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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · Jul 10

Yes, Donald, we're still talking about Jeffrey Epstein.

Americans want answers.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 5h

"This is a remarkable display of this administration’s callousness, incompetence, and blatant disregard for people’s lives and livelihoods."

DOGE fired my brother. Then they came for me.

The true human cost of Trump’s cuts.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 9h

George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was tear gassed, pepper sprayed, and detained for days by ICE.

He joined @timmiller.bsky.social of @thebulwark.com to speak out against the harrowing abuse he suffered as a result of Trump's barbaric immigration policies.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 10h

Read George's story @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-us-ci...

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 10h

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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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

"In less than a year, the Trump administration has thrown my brother and me out of our jobs, jeopardized our access to health care, and forced me to contemplate a new and uncertain future for my child."

DOGE fired my brother. Then they came for me.

The true human cost of Trump’s cuts.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "American families are hurting right now. Everything is too damn expensive...Fruit is expensive. Food is expensive. Car insurance is expensive. Buying a car is expensive. And now...[health insurance] premiums are going to go up."

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Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Adelita Grijalva was elected in a landslide...Speaker Mike Johnson is coming up with all these reasons why she shouldn't be sworn in...because she's going to be the 218th signature on the discharge petition for the Epstein files."

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Joe Rogan on Trump's immigration policies: "It shows no heart. You're not gonna get any reasonable people to want to go along with that. Any kind person would look at that and go, 'This can't be the only way.'"

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Joe Rogan on Trump's immigration policies: "The way it looks is just horrific. When you're just arresting people in front of their kids—normal, regular people that have been here for 20 years—everybody who has a heart can't get along with that...That's crazy."

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Rogan: "The Democrats are pushing for [the release of the Epstein files]. The Republicans fought against it."

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

Oklahoma's Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt criticizes Trump for sending the Texas National Guard to Illinois:

"We believe in the federalist system—that’s states’ rights. Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2d

Gov. Wes Moore: "On behalf of 6.5 million Marylanders, my message to Trump is this: stop attempting to gut healthcare for working families and end this shutdown now. You're the one causing it. We're the ones feeling it. It needs to end."

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2d

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Twenty-four million Americans are going to have their premiums increased, almost doubled. Four million Americans are going to lose their coverage...A family of four is going to end up paying close to $4,000 more for their insurance."

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2d

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes. And Republicans are now playing a very stupid game."

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2d

"It was a job I took seriously, and one I really enjoyed doing. Which is why it was such a gutting experience for me to be illegally fired by Elon Musk and his DOGE crew—not once, but twice."

I got a bonus and a raise. Then DOGE fired me for ‘performance.’

Trump and Musk are lying to get rid of people like me.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 3d

Sen. Mark Kelly on Trump suggesting they might not give furloughed federal workers back pay:

"They don't care about working class people. I don't think they're really looking out for people other than people in Donald Trump's orbit."

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Sen. Mark Kelly: "Mike Johnson has to get Republicans back to Washington, D.C....He doesn't want to deal with this. He doesn't want to deal with Epstein issues. He doesn't want to swear in Adelita Grijalva...The Speaker of the House just doesn't want to do his job."

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 3d

Rep. Dan Goldman: "Every single Cabinet member, when they go in the Cabinet room, it's like Kim Jong Un is there—everybody claps and has to go around and give praise to the king, Donald Trump...And all he cares about is revenge and retribution."

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 3d

"I believe that the United States is giving up our standing in the world."

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 3d

"DOGE’s indiscriminate, slash-and-burn approach is a preposterous and cruel way to treat the nation’s best and brightest, its future leaders."

I got a bonus and a raise. Then DOGE fired me for ‘performance.’

Trump and Musk are lying to get rid of people like me.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 4d

Today — for the FOURTH time — Donald Trump refused to rule out a pardon for convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell:

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Rep. Brendan Boyle: "This is the Republican shutdown. I should be in Washington, D.C. this week...but the Republican speaker cancelled session last week and then cancelled session again this week. He doesn't even want a negotiation."

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 5d

"Matt Ashton, owner of Lekko Coffee in Ohio City, says they've seen a steady increase in the price since COVID, but nothing like the volatility the industry is experiencing now."

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Sen. Booker: "Because of Donald Trump's attacks on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, we're on the verge of tens of millions of Americans losing their healthcare and most Americans experiencing a significant rise in their healthcare costs."

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 5d

Sen. Mark Kelly: "Millions of people will lose their healthcare or go bankrupt. When people lose their healthcare, they die. That is the reality of the situation that we're in."

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