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Arjen B

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Arjen B @atlantaarjen.bsky.social · Feb 5

Remember, remember, the 5th of November, the gunpower treason and plot...

Well, it wasn't gunpowder, but there was a lot of voter suppression going on.

Arjen B

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When one has to turn to the @theonion.com for serious, straight-up news...

July 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM

Arjen B

@atlantaarjen.bsky.social

A trump supporter employing undocumented workers? Say it aint so...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Kid Rock’s restaurant workers asked to go home to avoid rumored Ice raids

Nashville establishments owned by Trump supporter Steve Smith struggled as undocumented staff left mid-service

www.theguardian.com

May 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM

Arjen B

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Where was RFK Jr. that day?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Decapitated dolphin found on remote island in North Carolina

Officials are offering $20,000 for information about dolphin, originally found intact but later with its head removed

www.theguardian.com

May 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM

Arjen B

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Before we revoke the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, can we first revoke it for all those "maga" churches?

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

IRS reportedly planning to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status

Probably illegal move against US’s richest university is latest in Trump’s attack on independence of higher education

www.theguardian.com

April 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM

Arjen B

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Why doesn't this surprise me. Another high-ranking female officer fired.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit

Col Susannah Meyers removed amid reports she distanced base from Vance’s criticism of Denmark’s oversight of territory

www.theguardian.com

April 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM

Arjen B

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I think there's evidence that this caused brain damage.

"Marjorie Taylor Greene Promotes “Measles Parties” for Kids Amid Deadly Outbreaks"
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Promotes “Measles Parties” for Kids Amid Deadly Outbreaks

Measles can cause brain swelling and pneumonia. A child in Texas has already died.

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March 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM

Arjen B

@atlantaarjen.bsky.social

Remember, remember, the 5th of November, the gunpower treason and plot...

Well, it wasn't gunpowder, but there was a lot of voter suppression going on.

February 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM

Arjen B

@atlantaarjen.bsky.social

Ron Johnson voted NOT GUITLY on trump's impeachment in 2021, so Ronnie can fuck off.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 3

Ron Johnson: "Tariffs are a tax. When you tax something, you get less of it, so we'll probably get fewer imports, but then with retaliation, fewer experts. Smoot-Hawley was not particularly successful and helped sparked the Depression, so I share the markets' concern."