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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
JUST IN: Judge Paul Friedman (Clinton/DC) gives Pentagon two weeks to get relief from DC Circuit, otherwise policy requiring escorts will be lifted for NYT reporters. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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U.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov · 24/06/2026
Rep. Al Green Urges “We the People” to Contact the White House and Demand the President Sign the Housing Bill. You can also access Rep. Green’s remarks on YouTube by clicking here: youtu.be/ny6pVZTySn4?...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/06/2026
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The tangled words of Trump’s beleaguered errand boy: “He decided, and I didn’t announce it, I wanted him to announce it,” Johnson said shortly after Trump posted, “but we’re delaying this. As you know, he has a window of time before he has to sign a bill.” www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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Trump cancels signing of major housing bill
The president said he wouldn't sign the bipartisan legislation until the SAVE America Act was passed.
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WhatsLeftOfMarlon @whatsleftofmarlon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I was born and raised in Washington DC! I lived there for 35 years before moving to Seattle, never in all my years there or here, have I ever seen anything as IGNORANT as this shit!!! Unfortunately made worse by the fact we no longer have a functioning congress!! 😡😡
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
What an absolute clown show.
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Cartoonist: Adam Zyglis
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Defend The Vote @wedefendthevote.org · 24/06/2026
🚨Congratulations to @benmcadams.bsky.social on his victory in the UT-01 Primary.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/06/2026
Hunter Biden gives his thoughts on last night’s elections in NY. What do you think?
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CFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Call your Senators and tell them to vote no on the CLARITY Act or any other crypto bill that fails to restore CFPB's funding. www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
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CFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
www.change.org/p/stop-vought
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Sign the Petition
Stop Vought
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CFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
For 501 days, we have stopped Vought. You can join us.https://www.propublica.org/article/russ-vought-trump-shadow-president-omb
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Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that…
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“A Trump rally is a space apart from space and a time apart from time where achievements remain unsurpassed. ‘A short time ago, we were a dead country, now we’re the hottest country in the world.’ The problem is it’s growing clearer that all this is an illusion.” www.thebulwark.com/p/the-presid...
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The President Finds His Happy Place
A smaller and smaller slice of the voting public is still all-in with him.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“Advice to Democrats: Make Republicans—from the Trump administration to members of Congress to House and Senate candidates—talk about Iran. Make them defend their misbegotten and failed war. This shouldn’t be hard.” www.thebulwark.com/p/the-presid...
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The President Finds His Happy Place
A smaller and smaller slice of the voting public is still all-in with him.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
JUST IN: Judge Christopher Cooper (Obama/DC) orders Kennedy Center to report by next month on the purpose of the tarp and scaffolding currently covering the area where Trump's name was removed pursuant to an earlier Cooper order. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 24/06/2026
Congress ordered the Trump admin to spend apportioned funds on global health, nutrition, & humanitarian aid, yet officials are refusing to follow through. Protect Democracy's Cerin Lindgrensavage in @ProPublica on Trump’s escalating defiance of Congress & what’s at stake. protdem.org/4eDKs05
The image is an excerpt from a ProPublica article. The headline reads, "A Huge Grab of Power: Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid." Below is a quote from Cerin Lindgrensavage, stating "Congress has said spend the money, and the president doesn’t want to. The question is, who wins? Under the law, Congress is supposed to win. Right now, the president is."
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I don't want to let it slip by that Trump accused the NYT of TREASON over the weekend because journalists dared analyze how poorly his Iran war is going. Especially because the FCC has, at the same time, shown interest in revoking broadcast licenses for critical coverage of the Iran War. From me.
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 18/06/2026
Poverty is not a personal failing. It's the predictable outcome of systems designed to concentrate wealth, deny opportunity, and keep people struggling while the rich get richer.
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Got a quick minute? Let's talk about the raid on the Ohio Organizing Collaborative. Oh, you haven't heard of it? That's the problem. The Trump Admin isn't just going after the high-profile names. It's widening its target.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 18/06/2026
Pretty remarkable to me that as a 24-year-old law student, Sonia Sotomayor made The Washington Post for reporting a law firm partner to Yale after he asked her racist questions during a recruiting dinner ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/clarence-t...
A large Washington law firm-Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge-has been forced to apologize to a Yale Law School senior after a student-faculty tribuna found one of its partners had asked her "discriminatory" questions focusing on her being a Puerto Rican.
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The tribunal found the questions, asked during a recruiting dinner, violated Yale rules against discrimination. The questions, according to the tribunal, included: 'Do law firms do a disservice by hiring minority students who the firms know do not have the necessary credentials and will then fire in three to four years? Would I have been admitted to the law school if I were not a Puerto Rican? Was I culturally deprived?"


In a letter of apology this week, Shaw Pittman's senior parnter, Ramsay D. Potts, called the questions by Martin Krall "insensitive and regrettable", and acknowledged "they may have had a chilling effect on the firm's recruitment of minorities and other students.
But Potts said that neither the firm nor Krall had "discriminatory motives or intent."
Krall asked the questions of Sonia Sotomayor de Noonan, a resident of the Bronx, N.Y., who had graduated from Princetown before going to Yale Law, during a dinner in New Haven Oct. 2 with several other Yale students.
The next day, according to the tribunal report, Sotomayor challenged Krall during her formal interview over what she considered the discriminatory nature of the questions. He said he didn't mean any harm and invited her for further interviews in Washington.
She refused-giving up her chance to work for the firm-and instead filed a formal complaint against Shaw Pittman.
Since then the debate over the Washington firm's actions have raged across Yale's campus with letters and petitions being posted on bulletin boards with wall posters in Peking.
Yale's Black Student Union, LatinAsian-Native American Association and Yale Law Women joine…
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
JUST IN: Judge Angel Kelley (Biden/MA) denies stay of her order to restore National Park exhibits removed under Trump-era edicts. She also warns admin not to obscure the displays (informed by Kennedy Center antics?) Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Earlier: www.eenews.net/articles/jud...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“It was shocking to see Trump admit these truths, plainly and without artifice. In part because he hung out to dry every insipid Quisling who has dutifully dissembled on his behalf for the last four months.” www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
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Trump Admits Surrender
There were no alternatives.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/06/2026
Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but the Knicks have not declined a White House visit - despite a meme going around. As of today, they haven’t yet been invited. I hope they do decline, but remember to check for sources before sharing unsubstantiated claims.
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Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This is classy, beautiful First Lady not a paid prostitute from Russia.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
So that putz who insulted Michelle Obama is a man who washed out of the NFL, who settled for brawling to compensate for his physical shortcomings, and no one is talking about him with the appropriate contempt.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/06/2026
U.S. President Donald Trump attends the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16, 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 15/06/2026
DOJ wants to control who is and isn't on state voter rolls. The law is clear: the federal gov has no authority over election administration. We’re proud to represent @commoncause.org challenging the admin’s illegal efforts to take over elections and surveil voters. Read our response to the DOJ ⬇️
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Protecting voter privacy and the integrity of U.S. elections
Protect Democracy and co-counsel represent Common Cause and four individual voters in a lawsuit to stop the DOJ from building a national voter database.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/06/2026
U.S. President Donald Trump attends the G7 Summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 15, 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
TOMORROW!!! #NoKingsDay 🇺🇸
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God @thegodshow.com · 14/06/2026
Zohran Mamdani’s been the Mayor of New York for 6 months and the Knicks just became NBA Champions for the first time in 53 years. Congrats, New York!
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Rep. AOC posts new photo on Instagram celebrating the Knicks alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/06/2026
Well that was quick
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Politico @politico.com · 13/06/2026
Trump lawyers: No collusion with Trump administration to create 'anti-weaponization' fund
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Trump lawyers: No collusion with Trump administration to create 'anti-weaponization' fund
The settlement came under intense attack from lawmakers, prompting a retreat from the planned $1.8 billion fund for victims of allegedly politicized investigations and indictments.
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Politico @politico.com · 13/06/2026
US kills Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua leader in military strike, Trump says
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US kills Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua leader in military strike, Trump says
Héctor Guerrero faced drug, weapons and terrorism charges in the U.S.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 13/06/2026
The White House Epstein Files cover up goes all the way to VP JD Vance, Susie Wiles, and Kash Patel. It’s time to bring these people in front of our committee. We won’t stop until we get justice for survivors.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"The UFC event captures something about this moment in our history. After all, it’s vulgar, it’s violent, it’s commercial, it’s grandiose, it’s tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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The Decline of the Republic Comes with a Claw
Tacky American Caesarism.
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 13/06/2026
Fifty people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to office. Fifty. And we're still being told the answer is to give this system even more of our tax dollars. No. Not another dime.
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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals". This should be said every time ICE is mentioned.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Hochul: The whole crew has to go. It’s a joke, so they should clean house, kick their asses out of town, say “we’re starting over,” and stop militarizing our streets with people who have literally days or weeks of training
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🚨"Shut it down for Alex, shut it down for Renee, shut it down for every immigrant terrorized. Shut it down until ICE is no longer on our streets!" -Minneapolis ICE protesters chant about upcoming 2nd ICE general strike in Minnesota happening on Friday January 30th. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Thank you, Mr. President.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2026
RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war? RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/01/2026
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Chief Justice John Roberts turns 71 today. Two decades ago, I warned the Senate that confirming Roberts to the Supreme Court would be a disaster for working people. I'm sad to say I was proven right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir5kmPdRJLw
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How SCOTUS shapes economic rights for the little guy with Robert Reich
My testimony at John Roberts’ confirmation hearing.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/01/2026
Hakeem Jeffries: "Kristi Noem is a despicable, corrupt, pathological liar. We've seen her slander not just one, but American citizens, patriotic Americans who were killed without justification on the streets of Mpls ... we are prepared to initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House."
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
🚨BREAKING: An eyewitness to Border Patrol murdering Alex Pretti: "As a United States military veteran trained in counterinsurgency and detainee operations, from my perspective—Alex was not resisting. What I saw disgusted me, it made me sick to my stomach!" LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
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Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
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Baller Alert @balleralert.com · 24/01/2026
Coach Prime’s Security Detail Puts Colorado On High Alert: Head Bodyguard Reveals Deion Sanders Faces Five Death Threats Daily
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Coach Prime’s Security Detail Puts Colorado On High Alert: Head Bodyguard Reveals Deion Sanders Faces Five Death Threats Daily
Deion Sanders is making sure his Colorado Buffaloes understand the gravity of the target on his back as they enter the 2026 season. During the team's initial meeting of the year, Sanders’ head of security, Michael Rhodes, took center stage to reveal the staggering level of danger the head coach faces. According to Rhodes, "Coach Prime" is currently being targeted by five death threats every single day, a reality that has turned the football facility into a high-security zone. The warning, captured in a video posted by Deion Sanders Jr., served as a blunt directive to the players to stop being lax with facility access. “I’m Officer Rhodes. I’m head of security for Coach Prime,” Rhodes told the roster. “Real quick, I want to say this. Those of y’all that are new, when y’all head up to the facilities in the morning, be mindful of who comes in with you, especially on the elevator. Don’t let somebody coerce you into scanning them up on the floor, because everybody’s trying to get to Coach Prime. Those people that are trying to get to them, not all of them have good intentions. So just be mindful of that, don’t prop open any doors, because my philosophy is, if the doors open, they will come through. Then they’re gonna have to meet me.” Sanders, who followed Rhodes with his own remarks, explained that the constant vitriol is an unfortunate side effect of his success and identity. “We get death threats all the time,” Sanders said. “Why? I’m a Black man making it happen, making things move, making all that happen. So we have stuff that’s real.” Rhodes has been a trusted member of Sanders' inner circle since his days as a police officer at Jackson State, eventually moving to Boulder to serve as "private security to the head coach”. By allowing the details of these threats to be discussed in a team setting, Sanders is emphasizing that the players have a role in maintaining a safe environment. 
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Baller Alert @balleralert.com · 24/01/2026
Tiffany "New York" Pollard Weighs In On Nicki Minaj’s Political Shift And Disappointment From LGBTQ+ Fans
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Tiffany "New York" Pollard Weighs In On Nicki Minaj’s Political Shift And Disappointment From LGBTQ+ Fans
Tiffany “New York” Pollard isn’t holding back when it comes to the friction between Nicki Minaj and her ride-or-die LGBTQ+ fan base. During a chat with TMZ, the "Flavor of Love" legend addressed the growing divide caused by Minaj's latest political backing. As a cornerstone of the community herself, Pollard made it clear that while the love for the music remains, the energy surrounding Nicki’s recent public stances has taken a sharp turn. The conversation comes at a significant time for Pollard, who made headlines last year by officially coming out as queer and non-binary. At the time, they explained that their identity fluctuates between masculine and feminine feelings, a journey that has only deepened their connection to the queer community. When a reporter asked, “Right now, so last question. I know Nicki Minaj let a lot of the LGBTQ community down a little right now, by going the Trump route. What would you, any words for Nicki?” Pollard offered a perspective that was both blunt and hopeful. “Well, I mean... Nicki, we love her music. I've spoken to her several times. Collectively, we were a bit disappointed with... I feel like she needs to listen to a lot more Bruce Springsteen,” Pollard told the reporter. The reality star suggested that the "Queen of Rap" might need to swap political circles for the wisdom of a rock icon. “She need to go sit on his lap, let him speak some words of wisdom to her heart. 'Cause she's... yeah, somebody got her off track and she needs guidance back home.” The disappointment stems from what many Barbz see as a "slap in the face" to the very community that has championed Nicki since her underground mixtape days. For many, her alignment with conservative politics feels like a betrayal of the inclusive, boundary-pushing image she built. Pollard’s comments suggest that the community doesn't want to cancel Nicki, but rather see her find her way back to the values they once shared.   Tiffany Pollard on Nicki Minaj; “Somebody got her off track and she needs guidance back home.” pic.twitter.com/WAMAjBRIXR — MR. POP (@MrPopOfficial) January 24, 2026
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