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Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 6h

🖕🖕🖕John Thune you lying pile of💩

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13h

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11h

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 11h

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

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Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 8h

Now that their funding been cut The PBS NewsHour does real journalism, this is great reporting and worth watching.

www.youtube.com/live/PRUb315...

PBS News Hour live episode, Oct. 9, 2025

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

www.youtube.com

Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 10h

I made it through the 60s, those were the days. Kent State was one of the major define moments for me.
The government was at war in Vietnam and at home. Then the Ohio National opened fired on war protesters and 4 died 9 wounded
Today, no protest yet fully armed soldiers are on our streets.
WTF 😳

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Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 15h

I pray that Trump does not use “Shock and Awe” and bomb our American cities.
No way he’d do that, right?

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Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 15h

Mike is an amateur liar.
Although he is getting better at “bearing false Witness”, practice enough and ya might make it to dumpys level of lying.
Not sure how a so-called Christian can rationalize lying, 🤥
Lying to the American people sucks!

Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 15h

I enjoy reading about how the Republicans are squirming to explain their plans when questioned about the abuses. They always fall back to lies to try to coverup the truth. Johnson is out of his league and I bet he has trouble sleeping.

www.politico.com/live-updates...

GOP military mom presses Mike Johnson on troop pay

The speaker appeared on C-SPAN to take live caller questions. “I’m begging you to pass this legislation,” one said.

www.politico.com

Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 17h

Dumpy has created an imaginary world in his mind. He uses a constant stream of lies.
Does he believe his own lies?
It’s a LOT of work to keep a lie going, you must always be vigilant. Maybe, that’s why he can stop falling asleep in the middle of an event.

newrepublic.com/maz/article/...

Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.

newrepublic.com

Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 18h

Oh yes, corrosive effects. A good read!

<“At the end of the day, at the core of it all, we are normalizing bullying,” said Gingrich.>

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Therapists Warn This Normalized Trump Behavior Is Causing Real-World Harm

People often look up to the president — and in this case, that’s clearly a problem.

www.huffpost.com

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Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 18h

His bearing false witness is so obvious, this is who he is.
When he’s got nothing, lying about everything is what he has to do!

omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 1d

You have not heard that name in awhile . If awhile is only like 2 or 3 months ago when you moved her out of max security prison . Lies

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 1d

Portland Mayor Wilson says he's interested in taking over the lease of the city's privtely-owned ICE facility -- a suggestion that came from DHS. (And he rejects feds' ask for "free speech zones" where ppl can be penalized for protesting outside of.)

Mayor Wilson to feds: Your actions are ‘deeply disturbing'

After meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson reaffirms Portland's commitment to free speech, says he will make decisions "in the best interest of Portland an...

www.portland.gov

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💿🥂 The Mayor of Funkytown 🥂💿 @mayoroffunkytown.bsky.social · 19h

For the Epsteinth time, an "underage woman" is a CHILD!

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Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 19h

Nah nah nah no body is afraid of you dumpy.
Keep piss’n in the wind bud you’re getting it all over yourself.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: Everything we're doing is very lawful and what they're doing is not lawful.

And what the governor and mayor, as an example, you can say of Portland and certainly of Chicago, it's not lawful what they're doing. They have to be very careful.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 19h

You can't enjoy a cup of coffee in Chicago without armed federal agents storming out and tackling you. This used to be a free country. We will become one again. Don't give up hope, and don't let them trick you into thinking this is normal.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

YES! MORE OF THIS! Thank you Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold from Oregon’s National Guard 🙏

Source: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

#Oregon #Portland #50501Movement

@WinterPolitics1
The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE.

And a photo of the Oregon National Guard General

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Plant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 19h

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 21h

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Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 19h

This is torture, prison guards have complete power over inmates. The guards crimes were well documented yet no charges, WTF?
“Live free or die” is such a bullshit slogan.
Not only at the men’s prison but the Sununu youth detention center, there they abused boys. Sick

www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

Investigators found evidence of potential crimes by NH prison staff. They decided not to prosecute.

An investigation into one of the biggest poaching cases in recent New Hampshire history also uncovered potential crimes inside the state’s struggling prison for men.

www.nhpr.org

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 1d

The American president ordering the invasion of American cities sounds like a civil war and treason to me, but what do I know.

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

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Bible boy:

"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me."

Matthew 25:35-36

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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