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Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 19h

Isn’t this what mobs do?

Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 20h

How to make a tyrant in 8 months.

Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 22h

The tables are turning

For the first time in polling history, more Americans sympathize with Palestinians over Israelis.

And the shift just isn’t with Democrats.

Younger Republicans — those under 50 — are 41 points less likely than older Republicans to side with Israelis.

Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 22h

Why is the king obsessed with appointing women with looks?

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Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 22h

The Onion figured it out

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Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 1d

Foreign agents in congress

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "This is a horrible thing. And if you don't take Tylenol, you have to tough it through sometimes -- there are other things you can do -- but you have to tough it out. It's easy for me to say."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump says Democrats want crime and incite it (so much for toning down the rhetoric ... )

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Here in Washington we've deployed federal law enforcement and National Guard to restore public safety, and we're working to replicate that in numerous places all over the country. We have a very powerful military, we have a very powerful National Guard."

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Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 1d

See why it’s a cult 👇

Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 1d

The genocidal demons can go no higher

Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to tariffs

Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 1d

Tucker Carlson on foreign agents:

If you serve another country's army, you should lose your American citizenship

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

This is lunacy: they had a health care plan, and they implemented it in H.R.1.
It includes work requirements for Medicaid, and the cutting of ACA subsidies that will cause millions to lose health insurance. That was the plan!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "It's about keeping Congress operating so we can get to healthcare. We always were going to. They're lying to you. Okay? The healthcare issues were always gonna be something discussed, deliberated, contemplated, and debated in October and November."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Thune is gambling on the idea that the median voter does not have even the most basic knowledge of the bill that Trump and the Republican Party just passed, which made reducing access to health care a core means to pay for tax cuts.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-trumps...

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Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 1d

It’s ongoing

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Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 1d

Abbey Martin on the Gaza genocide

Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah?
All red states 👇

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Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 1d

Tell Congress: Demand the release of Marwan Marouf and protect the Muslim community from ICE abductions

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Free Marwan Marouf from ICE custody!

The Trump Administration’s abduction of Marwan Marouf has shaken local communities in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. Marwan is a leader with the Muslim American Society’s Dallas chapter, and has been a de...

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Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 2d

This report documents which of Vercel’s investors maintain on-record business ties to Israel’s government, defense ecosystem, or war-relevant infrastructure, and how those ties connect to systems used in Gaza.

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Marcus d’Osint on X: "Vercel’s Investors, Israel’s War Tech, and Gaza: A Public-Record Map" / X

Vercel’s Investors, Israel’s War Tech, and Gaza: A Public-Record Map

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 2d

Our AIPAC-enslaved congressmen
Bryan Steil

Telephone @mygreentea.bsky.social · 2d

With this attitude, Bondi will never be able to bond with any sane person.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "This president is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that quite frankly is a threat to our democracy. It's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a Black man unjustly."

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