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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 11h

Five Ws

Who - Leonard Leo
What - Catholic facism
Where - DC/United States
When - Last 20 years
Why - No MSM investigation

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

WOW. A third of ICE recruits can’t pass a fitness test that I do multiple times a week, and I’m a 51 year old woke cat lady with a nose ring who loves a soy latte.

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 1d

Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

More than a third have failed so far, four officials told me, impeding the agency’s plan to hire, train, and deploy 10,000 deportation officers by January. To pass, recruits must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told me, adding that before now, a typical class of 40 recruits had only a couple of candidates fail, because the screening process was more rigorous.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 9h

Most coverage of Opus Dei focuses on cult-like theology, trafficking, etc. Important but not a world destroying Death Star.

Political ChristoFascism, however is the Shadow Network destroying US democracy - w little media scrutiny.

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When Faith Becomes Fascism: The Shadow Network in American Politics | Gareth Gore Joins Sam Osterhout

Pope Leo is moving to mortally wound Opus Dei: Will it matter?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

How does one steal $23K and not get arrested?

Dona Flaca @chilangolandia.bsky.social · 8h

At two of those events, the club ran up bills of more than $23,000 over a weekend at a Syracuse hotel – spending big on a three-course plated dinner with filet mignon and open bars – but then didn’t pay, according to records obtained by syracuse.com.

NY State Young Republicans stiffed Syracuse hotel for lavish party before racist chat ended their run

Embattled GOP group failed to fully pay bills for three-course steak dinner, luncheon and open bars at Syracuse hotel.

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Now Is The Time 8647 - Don’t Back Down💜 🫘 @letsbepurple.bsky.social · 8h

@facebookmicha.bsky.social do you have contacts at Facebook in the US?

Now Is The Time 8647 - Don’t Back Down💜 🫘 @letsbepurple.bsky.social · 15h

Didn’t know until I backed up in the thread whether you were talking about shitzinpants or that weirdo Elon

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 1d

Just because he's acting like he's never leaving is no reason for you to act like he's never leaving.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22h

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16h

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Another Palestinian detainee dies from medical neglect while in Israeli custody

Mahmoud Talal Abdullah is the 79th Palestinian detainee to die from medical neglect in Israeli custody since October 2023

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Now Is The Time 8647 - Don’t Back Down💜 🫘 @letsbepurple.bsky.social · 16h

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Now Is The Time 8647 - Don’t Back Down💜 🫘 @letsbepurple.bsky.social · 16h

I wish this was just a dream bsky.app/profile/just...

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 22h

American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.

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Now Is The Time 8647 - Don’t Back Down💜 🫘 @letsbepurple.bsky.social · 18h

Awwwww Andy! He’s so dreamy!

Now Is The Time 8647 - Don’t Back Down💜 🫘 @letsbepurple.bsky.social · 18h

Idiot is generous. That is a Can’t Understand Normal Thinking level dumbass

( see what I did there heehee)

Now Is The Time 8647 - Don’t Back Down💜 🫘 @letsbepurple.bsky.social · 18h

My stomach is turning

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Indivisible/Swing Left South Bay LA❌️👑 @indivisible-isbla.bsky.social · 1d

Saturday’s No Kings Day of Peaceful Action brought together over 7 million people worldwide to deliver a clear message. America has #NoKings. Join us Tues. 10/21 to celebrate what accomplished and learn what’s next.

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Now Is The Time 8647 - Don’t Back Down💜 🫘 @letsbepurple.bsky.social · 18h

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Indivisible/Swing Left South Bay LA❌️👑 @indivisible-isbla.bsky.social · 1d

Saturday’s No Kings Day of Peaceful Action brought together over 7 million people worldwide to deliver a clear message. America has #NoKings. Join us Tues. 10/21 to celebrate what accomplished and learn what’s next.

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