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Here for the 💙 politics. Fascism is not inevitable. MAGA sucks. Nam vet. Married. NO DMs. Like fiction? Read my novel, ‘West Heads Home.’ My army memoirs are also out: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Peter%20Farnham/author/B0CFFXNXMH

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 12h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 1h

Trump was President on Jan 6 not Biden.

Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 2h

This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th.

If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.

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Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 1h

Anybody who thinks Trumpy has achieved peace in the middle east is delusional. The best minds on the planet have worked at this for decades. Hamas is already reasserting control in Gaza. Jfc wake up people.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 19h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 22h

Of all the things that never happened, this is the most never-happened.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

If only there were a Nobel prize for narcissism ….

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 1d

Does this mean bombing “no kings rallies?”

Madonna Lennon @madonnalennon.bsky.social · 1d

Execute

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Madonna Lennon @madonnalennon.bsky.social · 1d

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AuntBunny @auntbunny.bsky.social · 1d

This is the America I know, love, and miss! A diverse country with a leader that leads with passion, love, joy, and empathy! It kills me to see what’s happening in my state and around the world! We will get this back. I’m just afraid we may lose everything in the process. 😢🙏🇺🇸💙💪

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Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 1d

I think there is no better reason to go than that the No Kings rallies are driving MAGA bonkers. They are terrified.

JinxZod SWGOH @jinxzodswgoh.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the reason Johnson and others are framing No Kings as violent and we hate America? Seems very dangerous to go there. Also how scared is he of the Epstein Files?

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Madonna Lennon @madonnalennon.bsky.social · 1d

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Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 1d

Keep it up guys! Ridicule is the best weapon in peaceful protests.

Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING !!!!

Stunning undercover video of antifa terrorist organization, a brave soul infiltrated in Portland

Thank goodness Plump had the antifa roundtable in DC yesterday to bring awareness to these terrorists...

#ice #warzone #musicfestival #portland #frogforpresident #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 1d

In case anyone needs a reminder, trumpy is never “just joking.” open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

He's never "just joking"

And Republicans know it, even as they play dumb.

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Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 1d

Just another Friday in Trumpy’s Amerika. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

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Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 1d

Jfc. The ass licking here is almost parody-like.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 2d

Good lord…normal. She must be getting an earful from constituents.

Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 2d

Too bad Trumpy. Maybe next year.

Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize - The Times of London

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Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 2d

A priest.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 3d

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Amy King (@poemz)

Dr. Jane Goodall recorded this interview in March 2025, with the understanding that it would be released only after her death. #drjanegoodall

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Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 4d

Terrifying images of death and destruction and bad dancing.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 5d

“Once authoritarianism shows up to the party, there can be only two kinds of media:

•Propaganda that is sanctioned by the regime

•Independent media that exists to see the authoritarian project ended

There is no third way. Eventually, every media institution will have to choose a side.”

The Washington Post and CBS News are dying. The Bulwark is the future.

We drink their milkshake.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 5d

Oh pkease let it be so. Or give it to Obama again. open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Trump Explodes with Rage after Gavin Newsom Wins Nobel Peace Prize

The committee recognized Trump with a "certificate of participation."

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Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 5d

Hand to hand combat!

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE DESPERATELY RUNNING 26 MILES, 385 YARDS TO ESCAPE A WAR ZONE

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 6d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

Virginia Writer 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 🇩🇰🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @virginiawriter.bsky.social · 5d

I’m tearing up, looking at this. These wonderful people.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

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