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frenchfries&gravy @balboaclubhouse.bsky.social · 17h

Must read article about the growing influence of The #MeidasTouch speaking truth to power and stepping in to say what legacy media is petrified to say.

“People are waking up every day feeling, and rightfully so, that this is really life or death for them.”

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle

His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings – and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan’s. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?

www.theguardian.com

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 11h

3i/ATLAS is watching from the other side of the sun

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 13h

but tRump won two impeachments; two nonconvictions and no accountability at all

PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 16h

standing on the corner, waiting tor the Antifa Express to their homes in gated Soros Estates

a vanyolu bus is driving down a highway under a bridge

ALT: a vanyolu bus is driving down a highway under a bridge

media.tenor.com

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 16h

beware fascists on the rooftop

TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 1d

More scenes from the front, in war-torn Portland! These terrorists must be stopped! 😊🐈‍⬛🦋
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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#BlueStormComin1🌪️👊🔥🇺🇸 @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 18h

#Caturday🐾🎉
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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 17h

i thought Brutus started ANTIFA when he stabbed Caeser

a cartoon of a man with a laurel wreath on his head and the words " et tu brute " above him

ALT: a cartoon of a man with a laurel wreath on his head and the words " et tu brute " above him

media.tenor.com

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 17h

soft hands

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 17h

stop watching Faux News, dummy

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 1d

i've used weed killer and pesticides but like kudzu, the antifa grows back every time it rains

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 1d

i hear ANTIFA causes cankles

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's war on 'antifa' is both buffoonish and sinister

As easy as it is to mock Trump and his staff, they’re attempting something quite serious.

Trump's war on 'antifa' is both buffoonish and sinister

As easy as it is to mock the president and his staff, they are attempting something quite serious.

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 1d

this MOS includes both Small Hands and Obesity waivers

Army Times @armytimes.bsky.social · 1d

Recruits who meet certain skill requirements are eligible to go into the service with modified training and at a higher rank than their peers.

Army expands MOS program that allows soldiers to skip certain training

Recruits who meet certain skill requirements are eligible to go into the service with modified training and at a higher rank than their peers.

www.armytimes.com

PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 1d

welcome to our new Surgeon General of Nutritional Supplements Spokesperson nominee
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Fenit Nirappil @fenitn.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: A Washington Post deep dive into surgeon general nominee Casey Means found she blurred sponsorship lines as she promoted supplements and products outside the medical mainstream.

Here’s one example.

And a gift link to read more: wapo.st/46LWoKQ

PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 1d

he could be Satan Little Hands

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 1d

Obamacare crushes tRump

tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans fracture as some concede ACA subsidies must continue. Tillis and Collins nod while Ron Johnson rants. MTG labeled right. KFF shows 77% of marketplace enrollees live in Trump states. Shutdown theatrics collide with crushing premiums.

More Republicans break party ranks: 'MTG was right'

WASHINGTON — In the unusual world of Congress during a shutdown, far-right firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has emerged as an unlikely ally of Democrats, seeking to save millions of Americans from spiraling health care costs. And she's not the only Republican making such an admission. Th...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 4d

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 1d

tRump is so easily manipulated, the USofA is at the mercy of 14-year old AI video creators on social media

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 1d

"In short, it sounds like tRump was watching old riot footage on Fox, THOUGHT IT WAS HAPPENING IN REAL TIME, then went on Truth Social the next day and said he was ordering troops to “war ravaged” Portland with “full force, if necessary.”
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The impossibly dumb reason for Trump's invasion of Portland

It'd be hilarious if he wasn't the commander in chief.

open.substack.com

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 1d

"In short, it sounds like tRump was watching old riot footage on Fox, THOUGHT IT WAS HAPPENING IN REAL TIME, then went on Truth Social the next day and said he was ordering troops to “war ravaged” Portland with “full force, if necessary.”
@jayarjackson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

The impossibly dumb reason for Trump's invasion of Portland

It'd be hilarious if he wasn't the commander in chief.

open.substack.com

PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 2d

certified member of the ANTIFA Roundtable

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 2d

the gears slowly grind to a halt since someone threw an antifa in the works

PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 2d

contempt for civility

PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 2d

Watch For ANTIFA

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PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 2d

but does it cure antifa?

PorterLR @porterlr.bsky.social · 2d

ai antifa drone downloads image

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