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Bob Garcia @reddragon696.bsky.social · 3h

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Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5h

Marjorie Taylor Greene just said the Republican Party is “getting destroyed” during this government shutdown as they refuse to protect health care.

“Everyone’s just getting destroyed... Republicans, you have no solutions... It is hurting so many people.”

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5h

This is well said. Trump and Noem need to back off before we have another Kent State tragedy.

Tweet from Aaron Reichlin-Melnick quoting Laura N. Rodríguez Presa.
Aaron’s comment: “DHS is an escalation spiral; the more they do things like this, the more people on the ground push back... and I'm deeply worried what the ultimate result will be.”
Laura’s tweet reads: “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 ICE activity, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.”
Attached photo shows a federal agent inside a vehicle pointing a rifle out of the driver’s side window.

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SusanLynch22 @skyred1250.bsky.social · 23h

Arrest them! @openpodbaydoor.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @judiciarydems.senate.gov @canada-keith.bsky.social @loveshine204.bsky.social @suzyqfit4u.bsky.social @julie3500.bsky.social @lakerpatrick.bsky.social @msnbc.com @housegop.bsky.social @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

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.
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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.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 13h

You’ll never be able to convince me ripping an American citizen out of their Chicago apartment in the dead of night, zip tying their hands and refusing to let them call their lawyer is ‘America First’

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ScottG. @itsjustmescott.bsky.social · 5h

The racists are emboldened.

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Purrito @twilight-time.bsky.social · 5h

Tim Apple is a trump bootlicker. Boycott.

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 5h

The Oregon GOP posted fake pics to justify sending troops in.
What a bunch of fucking liars

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 8h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

Discount Goebbels: Don't call us fascist.

Also Discount Goebbels: Can I introduce you to my buddy who thinks the Nazis were the good guys?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Bob Garcia @reddragon696.bsky.social · 5h

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Alabama sheriff condemned over ‘racist’ Halloween display at home

Mobile county sheriff, Paul Burch, faces backlash after skeletons in sombreros and ‘ICE’ shirts spotted in his yard

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MariaevaJ (Formal Tribel) @mariaevaj.bsky.social · 10h

Just a reminder

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

Wow

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 6h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on extending ACA credits: It is hurting so many people... let's take off our Democrat jerseys, let's take off our Republican jerseys, and we should do something responsible for the American people and fix this.

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Bob Garcia @reddragon696.bsky.social · 5h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alabama sheriff condemned over ‘racist’ Halloween display at home

Mobile county sheriff, Paul Burch, faces backlash after skeletons in sombreros and ‘ICE’ shirts spotted in his yard

www.theguardian.com

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Bob Garcia @reddragon696.bsky.social · 5h

I would like to believe there is a chance this resistance will work, but in every City, so far, the Local Leos, who I understood to be in the control of CITY Government, are willingly helping the Gestapo out. If they can't control their own Leos, what Power do they really have to stop this takeover

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 5h

Trump's federal agents are terrorizing communities across America, but leaders like Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are fighting back.

Mayor of Chicago Brandon Johns speaking with text: We will not tolerate ICE agents violating our residents' constitutional rights nor will we allow the federal government to disregard our local authority. ICE agents are detaining elected officials, tear-gassing protestors, children, and Chicago police officers, and abusing Chicago residents.
We will not stand for that in our city."
MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON

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Bob Garcia @reddragon696.bsky.social · 5h

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Apple iPhone 17 Pro review: different looks but still all about the zoom

First new design in ages, upgraded camera, serious performance and longer battery life make it a standout year

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‪𝒩𝑜𝓇𝓂𝒶 𝒫 @gemdrgn1.bsky.social · 5h

It's so out of character for Marge 3-Toes. I guess better late than never!

Bonus: Name the movie in the GIF. 😁

two men looking at each other with the words better late than never

ALT: two men looking at each other with the words better late than never

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6h

Seriously, is this a trick? It’s everyday now.

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White Rose Resistance Group @nick13.bsky.social · 7h

Uneducated idiot

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

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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George Vosburgh @georgevosburgh.bsky.social · 5h

This dumb bitch doesn't understand what Antifa stands for!
The stupidity is breath taking.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7h

Noem: “We are hoping…we will get more and more information about the network and how we can route them out and eliminate them from the existence of American society…Antifa is just as sophisticated as MS-13, as TDA, as ISIS, as Hezbollah, as Hamas, as all of them. They are just as dangerous.”

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Bob Garcia @reddragon696.bsky.social · 5h

Same here, Clay. I truly believe Eisenhower was almost certainly the Last HONEST Republican to serve in the Government, and likely will remain so for Generations.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

One of the reasons the Jack Smith investigations seemed to take forever is because Biden's DoJ *did* have their hands around the evidence before they indicted. And they'd have convicted, too, if it weren't for those pesky SCOTUS fellas. 1/

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if the prosecution is just getting its hands around the evidence *after* it criminally charged the former FBI director?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Bob Garcia @reddragon696.bsky.social · 5h

In my opinion, the real danger of these types of right-wing shows is that MAGAt supporters who listen to this type of nonsense exclusively are far more likely to believe the lies and embellishments it puts out when it is presented in a 'legitimate' way.