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Alex Burch

@alexkburch.bsky.social
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Authoritarians hurt everyone— your silence = compliance He set cop beaters free & they are organizing. Lots of snark to alleviate the pain …in Nebraska, so it’s rough. *Peace is not passive* Banner pic:On Tyranny, Timothy Snyder

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 4h
Different press sec same bullshit
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“Where did she pass the bar exam? Which state?” a reporter asked Trump, who turned to Zacharia to ask her, “which state?” “When I moved to China,” Zacharia responded. #MadeInChinaLawDegree #ETTD thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump’s new press secretary raises eyebrows with bar exam response
President Trump’s new press secretary Katie Zacharia raised eyebrows on Tuesday when she was asked where she passed the bar exam, telling reporters that she did so when she moved to China.  Za…
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2h
this is how i felt giving a presentation in sixth grade
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h
Vance certainly has gay acquaintances. Most obviously his mentor and most important political booster, Peter Thiel, is gay. But his mental model of Texas voters is that they are a bunch of redneck rubes, so a insinuating a straight candidate is gay will work.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h
Yes, yes, the authoritarian president is leading a hate-filled rally in which he urges his followers to physically assault protesters but do NOT call any of these people Nazis or you will make David Brooks sad.
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Alex Burch @alexkburch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ok. Different topic, but I’m promoting this account because it’s one that is so clever and worthy of following. bsky.app/profile/slop...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12/10/2026
Americans see this for what it is - President Trump is abusing his power to go after political opponents weeks before an election.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Seems like a good time to recall that in 2019 Laura Loomer traveled to Ilhan Omar's district with fellow "journalists" Ali Alexander (of Stop the Steal fame) and Jacob Wohl (of "hipster coffee shop" fame) to create a range of false stories meant to discredit Rep. Omar www.indy100.com/news/ilhan-o...
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Laura Loomer tried to doorstep a congresswoman. It went very wrong
Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar has already made waves since taking office in January, causing a stir among her own party after criticising the influence of Israeli lobbyists in Washington.Her cri...
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Alex Burch @alexkburch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Will any person in the democratic party have the courage to do anything ? bsky.app/profile/asha...
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Alex Burch @alexkburch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Will the Democratic Party have the courage to save us? bsky.app/profile/asha...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ilhan Omar’s home was raided today, weeks after border czar Tom Homan cited an “ongoing criminal investigation.” It reportedly involves immigration paperwork when she was a child. There is NOT an ongoing investigation of Homan taking $50,000 in an FBI bribery sting because Trump killed that probe.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If Ilhan Omar was a Norwegian Christian, Trump wouldn't be going after her. The attack on her is an obvious campaign of racial and religious hatred. And it only works if a majority of voters have lost their sense of decency.
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Alex Burch @alexkburch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
why the fuck was a DHS agency doing the search
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
off the fucking rails. a rogue government.
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Really unpopular things: -data centers -overt bigotry -CSAM -billionaires trying to buy elections -Hitler salutes -stealing people’s personal data -South African Apartheid -causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of children Fighting against Elon Musk is a political winner
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The only person who speaks positively of the political violence & threats of the present era in this NYTimes piece is The President of the United States, Donald Trump.
Ms. Greene reached out to Mr. Trump, hoping for compassion from a president she had stood by for years. She forwarded copies of the threats to him, hoping that seeing the threats against her family would be enough to tone down the attacks.

She got a five-word reply from the president: “Your fault, you deserve it.”
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Here are the details: literally any time, any place, any network.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/10/2026
Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Donald Trump pardoned Jake Lang last year. That’s the reason why he is able to be here doing this. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Liberals say that public executions have no place in our democracy. They’re wrong—public executions have no place in our republic.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump is helping Russia who is helping Iran attack and kill Americans. So that means Trump is knowingly taking steps to weaken the US and bolster Russia and its close ally, Iran. Does that make him a traitor? Let's have the debate.... www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Iran able to replenish its missiles and drones, getting arms from Russia, officials tell Bloomberg
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Russia invaded Ukraine. The first country to surrender was the United States.
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The United States is a full ally of fascist Russia – part of the Axis of Evil along with North Korea. The Axis of Evil is at war with democracy, Ukraine, European unity, international law, and peace through justice. They are the aggressors in World War III.
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Alex Burch @alexkburch.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Do the 2A people still agree? Babies,pregnant women slaughtered. Charlie Kirk: “I think it’s worth it. It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God given rights. That’s a prudent deal. It is rational”
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump's dirty Russian diesel is paid for with the blood of innocent Ukrainian men, women & children. I hope every American thinks about that when they fill up their trucks and tractors. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Ukraine hit by deadly Russian strikes as ‘thanks’ for Trump diesel deal, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian president says money from fuel sales will intensify war as European leaders reiterate support for Kyiv
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Alex Burch @alexkburch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I believe the Post did. Here’s an excerpt: ‘In addition, 865 service members have been wounded, according to updated data in DCAS.’
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Alex Burch @alexkburch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
3 days after the political assassinations of Melissa & Mark Hortman&attempted assassinations of John &Yvette Hoffman by a right-wing extremist: “I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. I’m not calling him”Trump said. 🇺🇸 were not lowered for #RepHortman www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How Trump is using violent tragedies to divide America
ICE shootings, assassinations, mass attacks, and other traumas all serve as ammo for the demagogue in chief.
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Alex Burch @alexkburch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
From @markfollman.bsky.social January 2026, with so many powerful insights, like this: “Trump’s vitriol, though often seen as “unhinged” by critics, is methodical and by design. He uses any violent national tragedy as political ammo.” #stochasticterrorism www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How Trump is using violent tragedies to divide America
ICE shootings, assassinations, mass attacks, and other traumas all serve as ammo for the demagogue in chief.
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
‘Desperate’ is an apt word here—Trump’s extremism worsens with his plunging political support. Back in January, I reported in-depth about his ambitions to further exploit violence and consolidate power www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How Trump is using violent tragedies to divide America
ICE shootings, assassinations, mass attacks, and other traumas all serve as ammo for the demagogue in chief.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The administration keeps telling us that ICE is in our cities to make us all feel safe, but if they're goons in plainclothes bum rushing vehicles with guns and pounding on the windows, how exactly does that make anyone feel safe?
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“An armed society is a polite society.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Jack is now selling Russian Plague cures.
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 09/10/2026
Grocery store prices in rural Alaska right now. Most goods here come by barge or plane, so life here has always cost more. But this? This is as bad as it's ever been. This is what the price-hiking war in Iran is costing Alaskans. Dan Sullivan has now voted for it 14 times.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1) Putin doesn't have diesel to spare. 2) Diesel is cover for lifting sanctions. 3) Putin's statement sounds like he's offering an Iran escape hatch, which I've been predicting. 4) Half of the MASSIVE bribes Putin is offering now don't exist. 5) But he does mention security coop -- Kash.
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Alex Burch @alexkburch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The new axis of evil: Putin-trump-Kim Jong Un bsky.app/profile/mich...
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The head of the Trump crime family made a deal with Putin-Kremlin crime syndicate – betraying Ukraine, every U.S. ally and his duty to defend American national security. Trump is a filthy traitor – the worst Quisling who has ever lived.
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Alex Burch @alexkburch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Over 500 Americans brutalized, beat, traumatized, jailed w/o legal representation/communication with family. Guns in their faces, front doors broken down, car windows shattered. The ICE Gestapo murders & harms ANYONE. #AbolishICE @propublica.org documented: projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 09/10/2026
a lot of folks about to find out that no matter how socialist and popular the mayor, US cities are de facto ruled by police departments
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
Here he is hearting racist ass comments on his watermelon gun
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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Alex Burch @alexkburch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
On Tyranny lesson from @timothysnyder.bsky.social :
Be wary of paramilitaries.
When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching with torches and pictures of a leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 09/10/2026
If you shoot our neighbors, do you get cuffed or do you get an accomplice? bsky.app/profile/chad...
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 09/10/2026
My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

"Today in Marble Hill, ICE agents fired multiple shots at a man in his vehicle while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat.
ICE's already unwelcome presence in our city has been growing more escalatory and dangerous by the day. Today's shooting is a grave development that requires a swift and immediate response to protect the safety of all New Yorkers.
First, we must have a full and independent investigation of this incident.
"There must also be a full and immediate release of all body camera footage of the incident.
In addition, the Target Corporation must stop offering their Bronx properties as private staging sites for ICE, in compliance with requests from New York officials. Target opening up large, active retail parking lots for paramilitary activity is unacceptable and places the entire community at risk.
ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency.
It does not belong in New York City and it should not exist in the United States of America. Abolish ICE.”
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump is desperately trying to incite a riot before the election so he can declare an emergency
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The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back. You have been robbed, and abandoned by your State Government. Your Governor is an incompetent thief who doesn't want to get involved. He just wants to get out of town with as much as he can steal, and then, lead a quiet life. The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back! If you need, the Federal Government will come to your rescue.
Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, must immediately ask for Federal help - and leave the rest to us!
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
To every politician in New York: Do not tell the protesters to behave peacefully. Do not tell the protesters to disperse and go home. Instead, tell ICE to behave peacefully. Tell ICE to disperse and go home. Side with your constituents, not the Trump administration.
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