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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 8h

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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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h

The very first article that the White House highlights is from the BBC, which spoke to a resident near the ICE facility who says they have to sleep with a gas mask because of all the tear gas being used.

Pretty sure the feds are the ones using the tear gas, not antifa.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

How Portland is wrestling with Trump protests, National Guard threat

As Trump threatens military action, residents in Portland tell the BBC about life amid the protests.

www.bbc.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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D. Montoya 🇺🇦 #Resist #BLM #MaskOn #FDT @killyhurts.bsky.social · 11h

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 8h

9 sorties of PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 6 out of 9 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern and southwestern ADIZ.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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Chris Fredda 🩷💜💙 @seeyouinnj.bsky.social · 22h

I think a different member of law enforcement should stop Brett Kavanaugh any time he’s out on the street and ask for his ID, because as long as it’s only 5 minutes it’s totally fine and not at all an inconvenience or unconstitutional.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 14h

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

😕

Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16h

I’ve lived in rural America long enough to know that the entire point was to bankrupt farmers…

We are all about to find out.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10h

Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, you probably privately agree on this much:

Trump and his lawyers—Bondi and Patel—are ACTING like the Epstein Files include smoking-gun evidence of Trump raping kids.

They are ACTING like a domestic military escalation is worth distracting us from the Files.

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago Police were ordered to not help ICE Gestapo! 🤣😂✊🏼 #iceout #chicago

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Raymond J. Mollica @raymondmollica.bsky.social · 10h

Please

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11h

This is who they are.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

I’m pretty sure if we designed an assisted living facility to look like the WH and put lots of gold all over it and a ballroom with his late 70s playlist on a loop we could coax him in there and he wouldn’t know the difference. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Raymond J. Mollica @raymondmollica.bsky.social · 10h

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Raymond J. Mollica @raymondmollica.bsky.social · 10h

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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal Democrat @us-political-news.bsky.social · 10h

U.S. Senators Call for Removal of Political Propaganda from Federal Agency Web Sites & Communication Channels…

www.reed.senate.gov/news/release...

U.S. Senators Call for Removal of Political Propaganda from Federal Agency Web Sites & Communication Channels | U.S. Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island

WASHINGTON, DC – As the Trump Administration blatantly tries to weaponize federal funding and misuse official government communications channels for...

www.reed.senate.gov

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Raymond J. Mollica @raymondmollica.bsky.social · 11h

I'm going to stand up for weasels. The mustelids are a noble mammalian family that brooks no fools and punches above their weight.

These are worms. Annelids: earthworms, leeches, and ragworms. Fit for eating dirt and used as bait on a hook.

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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 11h

Zoomed-in photo of AG Pam Bondi's notes. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

Not legal answers. Not facts. Not accountability.

Just a file of attacks and instructions to smear Sheldon Whitehouse, pivot to “dark money,” and even drag Epstein and Reid Hoffman into unrelated questions.👇

It’s performance.

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KindLivesMatter @bekindforthefuture.bsky.social · 12h

Why are we in recess? Because the day we go back into session, I have 218 votes for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files,” Massie (R-KY) said.

KEEP THE PRESSURE On, The Epstein Files MUST Be Released And The Republicans Can’t Stop It. No More Protection For Pedo’s!

Swalwell: Republicans planning 'jail break' revolt over Epstein files — The Hill

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) predicted Wednesday that dozens of Republicans may ultimately support legislation requiring the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender J...

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