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ndrew.bsky.social
hello 911? yea me again…something was on my tv that wasnt tailored specifically to the demographic im in
February 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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daleburnay.bsky.social
Whenever there's something indefensible, the GOP suddenly gets amnesia.
February 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
McGregor was found liable for sexual assault in 2024 and the jury ordered him to pay the victim $257,000. He lost all his appeals.
February 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
The conservatives used to shut down the government over a few hundred million dollars. Seriously.

Yet Trump blows billions and sues the govt for billions and gets a “free” jet from Qatar that the govt will spend a billion on then let him take it with him… and not a peep.
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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marcelias.bsky.social
The king of law firm capitulators was also apparently an Epstein fanboy. www.ft.com/content/e12a...
Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp told Jeffrey Epstein: ‘You’re amazing’
Department of Justice documents detail relationship between head of Wall Street law firm and child sex offender
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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wajali.bsky.social
Oh boy.
February 1, 2026 at 8:20 AM
shonstein.bsky.social
Is it “post-pandemic” or “post-all of us learning what an a$$hole Bezo’s is”that is affecting their bottom line?
January 30, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
shonstein.bsky.social
Like all of his Trumpy peers, Tom Homan is a bold-faced liar.
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12d
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February

"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March

"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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jodemocracy.bsky.social
Levitsky and Ziblatt remind us that political systems are designed to solve problems, not exacerbate them. Yet in some democracies today, winner-take-all systems are empowering authoritarian minorities and undermining democratic legitimacy.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Trump’s true, horrifying economic legacy.
Screenshot of an X.com post by Acyn (@Acyn) quoting Wolfers: “This is the most interventionist government of my lifetime. It’s the least conservative government of my lifetime. When you are the richest country in the world, maybe you are not the ones who should be tearing down your existing institutions. That’s usually what countries that are lagging behind try to do. But that’s exactly what this president is doing.” Screenshot of text continuing the quote: “This won’t show up in next quarter’s GDP. What it will show up as, a decade from now, is companies that were never founded. Entrepreneurs who couldn’t afford to go to business school. Immigrants with great ideas who stayed in their home countries instead. Whatever the next generation’s Google or OpenAI is, it may not be invented—or it may not happen on our soil.” Screenshot of more text: “We’ll never see that absence directly. But our kids will feel it… lost opportunities: businesses never started, jobs that never existed, technologies never developed…” Below is a video thumbnail of a man speaking on a webcam-style interview set, with books and plants behind him. A lower-third reads “EXCLUSIVE” and “WOLFERS DISCUSSES TRUMP’S LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DAMAGE,” with MeidasTouch Network branding.
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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rebelwithacause2.bsky.social
tRUMPSTEIN IS DESTROYING OUR CONSTITUTION!!

1st Amendment: GONE
Right to Assemble
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the Press
Right to Petition

2nd Amendment: GONE
Right to Keep & Bear Arms

4th Amendment: GONE
Unreasonable Searches &
Seizures
January 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
shonstein.bsky.social
The people who gave us the Epstein coverup and the Jan 6 makeover are now actively engaged in the ICE coverup. Why am I not surprised?
January 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
shonstein.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
lincolnproject.us The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15d
Trump has given ICE a hunting license to kill Americans. Senator Chuck Schumer needs to shut down the DHS appropriations. This is not a policy fight.
January 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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lincolnproject.us
Trump has given ICE a hunting license to kill Americans. Senator Chuck Schumer needs to shut down the DHS appropriations. This is not a policy fight.
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
Republican politicians who think that Minneapolis is a political problem are missing the point. It is a moral problem. But they are in so deep that they cannot see just how morally bankrupt they have become. They do not understand that we are as revulsed by their complicity as by Trump's cruelty.
January 26, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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cwebbonline.com
“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.
January 26, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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just-jack-1.bsky.social
An unarmed American was shot ten times while he was being easily subdued by over half a dozen men.

I hope every American sits with it until it truly sinks in.
January 26, 2026 at 3:48 PM
shonstein.bsky.social
Spot on.
faineg.bsky.social Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 16d
Absolute banger of a comment on r/military:

www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...
jaderemedy • 4h ago And now comes the most nauseating part of this whole goddamn mess: the hypocrisy. The same loud-mouthed idiots who spent years screaming about tyranny are suddenly dead fucking silent, or worse, cheering, now that it's their side doing it. "ThEy'Re cOminG fOr OuR gUnS!" "GoVerNMenT oVerReAch!" "ShAll nOt bE inFrinGeD!" All that chest-thumping bullshit evaporated the second armed federal agents started terrorizing people they don't like. Let me get this straight: a civilian gets shot dead by federal agents, and the only thing you brainless cunts can muster is "well, DHS says he had a gun"? THAT'S your red line? Guns are sacred when they're strapped to your waist, but magically become a death sentence when they're used as a post-hoc excuse by the government? Either the Second Amendment applies to everyone, or you never believed in it at all. Fucking pick one and own it. This is exactly what tyranny looks like, by the way. Not jackboots marching in formation, but armed agents roaming neighborhoods, stopping people, killing civilians, and then daring the public to question it. Tyranny is execution followed by a press release. Tyranny is labeling the dead a "threat" so the state doesn't have to explain why someone's life just ended in the street. Tyranny is demanding obedience while shredding due process and calling it order. And all you so-called "freedom lovers" are fucking fine with it, as long as it's brown people, immigrants, protesters, or anyone you've already dehumanized. Turns out "don't tread on me" actually meant "tread on them." You weren't afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance. There's a difference, and this moment exposes it completely. "Just comply" isn't a principle. It's cowardice dressed up as common sense. It's the language of people who have already accepted that the state gets to decide who deserves rights and who doesn't. And once you make that deal, don't act shocked when the line moves, because it always fuckin…
January 25, 2026 at 1:51 AM
shonstein.bsky.social
These people are drunk on power. But, the morning after will come eventually.
January 23, 2026 at 7:36 PM
shonstein.bsky.social
Thanks for the info. The hubris of Trump never fails to astonish. Coloradan here and I appreciate your use of one of my favorite phrases, but I learned it as all HAT and no cattle. You might like that better…I do. 😊
January 22, 2026 at 2:27 PM
shonstein.bsky.social
If something comes of this, how sad that elected officials have turned a deaf ear to those they are elected to represent and who have been clamoring for this for almost the full year of Trump’s 2nd term. But if public humiliation from Europe is what it takes, so be it. Let’s go!
January 20, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here

McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
January 20, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM