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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 9h

it’s all just a grift

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · 3h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: TN’s Senators Blackburn & Hagerty joined Republicans in blocking a resolution that would’ve forced Trump to get congressional approval for targeted killings.

AP: The Trump admin hasn’t shown Congress any evidence that the targeted boats were smuggling drugs.

apnews.com/article/trum...

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jimrissmiller.bsky.social @jimrissmiller.bsky.social · 3h

The smart ones don’t want to be indicted later.

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Mozelle Victory @godswrath699.bsky.social · 4h

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Brian Tyler Cohen

Another Trump prosecutor refuses to indict NY attorney general

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen News

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 4h

Same here @darrigomelanie.bsky.social / @booksstlouis.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @2bdynamic.bsky.social @jamesfloveiv.bsky.social @morgfair.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @johnwstegenmo.bsky.social @kanekavi.sheshed.rocks @tebarrett.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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jimrissmiller.bsky.social @jimrissmiller.bsky.social · 4h

Profits to the Trump family of criminals.

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jimrissmiller.bsky.social @jimrissmiller.bsky.social · 4h

So anyone killed in that boat would be simply a murder victim murdered by Donald Trump’s ignorance.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6h

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia said his government believed one of the boats recently bombed by the United States in its campaign against alleged drug traffickers had been carrying Colombian citizens, not drug traffickers.

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jimrissmiller.bsky.social @jimrissmiller.bsky.social · 4h

ICE goons.

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Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 4h

These people are OOC

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

A plainclothes officer sucker punches and violently arrests a man after he points out that another officer is deliberately stepping on a woman’s shoes while she is carrying her child.

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jimrissmiller.bsky.social @jimrissmiller.bsky.social · 4h

Pedo University?

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 4h

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jimrissmiller.bsky.social @jimrissmiller.bsky.social · 4h

Newsom signs bill to protect street vendors’ data from federal agencies.

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jimrissmiller.bsky.social @jimrissmiller.bsky.social · 4h

He’s lying his ass off

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jimrissmiller.bsky.social @jimrissmiller.bsky.social · 4h

Pew Research debunks Trump’s wild lies.

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Despite recent violence, Chicago is far from the U.S. ‘murder capital’

St. Louis led the nation with 66.1 murders per 100,000 people in 2017. It was followed by Baltimore, Detroit, New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

www.pewresearch.org

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jimrissmiller.bsky.social @jimrissmiller.bsky.social · 4h

Considering that Republicans are destitute in California after their years of stupidity I suspect Maine could survive well without them either.

Republican voters have almost be surpassed by No Parry Preference voters.