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A-A-Ron

@gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social

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Husband, father, ally, former author, INFJ, Jesus follower, poker player, Washington sports fan, Trekkie, and movie lover #BlueWave #ChristianLeft

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 29d

I've started a "news aggregation" Substack. A lot of you probably follow a lot of these sources, but sometimes it can be helpful to have them in the same sock. They will always be linked back to the original source for you to follow if desired - not uncredited copies.

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Aaron Speca | Substack

I am not a journalist. I'm just a former Federal employee who really wants to know the facts, and have become frustrated with mainstream media not telling stories that need to be told. This is mainly ...

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 9h

Your nearly daily reminder that he believes "asylum" means people from insane asylums.

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 9h

"I don't know him. Maybe he got me coffee once."

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 9h

Did Kristi shoot CNN?

A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 12h

It is legitimately terrifying that ALL of these people are this insane.

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 12h

He's insane. And so are the rest of them. This entire round table is talking about some kind of dystopian fantasy world that doesn't exist and they are making life-or-death decisions based on it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump on Portland: "It's like the movies you see for the kids, I guess not only the kids, adults also, where you have these bombed out cities and these bombed out people. It's like, worse than that."

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · May 21

🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did. 🚨🚨🚨

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 16h

Laughing at them like this is the best way to push back.

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 16h

My understanding is that the specific section he is referring to restores health care services to LEGALLY PRESENT immigrants.

A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 16h

It seems to be the position of some Republicans, when you tease it all out.

A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 16h

Oh I don't know Eric, wasn't it you guys that tried to wrap Joe Biden up into Hunter Biden's business dealings?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Eric Trump: "You think I have anything to do with DC? My father has nothing to do with our company ... you're really trying to connect dots between some chips I know absolutely nothing about to a crypto company started well before you guys even gave my father a chance of winning? Give me a break."

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 16h

Emergency services are not just "a lot" of the "free healthcare for illegal aliens". It's ALL of the federally paid healthcare provided for the undocumented. If not, we either let them die on the streets or we pay for it anyway through higher costs to make it up. That's not cherry picking.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Q: A lot of the free healthcare for illegal aliens you've been talking about is care provided in ERs, which are required by federal law to care for everybody. Should that law be changed?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. You're cherrypicking a tiny subset of the issues.

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 1d

Did she actually ask Senator Adam Schiff if he had a law degree in the middle of his statement??

Schiff got his law degree at Harvard (#6 in the country out of 195).

Bondi got hers at Stetson (#99 of 195).

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 1d

Get 'im Senator ...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hirono: "I have to conclude that, since no wrongdoing was determined, that Homan kept the money. And I hope he will put that on his tax returns as income."

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe that's because ... you keep gassing them? 🤔

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "They have gas masks. They don't want our officers to be protected with their identity, yet they're wearing gas masks. They're wearing goggles."

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 2d

Independent Media Round Up 6 Oct 2025

Day 6 (!) of the shutdown, Trump vocalizes his musings on the Insurrection Act while trying to get the National Guard into Chicago and Portland, ICEBlock is blocked, and some local VB news too. Follow these sources!

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Independent Media Round Up 6 Oct 2025

Day 6 (!) of the shutdown, Trump vocalizes his musings on the Insurrection Act while trying to get the National Guard into Chicago and Portland, ICEBlock is blocked, and some local VB news too.

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 2d

I'd like someone to bring this to Mike Johnson and ask him to comment on it.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 2d

No city in the United States has anywhere close to 50 murders per weekend, that's just ridiculous.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Harrigan defends Trump's deployment of troops to cities: "I don't think it's wrong for members of the administration to characterize places like Chicago & Portland as war zones when they're putting up stats up about 50 murders a weekend." (There have been 58 murders in Portland all year as of Oct 1)

A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 2d

Sunday’s Indy news round up …

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Independent Media Round Up 5 Oct 2025

A federal judge blocks Trump's planned National Guard deployment to "war ravaged" Portland, AI challenges the public with fabricated videos, Sunday reflections, and more.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller declares Trump-appointed Judge Immergut an insurrectionist for upholding the constitution — keeping him from mobilizing Oregon’s national guard without them

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 4d

ICE is too dangerous to be left unaccountable.
Violence & abuse against Americans is wrong.

If you see an incident occurring, get out your cellphone. Document it. Send it to your Congressperson and the press. Do it anonymously if you need to. #BeTheChange

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 5d

Independent Media Round Up 3 Oct 2025

Day 3 of the shutdown, ICE terrorizes Chicago communities, Trump seemingly admits to knowing about Project 2025, and more.

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Independent Media Round Up 3 Oct 2025

Day 3 of the shutdown, ICE terrorizes Chicago communities, Trump seemingly admits to knowing about Project 2025, and more.

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 5d

My question is, was it a public area or an employee-only area? Because if it's the latter, there's no requirement to allow any non-employee to use the restroom.

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 5d

Ok, Karen.

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 5d

Here ... I asked Chat GPT ...

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A-A-Ron @gobblervt-aspeca.bsky.social · 5d

Here ... I asked Chat GPT ...

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