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Claudia Montague Wheatley

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The gravest threat to our country today is the FACT that our president, Donald J. Trump, has dementia. He'll never get better. He WILL get worse. And the question of what happens next becomes more pressing every day. Why isn't everyone talking about that?

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · Aug 3

Let's go over the reasons why Ghislaine Maxwell is in prison—and why she absolutely deserves to remain there, unpardoned, with no immunity.

You can watch the video or read the captions.

We'll do this slowly so everyone can follow along. (1/4)

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 12h

... “'They’re less nervous about blowing the book deal or not getting the MSNBC hit or the CNN hit and just doing the job,' she said."

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 12h

Can we have a HUZZAH for local reporters who are covering the Trump/Republican occupation of Chicago?

"Former WGN news director Schulze says ... that local reporters seem to be more focused on the work than on raising their career profile ...
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The press steps up as Trump targets Chicago

Local journalism is under siege, but still makes itself indispensable

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 12h

The word "If" does some heavy lifting here.

IF you're an American citizen AND you're a woman AND you're pregnant AND you're young;

AND the hospital is paid less to treat you than a patient who is South American AND illegal AND a rabble rouser AND has come to harm us;

THAT IS WRONG.

No shit ...

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 12h

Senator: To what extent is this assault on Venezuelan fisherman driven by Trump's interest in the Orinoco oil fields?

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 12h

Diminishing respect for traditional civilian authorities is a sign of worsening authoritarianism.

WAKE UP MAGA: If Trump's goons will do this to a priest, you know they will do it to you.

Or your kids.

Or your mothers.
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Carmendp @carmendp.bsky.social · 13h

Reflection: The invasion of cities, detention and kidnapping of Black and Brown people, the legal targeting of Black women, and the use of military tactics against Blue cities reveal the depravity of Trump regime. Question is—how many MAGA voters are truly different? Wake up, MAGA. You could be next

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

There are people we will never reach and that's probably best for all concerned. 🤪

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

Follow the bouncing eyeballs!

In one way—and ONLY one way—having true evangelicals in government is an improvement over regular "Jesus Who?" Republican "Christians":

You can tell Holy Moses here was DRILLED on the Ten Commandments—and politics haven't hardened him enough to convincingly break #9.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

Straight-talking Mike Johnson struggles to look at the camera when claiming to care about healthcare

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

A note from "Anonymous":

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Miles Taylor (@milestaylor)

I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it. His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in orde...

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

Ten days until the next NO KINGS PROTEST.

Find an event near you (nokings.org); be there and be counted.

NO KINGS IN AMERICA.

NO NAZIS SHOOTING PRIESTS, EITHER.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

Is "Now" okay for you, Holy Moses?

Because "Now" is good for the country.

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

"There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success."

(Quotes from The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck)

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

Meanwhile:

(Paragraph: John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath)

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

Honestly, I don't think I could eat that. And I like tomato and lettuce on a sandwich.

Even cucumbers, when I'm feeling fancy (and have real mayonnaise).

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

The real reason Republicans shut down our government:

To guard Donald Trump's "wonderful secret."

Imagine that: People, including military families, going without pay in this economy. The anxiety. The suffering.

Just to protect the crimes of a demented "enigma."

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. 📣 📣 📣

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

Donnie Demento promised us a Golden Age.

Voters should have known: He's famous for trying to pass off cheap fakes—watches, cuff links, the crap on the Oval Office walls—as the real thing.

So: WELCOME TO THE (FOOL'S) GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA!

M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16h

Chump Never Had Greatness, and
Never Will Achieve Greatness,
Because Everything Chump Touches Dies........

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

"What," she asked, already dreading the answer, "is CHEESE SALAD???"

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

"Growing lines at military food pantries, accumulating fears tied to missed paychecks and the potential need for loans to stay afloat—US military families are already feeling the impacts of the government shutdown ... and are preparing for worse days ahead."

But Republicans NEED 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰 for donors!

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 13h

There's also the small matter, RON, of going to Moscow to dine with Putin on the Fourth of July, 2018 ...

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 14h

MAGA: If they’ll do this to a peacefully protesting priest, what makes you think they won’t do it to you?

ICE shoots first; doesn’t bother asking questions.

The GREAT HOUDINI @thegreathoudini.bsky.social · 14h

SHOOT A PRIEST?!!! OMG!!! WTAF!!! FUCK TRUMP, ICE, HOMAN, BONDI, PATEL AND EVERY MAGA EVERYWHERE!!!

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 14h

Does Jesse have any comment?

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 14h

Meanwhile, US farmers who made a nice living growing crops for USAID are feeling a great deal of stress over the lost market (and the fact that they voted for Trump, which is how they lost it):

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Comediocracy TV @comediocracy.bsky.social · 14h

What USAID is doing now...

Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 14h

The fallout from the DOGE reign of error—shutting down USAID because Elon Musk blames it for creating conditions that led to the end of apartheid in his native South Africa—continues.

Here, Sec. of State Marco Rubio tries to sweep the bodies of children who died of starvation under the rug.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20h

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 14h

Not me.

I KNOW he's a corrupt shitbag.

AND SO DOES TRUMP.

It's probably why he took him on.