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Raul Toblerone

@raultoblerone.bsky.social

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Grouchy wokester. I walk dogs and see things. I see the endless, all too obvious corruption of Trump, the GOP, & SCOTUS. My biggest concerns are Ukraine and Trumps willingness to use the state to target his enemies. I hate it that Putin is loving it.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3h

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 3h

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 3h

Meanwhile Pete Hegseth thinks the wars of the future will be a soldier beauty pageant and pushup contest. Ignoring the actual ways in which war is being fought, right now, in Ukrane, Gaza, and across worldwide computer networks.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13h

My former political party is scared to death of these #NoKings rallies. That’s great. So let’s have a gazillion Americans out rallying all around the country on October 18th! Let’s scare the shit out of Trump & his party.

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KIM F-M @kimf-m.bsky.social · 11h

May this picture spread as far and wide as Trump's Covid.

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Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 4h

Is this news? This article could have been something sharpied in a public bathroom.

Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 4h

That’s some 4d tiddly winks.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 4h

So Chinese propaganda has seamlessly transformed itself into MAGA propaganda.

Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 4h

The joy of tik-tok. Let me sit with that.

Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 5h

wouldn’t that be nice.

Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 5h

I see nothing more recent than 4 days ago.

Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 5h

Does the fact that oligarchs own so much of MSM play into this?

Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 6h

I’ve moved my investments to cash, accepting I could miss out, but god I hate the daily chaos MAGA has brought to this country when they elected this petulant, ignorant ass. Trump is one thing. His enablers,sycophants, and grinning pervy-weirdos are a whole other thing.

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Trump announces new 100 percent tariffs on China

President Donald Trump said he is unhappy about China’s “hostile” move to limit access to rare minerals and may cancel an upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping.

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Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 7h

Good to hear and another reason to vote for Spanberger.

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 1d

Are you thinking "TFI Friday"? Well in Ukraine it's just another day of lying in a trench, piloting a drone, evacuating hot spots, treating the wounded, or trying to keep the family safe.

And it's Day 1325 of this, following another night of little sleep for Kyiv. Here's the🧵

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Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 7h

Dual use as Halloween is coming.

Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 7h

Awesome. I’m voting Democrat.

Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 7h

surrounded by sycophants

Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 7h

My first thought is to assume ICE is lying. Any evidence a reporter, on the job, was throwing anything at all at ICE? how about anything more concerning than a subway sandwich?

Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 7h

Was sure it was Steven Miller somehow riding the chyron.

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Mike Johnson’s cancel culture.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 11h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 10h

I can just see GS-7s and above jumping at farmwork or those manufacturing jobs in the yet to be built facilities.

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Raul Toblerone @raultoblerone.bsky.social · 10h

Another day. Weren’t there also substantial firings BEFORE the shutdown?