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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 2h

Rest assured that anything Trump does that involves large amounts of money benefits either a member of the oligarchy or himself and his family.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 2h

This is a patriot.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 2h

Again, ICE is manned by many agents who want to instigate violence to further Trump’s agenda.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 2h

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Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline)

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. The plan wasn’t to be made public. Clearly someone hit the panic button in his earpiece. It gets...

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 4h

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Democratic Wins Media (@demwinsmedia)

BREAKING: JB Pritzker just perfectly explained why Donald Trump is going after only blue states and not red states. This is a must watch.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 4h

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Bondi Torches Justice For Trump

Pam Bondi didn’t testify; she detonated. Oversight collapsed into insults, lies, and theater, while Republicans clapped like seals and democracy sank one more rung into the abyss.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 6h

Wonder how many of them it takes to screw in a lightbulb.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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@DemocracyHere @democracyhere.bsky.social · 7h

😡😡😡

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 7h

Photographer Captures Pam Bondi’s Notes—and They’re a Doozy newrepublic.com/post/201475/... via @newrepublic.com

Photographer Captures Pam Bondi’s Notes—and They’re a Doozy

Attorney General Pam Bondi came to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing armed with nothing more than lame canned attacks.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 7h

Schiff to Force Vote Calling Out Trump’s Extrajudicial Boat Attacks newrepublic.com/post/201492/... via @newrepublic.com

Schiff to Force Vote Calling Out Trump’s Extrajudicial Boat Attacks

Adam Schiff warned that Donald Trump’s powers need to be curbed.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7h

Republicans are fighting to ensure that Americans in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a raft of other red states pay DOUBLE what they paid before for healthcare.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 7h

Jim Jordan Loses It as Shutdown Interview Goes off the Rails newrepublic.com/post/201490/... via @newrepublic.com

Jim Jordan Loses It as Shutdown Interview Goes off the Rails

The Republican representative ended up just exposing his own cluelessness.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 9h

Ice is made up of people who have no intelligence or problem with using weapons on anyone. They are trying to provoke violence or Trump.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 9h

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BREAKING: Trump’s Revenge Tour continues — Jack Smith and Christopher Wray in His Crosshairs

As Trump pressures Pam Bondi to indict his enemies and embraces Project 2025, rewrite January 6th, and turn the DOJ into his own reality-show court of vengeance.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 11h

When Trump rants about 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' he is actually talking about himself and MAGA. His senility is becoming more and more obvious even if the media ignores it.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 11h

The Case for the Forever Shutdown newrepublic.com/article/2014... via @newrepublic.com

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 12h

Transcript: Marjorie Taylor Greene Tirade Wrecks Trump Shutdown Stance newrepublic.com/article/2014... via @newrepublic.com

Transcript: Marjorie Taylor Greene Tirade Wrecks Trump Shutdown Stance

As Greene admits the GOP is screwing the country on health care, a leading congressional scholar explains how Greene accidentally revealed the surprising weakness of Trump’s position in the shutdown s...

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 1d

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 1d

The cash register in the Oval Office never shuts down. Just the government.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 1d

Sandwich throw aside, I have not seen one ICE Nazi knocked to the ground, shot, beaten, or pepper sprayed. But I have seen Americans peacefully demonstrating get knocked down, shot, beaten and pepper sprayed. Elderly people knocked down, a priest pepper-sprayed, women roughed up, families separated.

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