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

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 2h

To be fair, it does strike terror in the hearts of MAGA Republicans to see people stand up for democratic American values.

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Angry Byrd @tylerbigbyrd.bsky.social · 5h

Sometimes you got to understand that heritage that you are supporting.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 8h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 5h

She is correct. People who dedicate themselves to making others afraid cannot help but becoming fearful people themselves.

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 6h

The lack of self-awareness is staggering. Simply staggering.

Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 6h

Oh, no. It's even younger than that. No president's has been younger. People are saying.

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 8h

Hey, you just cut-and-pasted the abstract to Project 2025!

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10h

“For more than 3 hours, officers can be seen walking past while he lay on the floor in his urine in obvious distress…noting he was foaming at the mouth & having seizure-like activity…mistaking his medical emergency for a drug overdose…”

Except a drug overdose is also a medical emergency...

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Not today, Satan‼️

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 9h

Because they want a piece of the carcass.

Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 9h

Oh, yeah? People said it couldn't be done. They said that you couldn't go bankrupt if you owned the casino. But Trump bankrupted not one, but FOUR of them! One of them twice!

And people said it couldn't be done. Just like they said you couldn't stop the American economy. It takes a stable genius!

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you. It seemed a bit too extreme to consider that even this president would be relying on doctored tweets for something so global and verifiable.

Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 9h

"We count on..." It is very diplomatic, but it clearly communicates a pro-democracy expectation.

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 11h

His early days as a priest were likely under Cardinal Bernardine, who was famous for his “seamless garment” doctrine, which Leo is echoing here.

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 11h

I think your finger slipped, and the word “maybe” snuck into that sentence.

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 11h

Merit! Ha! Well played.

Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 11h

I was not aware of that. Libtard that I am, though, I thought I had better check the facts before responding. And, of course, you are right. I clipped this screenshot from dhs.gov.

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 12h

Are we at war with East Asia now? Or is it Eurasia? I don't want to get it wrong during the Two Minutes Hate.

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 12h

I could answer that question by asking you where you got that coat in your profile picture. So I can get one like it.

Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t mean to be judgmental, but someone who looks and dresses like that doesn’t seem to be in the position to criticize other people’s fashion sense.

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 1d

That happened about a mile from my house, so I can say with some confidence that we do not have any borders to patrol within 300 miles. And that one gets you to Canada.

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 1d

What does a watch need with pubic hair?

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Pat Byrnes @patbyrnes.bsky.social · 1d

And it is even more special receiving it from Eddie Arnold.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

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 · 1d

"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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