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Valerie T @vtroy.bsky.social · 6h

Her delivery reminds me of Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter.

Valerie T @vtroy.bsky.social · 6h

And sued banks and won during the housing crisis… www.kqed.org/news/1200878...

Kamala Harris Took on Big Banks After the Foreclosure Crisis. It Helped Define Her Career | KQED

As California’s attorney general, Kamala Harris took a bold stand against major banks, securing a $20 billion settlement for homeowners facing foreclosure, a move that helped solidify her reputation a...

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 8h

Just for the record, in 2020:
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA

There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.

He crazy.

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Just in: Documents show conclusively that Christopher Wray, Deranged Jack Smith, Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, and other crooked lowlifes from the failed Biden Administration, signed off on Operation Arctic Frost. They spied on Senators and Congressmen/women, and even taped their calls. They cheated and rigged the
2020 Presidential Election. These Radical Left Lunatics should be prosecuted for their illegal and highly unethical behavior!
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 9h

It's official: Trump is insane

All these events he claims happened in 2020 - when none of these people were in any position of power and when Trump, not Biden, was president

There are no documents, just the things Crazy Trump hallucinates

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Ben Daniel (he/him) @revbennyd.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14h

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 19h

The specifics of this are extremely bad. DHS is using a tariffs/product importation law to demand Meta unmask the identity of an Instagram account that posts about ICE enforcement actions. The page sells no merch. Lawyers call it "wildly outside the scope" of the law

www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...

DHS Tries To Unmask Ice Spotting Instagram Account by Claiming It Imports Merchandise

There is no evidence the Instagram and Facebook account, called Montcowatch, sells anything. Lawyers from the ACLU say the move is "wildly outside the scope" of DHS' authority.

www.404media.co

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Two-piece Advocate @ytpjason.bsky.social · 15h

“The department declined to answer questions about whether the donor is an American citizen or a foreign national.” Jesus Fucking Christ

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 16h

I know you lying to me!!!!!!!!

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

DOD accepts anonymous $130M donation to partially cover troop pay

White House and military officials will not say who the donor is or whether the gift has been properly vetted.

www.politico.com

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Valerie T @vtroy.bsky.social · 9h

A natural progression from orange candidate mocking a disabled reporter to these thugs singling out this disabled man to physically abuse. I admire the protester for showing up, and I hope he is ok.

Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 20h

Watch this.

Open your eyes to this brutality.

ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.

Now share this.

Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.

You have power.

Even sharing this video exerts that power.

Valerie T @vtroy.bsky.social · 9h

Seriously. They’ve discarded expertise, and turned it into a reality show fueled by sound bites and cosplay.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 9h

The number one lesson we have to tell EVERYONE under the age of 30 is before 2016 we didn't have to think about what was going on in the federal government every goddamn second of every goddamn day. Like the most was about 30 minutes of time eight times a month MAX and that was under Dubya.

Valerie T @vtroy.bsky.social · 12h

Starting with the lawyers.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 22h

ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.

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Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 17h

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

www.cnn.com

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Valerie T @vtroy.bsky.social · 14h

The Supreme Court has allowed this to happen.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16h

This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.

They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.

Valerie T @vtroy.bsky.social · 14h

No, but they dropped a lot of trash bags out of the Lincoln bedroom.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Did anyone spot moving vans outside the White House recently that could have been used to remove precious, historic furniture, mantel pieces, fixtures, chandeliers, lamps, and portraits from the East Wing to safety?

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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 1d

The use of "surge" here is so fucking grotesque. Trump is using Iraq War language against the citizens of his own country.

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Valerie T @vtroy.bsky.social · 22h

I think Squee is in the mix somewhere.

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AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 1d

#Pinks #ProudBlue
Christian Nationalist Jesus is no where in the Bible.

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Katie Harbath @katieharbath.bsky.social · 1d

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Video shows Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino personally throwing two canisters of tear gas at protesters in Little Village in Chicago earlier this morning. Video via Yani Sotelo on Facebook. (Warning: Strong language)

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Kim @kimoco.bsky.social · 2d

This is what it used to look like inside the lobby area.

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Valerie T @vtroy.bsky.social · 2d

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 3d

New story about the NIEHS Director appointment from Inside Climate News

insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...

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Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute - Inside Climate News

Despite a federal hiring freeze, the Trump administration just appointed a scientist who calls Vance one of his “closest friends” to head the nation’s key environmental health research arm.

insideclimatenews.org

Valerie T @vtroy.bsky.social · 2d

Just read through my Reddit he says… umm, no.

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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 3d

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

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Valerie T @vtroy.bsky.social · 3d

“The East Wing—long associated with tradition, family, and history—is being demolished to make room for a gilded ballroom, and federal employees watching it happen have been ordered to shut up about it.”

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 3d

Trump tries to cover up White House demolition

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Trump tries to cover up White House demolition

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Valerie T @vtroy.bsky.social · 3d

Dancing while democracy dies? Fiddling while Rome burns? Let them eat cake?