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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a veteran. If you are active duty military and you support this administration, you are fooling yourself. Republicans care ONLY about the most wealthy and powerful among us and no one else. That is a fact! Anything else is just smoke and mirrors!
#VeteransAgainstTrump

Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 1d

Congress made their pay permanent. Military pay? No. Could congress fix it? Instantly. But why would the arsonists turn off the gas while they’re still warm and well-fed? They are fake patriots, fake christians who see everyone as disposable. “Respect the troops” means paying them!

Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the government shutdown

The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families because those in uniform are working without pay.

apnews.com

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 1d

This is the face of a man who is empty and soulless on the inside. He is the ultimate phony.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Who does Johnson think he’s fooling?! Dude sent the House home early to dodge a vote on releasing the Epstein files, and he’s keeping them away for the same reason.

Congress is still getting paid, but Johnson won’t bring the House back to fund the military. This is on him, not the Democrats.

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 1d

Another deceitful Republican gets called out for his deceitful behavior. I think they keep fighting to help, support, and defend the ultra wealthy and powerful among us at their own peril.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 1d

No one deserves this headline more than the Bully-in-Chief.

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

Ha! I love this headline in TIME.

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 1d

According to the Chairman of the Nobel Committee, two characteristics absolutely necessary in order to win the Nobel peace Prize are “courage and integrity”. I’d say everyone on this planet except MAGA/GOP knows Trump has neither characteristic and never will. Bullies never win. They are losers.

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1d

🕊️🏅 Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize 2025.

She is a Venezuelan opposition leader and industrial engineer, known for challenging the Chávez and Maduro regimes.

Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 2d

This is NOT the America I fought for in the military. This is a wannabe dictator draft dodger’s pipe dream of what his America should be. It is fascism and it is disgusting beyond description. Those Americans who fought fascism in WWII, including my father, are spinning in their graves. 😔
#Resist!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 2d

Seems most (certainly not all) country music fans have decided that it is “patriotic” to go to the dark side by being MAGA. I assure you, it never used to be that way. It’s very sad that this big change has happened over the past three decades. Very sad. Fascism is un-American country folk!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

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.

www.thebulwark.com

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America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 2d

Our founders didn't trust the good faith of their fellow man when it came to governance. Neither should we.

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 2d

This is a man who keeps his oath to the Constitution! That is very rare nowadays under this fascist administration.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3d

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 3d

The Dude has spoken:

"ICE? Let's get ICE off our streets and into our beverages. This aggression will not stand. Let's just abide together"

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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 3d

Please get well soon Dolly. We lost Jimmy Carter not long ago. Please do not leave us alone with the pointing, shouting and screaming “Christians.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Dolly Parton ‘going to be just fine’, singer’s sister says as she calls for prayers amid health problems

Freida Parton says she has been ‘up all night praying’ as singer continues to deal with unspecified ‘health challenges’

www.theguardian.com

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 2d

Very thoughtful of her.

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3d

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 2d

The GOP (Guardians of Pedophiles) cannot convince people without deceiving them. Because truth stands in the way of their goals.

pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 3d

Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 2d

Resist!

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 3d

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 2d

Bondi did not answer questions from the Oversight Committee. Instead, she hurled insults and political attacks at the senators…they were all pre written in her notes. She didn’t go there to represent the law, the Constitution, and the American people. She went there to represent Trump. Un-American.

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 3d

So transparent they’re opaque.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Alyson Wonderland @alysonofwonderland.bsky.social · 3d

Prayers ….
When he is dead, I pray ‘We the People’ are fierce enough to demand that all #PedoDon ‘s assets acquired during Trump2.0 are frozen. Every single penny.

This is a family that only knows how to GRIFT, LIE, CHEAT & STEAL!

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 3d

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 3d

Herr Trump is not going to like this at all. 😄

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 3d

Legal non-violent protest is protected by the 1st Amendment of our Constitution. This administration violates the Constitution every single day.

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Sonny Wasinger @stageplay.bsky.social · 4d

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