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The Smocking Gun

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Glad to be rid of Twitter. Resistance Democrat. FB fellow travelers (MAGAts need not bother). 💙 #NoDemUnder1K #NoDemUnder10K 😊

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The Smocking Gun @thesmockinggun.bsky.social · Jul 25

Release the files, not the pedophiles.

Maxwell's testimony, as dictated to her by the Trump DOJ, is not transparency.

We see it for what it is.

#PedoPresident

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The Smocking Gun @thesmockinggun.bsky.social · 2d

Congress is still on recess? Mike Johnson, please...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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The Smocking Gun @thesmockinggun.bsky.social · 2d

He can't live forever

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 4d

Antifa membership perks for 2025 are available now! ✊️

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The Smocking Gun @thesmockinggun.bsky.social · 4d

"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes." "Families are torn apart; men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." Anne Frank, 1943

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

www.reuters.com

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The Smocking Gun @thesmockinggun.bsky.social · 5d

Accurate
#Antifa

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The Smocking Gun @thesmockinggun.bsky.social · 5d

Give tRump the Nobble Piece Prise!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social

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The Smocking Gun @thesmockinggun.bsky.social · 6d

#TrumpShutdown

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The Smocking Gun @thesmockinggun.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you for attending my Ted Talk

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8d

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The Smocking Gun @thesmockinggun.bsky.social · 8d

bUt hE dOEsn'T tAkE a sALaRy!!!!!

The Smocking Gun @thesmockinggun.bsky.social · 8d

indivisible.org/resource/cal...

CALL NOW: Demand your Republican Senator Rein in Trump’s Lawlessness

indivisible.org

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The Smocking Gun @thesmockinggun.bsky.social · 8d

When will the major news outlets start covering tRump's clear dementia?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Two minutes into his speech to military leaders, Trump is ranting about renaming the "Gulf of America"

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The Smocking Gun @thesmockinggun.bsky.social · 8d

They get awfully quiet when the shooter is one of theirs.
2 weeks ago they were up 24/7 trying to get people fired.

Who will end the MAGA on MAGA violence?