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Yosef Betzalel

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Chicagoan. Democrat. Gay (the feral ActUp kind), married. 🏳️‍🌈.🇺🇦✡️ 🚫 MAGA 🚫 Pornbots 🚫 Cryptobots 🚫 Antisemites 🚫 DMs unless we know each other

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Yosef Betzalel @yosef-betzalel.bsky.social · Feb 28

Don’t forget, February 28th is the day we all vote with our wallets.

The people united will never be defeated!

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Yosef Betzalel @yosef-betzalel.bsky.social · May 6

Wow. This doesn’t sound good.

www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

Pahalgam terror attack LIVE: India launches ‘Operation Sindhoor’, hits terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan, PoK

Pahalgam attack LIVE updates: Follow The Hindu’s latest developments on the recent Pahalgam attack, which left 26 killed.

www.thehindu.com

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · May 1

Trump's comment that kids will have to sacrifice for tariffs, and get "3 dolls" instead of "30 dolls," betrays the fact that he actually believes the economy was great under Biden.

30 dolls sounds like a booming economy!

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · May 1

"Trump's numbers are tanking, with a majority of Americans saying he's a 'dangerous dictator.' And yet, they're now putting the face of pure evil in the White House on TV more and more."

www.signorile.com/p/the-more-t...

The more they put Stephen Miller out front, the more Trump will collapse

Trump's numbers are tanking, with a majority of Americans saying he's a "dangerous dictator." And yet, they're now putting the face of pure evil in the White House on TV more and more.

www.signorile.com

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Debra 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @starfyre59.bsky.social · Apr 29

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Yosef Betzalel @yosef-betzalel.bsky.social · Apr 29

Has anyone else seen the latest from Screwtape?

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1. Purpose and

www.whitehouse.gov

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RC deWinter @rcdewinter.bsky.social · Apr 28

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Fabritzio Fabricato (Satire) @produkshun.bsky.social · Apr 28

C’è solo un modo in cui questo può finire.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is in her #faafo stage

YouTube video by Maggie Reed

youtube.com

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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · Apr 28

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Yosef Betzalel @yosef-betzalel.bsky.social · Apr 28

Exactly. If they’re cutting everything, what in hell are we paying for?

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Owen From Ohio @owenfromohio.bsky.social · Apr 27

'They are disruptors': Trump tells GOP allies not to treat town hall protestors 'nicely'

www.rawstory.com/trump-town-h...

'They are disruptors': Trump tells GOP allies not to treat town hall protestors 'nicely'

Donald Trump on Sunday encouraged GOP lawmakers to not "treat troublemakers nicely" at town hall events. Trump over the weekend took to Truth Social to complain about the widely reported protests at...

www.rawstory.com

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𝒲𝒜ℒ𝒯 🇪🇺💯✊🏼💙🌊🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦋🫘 @jagsman.bsky.social · Apr 27

Then they came for the journalists

🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · Apr 27

In case you skipped history class and learned about authoritarian regimes on Fox News—This is Fascism 101
Like the very first bullet point.

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JFA @jabbott28.bsky.social · Apr 26

"The only way to make sure innocent people get such protections is to make sure everyone gets them." Due process for everyone! #ResistFascism

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Apr 25

Incredible scoop! Career officials inside the Trump administration first viewed the case of Mr. Abrego like any normal case of a wrongful deportation — they began looking for ways to bring him back, as happens normally when ICE makes mistakes.

Then the White House got involved, and blew it up.

Late last month, three days after Abrego Garcia’s family filed its lawsuit over his deportation, government attorneys began discussing how to undo the mistake and bring him back. In their conversations, officials went so far as to float the idea of having the U.S. ambassador to El Salvador make a personal appeal to the country’s president for Abrego Garcia’s return. But first, the State Department’s legal team wanted more information from DHS about his alleged role in the MS-13 gang. The thin evidence supplied in response was met with skepticism from the State Department lawyers. Abrego Garcia, who came to the United States illegally when he was 16 years old, was one of 23 Salvadorans deported on March 15. But his name had not appeared on an internal list of 10 gang members sought by President Nayib Bukele.
Attorneys at DHS had other concerns. They were aware that, six years ago, a judge had granted Abrego Garcia protected status over fears that he could be targeted for violence should he be returned to El Salvador. That protection was still in effect and had been violated by the March 15 deportation. They wanted to know if U.S. diplomats could ask the Salvadoran government to keep him separated from Barrio 18 gang members who had threatened him in the past and might harm him.

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Yosef Betzalel @yosef-betzalel.bsky.social · Apr 26

PS. Years ago, I kept talking so much about Schoolhouse Rock to my husband, who wasn’t here then, that he bought me a DVD set of all of them, and he willingly submitted to watching them all with a friend and me while we sang along.

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Yosef Betzalel @yosef-betzalel.bsky.social · Apr 26

Damn, I thought I’d be able to text that drunk mess and see what response I got.

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · Apr 26

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Yosef Betzalel @yosef-betzalel.bsky.social · Apr 26

No, I don’t think Joe Biden would do this because it’s unconstitutional.

Yosef Betzalel @yosef-betzalel.bsky.social · Apr 26

It was a much different time when we saw these wonderful educational cartoons. I often think of how far we could have gone since then if not for a certain political party.

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Yosef Betzalel @yosef-betzalel.bsky.social · Apr 25

Why only 16, though?

Yosef Betzalel @yosef-betzalel.bsky.social · Apr 25

No problem. It’s always a good idea to know such details, especially these days.

Yosef Betzalel @yosef-betzalel.bsky.social · Apr 25

Here’s the article, dateline 25 April 2025:

www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news...

Donald Trump 'doing everything to destroy democracy' and could 'cancel election'

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Scaramucci served in Donald Trump's first administration as his Director of Communications before he was dismissed 10 days later and has been a staunch critic ever since

www.dailystar.co.uk

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Kevin ANTIFA Ressler 💙🐈‍⬛ @kevinressler.bsky.social · Apr 25

Donald Trump's former communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, has issued a stark warning as he fears the president could declare martial law. Speaking to Saxo on behalf of the Daily Star, Scaramucci suggested that Trump might declare martial law to cling to power if he runs for a second term.

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · Apr 25

This has been the theory of all of us who have called for dramatic actions like SOTU walk outs, live filibusters, and blocking the CR. It was, and is, correct

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · Apr 25

“Powerful, attention-grabbing imagery can inspire the sense that something is profoundly amiss—that bedrock societal principles are in deep peril—which can cut through the fractured media environment and jog people out of their information silos.”

Good stuff from @gregsargent.bsky.social

Trump Is Suddenly Bleeding Independents. A Brutal New Poll Shows Why.

Immigration was his best issue in the polls. But now he’s sinking on it. Maybe Americans care about the rule of law after all.

newrepublic.com

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Yosef Betzalel @yosef-betzalel.bsky.social · Apr 25

You know who doesn’t have immunity? Trump’s cabinet, for starters.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · Apr 25

so, arresting judges should be more than enough reason for complete obstruction at in the house and senate. complete obstruction. anything you can do. interrupt proceedings, deny consent, holds on nominations.

everything.

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