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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 5h

RFK Jr. has a new theory on autism. He thinks circumcision could be a factor.

It confirms what many of us have suspected for a long time.

They genuinely believe their brains are in their dicks.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3h

The ‘currency swap’ has been finalized. Argentina got their $20 billion and gave us an unknown number of pesos, while he cuts healthcare and human services for Americans. Don’t call it a bailout, they say — it’s like saying tariffs aren’t taxes. What happened to America First?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 7h

It's hard to overstate how alarming NY AG Letitia James's reported indictment is.

This is the second time in weeks that a political opponent of Trump has been indicted, at his urging, against the advice of career prosecutors and Trump's own appointees. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general

Justice Department wins indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud in 2023.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Votes Blue @nicolettaacs.bsky.social · 3h

His face is all swollen and his eyes are barely open and he falls asleep sitting up while in meetings. But he still manages to ooze poison.

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 14h

From Meidastouch: It's reported by the White House that the Convicted FElon is going to Walter Reed Military Hospital tomorrow, Friday, for an annual visit. The problem is he had an annual visit back in April. It has been shown that the Convicted FElon is having some serious health & mental concerns

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pajo2009 🇺🇲 🦅🐕 @pajo2009.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

ICYMI: Speaker Mike Johnson is second in line to the presidency, but he wants you to know he has no opinion on anything and takes responsibility for nothing. His go-to line is “not in my lane.”

Jen Psaki last night…

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

I think even Marsha knows this.

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 1d

Repost if you see one of the most patriotic signs in American history. 🦅 🇺🇸

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

Is there a better indication of how superficial and unhelpful mainstream media has become than that they are cutely musing about whether the domestic terrorist who changed "The Department of Defense" to "The Department of War" will get a Nobel Peace Prize—instead of reporting the fascism/terrorism.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

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Votes Blue @nicolettaacs.bsky.social · 15h

Lorna Simpson.

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Votes Blue @nicolettaacs.bsky.social · 15h

Lorna Simpson.

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Votes Blue @nicolettaacs.bsky.social · 15h

Wow. People who legally entered the US fleeing from war or a country under a dictatorship may continue to experience trauma when they see a military or police uniform and show the same signs this asshole is talking about.

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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem is running around with a make-your-own reality TV crew to manufacture media hype for their invasion of blue cities.

www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-propag...

The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive

MAGA commentators are stepping up as soldiers in Trump’s culture war to provoke confrontations against “Antifa” with the backing of DHS.

www.thebulwark.com

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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 1d

Masked ICE agents are running around the streets, storming buildings and indiscriminately pointing guns at people.

But if you look scared when you see an ICE officer that's suspicious.

Watch this clip. This cannot stand.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Greg Bovino Admits: You Can Be Detained for Gripping Your Steering Wheel Too Tight

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Count Every Hero @counteveryhero.org · 1d

Nine former service secretaries + retired four-star admirals and generals filed a brief in federal court in Illinois today challenging the administration’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago as a dangerous trend of politicizing the military, and militarizing society. 🔗 bit.ly/48gA25b

“Over the short period of only the past several months, the Administration has abandoned the American tradition against domestic deployment of the military, embracing instead what the District Court of Oregon described as ‘martial law,’” they wrote. “The Administration has suggested it plans to use United States cities as ‘training grounds’ for the military, turning our troops on the ‘enemy within’ – the very people they have proudly sworn to protect, with their own lives if necessary. Thousands of troops have been deployed in at least five such communities over the objection of local leaders, with the promise of more.”

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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is a take that’s been heavy on my mind for quite some time. Trump’s absurdity and autocracy go hand-in-hand. The absurdity provides plausible deniability for the autocracy to take root. It’s all a big joke until…it’s not.

open.substack.com/pub/protectd...

‘He’s just joking’ his way to autocracy

Who is laughing now?

open.substack.com

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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 2d

NEW: @amandacarpenter.bsky.social offers four essential questions (and answers) to understand what’s really at the heart of Trump’s troop surge to blue cities — and why the unjustifiable military deployments must be stopped, in her latest briefing for The Entrenchment Agenda. Read and subscribe:

Federalism at a breaking point

When red state troops police blue cities

www.ifyoucankeepit.org

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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 3d

BREAKING: Today, we're suing. Federal forces in the Chicago area are brutally suppressing free speech with tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash grenades. Journalists, clergy, and demonstrators have been attacked for peacefully protesting against the government. This is an unconstitutional assault.

BREAKING: Lawsuit challenges violent Illinois ICE enforcement. Press, clergy, and protesters sue DHS for violating First Amendment

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 2d

Very nice piece from my colleague @stevevladeck.bsky.social in today's Times on the illegality of Trump's troop deployments to American cities. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants

www.nytimes.com

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Votes Blue @nicolettaacs.bsky.social · 15h

CNN:

cinderella is dancing in front of a fountain in the dark

ALT: cinderella is dancing in front of a fountain in the dark

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

As I told @markjacob.bsky.social, Chicago journalists are doing a helluva job covering the ICE incursion of our city. The dogged, on-the ground- reporting reveals what's actually happening, not what ICE wants you to believe.

www.stopthepresses.news/p/the-press-...

The press steps up as Trump targets Chicago

Local journalism is under siege, but still makes itself indispensable

www.stopthepresses.news

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