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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 4h

We need much more of this type of pushback by journalists and media. Stop giving this administration a forum for their lies.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 5h

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 9h

#GrahamPlatnerForSenate 🦪

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

#MEsen

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 12h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 9h

I thought it was their job to resolve issues. What are they waiting for?!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

That line, “there’s more that unites us than divides us,” can sound like a cliché. But right now, it hits.

All of us want affordable healthcare. Nobody can afford premiums that triple. Nobody wants to see service members standing in food pantry lines.

Party divides completely fade on these issues.

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 10h

CBP agents knocked on an El Paso home at 7:15 a.m.

The owner asked to secure his Rottweiler, Chop, in the bathroom.

While he got his ID, agents opened the door and shot Chop.

The family tried to save him as he bled out on the kitchen floor.

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 9h

“Why, everybody loves you, Donald!”

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 10h

MSM when it comes to Trump:

"They have to think happy thoughts and say happy things because once displeased, the monster can wish them into a cornfield or change them into a grotesque, walking horror."~

Rod Serling

#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
#ResistanceUnited
#Voices4Victory

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 9h

Amen!

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 9h

This is the right answer. I will never stop standing up for my trans brothers and sisters. And if you want to be mean, you'd better not do it around me! 💯

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

Immigrant advocates have been thrown to the ground, pepper-sprayed, and tailed in their cars by officers in an apparent attempt to intimidate them, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. One tells her: “It's never been this bad.”

‘It’s Never Been This Bad’

Immigrant advocates face escalating consequences and threats from the president.

bit.ly

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Jo 🇪🇺🇺🇳🥂🍾 @jofromeurope.bsky.social · 1d

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carelesswhisperer.bsky.social @carelesswhisperer.bsky.social · 1d

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 1d

Third generation grifter.

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 1d

Exceptionally barbaric is how Israel is treating the Palestinians. Bombing hospitals, killing children, denying aid. What values does that show? Shameful ones.

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 1d

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The whole internet loves Cola Bottle Nate, a lovely guy who almost kills himself eating Haribro cola bottles! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you Mr. Rimmington is racist

Nathan Rimmington, 33, is a haulier and owner of an HGV driving school in Barnsley. Huge, tattooed, always sweating and always pining for a pint, he is portrayed in the series as an incorrigible joker: "If the government don't crack down on immigration, my kids will have to go to school on fucking camels."

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

And now Stonewall National Monument under Trump has erased the very thing she fought for.

Love the support, Zohran. Thanks, sincerely.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jul 10

6. In one glaring example, Sylvia Rivera’s section originally stated, “At a young age, Sylvia began fighting for gay and transgender rights.” The revised version read, “gay and rights,” with the word “transgender” removed entirely, rendering the sentence nonsensical:

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds pretty hellish to me.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Diaper Diplomacy Unofficial Mirror @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social · 4d

“She’s a low IQ individual.” — Trump vents Dem grievances to PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 1d

“Long live the Dear Leader, who is in EXCELLENT health!”

a woman in a pink kimono with the letter l on her chest

Alt: North Korean news anchor

media.tenor.com

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 2d

"it is hard to think of a less efficient way of doing so [reducing crime] than shifting funds away from violence prevention and local law enforcement and toward troops who stand in low-crime areas and don’t make arrests. So much for eliminating “waste.”

Teri Goodson 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇦🇺 🏳‍🌈 🏳‍⚧ 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇧🇷 🇺🇳 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 @terigoodson.bsky.social · 2d

"The National Guard’s mostly quiet walks through Washington, D.C., are expected to cost a little more than $200 million, USA Today reported, and that’s the figure just for the D.C. National Guard, not for the eight states that have sent troops."

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.

www.theatlantic.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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masspatriot.bsky.social @masspatriot.bsky.social · 2d

Healthy frog populations are a sign of a healthy ecosystem 😜❤️ 🐸

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