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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 4h

so does dick pic

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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 4h

the qataris will protect us from boise 🙄

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ACLU @aclu.org · 21h

The government has executed more people in 2025 than any year in over a decade — and there are five more executions scheduled over the next week.

Just a handful of states are responsible for these executions, and they’re increasingly out of step with public opinion.

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13h

You break it, you own it. Kudos to @akalhan.bsky.social.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18h

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 5h

thanks. the idea of this base is just insane. we're not in a war (yet) but if we were to have foreign bases for self defense you'd think we'd have proven allies, not potential enemies

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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 6h

not to mention

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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 14h

okiefuckingdokie

at best they're a frenemy

i can't believe maga & heritage agree with a foreign military base from a country that's 65% islamic on our own soil, but qatar doesn't like women showing shoulders or knees, so i guess it's a risk they're willing to take

www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 6h

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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 7h

short thread on qatar:

Funding: A 1993 meeting between an al-Qaeda operative and a former business agent of Osama bin Laden indicated that the Qatar Charitable Society (now Qatar Charity) was one of al-Qaeda's funding sources.
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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 14h

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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 6h

i would have gone through all 7 words you can never say on television plus about 25 more

margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 6h

now you know why i never declared a party when i registered to vote

margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 6h

this was 5 hours ago, i just scrolled your page, where's the pic of the slice???

i'm hungry

margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 7h

Support for attackers: After the attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a principal planner of the 9/11 attacks, was reportedly hiding in Qatar with the help of prominent patrons.

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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 7h

Financiers: Two senior al-Qaeda financiers, Khalifa Muhammad Turki al-Subaiy and Abd al-Rahman bin Umayr al-Nuaymi, who were previously linked to the Qatar Central Bank, were known to be living freely in Qatar as of 2014, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.
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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 7h

short thread on qatar:

Funding: A 1993 meeting between an al-Qaeda operative and a former business agent of Osama bin Laden indicated that the Qatar Charitable Society (now Qatar Charity) was one of al-Qaeda's funding sources.
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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 11h

the entire state of Illinois had less than 2000 deaths from homicide in 2022

margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 11h

don't forget trump rx, no way he isn't pocketing something from that

margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 12h

didn't trump do similar shit with maralago, and to get out of paying taxes, and didn't he catch a felony or 2 for similar shit that he never did a lick of time for?

margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 12h

why tf are oz and kennedy there for this?

where's widdle marco?

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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 12h

the best time for him to die would have been 15 - 78 years ago, the 2nd best time is today

margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 12h

sounds like they're detaining people with similar names

jfc john brown would be screwed today too except they wouldn't bother stopping him because, you know, white

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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 14h

son of a

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Attorney General William Tong @agwilliamtong.bsky.social · 1d

This baseless indictment is about one thing-- revenge. It is certainly not about facts, reality or justice. This is Donald Trump abusing and commandeering the justice system to bully and silence his most formidable opponents.

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margie @pettywhite.bsky.social · 14h

okiefuckingdokie

at best they're a frenemy

i can't believe maga & heritage agree with a foreign military base from a country that's 65% islamic on our own soil, but qatar doesn't like women showing shoulders or knees, so i guess it's a risk they're willing to take

www.semafor.com/article/10/1...