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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 3h

Some volatility? Midwest soybean farmers are scrambling to sell their crops to other Asian countries at discounted prices since Trump killed the Chinese market for them, which comprised 60% of their sales last year.

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America-The Republic of Suffering @iampilgrim.bsky.social · 4h

someone please tell Trump that this is the real president. Fascist Miller knows how to usurp the throne of a mad king and take over.

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 4h

Straw man argument.

Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 4h

What a POS that little worm is. So sanctimonious in protecting pedophiles.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

My post on that.

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The Shutdown Will Make Trump's Theory of Government-ICE but No Healthcare-Visible - emptywheel

No one knows how this shutdown will go. It truly is unlike any shutdown that has gone before. But it will serve to make the reality of Trump's abuse of power visible in a way that has not fully happen...

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 23h

She’s brilliant.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

She certainly didn't hold back!

Jasmine Crockett Just Blasted Trump With A Brutal New Nickname—And It's Spot On

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 1d

See how he says "If *I* put National Guard in a southern town?"

Yeah... he's already talking like he's in charge.

And he probably has been for 6 months.

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 1d

C’mon. Miller is the acting president and we need to start pointing that out, just like we did with Elon.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

The entire country is walking on eggshells because a madman is hallucinating about crime sprees and burning cities.

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 1d

Fascists stick together.

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

bingo

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

This is like planting evidence and then making an arrest.

The image is an X post by Acyn (@Acyn
) from 13 hours ago, quoting Pritzker: "He's saying that Chicago is a war zone. None of that is true. They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone." The post includes a screenshot from CNN's "State of the Union" showing two individuals discussing, with a chyron indicating DHS officers fired at a driver who rammed their vehicle, later determined to be someone trying to storm the Presidential Palace, as the South Caucasus Coalition.

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 2d

Farmers will get whacked again if the ACA subsidies are yanked by the Republicans.

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Trade war fallout adds urgency to extending ACA aid

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 2d

Politically correct would have been NOT getting into unnecessary wars. Trump would have nuked those countries. I think Hegseth would have too.

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely disgraceful. President pro-tem Stephen Miller has convinced his feeble figurehead that the Dems are the enemy within.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 2d

Jared Kushner is going to the Middle East to negotiate a deal on behalf of the U.S. government days after Kushner announced a $55 billion deal between his private equity fund and the Saudi government

One of the most brazen conflicts in history.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

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Essence of RBG @rbgprevails.bsky.social · Jul 29

On reflection maybe the most tragic thing with the Epstein affair is that not one man who also is surely more mature now and sees the massive harm that was caused is willing to stand up and admit to what he did, fall on his sword and be counted and at least now do his bit to put the wrongs right.

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 3d

As predicted...

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TRUMP’S USAID PAUSE STRANDED LIFESAVING DRUGS. CHILDREN DIED.

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 4d

President Miller is getting pretty cocky. I think he needs to be Musked.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5d

Kamala Harris warned us that Trump would turn the military against civilians. She warned us that he would pursue Project 2025. The media mocked her, but she was dead right about both.

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 4d

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Twelve Steps to National Collapse: A Blueprint for How Democracies Die

A historian’s alarm: when these twelve familiar steps appear in a nation, the result is often irreversible—unless citizens rise up and demand otherwise…

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 5d

I thought of @johnfugelsang.bsky.social, NYT Best Selling author of "The Separation of Church and Hate" might find this column interesting.

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Prayers at center ice run counter to Christian teachings

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Rusty Cannon @rustycannon.bsky.social · 7d

A win for freedom of speech.
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White House loses ruling over targeting protesters

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