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Lincoln Project and Resolute Square founder. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated pilot. Beechcraft driver. TheRickWilson.Substack.com

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 26d

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Shut Up, Said the Free Speech Absolutists

America just learned something it should have already known: the MAGA “free speech” warriors, those self-styled defenders of the First Amendment, have one iron-clad rule.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Correct

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Rogan on Trump’s cruel mass deportations, racially profiling non-criminals and ripping apart families: “This is crazy. That shows no heart. You’re not gonna get any reasonable people to go along with that. Any kind person would go ‘this can’t be the only way to do this’.”

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 2d

There is no left-wing violence in Chicago or Portland. It simply is not happening.

It's so not happening, in fact, that Republicans in Oregon took footage from two South American countries to create a hoax photo about Portland.

They have no actual violent footage to put forward.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 2d

Eric Swallwell (D-CA) says it’s coming to an end and House Republicans are privately breaking, that a “jailbreak” is brewing the moment the Epstein files hit the floor, and that Trump’s aura of fear is finally cracking.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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SWALWELL’S BOMBSHELL EPSTEIN TWEET: "The Epstein Files Are Coming And The GOP Are Getting Ready To Abandon Trump"

218 or chaos: Inside the House moment that could shatter Trump’s grip

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 2d

Be The Insurrection

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Be The Insurrection

They want one. They're going to get one.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 2d

This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 2d

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 2d

Well, here we are.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 2d

"Cliff Notes Fascism" is a good one.

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 3d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 3d

Read Andrew Wilson’s latest. Great piece on the very bad numbers Trump is facing in the shutdown fight.

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The Shutdown Blame Game Is Over — and Trump Lost

Fewer voters see Trump as "tough" and "energetic" now than they did at the beginning of his term.

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 3d

Tear gas pellet gun

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d

What is that weapon?

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 3d

Another incident of federal agents pointing guns at Chicago area residents.

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 3d

Pam Bondi's Fake Orgasm
And she made Epstein worse for Trump.

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Pam Bondi's Fake Orgasm

And she still made Epstein worse for Trump.

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 4d

The Pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell: She has all the cards now.
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The Pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell

She has all the cards now.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5d

DRAIN THE SWAMP

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 6d

'That had to sting': Ex-GOP insider flags response to Trump that may spell the end of MAGA

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'That had to sting': Ex-GOP insider flags response to Trump that may spell the end of MAGA

Donald Trump gave a big speech in front of important people, but the reaction to his presentation could end up hurting MAGA, according to a former GOP strategist.Ex-GOP strategist Rick Wilson, who rec...

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 9d

Coming up on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social in just a few minutes.

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 10d

Trump's Insane Speech To America's Generals

It's even worse than you think...

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Trump's Insane Speech To America's Generals

Dangerous, weird, weak, and a blessing to our enemies.

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 11d

Fantastic speech, Donald! You're doing great!

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 11d

People are mocking Hegseth but he's going to kill at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

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Mario Nicolais @marionicolais.bsky.social · 11d

Probably appointing Col Jessup to lead the IG process.

No doubt, A Few Good Men is his primary source here.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 12d

White Flag Democrats: Schumer and Jeffries Are About To Blow The Shutdown Fight

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White Flag Democrats

Schumer and Jeffries Are About To Blow The Shutdown Fight

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Mario Nicolais @marionicolais.bsky.social · 12d

This is what the weaponization of prosecutors' offices looks like under an authoritarian regime. Facts - even the very most important one - do not matter.

All that matters to them is if you oppose the authoritarian reign.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Former FBI Deputy Director McCabe says he hasn't been contacted "at all" by the FBI about Comey and adds, "if my interactions with Comey was gonna be the basis of this entire prosecution, it's unbelievable that prosecutors wouldn't at least want to sit down and hear what I have to say about it."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16d

Motherfuckers. And I don't even like Comey.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING on MSNBC:

Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted in the coming days in the Eastern District of Virginia, where a prosecutor who opposed bringing the case was recently fired, three sources familiar with the matter told MSNBC.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 16d

Propaganda works, and Stephen miller and the rest of them know that a constant parade of fear will indeed do much of their work for them

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16d

I said for years that the only way to permanently reduce migration to the United States was to destroy the vision that the world had of this country as the land of opportunity.

That wasn't a goddam suggestion!

Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 16d

"'My main takeaway is that America is not a safe place to work,' Mr. Park said. 'I don’t think I would go there again to work.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...

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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 16d

Interesting to see this is possible in other countries! www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Former French President Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in jail in Libya trial

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy over efforts by close aides to procure funds for his 2007 presidential bid from Libya during the rule of late dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 16d

They're about to shut down the government to protect the Epstein Files from disclosure. Whatever is in the files must be so unhinged as to be beyond imagination.

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