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Ask not for whom the point is missed. It is missed for thee.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · Nov 24

I hate when they take away things you were just starting to really enjoy, like your favorite TV show or democracy.

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Steve King @stevemking.bsky.social · 2h

My fav

Protesting baddie applying lip gloss in the reflection of a cops shield

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 2h

Choose your fighter.

DC Sandwich Guy throwing sandwich at officers

Chicago priest being assaulted by troops

Guy carrying American flag surrounded by gas.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 3h

We’re one day closer to Trump leaving office (one way or another).

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 11h

President Trump is trying to bring back things from his childhood like the War Department and Nazis.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 11h

Poll: Which generation has the strongest argument that they are typically ignored?

Poll includes the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Millennials and Gen Z.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 11h

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 11h

Hey #fuckaas just in case you can find me @ missingthept.mastodon.social

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 14h

"The ten most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to kill you."

Laura N. Rodríguez Presa

@LAURA_N_ROD

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 14h

President Trump lashing out against Bad Bunny and Zach Bryan at the same time? He should know better than to open up a two-front war.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 14h

“Dear God, protect our officers from the frog.”

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 14h

President Soy Boy

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 15h

MAGA, MAGA.

Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 15h

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 15h

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CapnMarrrrk @capnmarrrrk.bsky.social · 15h

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 18h

Pam Bondi says at a Senate hearing that she has ended the weaponization of the Department of Justice and that any Senator who says otherwise can expect to be federally indicted.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 18h

President Trump has now threatened to not pay federal workers after the shutdown ends despite a 2019 law. Well guess what just became another non-negotiable condition to reopening the government, motherfucker.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 20h

#PortlandStrong

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 20h

Mashup of the Simpsons Duff beer factory meme with all of the photos of Robert O’Neill.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 21h

Fool for a client.

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

www.nytimes.com

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 1d

Try That In A Small Town (ICE edition)

Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 1d

This guy comes from a town of 1,300 people in Oklahoma that is also where Will Rogers was raised so going to be hard to call him a coastal elite.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives weren’t happy about a teaser for a new Zach Bryan song.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 1d

With the air traffic controller shortage due to the government shutdown, the FAA will use AI to more efficiently crash planes.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 1d

The Oregon Republican Party posts image of civil unrest in Portland justifying National Guard intervention.

Scene from Selma march at Edmund Pettus Bridge depicting clash with troopers.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Administration mulls creation of a new military force that could be exclusively used to address external threats.

Trump’s use of Guard may have lasting impact on cities and troops

Historians and experts say the Trump administration’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops across the country could affect troop readiness, training and morale.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 1d

That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

By Pete Hegseth’s mom

Opinion
Guest Essay

That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
Oct. 7, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 1d

Perpetrators of an actual insurrection have been itching to describe left-based protests as an “insurrection.”

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 1d

We’re one day closer to Trump leaving office (one way or another).

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