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Jeff Kumpula

@midwestfinn.bsky.social

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🇫🇮 🇺🇸 Vote as if your democracy needs you & persist in the things that matter. Capitalism & democracy both require vigilance & occasional course correction. 🇺🇦🇬🇪🇨🇦🇲🇽 Is it Nov2026 yet? Proudly #Antifa as my father was. No DMs pls

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Jeff Kumpula @midwestfinn.bsky.social · Aug 26

Changes in political discourse. Weaponization of government. Overton window. Norms. Kleptocracy. Emoluments. Kakistocracy. DOGE. Rule of law. Accountability. Felon in WH. Hypocrisy. Hyperbole. Deny, Distract. Disinformation. Big Beautiful Bill. Judicial and legislative impotence. Class warfare…..

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1h

Who is this person? 🤷‍♂️

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Gerry Joyce-Magladene @deaconbluesky.bsky.social · 19h

Can someone please hire the thieves who robbed the Louvre to steal the Epstein Files?

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Jeff Kumpula @midwestfinn.bsky.social · 3m

If you don’t want the time, then don’t do the crime!

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

Q: "Are you asking the DOJ to pay you compensation for the federal investigations that happened to you? How much are you asking for?"

Trump: "I guess they probably owe me a lot of money for that. Probably, ya, that's true. That's very interesting."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

“.. If you do have children you might want to kiss them goodbye."

"Do you prefer the type of blade they use on your throat, huh?,” the caller said.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 22h

DOJ declined to bring charges against two people who threatened to kill @ericswalwell.bsky.social this year, @nbcnews.com reports: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

The man should be in prison. But sure, let's pay him a quarter of a billion for being a criminal.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

So we’re now paying federal taxes so Donald Trump can withdraw them from the Treasury like it’s his own personal bank account? Really?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

NEW EPISODE: Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to undermine the 2026 elections — filling his administration with election deniers, weaponizing the Justice Department, and attacking the rule of law. Trump’s allies are preparing to control every part of the election process.

Trump’s New Power Grab: Election Deniers Take Over the White House

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

I’ve posted about the Epstein files every day for many months, I write about the Epstein files every day, and we talk about the Epstein files every week on the pod.

And I won’t stop until the full, unredacted (except for victim/witness info) files have been released.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 6h

People who worship power don't care about accountability or hypocrisy.

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The Lanky Libtard @cmacdee.bsky.social · 18h

It bears repeating, over and over again...

The GOP is a den of cowards.

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 5h

The story of the Trump shutdown: Iowa Rep Marianette Miller-Meeks voted for the Big Ugly Bill & now the CEO of Southeast Medical Center in Burlington Iowa says the hospital’s on shaky fiscal ground because of it.

THESE RURAL IOWANS WANT THEIR HEALTHCARE! AND THEY WANT A NEW REP IN CONGRESS!

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 12h

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 7h

“My dad says we should buy our cocaine from Argentina to help their economy out.” - Con Junior

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 6h

Pentagon leadership just told officials, including the Joint Chiefs chair, they now need permission before speaking to Congress. The memo dropped the same day reporters walked out over new press restrictions. Checks and balances aren’t checking and balancing.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 18h

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h

If North Carolina enacts this new map, it will be sued.

I don't bluff and I usually win.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

North Carolina moved closer Tuesday to dismantling a historically Black congressional district in a move one of its former representatives described as “blatant discrimination.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘Blatant Discrimination’: North Carolina Advances GOP Gerrymander at the Expense of Black Voters

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 5h

🇺🇦 Zelensky: We support the issue of a ceasefire, we are ready to move to diplomacy, but not under the condition that we have to leave from somewhere, giving the aggressor our territory.

This is not about kilometers, this is about our people and identity, this is our territorial integrity.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 6h

Whoever is the next Democratic presidential candidate should vow to tear down the hideous ballroom and rebuild the Rose Garden, I bet there are a lot of votes in that

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 5h

He bulldozed the White House during a government shutdown to build himself a ballroom, then sent a letter to the states saying that SNAP benefits for 42 million people may not go out in November to those who rely on it to eat.

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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 9h

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21h

Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 7h

America has a dictator who loots the government for his private gain, locks up his opposition and launches dubious military strikes without any oversight.

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Jeff Kumpula @midwestfinn.bsky.social · 5h

Perhaps Trump Derangement Syndrome is not what they thought…

M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 9h

Turtle McConnell Could Have
Impeached Chump,But He Was Too Afraid To Stick His Neck Out,
So Here We Are.......

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 9h

Turtle McConnell Could Have
Impeached Chump,But He Was Too Afraid To Stick His Neck Out,
So Here We Are.......

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