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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 26m

No Kings isn't led by 50501.

paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 27m

We need you to promote and support NO Kings on October 18.

paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 33m

We need more elected leaders to do this. Just publicize and support No Kings.

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

Find your local No Kings event here: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=h...

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 19h

One question: Did Tom Homan get caught on video accepting a $50,000 bribe from an undercover FBI agent?

Four Trump administration officials with four different answers:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 16h

You really think I’m a Trump supporter? Can you read? Oh, and Paula isn’t a boys name. 🙄

paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 16h

Oh yeah, and knowing the Supremes won’t stop it, doesn’t mean they aren’t the only ones who can. Besides Congress. Unfortunately, the Constitution offers no other remedy. Turns out tough talk is useless too. And so is ignorance.

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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 16h

It’s not a civil war. Not yet, anyway. And even if it was(or becomes one) there’s no international body that would stop it.

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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 16h

So words mean nothing I guess. We’ll just call it whatever we like and presume that laws which aren’t written will be enforced, huh?. Reality is so boring

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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 20h

That may be true and impeaching the Supreme Court before most of its conservatives are dead is still a ridiculous idea.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 20h

Okay, your 30 year plan — that sounds doable. Look, we either live in reality or we don’t. Thomas and Alito won’t even be alive for your plan to matter.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021."

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 20h

So, someone who is merely corrupt. Lemme think on it.

paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 20h

I think we can ignore all 20 of them.

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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 20h

Tell us how you’re going to get that 2/3 vote through the Senate.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

BREAM: Open enrollments starts in November. People are already getting notices about what they may pay. I mean, that's gotta be resolved.

MIKE JOHNSON: Yes, and they're eating up the clock in the month of October

(Johnson canceled the House in August to avoid taking votes on Epstein)

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 21h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 22h

So show them an article and remind them it was a busy weekend. We can blame the msm for lots of things, but not for not covering this. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 1d

I’m reading about it but it was a helluva news weekend. Maybe we should take that into account? Chicago, Portland, Qatars air base, the firing of thousands at the CDC. . . .

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Nice recap

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paulaptb @paulaptb.bsky.social · 1d

Okay but I’m still not going to believe Tara Reade.

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