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Retired. Lake life. Knitter. Sister. Mother. Gramma. Wolverine. Traveler. Survivor.💙
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Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
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Trump HUMILIATED by farmers in trade war
YouTube video by Chris Norlund
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I have been posting these concerns for days
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I have been posting these concerns for days
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“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
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I am pleased to announce another no-talent year!
December 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I am pleased to announce another no-talent year!
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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Tell Congress it's time to evict Kristi Noem.
Tell Congress: Demand DHS Secretary Kristi Noem resign
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Tell Congress it's time to evict Kristi Noem.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.
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Friendly reminder
This US Senate approved Hegseth
This US Senate approved Hegseth
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Friendly reminder
This US Senate approved Hegseth
This US Senate approved Hegseth
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Private prison owners maxed out campaign contributions to Trump
Now they are making billions of dollars off building ICE detention centers.
Always follow the money.
#ICE #PrivatePrisons #Trump #Republicans #GEOgroup #CoreCivic
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Private prison owners maxed out campaign contributions to Trump
Now they are making billions of dollars off building ICE detention centers.
Always follow the money.
#ICE #PrivatePrisons #Trump #Republicans #GEOgroup #CoreCivic
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October 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Private prison owners maxed out campaign contributions to Trump
Now they are making billions of dollars off building ICE detention centers.
Always follow the money.
#ICE #PrivatePrisons #Trump #Republicans #GEOgroup #CoreCivic
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Private prison owners maxed out campaign contributions to Trump
Now they are making billions of dollars off building ICE detention centers.
Always follow the money.
#ICE #PrivatePrisons #Trump #Republicans #GEOgroup #CoreCivic
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There’s no other way to spin it.
The strikes are murder. They’re illegal. And they put our troops at greater risk.
The strikes are murder. They’re illegal. And they put our troops at greater risk.
December 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
There’s no other way to spin it.
The strikes are murder. They’re illegal. And they put our troops at greater risk.
The strikes are murder. They’re illegal. And they put our troops at greater risk.
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Tim Walz's daughter slams 'disgraceful' Trump and his followers in scathing TikTok video
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Whether these men were on a list or not is irrelevant
THERE. IS. NO. JUSTIFICATION. FOR. KILLING. SHIPWRECKED. MEN.
THERE. IS. NO. JUSTIFICATION. FOR. KILLING. SHIPWRECKED. MEN.
He says the men they murdered are on a list.
Let’s see the list.
Let’s hear their names.
Show us the evidence.
If you have any.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Let’s see the list.
Let’s hear their names.
Show us the evidence.
If you have any.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Whether these men were on a list or not is irrelevant
THERE. IS. NO. JUSTIFICATION. FOR. KILLING. SHIPWRECKED. MEN.
THERE. IS. NO. JUSTIFICATION. FOR. KILLING. SHIPWRECKED. MEN.
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
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holy shit 💩
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
holy shit 💩
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A Somali woman U.S. citizen was accosted by multiple ICE agents, zip-tied and detained 24 hours in Minneapolis for no reason. She was touched inappropriately and mocked:
"What could you be hiding under your hijab?"
"This would be the wrong attire to try and run away from us in"
Fascist bigots.
"What could you be hiding under your hijab?"
"This would be the wrong attire to try and run away from us in"
Fascist bigots.
U.S. citizen arrested during immigration crackdown, family says
Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a U.S. citizen in downtown Minneapolis and mocked her hijab, the woman’s cousin said.
www.fox9.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A Somali woman U.S. citizen was accosted by multiple ICE agents, zip-tied and detained 24 hours in Minneapolis for no reason. She was touched inappropriately and mocked:
"What could you be hiding under your hijab?"
"This would be the wrong attire to try and run away from us in"
Fascist bigots.
"What could you be hiding under your hijab?"
"This would be the wrong attire to try and run away from us in"
Fascist bigots.
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
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I heard that now they're placing people who criticize ICE under surveillance. I want it to be known to the entire world that I despise ICE to the core and I think their entire institution should be abolished. They are cruel, inhumane, and are examples of the worst of humanity
Fuck ICE Fuck Fascism.
Fuck ICE Fuck Fascism.
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I heard that now they're placing people who criticize ICE under surveillance. I want it to be known to the entire world that I despise ICE to the core and I think their entire institution should be abolished. They are cruel, inhumane, and are examples of the worst of humanity
Fuck ICE Fuck Fascism.
Fuck ICE Fuck Fascism.
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And, still waiting…
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
And, still waiting…
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BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
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A man pardoned by Trump for his role in the Jan. 6Capitol attack returned to Washington in recent days and has been wandering the neighborhood of Rep. Jamie Raskin — alarming police and prosecutors, who urged a judge to immediately jail him. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Justice Department urges judge to jail former Jan. 6 defendant after alarming return to DC
Taylor Taranto is the latest Jan. 6 defendant who was pardoned by Trump to face new legal trouble.
www.politico.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A man pardoned by Trump for his role in the Jan. 6Capitol attack returned to Washington in recent days and has been wandering the neighborhood of Rep. Jamie Raskin — alarming police and prosecutors, who urged a judge to immediately jail him. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇