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bugeye61.bsky.social @bugeye61.bsky.social · 1h

He is so smug

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 1h

This is a military wife calling out Mike Johnson on C-SPAN this morning
Yesterday Johnson had the temerity to announce publicly that he will NOT call the House back to pass emergency pay for our troops
Can't imagine why he thought taking callers on C-SPAN would go well for him..

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Republican C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party,and I'm very disappointed in you, because you have the power to call the House back. You refuse to do that just for a show."

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1h

Bombshell investigation shows that Hungary's Russia-alligned Orban regime has been running an espionage network in Brussels, recruiting and infiltrating among the highest levels of foreign governments.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23h

Trump is right, there is a war on Christians. He's the one doing it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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bugeye61.bsky.social @bugeye61.bsky.social · 2h

These fucking guys….

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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bugeye61.bsky.social @bugeye61.bsky.social · 3h

Grandpa is losing it

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3h

This too. bsky.app/profile/gtco...

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d

“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.

“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.

“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”

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www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases

Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

www.wsj.com

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 14h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: TN’s Senators Blackburn & Hagerty joined Republicans in blocking a resolution that would’ve forced Trump to get congressional approval for targeted killings.

AP: The Trump admin hasn’t shown Congress any evidence that the targeted boats were smuggling drugs.

apnews.com/article/trum...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 15h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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bugeye61.bsky.social @bugeye61.bsky.social · 14h

Thoughts and Prayers

bugeye61.bsky.social @bugeye61.bsky.social · 16h

My bet is on lying

bugeye61.bsky.social @bugeye61.bsky.social · 16h

He is immune to facts. He creates his own, hourly.

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bugeye61.bsky.social @bugeye61.bsky.social · 23h

Yep- I am rereading The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” it is more terrifying than when I read it 40 years ago.

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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 1d

This is what I've been saying for MONTHS!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

Portlandia is a central document of the American anti-fascist movement.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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bugeye61.bsky.social @bugeye61.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and his entire administration are criminals

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Pete Hegseth practices day drinking the right way.

by Ezra Klein

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

www.pbs.org

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 1d

Josh Hawley and Yale Law School, ladies and gentlemen.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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