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stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · Feb 19

Hitting me hard. In Vienna my grandmother hid my mother from Russian soldiers known for raping and worse during the occupation, after the Nazis did the same in WWII. My grandfather had been forced to flee to Poland because he refused to join the Nazi party. He walked back a skeleton after the war.

Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · Feb 19

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stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 3h

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 4h

"A practice that would have been unthinkable under past administrations is becoming normalized: sending ICE detainees, without due process, to far-flung prisons in countries with notorious human rights records."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 3h

As with everything they do - profit for them is paramount, not the greater good.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that.

www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

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stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 3h

Jen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 23h

New comic: What does not belong? www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Cartoon: What does not belong?

To support this work and receive my weekly newsletter with background on each cartoon, please consider joining the Sorensen Subscription Service! Also on Patreon . Follow me on Bluesky ...

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stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 3h

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21h

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.

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

It’s not just him - it’s the entire dark Project 2025 vision being fast-tracked by his henchmen. We may never know how much and how deep the damage they’ve wrought goes.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

crooksandliars.bsky.social @crooksandliars.bsky.social · 5h

It's Yom Kippur, Liberal Losers, You're Fired!

The Bezos opinion section has now been cleansed of anti-Trump sentiment.

dlvr.it

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 13h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

😕

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

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14h

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13h

YES! MORE OF THIS! Thank you Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold from Oregon’s National Guard 🙏

Source: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

#Oregon #Portland #50501Movement

@WinterPolitics1
The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE.

And a photo of the Oregon National Guard General

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago PD: arrest these motherfuckers threatening civilians. Put them in jail. Let the courts sort it out

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

Eeeww

Dennis Koch @dejayk.bsky.social · 22h

Our Favorite Christofascist White Rapper Michigan Rep Was (Allegedly?) Looking For An Orgy

It's always the way, isn't it?

www.wonkette.com/p/our-favori...

Our Favorite Christofascist White Rapper Michigan Rep Was (Allegedly?) Looking For An Orgy

It's always the way, isn't it?

www.wonkette.com

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

But she’s ultra rich now so nothing else matters.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

have said this before but i am very skeptical about weiss’s vaunted charisma

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

May it be so. Or is this another Lucy pulling the football moment?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

🤞 @ericswalwell.bsky.social

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

How we got here.

Marilyn French @marilynfrenche.bsky.social · 7h

Weaponization of disinformation and 50 years plus of amygdala hits.

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stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone else remember that old SNL sketch in which Jon Lovitz is playing Michael Dukakis and Dana Carvey is playing George H.W. Bush and they're debating and in mid-debate Dukakis turns to the camera and says, "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy"?

Yeah, *that*

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 9h

Russian attack on Odesa last night.

At least five people injured and massive fires.

Terrible.

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 4h

Self destruction of the US.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 5h

Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if health care was just something everyone had, and not a zero sum competition between "good" people and "bad" people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 5h

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22h

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 5h

What a weasel.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 5h

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13h

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 5h

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 13h

Christine Hallquist @christinehallquist.bsky.social · 1d

Dictators seeks absolute control over every facet of society, including citizens’ thoughts and actions. This form of governance recognizes no limits to its authority, aiming to regulate public and private life, as such, media control is key for maintaining power.

www.cbsnews.com/news/bari-we...

Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News as Paramount acquires The Free Press

Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, has announced the acquisition of The Free Press. Its co-founder and CEO, Bari Weiss, will join CBS News as editor-in-chief.