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Monica

@mountainvalleylife.bsky.social

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I believe in: democracy, mountains, freedom of speech the right to be who you want to be, love who you want to love. Washington (Blue) State

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Monica @mountainvalleylife.bsky.social · Mar 2

"Stop whinging about Democrats not doing enough, read what they actually are doing, and then do more yourself. Show up at marches...Recognize that maintaining composure is, itself, a form of resistance to state terror."

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1h

A Qatari military facility on American soil? A $20 billion bailout for Argentina? Not very America First of President Trump.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

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Monica @mountainvalleylife.bsky.social · 11h

My son is holding the sign.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 21h

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 20h

We have (so many) questions. Is this part of a quid pro quo? Will the Qataris have their own facilities and security inside one of our bases? This needs some VERY serious oversight, if Republicans in Congress feel like doing their jobs at any point.

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 20h

You know it’s bad when even Joe Rogan can’t deny how bad ICE is.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

That's right. Laugh right at these sweaty losers and double down on the peaceful protests against them.

Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 22h

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 20h

George Retes was born in America and served honorably in the Army. But on July 10, 2025, ICE agents engulfed his car in tear gas, pepper-sprayed him in the face, detained him, and placed him on suicide watch.

Retes joined @timmiller.bsky.social of @thebulwark.com to tell this horrific story.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22h

Trump's Truth Social post to AG Pam Bondi last month, urging the prosecution of his political enemies — including both James Comey and Letitia James — was meant to be a private message.

Comey's lawyers will likely use that post to argue the case against him should be tossed out.

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“I have seen no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois,” Perry said while ruling from the bench, according to the Chicago Sun-Times 👇🏽

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

lol this is crazy i mean this guys the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

The better for huge corporations to buy up their farmland and control the entire food supply.

What could go wrong?

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 1d

Every time he does this a calculator somewhere in the country spontaneously bursts into flames

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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Monica @mountainvalleylife.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to see a Republican Governor stating the obvious. If a blue state sent in their National Guard to a red state..."all hell would break loose" is putting it mildly.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 2d

Jimmy Kimmel returns with unfinished business over Trump’s birthday letter to Epstein

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 2d

Oversight Democrats have one message for Speaker Johnson: Stop the Shutdown, Release the Files!

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is obsessed with crime, both real and fictitious, and he wants us to get used to seeing the military on the streets in order to lay the groundwork to not accept the 2026 Congressional election results and use the Insurrection Act to ignore the will of the voters.

#ResistTrump

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 1d

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