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Tye Dye Terrapin @tyedyedterrapin.bsky.social · 11h

The United States is more at war with it's own tax paying American born citizens than any other people's in the Universe. How did my own country get chosen 🤔 to be under military control? WEIRD! SAD! WHY!?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

If I lived in Portland I’d be filming daily videos of the reality there and sending them to every single person in my contacts.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

Odd, how Laura Loomer has to speculate about what Hell must be like, whereas anyone who has ever had to spend time with her does not.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 5h

The house just extended their vacation!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Fed Governor Christopher Waller: "Job growth has probably been negative the last few months. it doesn't look like it's doing much better. I don't hear anybody with big hiring plans."

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4h

This is dedicated to those who believed DJT and legacy media coverage that Project 2025 was nothing to be concerned about.

Also, this isn’t legal.

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yolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 23h

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 4h

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 11h

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

{ gift article } www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Whimsy @unrequitedwhimsy.bsky.social · 5h

Somebody needs to convince Trump that Miller thinks he’s running the country

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 6h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

SPANBERGER: “She doesn’t think gay couples should be allowed to marry.”

WINSOME EARLE-SEARS: “That’s not discrimination.” 🤔

SPANBERGER: “She thinks you can fire someone for being gay.”

EARLE-SEARS: “That’s not discrimination.” 🤔🤔 #VAGov

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - National Guard troops seen patrolling alongside local police in Memphis.

@apnews.com

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 8h

Sam Alito says non-delivery of mail is too trivial an issue for people to be allowed to sue USPS, but what happens when it's our ballots that are not being delivered?

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'Sneakily crucial': Expert says obscure Supreme Court case will have massive repercussions

The Supreme Court is hearing a number of high-profile cases this term, including one critical to the future of congressional representation. But they're also taking on a much lesser-known case, about ...

www.rawstory.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

There’s no evidence to suggest Tylenol causes autism.

There’s no evidence to suggest early circumcision causes autism.

There’s no evidence to suggest we’re in an “autism epidemic”.

There is evidence to suggest that RFK Jr is a eugenicist who’s a menace to society and public health.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 9h

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Denise Ireland @ireland0828.bsky.social · 10h

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Our Revolution @our-revolution.bsky.social · 1d

Medicare telehealth just expired.

Millions of seniors & disabled patients face canceled visits or big bills, because Congress failed to act.

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Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social · 9h

Wow, only a wimp like Nazi Petey the Botox bitch at the pentagon would be the first idiot in American history to allow a foreign country like Qatar to build a military base in America but the GOP loves their child brides!!! 🤷 #1776 #TakeBackAmericaFromThePedophiles #EpsteinFiles

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 10h

Never in Social Security’s 90-year history has a Commissioner held a second job.

If Bisignano doesn’t want to focus on Social Security, it’s time for him to quit.

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LadyPup @ladypup.bsky.social · 10h

Here's the real money grab...

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Reuters @reuters.com · 18h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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

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