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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13h

It's a well-established global phenomenon: secret police organizations always recruit losers, mediocrities, people who can't succeed in a competitive environment, whether bureaucratic, academic or commercial. These are people who will follow orders and engage in depraved, violent conduct when asked.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 23h

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2d

Deplorable. Once upon a time, if a president had use a speech to a military academy for partisan purposes, it would be considered a disgrace by both parties.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Mar 27

I’ve been sort of idly keeping track of all the points in the Declaration of Independence’s bill of particulars that arguably apply to the Trump Admin. This is the first four-in-a-row I’ve hit. www.archives.gov/founding-doc...

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 2d

We’re only 9 months into this presidency and he’s already sending troops from red states into blue states while clearly stating his motives are political.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Abbott egged on the Jade Helm conspiracists, who claimed that a military training operation was actually Obama invading the state of Texas.

Now a U.S. president is deploying Texas troops to other states to dominate and intimidate those states, and Abbott is complicit.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

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Matt Kennedy @mckennedy.bsky.social · 2d

Same. I always thought, I already know how this is gonna end.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d

so is this the fight against "left-wing terrorism"?

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 3d

For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously. 2 years after the fact, he was still bringing it up as some great injustice against him. Just the sweatiest sack of moldy socks.

www.dukechronicle.com/article/fc37...

Welcome to the Durham Petting Zoo

Duke is, in fact, the only thing that keeps this city alive. As the number-one employer in Durham and the city's only major draw, if we were to pull out, instead of worrying about town-gown...

www.dukechronicle.com

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Matt Kennedy @mckennedy.bsky.social · 4d

Seems like whether it was the stroke or late onset doughbaggery, he saw a Sinema/Manchin shaped hole in the Senate and decided to park himself there.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 4d

weird how the actual answer, "he has been a habitual liar his entire life," is never considered here

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

They’re questions that could be asked of any number of President Donald Trump’s social media posts: Was he telling the truth before? Did he just not understand that thing that he said earlier? Is he just trolling all of us? | Analysis

Analysis: Trump is finally ready to talk about Project 2025 | CNN Politics

They’re questions that could be asked of any number of President Donald Trump’s social media posts:

www.cnn.com

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 4d

"Only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities." 31 USC 5114(b)

Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 5d

Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin

The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump’s profile on one side of the coin.

www.politico.com

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 4d

Someone remind her what she is wearing around her neck

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 7d

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7d

The GOP controls all of govt. The GOP has broken so many promises to the democrats, like rescinding money they passed, cutting programs they approved by executive order, that trust cannot be assumed.

So, fund govt GOP. If you need Dems help then ok, but there is a price. Easy

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 7d

Pfizer "secured a three-year grace period from President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on pharmaceuticals" and in return will "sell some drugs at a 50% average discount on a direct-to-consumer website called TrumpRx"

looks like state capitalism to me

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Pfizer Gets Three-Year Reprieve From Trump Pharma Tariffs

Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said the company secured a three-year grace period from President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on pharmaceuticals in a deal that would lower some o...

www.bloomberg.com

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Matt Kennedy @mckennedy.bsky.social · 8d

Thoughts and prayers to General Facepalm. Even if this is an out of context facepalm, in an administration that only cares about optics he's getting fired.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 8d

Seriously—in any other administration the President telling the SecDef (sorry, "SecWar") that American cities should be used as "training grounds" for the military would kick of impeachment proceedings that same day.

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Matt Kennedy @mckennedy.bsky.social · 8d

Good news everyone! Sexual assault is legal again!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."

Matt Kennedy @mckennedy.bsky.social · 8d

I genuinely want to know exactly how many tax payer dollars were spent to fly all of these command officers from all over the world to come together and have to listen to this weak ass He-man Woman Haters Club bs. This some of the most pathetic, pansey ass, try hard load of fail I've ever seen.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

this is, no exaggeration, some of the most loser shit i have ever seen in my life

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.

I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.

Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 8d

Just a reminder that the Commander-in-Chief of the Louisiana National Guard, who can call them out all by himself if they were actually needed, is … Governor Landry.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry: "Tonight, we're sending the Department of War a request to send the National Guard, asking them to deploy the National Guard here in Louisiana into our cities like New Orleans and Baton Rogue and others."

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