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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 13h

Maybe I'm just cynical, but I can't help wondering if the Gaza cease-fire is yet another play by Netanyahu on Trump?

Excuse my morbid doubts, but it wouldn't surprise me if Israel resumed their genocidal flattening of Gaza as soon as the hostages are all released. They still want to wipe out Hamas!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 19h

Watching from Australia, I just find it so hard to believe that I'm watching this happen in the USA.

Masked thugs, with no ID, & almost certainly no warrants, carjacking and assaulting someone then kidnapping him.

Where are the local police to arrest them?

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20h

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 20h

Re Bullshit Barbie (aka Karoline Leavitt) spouting nonsense about Portland being under siege, riots, etc.

I wonder if she is so thick that she actually believes the bullshit that comes out of her mouth, or if she is just a cynical piece of the mechanism that is pulling Trump's strings?

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 20h

Qatar's bribe of that Boeing 747 looks to be paying off big time for Qatar. Now Trump & Hegseth have announced Qatar will be building a military air base in Idaho

Yes, really. A foreign country's air base inside the USA.

Australia is one of USA's main allies - and we don't have an air base in USA

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 22h

Now I'm confused.

Nobel Peace prize for Machado was nominated by Rubio.
She also thanked Trump for his support. But she is fighting Maduro who is running Venezuela the way Trump is running USA.

Machado thinks Trump wants free & fair elections.

Huh? Wait, what??

thenightly.com.au/world/nobel-...

Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize, dedicates part to Trump

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, dedicating it to ‘the suffering people of Venezuela’ and the US president.

thenightly.com.au

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

With the Nobel Peace Prize taking up all the news feeds, especially pointing out that Trumplestiltskin will NOT be pleased, it would have been easy to miss this:

edition.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics

Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.

edition.cnn.com

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

The only reason RFK Jr wears a necktie is to stop his foreskin sliding up over his head...!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

Most of the court cases about deploying troops to various cities have been LOST by the Trump administration. Judges upholding the rule of law & the Constitution.

So why is there no judicial restraint put on the ICE thugs?

How are they still operating as masked-up warrantless gestapo-style goons?

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

Not just a Latina - but a WOMAN. And a DEMOCRATIC woman to boot - fighting against a dictatorship like the one Trump is trying to run.

And from Venezuela - the country Trump is trying to pick a fight with by murdering people in boats from there.

Nobel Committee got this one spot on, for sure!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

The actual Nobel Peace Prize winner won it for fighting against a dictatorship.

You know - like the one Trump & his cronies are trying to run in the USA.

This couldn't have been a better face slap to Trump from the Nobel Committee if they'd been deliberately trying!

Kudos to the Nobel Committee!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh..! Poor Trumpy. That MUST hurt!

Not only did he NOT get the Nobel Peace Prize, it went to (gulp) a WOMAN!

Not just ANY woman - the democratic opposition leader in - wait for it - VENEZUELA!

You know, the country Trump is trying to pick a fight with by murdering people in boats from there.

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

It's satire - or at least an attempt at satire...! ;)

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

"When the baby emerges from the placenta it absorbs Tylenol residue from the esophagus. If that happens near a WiFi router anyone in the room who is vaccinated is pretty much guaranteed to catch autism" - RFK Jr

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

Ultimate lunacy - RFK Jr now claiming that children circumcised early have double the rate of autism.

HE needs to be circumcised - but in his case, it would mean decapitation, given that he is such a dickhead!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

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Reposted by Thoracicus

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

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

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING - anyone who doesn't yet believe that Trump has weaponized the DOJ to get retribution on his "enemies", Letitia James has just been indicted for "bank fraud".

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Breaking: Letitia James, NY attorney general and Trump foe, indicted for bank fraud

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of US President Donald Trump, is indicted for bank fraud.

www.abc.net.au

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 2d

So the problem then becomes: HOW does the USA eliminate the entire malignant administration?

Just getting rid of Trump, or even Vance as well, won't work. The Miller/Vought/Carr/Heritage Foundation mob (and I use that term deliberately) will still be there.

The whole lot of 'em need to be arrested

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 2d

Which then poses the question:

If Trump were to die or be removed from office - are they grooming Vance to be the same useful but ignorant & dumb stooge as Trump currently is?

Does Vance think he is smart, but in reality as dumb as Trump?

Are Miller & co just letting him think he's smart?

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 2d

The more I hear from Trump, showing his appalling lack of knowledge, the more I realize that he is nothing but the useful stooge for the evil people who control him.

Trump has NO idea what's in most of the EOs that Miller & co put under his nose - he just signs 'em!

He is usefully ignorant & dumb!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 2d

I suspect that it's going to take the senior leadership of the military - those who survive Hegseth's firings - to get together and stand up to Trump & his cronies, in order to defend the Constitution.

If only they would arrest Trump & the whole gang, then call for new - & FAIR - elections.

Dream!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson really is a little turdlet.

He is a spineless weasel, doing Trump's bidding to score brownie points.

He's going to have to swear Grijalva in at some point in time. How long can he put it off?

The more he covers up for Trump & his cronies, the more certain it is he's in those files!!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller is the epitome of "dead eyes" and an evil lip curl..!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's descriptions of Portland are based on him being shown old footage (from 2020 and before) & mixed in with footage from the George Floyd protests.

He is deliberately being fed misinformation by Miller and co, to prime him to make these stupid comments & decisions.

Manipulation of the puppet!

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