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Brian Drury

@bdgarp.bsky.social

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OFCS, Rotten Tomatoes, Author of Dreams of Perfection Music is Everything More and more young Americans, already fed up with fascism, resorting to poetry.

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Brian Drury @bdgarp.bsky.social · Jan 19

Joined the People's March on Washington today in a sea of strength and hope. I hadn't felt this connected to Americans since Obama's first inauguration and my spirit was restored. Didn't see much coverage in the media, but not surprising. The People won't roll over. It's on.

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Brian Drury @bdgarp.bsky.social · 3h

In the best love stories they always die in the end.

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Christopher Mootham @chrismootham.bsky.social · 5h

ALL SOLDIERS WHO FIRE ON AMERICAN CITIZENS ON UNITED STATES SOIL ARE TRAITORS TO THEIR OATH TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. PERIOD.

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Brian Drury @bdgarp.bsky.social · 3h

O happy dagger!

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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 10h

Arizona's senators are fed up with Mike Johnson's BS www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Arizona's senators are fed up with Mike Johnson's BS

House Speaker Mike Johnson was confronted in the halls of the Capitol by Arizona Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly over his flimsy excuse for refusing to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita ...

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 6h

a thing to keep in mind, moving forward, is that if you're ditching this shithole, don't tell us about it on social media until you're safely on the other side

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9h

"For the first time since the civil rights era, the president of the United States is sending in troops over the objection of a local state. The big difference between now and the civil rights era is that the president is doing that based on their desire for power only."

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 6h

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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thewakan.bsky.social @thewakan.bsky.social · 5h

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 7h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Brian Drury @bdgarp.bsky.social · 3h

Mike Johnson has no idea about the day to day goings on in government. That's not in his lane, he says.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 21h

I got lost in the cemetery today. Here is an armless angel in front of the setting sun

A giant angel statue commemorating the life and death of a woman from 1904

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Brian Drury @bdgarp.bsky.social · 3h

romeo & juliet

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5h

"A rival petition began circulating Sunday, calling on the Rutgers chapter of TPUSA to be disbanded, accusing it of inciting violence. As of today, that petition had several hundred more signatures than the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s firing..."

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Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 5h

Some cases take on outsized importance, with issues that transcend the decision the parties ask the courts to make. This is one of those cases. The stakes are high: the integrity of the Justice Department and the ability of a president to corrupt the rule of law. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Slow Death Facing The Comey Prosecution

This morning at 10 a.m., former FBI Director Jim Comey was arraigned in federal court.

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Brian Drury @bdgarp.bsky.social · 3h

the english patient

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Michelle @michellesea.bsky.social · 7h

If you haven’t already done so, lease take a minute to call Governor Pritzker’s office and leave him a message of support.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

The sheriff in Mobile, Alabama reportedly has a Halloween “display” featuring skeletons dressed like ICE agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros and serapes. www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Alabama sheriff under fire for Halloween display with ‘ICE’ agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros

The controversial display shows ICE agent skeletons chasing figures in sombreros, which the sheriff's wife defends as "tongue-in-cheek" while citing her own Cuban heritage.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19h

Donald Trump has finally found his Roy Cohn. Read the detaios & judge for yourself if this is how the people’s lawyer should do her job. joycevance.substack.com/p/oversight

Oversight

Attorney General Pam Bondi showed up for an oversight hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and she brought her best Scarlett O’Hara demeanor along with her.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 8h

Christian minister attacked by ICE agents. Waiting for the outrage from MAGA. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 13h

I'm late to this -- came out a couple weeks ago -- sorry -- but this podcast episode is really worth listening to (despite the episode title, it's only incidentally about the Kimmel fiasco).

Highly recommended.

You can listen here for free, or on any podcast app:

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Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure | The Political Scene | The New Yorker | WNYC

The Washington Roundtable discusses how, in the wake of the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel’s show, public resistance has a chance to turn the tide against autocratic impulses in today’...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

"At the Vatican Wednesday, Pope Leo urged bishops to 'speak strongly' on behalf of immigrants affected by Trump’s deportation drive.

The pope met privately Tuesday with 100 American Catholics involved in migrant ministry, thanking them for their work..."

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Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops

The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.

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