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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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spottedstarling.bsky.social @spottedstarling.bsky.social · 9h

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Jim Stewartson, Antifascist @jim-stewartson.bsky.social · 16h

Stephen Miller and the Trump regime are deliberately provoking violence in American cities so they can blame it on a vast terrorist conspiracy of “Antifa” and “radical left Democrats.”

The plan is clear—but is it a “false flag” if they tell you?
www.mind-war.com/p/is-it-a-fa...

Is It a “False Flag” If They Tell You?

Historically, people who want to overthrow a government usually try to hide it.

www.mind-war.com

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spottedstarling.bsky.social @spottedstarling.bsky.social · 10h

Release the unredacted Epstein files, liars!

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 11h

Trump said he didn’t write the infamous birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein that referenced ‘a wonderful secret,’ claiming, ‘It’s not the way I speak.’ Unfortunately for Trump, Jimmy Kimmel Live! brought the receipts.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 11h

Elon Musk said he was going to cut spending by $2 trillion dollars, but instead spending is higher this year than we thought it would be before Trump took office. Truly incredible stuff.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 11h

CBO fy2025 projections for deficit/spending/etc are out

Some issues make simple comparisons apples-to-oranges, so I'll do apples-to-apples & explain in the thread

Relative to pre-Trump projections:
-Primary deficits ⬆️ $34 bn
-program spending ⬆️ $97 bn
-revenues ⬆️ $63 bn
www.cbo.gov/publication/...

2025 (January estimate, adjusted to fix issues) 2025 CBO estimate (remove student loan one-time revaluation) 2025 (adjusted for student loans) vs. 2025 projection (adjusted to fix issues)
Spending 7061 7166 105
Program spending 6108 6205 97
Interest 953 961 9
Revenue 5163 5226 63
Primary deficit 945 979 34
Total deficit 1898 1940 42

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

If you live in a red state, you’re getting screwed the hardest by Trump and Republicans.

📌 The top 10 states facing the highest projected premium increases are all Republican led.
#TrumpShutUSDown

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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spottedstarling.bsky.social @spottedstarling.bsky.social · 22h

It was all out in the open. Some of them were too stupid to see it.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 1d

reminder that nspm-7 includes "anti-christianity" as a sentiment to be monitored www.kenklippenstein.com/p/secretive-...

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spottedstarling.bsky.social @spottedstarling.bsky.social · 22h

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Murray: I talked to a family that’s paying about $300 a month for their health insurance. It’s going to jump to over $1,800 per month.

Many people will turn away and not pay for it—obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.

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spottedstarling.bsky.social @spottedstarling.bsky.social · 23h

Don't you get it? Trump DOESN'T CARE if it's true or not. He invents his own facts to serve his goals of extortion and gaining absolute power over the country. He writes that the economy is doing great, inflation is down, the cities where he sends his violent brown shirts ICE thugs are now safer.

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Andrea 🦋🇺🇸💙 @andrea-am.bsky.social · 1d

With all those cameras, why are they showing pictures of Portland 2020 and riots in South America? Because it’s PEACEFUL in Portland!!!!

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spottedstarling.bsky.social @spottedstarling.bsky.social · 1d

Not cops. Soldiers.

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 1d

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spottedstarling.bsky.social @spottedstarling.bsky.social · 1d