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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · Dec 14

True Heroes Who Fought Fascism: Harold Smith served in Italy during WW2. He was known to his buddies of the 10th Mt Division, Italy as "Suicide Smith," and as a "great hero" according to a letter The Tribune "On the front last winter, Smith held off 30 Germans while the rest of us got away."

Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 4m

Ben Meiselas reports on furious Canadian people striking back at Donald Trump after his awful meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on Tuesday where he continued to threaten Canada’s sovereignty and he continued to behave like a sociopath.

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FURIOUS Canada STRIKES BACK after DISASTER WH Meeting

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 9h

Jacob Soboroff, MSNBC senior national correspondent, reports from the Chicago suburbs about how Donald Trump's anti-immigrant enforcers are targeting even the most benign members of the community, sparking outrage and defiance.

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Neighbors push back as Trump's ICE army terrorizes Chicago suburbs

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 9h

Bondi's strenuous efforts to avoid having to answer for anything happening within the dept she leads, which is a problem throughout the Trump administration and is particularly acute in Trump himself, who not only famously refuses to take responsibility for anything…

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Trump spirals as shutdown calls for leadership skills he lacks, a problem endemic to his team

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 9h

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell compares Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s call to take down the Trump administration through humor to the protest movements during the Vietnam War.

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Lawrence: AOC on how to deal with insecure men like Trump. 'Laugh at them. Make them small.'

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 9h

Legal Breakdown: Illinois National Guard begins to push back against illegal Trump deployment

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Illinois National Guard begins to push back against illegal Trump deployment

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 10h

It's hard to come up with someone else who's done more damage to the Department of Justice, to the rule of law and the constitutional order in such a short time," says Chris Hayes on Trump Attorney General Pam Bondi. Sen. Amy Klobuchar joins to discuss.

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‘Trump’s lawyer, not America’s’: Hayes BLASTS Bondi as worst AG in modern history

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

Flight delays started to climb Tuesday evening across the United States amid air traffic controller staffing challenges, as people responsible for guiding planes through the skies approach nearly a week of working without a paycheck thanks to Trump’s government shutdown.
#TrumpShutdown

Flight delays spread amid controller staffing issues as shutdown drags on

Staffing-related delays were starting to show up at airports in Nashville and Chicago on Tuesday evening, with more expected.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h

Wow 👇

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 14h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 10h

Josh dives into AG Pam Bondi's refusal to answer questions about Epstein during a fiery Senate hearing, Trump pretending to forget Ghislaine Maxwell’s name while also not ruling out a pardon for her…president's recent obsession with whether he’ll make it to heaven

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Trump Dodges Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Q as Bondi Stonewalls Senate | The Daily Show

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 10h

Seth addresses Trump posting photos of Democratic leaders with the caption "THE PARTY OF HATE, EVIL, AND SATAN," and …Karoline Leavitt holds an impromptu press briefing to answer burning questions, like "What does Trump spend most of his time working on?"

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Trump Lashes Out at "Politically Correct" Fox News

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Chatty Cathy📎 @chattycathy22.bsky.social · 13h

She has to be so afraid

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 12h

Nicolle Wallace sits down with Deadline Executive Editor Dominic Patten and Host of "The Bulwark Podcast" Tim Miller to discuss country music star Zach Bryan's new song that appears to call out the Trump administration's aggressive immigration campaign.

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HEAR IT: Country star Zach Bryan CALLS OUT Trump's deportation crackdown in new song

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 13h

Donald Trump's favorite MAGA advisor, Laura Loomer, turns on him in total panic about a potential pardon for Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

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🚨 Trump's FAVORITE MAGA Advisor TURNS ON HIM in TOTAL PANIC

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 14h

Bondi appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, where she had contentious exchanges with both Democratic & Republican senators. MSNBC's Claire McCaskill, Ken Dilanian & Andrew Weissmann join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline…to unpack Bondi's testimony.

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'Brazen' 'Shameless' 'Verifiably false': Nicolle SMASHES Pam Bondi's testimony

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 19h

If you thought AG Pam Bondi was going to grow a brain, ethics or morality overnight before she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee as the leader of the most corrupt DOJ in history, think again.

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Trump DOJ CRUMBLES as AG COLLAPSES Under BRUTAL CROSS-EXAM

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 20h

Attorney General Pam Bondi humiliated herself and Trump in her disastrous Senate Judiciary testimony.

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🚨 Trump TOTALLY SCREWED by HIS OWN ATTORNEY GENERAL

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 20h

Ed is joined by Alex Heath, author of the Sources newsletter & co-host of the Access podcast…AMD’s deal with OpenAI and…Paramount’s $150 million acquisition of The Free Press…what Bari Weiss’s new role as Editor-in-Chief could mean for the future of CBS News.

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AMD Soars 24% on OpenAI Partnership: Breaking Down the Chips Deal | Prof G Markets

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21h

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
#TrumpShutdown

Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 21h

During a Newsmax interview, Trump hints that he may invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy the National Guard and military to other cities after suffering a string of lower court defeats.

Trump is insane! SCOTUS is responsible for making him an illegal King!

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Trump MAKES DISTURBING THREAT on Newsmax

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21h

These are all quotes by Trump-appointed judges. Pretty damning, wouldn’t you say? 😡

Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 21h

Trump is triggered by Federal Judges blocking him from doing a hostile military take over of Blue States…threatening to resort to invoking the Insurrection Act to do an end run around judge's injunctions. Popok explains how federal courts are prepared to respond.

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Trump GOES ROGUE and FLOATS Insurrection Act

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 21h

He is ridiculous!

Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you @thedingodave.bsky.social for including me in this great Starter Pack 💙 Let’s keep up the good fight!

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 1d

OMG: Trump issues INSANE update on military deployments | Another Day

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OMG: Trump issues INSANE update on military deployments | Another Day

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️Ukraine, Denmark sign memorandum on joint drone manufacturing.

Ukraine and Denmark signed a memorandum of understanding, which will allow Ukrainian defense companies to set up joint manufacturing in the Nordic country, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced Oct. 6.

Ukraine, Denmark sign memorandum on joint drone manufacturing

"The Memorandum provides for the establishment of production by Ukrainian defense companies on the territory of Denmark, the creation of joint capacities, technology exchange, and the involvement of E...

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