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Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 5h

The Republican healthcare plan is “just let ‘em die in a gutter”.

Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 8h

Even Waldo!

Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans still pulling the same old shit as when they refused to allow the Supreme Court vacancy to be filled during Obama’s term. F them.

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Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 1d

Super cool! Thanks!

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Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 2d

We live in the dumbest of times, part 7951.

Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 2d

oh jesus

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Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 3d

What a beast! 🧟‍♂️

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 3d

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

time.com/7323442/sout...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

time.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 3d

We’re only 9 months into this presidency and he’s already sending troops from red states into blue states while clearly stating his motives are political.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 4d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 6d

Trump has sought emergency intervention by the Supreme Court 28 times in the first eight months of his new term, more than Bush, Obama and Biden did combined over 20 years. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Trump’s Flood of Emergency Appeals Is Straining the Judicial System

The administration has turned to the Supreme Court at a record pace, and the justices have issued orders that lower courts have struggled to interpret.

www.wsj.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 5d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

History repeats.

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Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah. And also American voters, who knew full well exactly what this fucking guy was about.

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Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 7d

Patriots? Never seen a more anti-American, traitorous sack of shit than this lunatic and his bootlicking cultists.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 7d

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7d

i assure you, the joker takes no pleasure in flooding gotham with joker gas, he has to ensure the gang places all of these tanks in the right places to poison all of gotham

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Johnson: "Russ does this reluctantly. He takes no pleasure in this. Russ has to sit down and decide which policies, personnel, & programs are essential & which are not. That's not a fun task and he's not enjoying that responsibility...if they keep the govt closed, it's gonna get more & more painful"

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Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 7d

Keep up the fight!

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Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 7d

Keep standing firm. NO to slashing health care to pay for billionaire tax cuts. NO to Trump's lawless, authoritarian power grab.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 7d

Rather remarkable that the Trump administration response to a government shutdown is "let's inflict as much pain as possible on as many Americans as possible"

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Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 7d

So good!

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Brandon D @cobramantis.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8d

We are now in the domain of not just illegal impoundments, but targeted illegal impoundments to punish liberal spaces. Not different from what Trump is doing to to universities.

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 8d

OMB Director Russell Voight says that US DOT will announce that the federal government is "pausing" funding for both Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway because of "unconstitutional DEI principles" -- x.com/russvought/s...

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

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