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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 16h

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Don Lemon is coming for the closeted Republicans on Grindr & beyond: "I'm gonna out you" - Queerty

Don Lemon is ready to expose the hypocrites who work on anti-gay legislation.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 3d

Most political violence is right wing. This is obvious and indisputable as many academic studies show. time.com/7323442/sout...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 4d

Remember when we got extra credit in high school for learning a foreign language like Spanish or French? Now Justice Kavanaugh asserts that ICE can detain you for speaking a foreign language in public. The Fourth Amendment has been obliterated.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller violates the United States Constitution on a daily if not hourly basis.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4d

The crime wave Stephen Miller is wailing about is coming from inside the [White] House

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The White House crime scene

YouTube video by emptywheel

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 4d

Since when did the law require that persons present in the United carry identification at all times? That was a feature of Nazi Germany that our laws expressly rejected. Law enforcement have no right to stop people on the street to record their “papers”.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

Gov. Pritzker: "[ICE is] just picking up people who are brown and black and then checking their credentials. I don't know about you, but I don't carry around papers that say I'm a U.S. citizen. So U.S. citizens are getting detained and arrested."

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 4d

Why is Trump not held accountable for breaking his promise that he could end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours? Are the people who voted for him content to tolerate his dangerous lies?

The Ken Harbaugh Show @thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social · 4d

Missiles, drones, and bombs rained down across Ukraine last night, in one of the worst bombardments of the war. Mykolaiv has endured these attacks since day 1 of the invasion.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 4d

ICE agents who wrongly detain US citizens for more than ten minutes should be denied qualified immunity and should be subject to Section 1983 civil rights liability.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 4d

We should demand that ICE disclose each and every time it wrongly detains either American citizens or immigrants who are here legally, whether with work authorizations of asylum or other court proceedings to which they are entitled to due process.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 4d

I sincerely hope that Mike Johnson is not gay. He would be a deep embarrassment for the LGBTQ community.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 4d

Civil War would be a tragedy but I fear we must prepare. The divisions between MAGA culture and traditional constitutional liberalism are deep and profound. MAGA rejects pluralism, equality of opportunity and the social safety net in favor of right wing religious moral condemnation of minorities

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 4d

Since the end of World War 2, Republicans have conspired to eliminate the social safety net that was at the core of Franklin Roosevelt’s policies that saved Democracy from economic depression and fascism. Republicans have always supported the conservative ideology at the core of fascism.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 4d

If I understand Trump, he thinks the Roosevelt Administration was a terrorist organization because it was anti-fascist.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

It’s simple really.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 4d

Democrats are missing out on a huge issue. Food and other prices are high because corporate consolidation has drastically curtailed competition. Enforcement of antitrust laws will drive down prices because of the return of competition. The dirty secret is that corporations hate competition.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 5d

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Pope Leo just crucified Tr*mp & the MAGA faithful for their un-Christian behavior - Queerty

Pope Leo put the fear of God in the red hat cult.

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Marc Turnes @turnesfurnace.bsky.social · 6d

Spread the truth far and wide, cuz right to your face the GOP lied.

#Shutdown #GOPshutdown #TrumpShutdown

Democrats didn't shut down government to fund health care for 'illegal aliens.' Here's context

Immigrants in the country illegally are not eligible for federal health care insurance plans. The Democrats' proposal does not change that.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 5d

Will the courts stop Trump invasion of privacy. More litigation over federal access to the voter files (and and and) electionlawblog.org?p=152348

More litigation over federal access to the voter files (and and and) #ELB

On Tuesday, a group of nonprofits and private citizens sued DHS, SSA, and DOJ, alleging “a months-long campaign to access, collect, and consolidate vast troves of personal data about millions of U.S. ...

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 5d

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The White House just defunded a federal watchdog

As the federal government entered a shutdown on Wednesday, the website for a key federal watchdog also went dark.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 6d

Judge ends Arizona’s “irrational” policy requiring surgery for updating gender markers www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/judg...

Judge ends Arizona's "irrational" policy requiring surgery for updating gender markers - LGBTQ Nation

The requirement forced trans people into unnecessary surgeries or risked outing themselves in potentially dangerous situations.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 6d

Kasha Patel proves himself to be both incompetent and homophobic. He is a disgrace to the rule of law and constitution. FBI employee fired for putting a Pride flag on his desk www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/fbi-...

FBI employee fired for putting a Pride flag on his desk - LGBTQ Nation

FBI employees are scouring their workstations and social media for anything that might offend the president's sensibilities.

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 6d

“That sounds like malarkey”: Gay Trump official called out for bizarre soybean claim to his face www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/that...

"That sounds like malarkey": Gay Trump official called out for bizarre soybean claim to his face - LGBTQ Nation

The internet is making fun of Scott Bessent for trying to blame Joe Biden for the effects of the Trump tariffs.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 11d

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Indiana’s AG Makes It Clear He’s Going To Target Anyone Who Isn’t Reverential Enough Of Charlie Kirk’s Corpse

Apparently, it’s no longer acceptable to speak ill of the dead. Not that it bothers the dead. But it certainly seems to bother a bunch of people who are still alive and who have nothing bette…

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 14d

outrageous misconduct by ICE.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 14d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19d

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 18d

Trump has declared war on the transgender community, leaving Americans to seek asylum — from America
Source: The Independent

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Māurice Ross @mauricemichael.bsky.social · 20d

Republicans have lost their minds but showed their true colors over the murder of Charles Kirk. The murder was inexcusable but it is also reprehensible for Republicans to celebrate Kirk’s racism, bigotry and homophobia. No stature or memorial should be supported for the hateful Kirk.

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