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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 12h

The people know, the leaders know, even Putin knows. I already won it — I just might not get the trophy.”

PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 12h

Why it’s alarming: A state’s military force operating inside another state without consent touches on issues of federalism and civil liberties. Chicago’s city officials have publicly said they don’t need or want these troops.
Civil war? Not technically—but stay alert!

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 12h

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · Jun 9

For people who don't understand the magnitude:

(8 min in cued)

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Germany’s Fascist Story

YouTube video by Rick Steves' Europe

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 12h

No confirmation that this ever happened. Have any evidence?

PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 13h

Yes.

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 13h

As long as they are ALL confined to the 3 Illinois facilities and cannot wander. OKAY! Look like idiots! But do not cross the line.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 13h

BREAKING: I just forced a vote with Senator Kaine to block the unauthorized boat strikes in the Caribbean.

In an important step forward, the vote was bipartisan, even if it fell two votes short.

Bipartisan measure to restrict Trump’s war powers fails in Senate

A bipartisan Senate resolution to restrain Trump’s ability to wage war against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers failed in a 48-51 vote.

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 13h

I said, "No. You DO NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION to change my plan!" (It still effed up my paperwork because they were midway through before I said eff off!")

"Ma am: You could be charged a penalty by the IRS!"

Me: It won't be more than the $8500 you are trying to reset for me for the same year!" FU

PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 13h

My monthly is CURRENTLY $1009 a MONTH. After ZERO a MONTH. Tax credits reduced that to $435 a mo (ISH! Still hit with tax penalties for inaccurate guestimate.) I will be hit AGAIN with that because the ACA person wanted to void my MAX out of pocket to start a NEW contract!!! MID YEAR! $8500! AGAIN!

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 13h

I wish had still had med insurance from my company. We actually (informally) voted on it in 2024. Our choice was to either lay people off, or they could stop covering medical insurance. (Covid hurt our business) We chose to cancel our insurance and save the pack.

Even w/the tax cuts it hurt BAD.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 13h

Confirmed.
Also, I don't want to get peoples hopes up... but watching him dose off in meetings was totally me when undergoing chemo. (I am cancer free now! He could be too!)

I mean, many old persons meds could probably cause this. I just wanted to state this.

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 13h

"I keep hearing people say that Trump is so strong and emboldened, I actually think that what's what's being revealed through the X-ray of our country's sort of the country's MRI is the weakness of everybody else." ~ Nicole Wallace

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 14h

Tim Miller: People Will Be ASHAMED for Being Involved in This

www.thebulwark.com

Tim Miller: People Will Be ASHAMED for Being Involved in This

twp.ai

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 13h

He is currently an underdog compared to Newsom but we are years out.

PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 13h

I mean.... really?

PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 13h

I appreciate Hakeem! But I think he is leaning into more Obama in an era where we need more MLK.

PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 14h

It was really 50/50 to me on whether he was being an old person who could not hear the question, or an idiot who had no idea what habeas corpus was. Both are true so...

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 14h

The piece highlights that Jack Smith obtained phone records from 8 Republican senators, including Lindsey Graham and Ron Johnson, as part of his investigation into the events surrounding January 6, 2021.

Arctic Frost was an investigation into the effort to overturn the 2020 election...

Thawing out ‘Arctic Frost’ and the new Biden-was-worse argument

A recent American presidency, you may be alarmed to hear, engaged in an action that was "arguably worse than Watergate" — an event still positioned in some circles as the gold-standard of presidential...

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 14h

"Many Democrats still cannot see how their legal aggression against Trump during his four years out of power set the stage for the dangerous revenge tour on which he is now embarked."

JFC

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 14h

This was happening in Portland, OR as well in 2020. They got info on r/Portland and joined the crowds, but were trying to provoke people into crimes. MOST people quickly denounced it, but Trump claimed it was the far left attacking buildings! And the news never followed up.

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 14h

“Make the Borg great again: one transwarp conduit, one planet at a time.”

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 14h

I couldn't even get it to understand the prompt. (Don't yell at me! She asked for an AI answer.)

PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 14h

"I don't think Trump looks strong I think the republican-led Congress looks completely flaccid and impotent and lame like none of them should have a case to make to their own constituents..."

PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 14h

"I keep hearing people say that Trump is so strong and emboldened, I actually think that what's what's being revealed through the X-ray of our country's sort of the country's MRI is the weakness of everybody else..."

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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social · 14h

The crow flies at midnight.

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