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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 11h

Speaker Johnsons refusal to swear in representative elect Grijalva is absolutely about the Epstein files.

Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 12h

On the contrary! Trump should be in prison for blatant abuse of power. If SCROTUS can't comprehend or won't admit to the the reality of what is happening, all justices responsible for allowing it to happen should be impeached and tried right along side of him.

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Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy militar...

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 16h

Zach Bryan is like most Americans. He's left or right. He's just making observations from somewhere in between. Like most people, he has friends and loved ones of all stripes that he connects with outside of any political realm. This controversy only makes his point.

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Country star Zach Bryan clarifies 'misconstrued' ICE song that prompted MAGA outrage and White House response

With the song, which seems to criticize recent immigration raids, Bryan, a U.S. Navy veteran, has garnered backlash from conservative creators — and even the White House.

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 1d

Nor have they mentioned Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein's house burning to the ground as being potentially an actual of political violence.

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 1d

These hyper-masculine types are rarely, if ever, among the bravest, or most confident people. On the contrary. They tend to try to take the psychological edge with their bluster. But when challenged or exposed, they almost always fail to live up to that facade.

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AOC Calls on Supporters to ‘Laugh’ at MAGA ‘Men’ — Starting With ‘Clown’ Stephen Miller

AOC called on Democrats and activists to “laugh” at “insecure” MAGA "men" as she zeroed in on Stephen Miller.

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 2d

So in other words, screw the American people to preserve party power to protect pedophiles.

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 2d

Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein had recently denied the trump administration access to sensitive state voter registration documents. Coincidence? I think not.

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South Carolina judge’s $1.5m home destroyed in huge fire with family forced to jump out of window

Circuit court justice Diane Goodstein, who ruled against Trump administration last month, was out walking when mansion erupted into flames

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 2d

There would be a bigger turnabout if the troops were either ordered to or given leeway to ignore those illegal orders by the stone faced generals who sat and endured that speech. Maybe they are already conspiring on the right time and place to put on the brakes. They may be our most powerful allies.

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

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 2d

So, now he's trying to ignore any court orders blocking already illegal deployments of troops to cities whose leadership he doesn't like.

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Judge blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon after a legal whirlwind that began hours earlier when the president sent California troop...

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 2d

I HATE DONALD TRUMP!

Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 3d

Just in case you weren't paying attention,...! It would almost seem as if the ICE threat against the halftime performance was a marketing ploy. MAGATs really want to see Bad Bunny arrested onstage, and everyone else really wants to see him perform.

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Bad Bunny Halftime Buzz Spurs 500% Travel Surge: Top Things to Do in Santa Clara

After Bad Bunny was announced as the next Super Bowl halftime show performer, Booking.com reported a 500 percent surge in people looking for travel options to Santa Clara, California. Here are things ...

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 3d

That experience probably gets them more starting pay and higher rank.

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 3d

Another fine example of morality on the right. I have long said that their claims of moral authority while standing behind the Bible were merely a facade that each and every staunch Christian conservative uses. And they know that all of their ilk are doing the same thing.

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 3d

Hey...look. It's one of Donald's "Spiritual Advisors." Crime mixed with religion....I'm not sure how that squares with their "Almighty," Donald Trump. Wait...see, they've got me all f*cked up with this stuff. See...I knew full well their "Almighty" is Vladmir Putin. Why did I say "Trump"?🤷‍♂️

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, authorities said.

Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller is a cancer. One look at him, and it is obvious that he is evil incarnate, in the mold of the perpetrators of the worst atrocities humanity has ever endured.

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 3d

Now, how about legislation that curtails inflammatory political speech? Newt Gingrich made it "en vogue" during the Reagan revolution, Republicans increasingly pushed the boundaries, and trump pushed it to all new heights. The left was forced to respond to compete.

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States try getting tough on political violence after Charlie Kirk killing

Lawmakers have been grappling with violence legislation after a year of targeted attacks.

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 5d

Yes! Do it! We want pictures and videos! Go live it up in the lap of luxury at the expense of people who are suffering at your hand!

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 5d

We told you motherfuckers! You didn't believe it! You fucked us all!

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Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals

President Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects works to use the government shutd...

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 5d

ICE Barbie had agents repelling into Chicago from choppers like commandos in enemy territory. And we were naive enough to think that Americans were better than to turn on fellow countrymen like this at the behest of a mad man, because history supposedly taught us better.

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 5d

I spent 30 years in the electrical field. I struggled through an era of low wages and few benefits, if any. The devaluation of the skilled tradesman has led to this crisis. I am now a disabled former master electrician with little to show for my 30 years of service.

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‘I don’t know why I need to go to college’: Ford CEO says his Gen Z son worked as a mechanic and wondered if the 4-year degree was still worth it

Jim Farley hosted a panel with Mike Rowe, who said, “Nothing in the history of Western civilization has gotten more expensive, more quickly” than college.

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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 6d

The Parallels are frightening!

Trump just called half the country “the enemy within” which is the same euphemism a certain 1930’s German dictator used to call his adversaries. But don’t you dare call trump a fascist.

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 6d

These people are literally waging war on the American people on our own soil!

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ICE Barbie Ordered Midnight Raid From the Sky on Major Blue City

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has ICE agents literally raining from the sky. Videos show Black Hawk helicopters flying above Chicago, where NewsNation reports ICE agents rappelled out of cho...

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 6d

My fellow Americans, you know what to do! Threaten the NFL in their wallets. This is their biggest money grub of the year. Every stadium seat empty. Zero television and streaming ratings. A complete boycott of the super bowl. Make your voices heard! It is our country!

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Trump administration threatens to send ICE to Super Bowl during Bad Bunny's Halftime Show

Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, said that it's "shameful" that the NFL "decided to pick somebody who seems to hate America so much."

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Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 6d

Republicans are obviously in denial, as they will do anything to pretend that their Fuhrer is actually doing a good job.

Mike Martin @eastex-sparky.bsky.social · 6d

This is all for show, to use the NFL's largest platform to instill fear throughout the US, and possibly finally create the massive civil unrest trump so craves. Bad Bunny is Puerto Rican. That means he is an AMERICAN CITIZEN!

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Trump administration threatens to send ICE to Super Bowl during Bad Bunny's Halftime Show

Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, said that it's "shameful" that the NFL "decided to pick somebody who seems to hate America so much."

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