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Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 13m

Oh yes, corrosive effects. A good read!

<“At the end of the day, at the core of it all, we are normalizing bullying,” said Gingrich.>

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Therapists Warn This Normalized Trump Behavior Is Causing Real-World Harm

People often look up to the president — and in this case, that’s clearly a problem.

www.huffpost.com

Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 33m

His bearing false witness is so obvious, this is who he is.
When he’s got nothing, lying about everything is what he has to do!

omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 12h

You have not heard that name in awhile . If awhile is only like 2 or 3 months ago when you moved her out of max security prison . Lies

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 17h

Portland Mayor Wilson says he's interested in taking over the lease of the city's privtely-owned ICE facility -- a suggestion that came from DHS. (And he rejects feds' ask for "free speech zones" where ppl can be penalized for protesting outside of.)

Mayor Wilson to feds: Your actions are ‘deeply disturbing'

After meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson reaffirms Portland's commitment to free speech, says he will make decisions "in the best interest of Portland an...

www.portland.gov

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💿🥂 The Mayor of Funkytown 🥂💿 @mayoroffunkytown.bsky.social · 1h

For the Epsteinth time, an "underage woman" is a CHILD!

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Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 1h

Nah nah nah no body is afraid of you dumpy.
Keep piss’n in the wind bud you’re getting it all over yourself.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Trump: Everything we're doing is very lawful and what they're doing is not lawful.

And what the governor and mayor, as an example, you can say of Portland and certainly of Chicago, it's not lawful what they're doing. They have to be very careful.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 14h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 1h

You can't enjoy a cup of coffee in Chicago without armed federal agents storming out and tackling you. This used to be a free country. We will become one again. Don't give up hope, and don't let them trick you into thinking this is normal.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

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

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Plant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 1h

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 5h

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 3h

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Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 1h

This is torture, prison guards have complete power over inmates. The guards crimes were well documented yet no charges, WTF?
“Live free or die” is such a bullshit slogan.
Not only at the men’s prison but the Sununu youth detention center, there they abused boys. Sick

www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

Investigators found evidence of potential crimes by NH prison staff. They decided not to prosecute.

An investigation into one of the biggest poaching cases in recent New Hampshire history also uncovered potential crimes inside the state’s struggling prison for men.

www.nhpr.org

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 14h

The American president ordering the invasion of American cities sounds like a civil war and treason to me, but what do I know.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 17h

Hey Bible boy:

"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me."

Matthew 25:35-36

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

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."

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 16h

it’s all just a grift

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 18h

The Dude has spoken:

"ICE? Let's get ICE off our streets and into our beverages. This aggression will not stand. Let's just abide together"

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 21h

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

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Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 15h

Disregard for the least among us is the Rep. MO waging war against citizens with soldiers repelling from a Blackhawk helicopter in middle of the night is intended to terrify everyone.
The children were traumatized & now have nightmares every night. IMO
C-PTSD is real!

www.ptsduk.org/symptoms-of-...

Symptoms under18 – PTSD UK

PTSD UK - a community for everyone in the UK affected by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

www.ptsduk.org

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

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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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 18h

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Upperhallpond @upperhallpond.bsky.social · 18h

Powerful, I see why twitter banned it.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1d

Twitter BANNED the creator of this ad because it moves voters 7 pts toward Dems.

Voters are DISGUSTED by Trump’s gestapo kidnapping US citizens in Portland and Chicago.

SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Sickening.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

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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