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Garrett Petersen

@gpetersen.bsky.social

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ID/DD Clinician & Islip Town Democratic Committee Deputy Chair. Dad & Husband. Reconstruction Dem. Paintball, Metal, and Gaming Guy. Takes my own and often not serious. LGM.

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Garrett Petersen @gpetersen.bsky.social · Jul 4

I feel like instead of doomering or just yelling at people to get in the fight I'd try and help some folks through the darkness in my own way.

This is a collection of 14 songs that when played cohesively I think can help people work through tough times, like *gestures).

1/x?

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1h

Read these two pieces together:

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Garrett Petersen @gpetersen.bsky.social · 8h

This is, quite literally, how a regime fails-they try and use force on civilians and it doesn't intimidate but inspires mockery.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 9h

I joked about it but it may actually be worthwhile for every Dem who gets on tv to start saying Stephen Miller is the real president

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Garrett Petersen @gpetersen.bsky.social · 8h

Me, circa 2061, to my grandkids: "Yeah so the frog guy becoming a good thing again was a major turning point in 2025..."

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 9h

My mom was like “why is it the frog? Isn’t the frog a bad thing?” (Re: Pepe)

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 9h

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 13h

He said this deliberately because he is a Nazi and he wants you to know he's a Nazi who you can't touch. He also wants other Nazis to know they can be open about the fact they are Nazis too.

This isn't an oversight, a fumble or an opportunity for a "heh, well actually, dummy" zinger.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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S373N of N1N3 @s373n.bsky.social · 20h

Saw this great tactic to get the word out there by beating social media’s own algorithms….

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Garrett Petersen @gpetersen.bsky.social · 11h

Gotta worry about allergen cross contamination, it's a whole thing

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Kulturekweer @kulturekweer.bsky.social · 12h

Someone pointed out how the absurdity of dancing mascots further shows the absurdity of having troops violating citizens.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Garrett Petersen @gpetersen.bsky.social · 11h

God so much paperwork

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16h

Trump’s tariffs, that the American people pay for, have destroyed US soybean farmers. So Trump now wants the American people to bail those soybean farmers out. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

www.rollingstone.com

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politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 17h

Dooku allying with Palpatine in order to take over using the CIS to bankroll their war is literally the red-brown alliance with silicon valley on their side, Lucas was on a whole other level

politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 17h

Dooku basically figured he'd go along with Palpatine's war long enough to grind down his two biggest enemies at the same time (feckless Jedi and The Corporate Elite), but then kill Palpatine at the finish line to establish a Theocracy of the Force instead of the Empire.

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Garrett Petersen @gpetersen.bsky.social · 18h

My dude the thin blue line Punisher sticker doesn't somehow make your Honda Pilot suddenly badass

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

“.. Oh, we've entered the ‘shooting priests’ phase of the Glorious Trump Revolution. Good to know.”

- @therickwilson.bsky.social

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No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 21h

I think there are still shared norms we can appeal to when we talk to the marginal MAGA voter. But there really are no shared norms left with the core of the movement.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19h

Thirty of Bob Ross’s artworks are being offered for sale in auctions with the syndicator of programming for public television stations pledging that 100 percent of the net sale proceeds will benefit stations run by APT and PBS, auction house Bonhams said. https://wapo.st/3WrRXP0

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h

The consensus of macroeconomists globally is that the techbros and Trump are driving the markets towards a Crédit Mobilier-type meltdown in which they will profit massively, but the financial system will be devastated. www.ft.com/content/fe47...

IMF and BoE warn AI boom risks ‘abrupt’ stock market correction

Kristalina Georgieva and UK financial stability watchdog say valuations are closing in on dotcom bubble levels

www.ft.com

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 1d

I encourage you to push this talking point, buddy

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1d

US House Speaker Johnson: Some legal analysts don't believe in shutdown backpay.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Garrett Petersen @gpetersen.bsky.social · 1d

Valid

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I know we're all used to the president talking like Livia Soprano all the time, but this is a goddamn outrage

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Garrett Petersen @gpetersen.bsky.social · 1d

Would be turnabout for how we've kinda owned hockey...

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Tintin and the Somerville Polyculeans @jamtoday.bsky.social · 1d

The "40-50 feral hogs" guy might be the most vindicated person on the internet.

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