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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 6h

So they weren’t peaceful tourists? I’m losing the plot.

(Also, that means he pardoned Antifa, in case anyone cares)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6h

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.

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The Looch @thelooch.bsky.social · 10h

Essential viewing

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

The Looch @thelooch.bsky.social · 12h

He has no idea what habeas corpus is.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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The Looch @thelooch.bsky.social · 12h

Narrator: There were not explosions in the background.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "Do wealthy people leave too, or not? Place like Portland. Are the wealthy people leaving? People that can leave, are they leaving?"

The Looch @thelooch.bsky.social · 12h

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 23h

“You need to take your head out of Trump’s ass..”
MO voter rips into Republican Congressman at town hall. The same town hall’s this regime wants them to stop going to. I wonder why?🤨

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 18h

Convicted felon whose name is in the Epstein files wants to imprison the Mayor of Chicago and the Governor of Illinois.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 1d

Because you called Brad Raffensperger at Trump’s request to talk about the vote count in GA because Trump couldn’t accept losing a free & fair election. Enough of Graham’s constantly playing the victim card & his amoral service in the Senate. SC can do better by electing @drannieandrews.com.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Graham: Can you tell me why my phone records were sought by the jack Smith agents. Why did they ask to know who I called and what I was doing from January 4th to the seventh? Can you tell me that?

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

www.pbs.org

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

I wouldn’t advise anyone in Portland to walk your dog near this building.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is so dark

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

My Very Dear Ones,

I write to you from near the front lines of war ravaged Portland.

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The Looch @thelooch.bsky.social · 1d

Respect.

Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 1d

Country legend Zach Bryan has released a song that puts country over his own bank account.

The backlash from country fans will be massive- they’ll force him off country radio like they did to the Dixie Chicks but he doesn’t need radio access anymore

American hero 🇺🇸

The Looch @thelooch.bsky.social · 1d

Lewandowski has more of a track record of being violent than Portland does.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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The Looch @thelooch.bsky.social · 1d

Her deflection about Acosta was strange. He was never AG.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

They really don't want to release the Epstein Files, huh.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva won her election two weeks ago. Republicans refuse to seat her in Congress.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

Stephen Miller in a gray suit, white shirt, and gray tie.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Another tragic accident.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

Speaker Johnson continues to stall the swearing in of Rep.-elect Grijalva so as to avoid having to deal with the Epstein discharge petition. Why shouldn’t Dems make support for reopening the government contingent on adding to the funding measure a provision mandating release of the Epstein files?

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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