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Phil In ATX

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X-capee!!! 🇺🇸🦅. 1 if by land 2 if by D.C.

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Phil In ATX @philinatx.bsky.social · 12d

Well I’ve had it with the guns.
Yesterday, I picked up my 9-year girl from school and took her to her afterschool acting class. I had an hour to fill, and I decided to go grab a drink at a nearby Starbucks. For those of you familiar with the area, it was at the corner of S Lamar and Barton Springs

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Phil In ATX @philinatx.bsky.social · 3d

So there’s a ceasefire deal that is unsigned a day before the Nobel peace prize is given out. Pretty sure Bibi will start bombing again when Trump loses.

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 3d

Extreme conservative religious leaders
aligning w/authoritarian government
is literally what killed Jesus.

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Phil In ATX @philinatx.bsky.social · 4d

AG so good to see you on the YouTubes!

Phil In ATX @philinatx.bsky.social · 4d

So let me get this straight. The AG of the United States came to congress with a list of one liners for Fox News clips instead of facts about scandals and atrocities. Ooooooo how we have fallen.

Both sides are not the same.

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 4d

Pathetic Pamela Jo

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 4d

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 4d

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ICE Sued After Videos Capture Pastor Shot With ‘Chemical Pellets’ at Peaceful Protest

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WATCH: ICE Sued After Videos Capture Pastor Shot With ‘Chemical Pellets’ at Peaceful Protest

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Phil In ATX @philinatx.bsky.social · 5d

Air traffic controllers don’t show up for work and now MTG is open to funding healthcare 🤔🤔🤔🤔🧐

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse asked Pam Bondi about DOJ's decision to drop the investigation into Tom Homan.

MSNBC first reported that Homan was recorded in Sept. 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI sting.

Bondi refused to answer, then attacked Whitehouse.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

How Democrats could reshape the public narrative around AG Pam Bondi

In eight short months, Attorney General Pam Bondi has left the Justice Department in chaos.

Opinion | Pam Bondi has a lot to answer for

In eight short months, Attorney General Pam Bondi has left the Justice Department in chaos.

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Phil In ATX @philinatx.bsky.social · 5d

If Trump pardons Maxwell then he is 100% in the Epstein files in a big way. Let’s get out in front of this instead of reacting to the disinformation that the regime will spew out.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6d

Trump's stunning Ghislaine Maxwell admission; Mike Johnson feels the heat as Democrats outmaneuver the GOP during the shutdown fight; Trump escalates his war against Democratic cities; and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT.

LIVE: Trump is COLLAPSING under SHUTDOWN PRESSURE!!! - 10/6/25

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 6d

A sane government would use their vaunted surveillance capacities to keep these things from happening. They could call it the Dangerously Obsessive Radicalized Kirk Supporter task force. They could go kick down a few doors to keep these hopeless gollums from ruining lives for the lulz.

Alexis Vandom @vandomva.bsky.social · 9d

Vincent Battiloro struck and killed two 17-year-old girls with his car after stalking one of them for months and ranting about her on streams.

The media is flat-out refusing to report one thing:

One of the "reasons" he gave for what he did was that she allegedly mocked the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Vincent P. Battiloro harassed teen girl, ranted about ‘vengeance’ in livestreams before deadly crash

Vincent Battiloro, 17, intentionally hit Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas with a vehicle in Cranford while doing 70 mph, authorities said.

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Phil In ATX @philinatx.bsky.social · 7d

@muellershewrote.com and Andy reading court transcripts is comedy gold.

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 8d

Considering how dishonest Republicans and FOX News have been discussing the shutdown, perhaps a News network like @msnbc.com should change their tag line to say:

"We are the alternative to alternative facts. WE ARE THE TRUTH."

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Phil In ATX @philinatx.bsky.social · 8d

If we had an entire House of Representatives full of Kat, so much good would be done in this country.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8d

KIYAC — the Kat for Illinois Youth Advisory Council — is putting on its first campaign event!

Come get a free car wash, drop off your winter clothes, and pick up a yard sign at Double Clutch Brewing Company in Evanston til 10:30!

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Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋 @sueinrockville.bsky.social · 9d

Apparently, Trump has not been seen in public since Tuesday
Sure, there are statements & media posts, but he has not been seen
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we had actual journalists in America who investigated important things like this?
Sadly, they are all #MAGAMedia
#IsHeDeadYet

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 9d

Let us in. Hold ICE accountable. Tear down the fence.

This is what we are demanding from the Broadview ICE facility, and nothing less.

Our leaders can decide whether they stand with the people or with ICE. There is no middle ground.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 9d

Serving only 6 months.

6 months.

Nikki @varivergirl.bsky.social · 10d

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child

Under a negotiated plea agreement, he was given a ten year sentence, but he will only serve six months of that sentence.

www.nbcnews.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 9d

Join us Kristi Noem!

9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 9d

Release the jobs report. And while you’re at it, release the Epstein files.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 10d

Where’s the money?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10d

Don’t stop rubbing their noses in the teachings of Christ.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10d

Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.

Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11d

Angus: American farmers who bought into Trump, thinking tariffs would help them—their markets are gone. Canada’s not making noise about it; we’re just moving in. Canadian corn is now being sold in Ireland, Spain, and the UK. Those used to be guaranteed American markets. Not anymore.

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Phil In ATX @philinatx.bsky.social · 10d

Holy Grenada Bat Man!

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10d

NEW: Trump declares we are in a "non-international armed conflict" with "unlawful combatant" drug cartels. There are notably no designated terrorist organizations at the center of the conflict. Could he use this to justify deportations under the Alien Enemies Act? apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump declares drug cartels operating in Caribbean unlawful combatants

President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels operating in the Caribbean are unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict.”

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Phil In ATX @philinatx.bsky.social · 10d

I want him backed up by Taylor Swift Lizzo and every contestant from Ru Paul’s Drag Race covering I’m a Cowboy. Sponsored by Bud Light.

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Phil In ATX @philinatx.bsky.social · 10d

Why are we in a shutdown when Trump says we have 17 Trillion from Tariffs?

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