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“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.” — Things you won’t see trending on X • L.A./N.Y./London/Rome & NOLA. Energy transition, Silicon Valley technofile, aerospace, filmmaker, writer ✍️, former producer, foreign policy and dolphin hugger. #RESIST

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · Jul 27

🚨 #SocialSecurity is on the chopping block. Thanks to Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” retirees are now staring down $18,000-a-year benefit cut in just seven years. Seniors who paid in their whole lives are left holding the bag.
– $13,600 cut for a typical retired couple.

A new analysis projects a 24% cut to Social Security benefits by late 2032.

Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will cause sharp cuts to Social Security by late 2032, a new analysis says.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 21m

Good night to all good sports.

Just remember, the guys who liberated Paris in WWII…

were…

ANTIFA. 😉 🇺🇸 🇫🇷

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Over 1000 American WWII U.S. soldiers of Pennsylvania's 28th Infantry Division march along the Champs Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe in the background, on Aug. 29, 1944, four days after the liberation of Paris, France.

World War II began in September 1939 with Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland. He launched the Holocaust and history's most destructive war, leaving 17,000,000 soldiers and 60,000,000 civilians dead. Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945. (AP Photo/Peter J. Carroll)

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 42m

The Senate has defeated a plan from Democrats to block President Trump's use of National Guard troops in various cities - if local officials oppose their deployment from other states.

Civil war enablers.

Photo of senate chambers with senators voting.

YEA 47 NAY 50

Van Hollen Amendment to
S. 2296, the National Defense Authorization Bill

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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 1d

BE BOLD DEMOCRATS

Have a federal judge swear in Grijalva NOW!

Don’t play into Mike Johnson’s stall tactics

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 3h

The malicious prosecution of Attorney General Tish James is baseless.

And the indictment is not worth the paper it is written on.

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Mark O'Connell @oconnellmark.bsky.social · 56m

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 11h

Survivors of sexual crimes deserve more.

Cold Comfort: The DOJ Says it Stands With Survivors But Words Aren’t Enough

By prioritizing political interests over justice, the Justice Department is jeopardizing the work of law enforcement to

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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 1h

The White House is using footage of Florida in Trump’s “fake news” attempt at showing chaos in Chicago.
In the video which was shot during “Operation unrest” you can see palm trees.
They are so bad at this.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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White House's Chicago

The White House has been caught faking unrest in Chicago.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 1h

Rutgers professor, Mark Bray, and his family are now on a plane heading to Spain. bsky.app/profile/mark...

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 2h

Are we at that phase already? The cancellation of the boarding pass doesn't make sense.

"US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport. Rutgers professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 1h

Winsome Earle-Sears — that is, in fact, discrimination.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

An editorial cartoon shows a woman with blonde hair pulled back with a dark suit on. She has a sewing needle in one hand holding - needle with large thread attached to string showing her lips stitched closed with the words TRUMP sealing her mouth shut.

A sign on the wall behind her says: 'DOJ' EVERY QUESTION...

A placard in front of her microphone on the table she is seated at reads:
A.G. PAM BONDI

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

47-50: Senate defeated Merkley (D-OR) amdt. to the 2026 defense programs & policy bill to limit the use of federal law enforcement for crowd & riot control & arrests at protests for demonstrations as well as require them to display IDs at all those times. 60 votes were needed.

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HappyJayHawk @happyjayhawk.bsky.social · 1h

I forget, what day is Antifa Founder’s Day? I hope they let her out in time for that.

Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 13h

So puppy killer arrested some 100+ year old lady from Italy?

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Noem: One of the individuals we arrested recently was the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa and we're hoping as we go after her and prosecute her, we'll get more and more information about the network and how we can root them out and eliminate them from the existence of American society

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 11h

From the memory hole: There was a hostage release and ceasefire deal in place by the Biden administration 10 months ago. It was allowed to expire in March, under Donald Trump, and now it's been revived and rebranded, with Donald taking full credit like always.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 2h

NEW STUDY

Since I was born, 500 Black neighborhoods have vanished

And 500,000 Black people have been lost

All due to urban revitalization projects

Like the one for LA’s new coliseum — for the Clippers and ‘26 Olympics — that’s destroying Inglewood

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From Watts to D.C.: How 500 Black Neighborhoods Vanished in 45 Years

America’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people, while gaining residents of every other race, a study finds.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

I have been posting here and for over three years on the other dumpster X site about this. This should have happened two years ago. The Russians are up to no good. If this blows, the fallout would be all over Europe.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 5h

Good piece, but all you REALLY need to know about the indictment is that it was personally secured by Lindsey Halligan, the wildly unqualified Trump lackey who was installed (illegally, it seems) for the lone purpose of bringing these bogus charges.

This will not result in a conviction.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

Good time to read @mollyroberts.bsky.social:

“It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.”

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

Next Up: Letitia James
Molly Roberts
Monday, October 6, 2025, 9:59 AM
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It's hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey-until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 11h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h

Trump might have immunity, but ICE does not.

He won’t be able to protect federal agents from criminal and civil prosecution once he’s gone.

Their day of reckoning will come. Broken down here…

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 10h

In a democracy based on freedom and the rule of law, we don’t jail public officials—or anyone—because of policy disagreements. We need everyone to repudiate this nonsense because a president cannot act as a prosecutor, judge, jury and dictator.

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 8d

“If there’s one person who can wrangle an alpha male, it’s Jane Goodall,” Kara Swisher said of the primatologist, who has died at 91. In 2020, the two talked on Swisher’s Times Opinion podcast “Sway” about Goodall’s work, celebrity status and influence on world leaders.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 3h

Oh hai. What do you want me to ask @kamalaharris.com?

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Aint James @aintjames.bsky.social · 5h

The missing bit of math that makes it add up for him

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

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stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

May decent judges who adhere to the rule of law save our democracy.

Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 5h

The Board of Immigration Appeals glossed over evidence and failed to justify its decision to overturn an immigration judge who granted an El Salvador man protection from removal under the Convention Against Torture, a Second Circuit panel said. www.law360.com/articles/239...

2nd Circ. Says Immigration Board Ignored Torture Evidence - Law360

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🇨🇦Frank🇳🇱 @frankvdb.bsky.social · 4h

The time line the world are living in is beyond the twilight zone.

Trump’s attempt at dictatorship will come to an abrupt end, even many of his sycophants will turn on him.

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