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Disabled Desert Storm Army Vet/1st Air Cav “GarryOwen” (I stand by my oath) 🇺🇸 former NBC Photojournalist/Photog/Videographer/Editor/Storm chaser 🎥 Michigan Alum/Wolverine 🏈 /#LegacyGuardian with TVP/🏟️ Chiefs Fan for Life! NO MAGA!!!/ #SaveAmerica 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 12d

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The Myth Of The MAGA Majority

Trump's latest 'landslide' claim masks what a minority movement MAGA really is

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 10h

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Art is Anti-Fascist

I found my inspiration tonight for an entire art series.

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 10h

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Flying to the end of the shutdown

Friends,

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 10h

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Oversight

Attorney General Pam Bondi showed up for an oversight hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and she brought her best Scarlett O’Hara demeanor along with her.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 15h

Pam Bondi is so transparent, you can see right through her

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13h

Cosplay for Losers

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Pete Hegseth put on his military fatigues for a new photo op a week after yelling at top brass about grooming and DEI.

Pentagon Pete Cosplays After Bizarre General Pep Talk

The Defense Secretary suited up for a new photo op with the troops.

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 10h

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Gavin Newsom is easy on the eyes. Trump isn't.

❤ I think the 2028 presidential race needs a swimsuit competition. 😂

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 13h

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James Comey Arraignment: a preview

A recording from Glenn Kirschner's live video

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 14h

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NEWS: ICE Agent Points Rifle at U.S. Citizen Recording in Illinois

Oct 7 | Journalist Laura N. Rodríguez Presa shares viral photo from Berwyn showing armed federal agent confronting civilian

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 14h

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Meidas Health: Sen. Patty Murray WARNS of Looming Health Care Crisis Amid Shutdown

On Meidas Health with Dr. Vin Gupta and Dr. Kavita Patel, Senator Murray calls out Republicans for holding Americans’ health care hostage as the ACA tax credits near expiration.

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 14h

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The Daily Wrap Up

Oct. 7th, 2025

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 15h

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BREAKING: Texas Guard Troops Arrive in Chicago as Trump Considers Insurrection Act

Oct 7 | Trump Gets Closer to Invoking Insurrection Act as Illinois Battles Federal Troop Deployment

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 15h

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Urgent: ICE is Lying to the American Public

The stories told by ICE officials in Chicago are being debunked in real time. Please share this far and wide.

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 15h

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Democrats Are Winning the Shutdown Fight

Turns out Republicans still haven’t figured out the politics of health care.

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 15h

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BREAKING: Flights Delayed in Chicago and Nashville as FAA Staffing Shortages Worsen During Shutdown

Oct 7 | Shutdown cripples FAA operations, forcing hours-long flight delays and cancellations at major U.S. airports

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 16h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 15h

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Pentagon Leakers Practice Beating Polygraphs Amid Trump's 'Idiotic' Leak Crackdown

The president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are waging a war on leakers – but ‘this stuff only works if you let it get to you,’ says one Pentagon official.

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 16h

You can smell the reek of right-wing/MAGA desperation in the air. They know they are losing. Hell they are just losing it all together. But America, we will literally have to FIGHT to win OUR country back before this is all over and they are ALL heading to prison for the crimes they have committed.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 18h

I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 2d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

In 1999, Bill Clinton announced “the last, best unprotected wild lands anywhere in our nation” would be shielded by a new rule that banned roads, drilling and other disturbances.

Today, these lands could soon see chainsaws and logging trucks amid a push by Trump to raze these ecosystems for timber.

Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws"

Public comments suggest repealing the Clinton-era "roadless rule" is wildly unpopular.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 20h

Yesterday brought news that country star Zach Bryan is dropping a song critical of ICE.

Today, the official DHS account trolls him by using one of his songs (without permission, one strongly presumes) over the kind of cinematic footage Trump loves, of masked federal agents clashing with Americans.

Screenshot of a tweet from @DHSgov dated 7 October 2025. It shows a video of federal agents, under the text "We’re having an All Night Revival"

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joneson/dead bird site survivor @bonesfanancy @joneson.bsky.social · 16h

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 1d

Please take time to read @mjfree.bsky.social’s newest piece, The Great Insurrectionist!

“Trump now openly admits he knows and follows Project 2025 — the far-right, 1,000-page roadmap to dismantle democracy and install an imperial presidency.”

And so much more! ♻️

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THE GREAT INSURRECTIONIST

Trump’s Project 2025 Isn’t a Plan — It’s a Coup in Real Time

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17h

Never never never give up

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

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