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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · 1d

Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups mashed in to 2 large scoops of Blue Bell Pecan Praline ice cream.

whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is all about normalizing cruelty and violence upon anyone in their path while claiming vociferously they are in pursuit of the "worst first" so naturally they go to ....church?

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson confidently and coherently assures us that he has concepts of ideas of options for dramatic reforms of possible options of repealing and replacing nothing from nothing while insisting that anything would be better than PTSD from the experience.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 9d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11d

Join us Kristi Noem!

9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St

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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · 11d

I'm attending No Kings's event, it's time once again to make our voices heard and stand peacefully in strong opposition to MAGA tyranny and injustice - sign up now to join millions of Patriotic Americans across the nation!

www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS Santa Monica · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · 15d

" It's not what the GQP is doing that scares me the most, it is what we aren't doing, how we are being diverted from our central mission vis-a-vis 2026..."
Trump And Miller's Nazi Plans For The Mid-Terms....A Replay Of Hitler's Austrian Anschluss Referendum?
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Trump And Miller's Nazi Plans For The Mid-Terms....A Replay Of Hitler's Austrian Anschluss Referendum?

My Reply To A Private Message From A Friend, Who Finds Our Whole Situation "Unbelievable And Scary"--- (edited for clarity)

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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · 19d

So what's the next step? Do we get some undergrad interns to use AI to write a dissertation and get it published by peers for reivew? Kinda new to these lofty intellectual pursuits. Do we apply for a grant somewhere? That'll be tough under current admin but we might sneak it through.

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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · 19d

Can't believe this went a full 41 minutes with no comments. I feel privileged to be the first to acknowledge that you have raised an important issue. Maybe with 2 s's ? That way asteroids can still be asteroids.

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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · 20d

It's high time the US gave Mike Flyn the military tribunal he deserves for high treason & felonious fraud.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21d

They’re taking this escalator thing pretty serious.

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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · 20d

Prelude to ICE swarming the UN?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21d

Karen wants to speak to the manager of the UN.

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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · 20d

Sadly, many still cannot see. #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21d

Some of us do.

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Didntcmecumin69 @didntcmecumin69.bsky.social · 21d

I’m not sure what’s better The drums or the entire song?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc5N...

War Pigs

YouTube video by Black Sabbath - Topic

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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · 29d

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29d

Breaking — FEMA Acting Chief Counsel Colt Hagmaier just resigned in an email to staff. He's worked at the agency for more than a decade.

Hagmaier's resignation comes immediately after two FEMA employees were placed on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk.

Text of his email shared with me:

Pursuing A More Perfect Union
Hagmaier, Colt
Mon 9/15/2025 1:06 PM

Friends,

This nation was once no more than idea. Courageous whispers of dangerous thinking; a wild experiment to organize and preserve government not by despotism or dynasty, but through the continued consent of the governed. Like a hardy willow, our Republic endures upon a trunk of federalism that is both fixed and flexible.

Unity, not unanimity, is our strength - we are not stymied by our differences, we are made resilient by channeling those differences into public good. Our words matter. We ought to choose them carefully, stand behind them, and offer them with empathy and kindness. My faith in our nation, like our liberties, is secured by strong, prudent, and principled democratic institutions. Institutions administered by public servants sworn to place that public good above their own. We persevere not because our Union is perfect, rather because we never stop pursuing a more perfect one - together.

That is what I see here at FEMA every day. Each of you sustaining the integrity and function of our federal government. You bring hope to the hopeless and relief to the suffering. Your work is never easy, rarely appreciated, and often misunderstood or mischaracterized, but it is essential. Not only to those benefiting from it, but to the fabric of who we are as a people and a reflection of the humanity that unites us. Your effort is purposeful, noble, and compassionate. It has been my life's honor to serve alongside you in this virtuous mission of helping our communities and neighbors in their times of need.

Now, it is time for me to start a new path away from federal service. This has been an incredibly difficult decision over which I have reflected, prayed, and temporized. I care immensely about FEMA's mission and for you who deliver it every day. I am blessed to have worked alongside so many passionate, hardworking, and talented people throughout my FEMA career.

whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · Sep 13

This is a more plausible explanation to me: open.substack.com/pub/muellers...

NEW: The Messages on the Bullets are From a Video Game

The phrases engraved on the bullets found by law enforcement during the investigation into the shooting of Charlie Kirk come from a video game called Helldivers2

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Sep 13

A sneering midwit with inherited wealth got the facts wrong, and accused an honest public servant—Lisa Cook—of fraud. His meddling created a crisis well beyond his portfolio, undermining the Fed.

Bill Pulte can do the right thing and resign.

If merit still matters, he should be fired.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · Sep 12

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.

Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.

These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show

A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Feste @greenplanet.bsky.social · Sep 5

The takeaway here should be: in spite of huge increases in manufacturing investment and jobs under Biden, we now have few manufacturing jobs today under Trump.

Biden got the job done.

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Kirsten Grady @mrskgrady.bsky.social · Aug 3

Sometimes self care is stepping away and giving time to creativity.

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · Sep 4

As a person who loves that city more than just about any other place on the planet, I feel confident saying that New Orleans wishes a bitch would try.

NPR @npr.org · Sep 3

President Trump said the White House is considering whether to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago or a place with a governor who would welcome them, like New Orleans.

President Trump floats deploying National Guard troops to New Orleans

President Trump said the White House is considering whether to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago or a place with a governor who would welcome them, like New Orleans.

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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · Aug 31

Gaaah! Bread is Woke? Can mustard be far behind? Are pickles next? WFT!

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Aug 31

Refuse to be called woke by someone who talks like a Harry Potter side character having a stroke. “Noshing on a poncy porous plimsoll?” Go to a hospital.

Julien Hoez @julienhoez.eu · Aug 31

🚨BREAKING:

Bread is now woke, according to Alex Phillips

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#TeslaTakedown LA @teslatakedownla.bsky.social · Aug 24

Didn’t know this one would resonate so much!

If y’all wanna hang out later and make fun of Cybertruck drivers with us, we’ll be at the Tesla Diner in Hollywood between 5pm-8pm this evening (as we are every sat & sun)

7001 Santa Monica Blvd

#TeslaTakedown LA @teslatakedownla.bsky.social · Aug 23

Just pulled up to #TeslaTakedown Santa Monica and the first thing I see, shit you not, is a dumb wheel cover come flying off a Cybertruck test drive vehicle just pulling out of the garage with a prospective customer. 🤡

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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · Aug 25

Listen up MAGA!

💙PaTresha 💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇦 @patresha10.bsky.social · Aug 24

The bottom line

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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · Aug 22

We hire some of the gotdam dummest people for the most important jobs. This is just one example.
#VoteOutGOP

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 22

Mike Collins is an idiot. There are 55M people in the world with US Visas. They’re not all here at once. There are about 185 types of visas and in FY2019 there were 3.2M people here on temporary visas.

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whatnowamerica.bsky.social @whatnowamerica.bsky.social · Aug 22

What kind of sick fokker signs up to be an ICE goon?

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Aug 21

"Here legally, engaged in a sanctioned process to determine their eligibility for asylum, they have committed no crime. They are arrested anyway, and the lives they’ve risked to come to the United States are thrown into chaos."

A photographer’s view of ICE’s relentless courthouse arrests

The shattering of faith in America's goodness is the hardest part to watch.

www.motherjones.com

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