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Gail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social · 10h

To the evangelicals out there who sold their souls to this man because he claimed he was one of you: he is not.

Any Christ-follower knows they can’t earn their way to heaven. It’s all about grace and redemption.

And this isn’t a one-off joke; he says this stuff all the time

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 11h

7th grader?? OMG kidnapping a 13 year old basically and shipping him to a concentration camp.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 12h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Jen d’Arc @jenonymous.bsky.social · 16h

“You see we only resolved the *outcome* that our beloved dictator gets whatever he wants, but we don’t want to be pinned down on the *legal issue* of whether or not there are any checks on the President— you know, in case the next one turns out to be a deranged tyrant who tries to help the poor.”

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GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly this. You nailed it Jen.

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GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 15h

Are you a builder or just collect lumber?

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 16h

tl;dr Yes prison labor will probably play some role. But the bulk of the US's farm labor by far will probably come from WAY more H2A visas.

Which the Trump admin just lowered wages on! They've also made it a lot easier to do modern day farm slavery on H2A workers & get away with it.

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GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 16h

Headlines like this make me wonder if we are in late 1890-1900 period here instead of 2025

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 1d

This is the same space laser person????🤨

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "We have to do something about labor, and that needs to be a smarter plan than just rounding up every single person and deporting them."

GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 1d

Shouldn’t this be what many, many Dems be saying????

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene : "Prices have not come down at all. The job market is extremely difficult. Wages have not gone up. Health insurance premiums are going to go up. Homeowner's insurance goes up every year. Rent is going up. Young people have no hope of buying a home."

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GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly I was talking to a newer investor and he thinks he can ride the dips. Oh boy!!!

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GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 1d

And this. Never forget, 👿 evil
bsky.app/profile/josh...

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 1d

Totally normal!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 1d

This was negotiated by Melania for Baron.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 1d

It will be interesting if and when this ends how much he is able to keep in his portfolio. All the best to him!

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GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 1d

Say it louder for the

Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 1d

Heinrich Himmler 2.0

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

A second generation nepo baby, raised by a pair of sociopaths and given every advantage in the world. I'm sure this story will end well.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 2d

😂 I have missed your colorful name calling on whatever he does.

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GG @tradergg.bsky.social · 2d

Do some people not learn from history that we have to repeat it??? 😑

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...