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TommyBoy

@tampatom69.bsky.social

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Gen X. Husband. Father. History Lover. Dog Dad. Ex-GOP. Pro US. OG Never Trump. Anti-Authoritarian. Anti-Extremist. Pro Democracy. Pro Constitution. Pro Ukraine. NAFO Fella. A little Tommy Callahan. A little Tommy Shelby. 🇺🇸🏴‍☠️🇺🇦 Resist!

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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · Nov 17

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

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."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Pritzker: "I think it's important to recognize that the Trump administration does not seem to respect any laws in the United States. They just do what they want to do and they'll keep doing it unless someone stops them. Here in Illinois we're stopping them."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

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

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 8h

This is NOT making Chicago safer. And this must NOT be what America is.👇

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 8h

Perfect response!

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 8h

Nobody in the blue states asked for your “help,” Greg.

Tweet from Greg Abbott showing members of the Texas National Guard boarding a large military cargo plane on a runway at sunrise. Text reads:
“The elite Texas National Guard.
Ever ready.
Deploying now.”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

The Justice Department had 36 attorneys assigned full-time to investigate corrupt politicians when Trump took office in January.

Today it has two.

See how this works?

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 9h

1. On Monday, Trump delivered a $70 million windfall to his billionaire buddy, John Paulson.

Paulson hosted the biggest fundraiser of Trump's 2024 campaign, raising over $50 million.

This week, Trump returned the favor.

Follow along for details.

Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire

On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Sickening.

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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 7h

Same

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 7h

I’m questioning it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 7h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 7h

What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

By the way, we knew Jack Smith subpoenaed republican phone records a few years ago. www.politico.com/news/2023/09...

Court blocks Jack Smith’s access to many of Rep. Scott Perry’s contacts about 2020 election

The appeals panel concluded that prosecutors’ effort to access cellphone communications with colleagues officials violated the lawmaker's constitutional immunity.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Kennedy with another set of probing questions about Epstein 👇

KENNEDY: Have you interviewed Secretary Lutnick?

BONDI: No senator

K: Do you plan to?

B: If he wants to talk to the FBI--

K: Don't you think you ought to talk to him after this interview? Maybe we ought to get Lutnick in here

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck this.

This is nothing but red meat for Trump’s base. A federal law that *Trump* signed into law guarantees backpay to furloughed workers. There’s no disputing this.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay.

This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to Trump’s tariffs on China, U.S. soybean farmers have lost their biggest customer and are grappling with higher prices for farming equipment.

Now, Trump has said he will bail out farmers — supposedly with the tariff revenue that caused the crisis to begin with.

Hello?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

PADILLA: Do you believe govt officials are obligated to follow court orders whether they agree with them or not, yes or no?

BONDI: I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump

PADILLA: I asked a simple yes or no question

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

Man she’s in his head

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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