t fall from invasion—it collapsed under its own brutality. A golden idol demanded worship while the people suffered. Today, the horns are polished, the walls gilded, but the cruelty remains. Gold on the outside. Ash within.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

Cartoon by David Horsey.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8h

Portland, OR, 2025

Protester in frog costume stands in front of tank (meme of Tiananmen Square “Tank Man”)

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Castle’s Last Howl @jw1958.bsky.social · 6h

TL;DR:
“The fat ugly twat Homan kept the fucking bribe.”

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 8h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 1d

Jared Kushner: "I couldn't be more proud of the State of Israel, instead of replicating the barbarism of the enemy, you chose to be exceptional." (This is false, they did genocide.)

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

While NYT reports on the triumphant Witkoff/Kushner rally in Israel, WSJ engages in actual journalism by ferreting out how they have used Middle East peacemaking as cover for securing immense sums in private investments from government-connected donors.

Jared Kushner Is Back, and His Imprint Is All Over the Gaza Deal

The man who had sworn off any formal role in President Trump’s second term has been at the center of every decision leading up to the breakthrough agreement between Israel and Hamas.

www.wsj.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

‼️ CHATTANOOGA - Public school kids outperform voucher kids AGAIN

As @GovBillLee steers more and more taxpayer funds away from public schools to private (mostly Christian) schools for wealthy families who are already there.

More: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On March 1, 1932, Charles Lindbergh's baby was displaced.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

A First Lady who lied about having a college degree on her immigration application, who is married to someone who rapes children and arrests his political opponents, and has a "back door channel" to an evil despot who kidnaps children and assassinates his political opponents.

Incredible.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 10h

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Castle’s Last Howl @jw1958.bsky.social · 6h

Ban Antifa*

Go after the “Antifa terrorist“ who are the wrong color.

Then go after the “Jewish globalist paymasters”.

Then helicoptering your teenage children - & the children of their own supporters who reject their parents’ servile shite

And mass graves for the anti-Nazi grannies and grandads

Castle’s Last Howl @jw1958.bsky.social · 9h

“Look into my Eyes. Deep into my eyes. Russia is our Friend. Russia is generous to members of congress and senate. The president trusts them. Money falls from Russian to our heroic podcasters….”

Castle’s Last Howl @jw1958.bsky.social · 9h

Tennessee asks South Korean corporation to start building new manufacturing plant - and looks at recruiting new ICE agents for upcoming raids….

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pushbacknow.bsky.social @pushbacknow.bsky.social · 1d

Fox News headline on Monday. Tennessee creates 18 new job at ammunition facility

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10h

Last I checked the GOP controls all branches of our government.

Tweet from MeidasTouch: “Wow that’s crazy. Who’s running the federal government?”
Below, Acyn’s tweet quotes Rep. Mike Johnson: “If you look at polling, people’s faith in the federal government is at an all-time low. Why? Because they don’t see that it’s being done well.”
A C-SPAN screenshot shows Johnson speaking with another man standing beside him.

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