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sbunch.bsky.social @sbunch.bsky.social · 1d

The Shutdown Shitshow
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The Shutdown Shitshow

As Trump uses the shutdown to settle scores, the public bears the cost.

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sbunch.bsky.social @sbunch.bsky.social · 2d

State Militias? It's Time.
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State Militias? It's Time.

Trump has signaled he plans to invoke the Insurrection Act in his battle with Democratic cities. The Founders ensured that we have a powerful tool to counter such tyranny.

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sbunch.bsky.social @sbunch.bsky.social · 3d

The ICE Extortion Racket | Protect & Serve with Michael Fanone & Maya May & Author Radley Balko
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The ICE Extortion Racket | Protect & Serve with Michael Fanone & Maya May & Author Radley Balko

When “lethality” becomes a leadership goal, American streets start to look like occupied zones.

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sbunch.bsky.social @sbunch.bsky.social · 3d

The Power Map of the Trump Regime
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The Power Map of the Trump Regime

Who really works for whom?

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sbunch.bsky.social @sbunch.bsky.social · 4d

J.D. Vance Just Told Us How Trump Will Jail his Enemies
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J.D. Vance Just Told Us How Trump Will Jail his Enemies

On Sunday’s edition of This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Vice President J.D.

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sbunch.bsky.social @sbunch.bsky.social · 4d

Chevron’s lobbying has paid off as the U.S. authorizes CIA intervention in oil-rich Venezuela.
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Big Oil Plots Its Next Forever War

Chevron’s lobbying has paid off as the U.S. authorizes CIA intervention in oil-rich Venezuela.

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 🐸 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 6d

I'm with AOC.....

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 6d

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 6d

Even the San Francisco Chronicle is done with Trump’s tyranny.

California, make it count.
Vote YES on Prop 50.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 6d

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6d

Reading that cretin Alex Jones was put on blast by the conservative Supreme Court and "Dr. Phil" has had to declare bankruptcy on the same day? What an embarrassment of riches! Only one other breaking news story about another odious man would make things better.
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Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

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Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6d

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Donna Stern 🚫👑 @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 6d

Watch this quick explainer on the Hatch Act and you’ll see just how far the regime has gone—propaganda in airports, partisan emails, and political orders from the top. It’s not “messaging,” it’s a full-blown assault on the law that keeps our government nonpartisan.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 6d

Trump WH says its prepared to “ride out” the shut down. That translates to: This was planned. It was never meant to be short…and…oh yeah…we are going to f**k things up even worse during this period of time.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6d

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6d

How MAGA sees things.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6d

Man escapes ICE while handcuffed, bystanders use pliers to free him.
Salt Lake City, UT

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 6d

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

"I do think he needs help, and I don't think anybody around him on a day-to-day basis wants to get him any help, because they have more power based upon his diminished capacity."

@jbpritzker.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 6d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
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Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

Groceries are up

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 6d

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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