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Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 2m

That's some scary shit our government is celebrating. Why should we be proud of this?

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 3m

Do you know how expensive a passport is and how long it takes to get one even if you can afford it?

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 6m

Truth doesn't matter to them. It's all about muddying the water and making their base question the left.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

Merrick Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago. It happened in August 2022 three months before Jack Smith was appointed. Jack Smith was in the Netherlands at the Hauge prosecuting Kosovo war crimes when Mar-a-Lago was searched. Eric should have listened to my podcast.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

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LA Blue Dot in GA @namwella1961.bsky.social · 3h

It's weird that Republicans wanted Hillary Clinton locked up for "running a child sex ring in a pizza parlor basement," yet when Trump and Epstein literally ran a child sex ring out of Mar-a-Lago, they don't see the problem.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

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Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 31m

What about when kidnapping our neighbors or shooting our religious leaders irritates crowds?

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 40m

Antifa doesn't need a cover-up. Right-wing kidnappers and insurrectionists need a cover-up.

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Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 43m

Jesus.
Tim Cook, what a kiss-up, dumb ass.

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 1h

This looks so good.

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 1h

She has the worst taste in men. Could be some sort of disorder. Might need a CAT scan to see if there's something pressing on her brain.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3h

🚨 This is protecting the American people. “Full force” is not defined by the military. More of this!

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BabadDoag @wowbagget.bsky.social · 1d

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Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 2h

They're completely out of control, emboldened by a lack of accountability and consequences for their actions.

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...

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Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 2h

It's a frigging rainbow. They're beautiful. There's no reason to make everything ugly just because some right-wing nutballs are so easily triggered.

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 2h

This is what they're building towards.

Dave Min @daveminca.bsky.social · 4h

Title 10, which gives the president limited authority to federalize the National Guard, does not provide the president with plenary (i.e. absolute and unchecked) authority.

Stephen Miller is claiming the powers of a tyrant. We must have oversight.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Plenary authority, the dictator phrase that caused Stephen Miller to stop talking

Miller suggests Trump wields absolute power over decisions to send in the National Guard, before suddenly stopping speaking in an awkward interview moment

www.independent.co.uk

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 2h

Maybe they shouldn't be banning gender-affirming care and abortion.

Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 1d

“States can’t ban conversion therapy but they can ban gender-affirming care. They can’t regulate ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ but they can ban abortion. This is required by the Constitution. If you say we’re just doing politics you’re responsible for political violence.”
—The U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on 'conversion therapy' for LBGTQ+ kids

A majority of Supreme Court justices seem to be leaning in favor of a Christian counselor who is challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.

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Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 3h

They shot a minister in the head.

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 3h

Badger

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 3h

They're just trying to get video for social media.

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Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 3h

As long as grand juries refuse to indict, we know that the law still means something to someone.

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 3h

They have tried again and again but they can't get a grand jury to be mad about someone fighting an ICE goon

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 3h

Can we get her law license revoked?
While we're at it, can we revoked the licenses of some Supreme Court Justices who don't know or care about the law.

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 4h

They hate women to start with, but a mouthy woman needs to be put in her place.

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Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 4h

Horrific. We can't just disappear people. That's straight-up nazi shit.

Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 4h

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 4h

No one believes a Black man killed himself by mimicking a lynching. It's just not done.

dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 6h

www.kunm.org/2025-10-07/a...

Albuquerque Police seeks an independent review of Black man's hanging death

The Albuquerque Police Department is seeking an independent review of the hanging death last year of a Black man following a rally by community groups Monday night.

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Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 4h

Pritzker and Johnson are protecting their residents. They were elected to have the state's best interests in mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

Cory Barnett @cvbarnett.bsky.social · 4h

If it affects her or her family, she'll fight for it. If it only harms others, she'll fight against it. Exhausting.

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Greene said “not a single Republican in leadership” had addressed the issue of people’s health insurance premiums doubling if Affordable Care Act subsidies are allowed to expire.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She’s ‘Disgusted’ Health Insurance Costs Could Double

Greene said “not a single Republican in leadership” had addressed the issue of people’s health insurance premiums doubling if Affordable Care Act subsidies are allowed to expire.

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