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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 1d

We need to turn Chautauqua County NY into the hellscape that is Portland OR!

Please!

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 1d

A
STRONG
BLACK
WOMAN
is just what we need to stand up to Pam Bondi and Donnie Bone Spurs

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 1d

ROADMAP
The idea of exceptions to the rule of law was central to the political philosophy of German political theorist Carl Schmitt, a Nazi whose work is increasingly popular among the radical right.
Trump now has declared at least 8 national emergencies to justify use of emergency powers.
- HCR

Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 1d

Did Trump forget it hasn’t been a year yet?

President Trump is going back to Walter Reed for a “routine yearly check up,” just six months after he had an annual physical there, CNN reports.

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to our everyday world Norway

Norway on Edge Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Verdict politicalwire.com/2025/10/09/n...

Norway on Edge Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Verdict

"Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday as the Nordic nation has faced increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the U.S....

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 2d

Warning in Order

Commit to No Kings on 10/18, please!

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

open.substack.com

Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 9d

Nothing worse than learning the truth …

Google appears to have blocked AI search results for the query “does Trump show signs of dementia” as well as other questions about his mental acuity, even though it will show AI results for similar searches about other presidents, The Verge reports.

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 14d

Elise Stefanik wants to “Make New York State Great Again”. She wants to be our governor.

This is Elise Stefanik …

youtu.be/QqgA2s247KA

Defeat Stefanik - J6

YouTube video by Michael Bobseine

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 14d

Real Men of ICE …

Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 14d

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 14d

It’s up to every one of us …

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Kimmel's show put together a montage of Trump insisting dozens of times yesterday to "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL." Complete insanity.

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 16d

No way MAGA buys this …

A UN official said the UN understands that someone from the president’s party who ran ahead of him inadvertently triggered the stop mechanism on the escalator. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the White House was operating the teleprompter for Trump.

Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 16d

Charlie Sykes: “Not since Uganda’s Idi Amin, festooned in a gold embroidered dark green uniform, ranted from the podium has the United Nations seen anything quite as weird and embarrassing as Wednesday’s performance by the American president.”

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 16d

News you can use

Police in Sweetwater TX were called to a local motel by a delivery service worker who became suspicious over certain items that he delivered to a room – among other things – the delivery included trash bags, zip ties, bleach and a hatchet.

Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 18d

Warning! Trump’s economy is on us (and we’re prohibited from talking about his hellscape)

The Two-Speed Economy Is Back as Low-Income Americans Give Up Gains: High-earners and older Americans are faring better than ever, while fortunes are sliding again for low-wage and young workers.
- WSJ report

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20d

In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 19d

The DOJ is closing its investigation into Border Czar Tom Homan. When the FBI was engaged in an investigation not targeting him, undercover agents ended up giving Homan $50,000 in cash in a grocery bag in exchange for Homan direct ing border security contracts to the agents posing as businessmen.

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 21d

TIME TO WAKE!

“The First Amendment right to engage in speech that others consider to be hurtful apparently does not extend to poor little Crybaby Trump, who says that the FCC should cancel the licenses of networks that make fun of him because ‘They’re not allowed to do that.’”
- R. Hubbell

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d

Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 23d

Smart people …

A poll shows Charlie Kirk was almost universally known among college students: 94% had heard of him, a remarkable level of name I.D.

However, most students were not fans. A combined 70% either “strongly disagree” or “somewhat disagree” with Kirk’s views. Only 30% said they agreed.

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 23d

“Trump has begun a major escalation in his efforts to stifle political opposition, using the assassination of Charlie Kirk to make the baseless argument that Democratic organizations and protesters are part of a violent conspiracy against conservative values and the American way of life.”
- NY Times

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 25d

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.

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Mike Bobseine @sparkerdude.bsky.social · 29d

Charlie Kirk’s Toxic Legacy of Hatred and Division www.commondreams.org/opinion/char...

Charlie Kirk’s Toxic Legacy of Hatred and Division | Common Dreams

We can condemn political violence and this hideous murder while also condemning Charlie Kirk for the rotten, vile hatred he fomented.

www.commondreams.org