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Bert Schotanus

@bertschotanus.bsky.social
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No ideological home. No party line to hold. Just a genuine attempt at accuracy, and the intellectual honesty to sit with uncertainty when the evidence doesn’t settle things cleanly.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 8h
Taps the sign
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Dr. Jimmy Oshet @oshetjimmy.bsky.social · 13h
“ without a shadow of doubt” Yet Republican still embrace and fawn over the president who committed crimes against the United States. That is definitely their brand. Checkmark treason, and bestiality as OK for public office. 
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 11h
Former special counsel Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation.”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h
oh my fucking god, you have to watch this. eric schmitt just made himself the main character.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h
Yes, Republicans. The entire news cycle on your moronic Jack Smith hearing will now be dominated by Eric Schmitt’s basketball game buffoonery and John ‘Foghorn Leghorn’ Kennedy asking Smith about the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy. Brilliant job, once again by the feckless fools.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 13h
Cory Booker calls out Republicans for perpetuating J6 conspiracy theories: "This committee's Republicans are more concerned with Trump than the truth."
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14h
OMG what a idiotic dirtbag Eric Schmitt is.....
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 14h
Maybe US Senators should have staffers who aren't imbeciles if they want to accuse people of perjury based on nonsense conspiracy theories, I don't know.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h
Trump continues to steal your money to pay for political ads while media companies continue to be co-conspirators to a crime by accepting the stolen funds.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 17h
Pathetic Weak Sauce 😡
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 15h
Jack Smith: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump committed serious crimes”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 14h
The arrogance, cruelty, and patronizing worldview of Jon Husted and his let-them-eat-caker Republicans – is difficult to wrap your brain around. Husted is actively dehumanizing people, en masse. Excellent ad. I fully stand with Sherrod Brown (no relation) and the woman near the end.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 16h
Protecting child predators, facilitating extra-judicial murders, jacking up everyone's prices through tariffs and military misadventures all so that Donald Trump can get rich and he doesn't yell at you is a hell of a closing message. But totally on brand for Mr. Johnson.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Mike Johnson on what Republicans will do if they hold the House: "What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already"
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 17h
More than 100 Israelis go on rampage in Palestinian town ft.trib.al/veKXLkq
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More than 100 Israelis go on rampage in Palestinian town
Jewish settlers blocked roads, set tyres ablaze and prevented the return of a Palestinian family in latest surge of violence in occupied West Bank
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Senile Satan is completely passed out again in the Oval Office. I don’t care. The part that bothers me is that he keeps waking up.
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Wes Smith Ω 🧢 @wessmith123.bsky.social · 18h
Imagine that: The lawless criminal who’s using the presidency to rake in billions, is using taxpayer money to run ads promoting himself. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Trump personally helped orchestrate taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies, source says | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, tax-payer funded video ads promoting himself and his administration’s policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a ...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 19h
Evil. Shame on everyone who voted for this.👇
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the most brutal scenes in human history has been leaked. The amount of explosives that Israel dropped on the Gaza Strip exceeded the power of the two atomic bombs that the United States dropped on Japan at the end of World War II. A video that the world must never forget
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘Americans, your tax dollars are being used to kill unarmed men, women, and children’ Journalist Courtney Bono from Lebanon
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
GOP’s latest culture war: overweight sex workers. Folks, at some point, we have to decide we’ve had enough of this crap. FFS 🙄
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Medhi hasan confronts pro-Trump Pro-israeli justifying killing children. 👏👏👏👏👏😎💙💥
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Calling Canada “one of the worst countries in the entire world” after more than 40,000 Canadians served alongside us in Afghanistan and 158 of their troops died... while saying “we get along with China” as Beijing has supported Iran's military during a war killing and wounding Americans...
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dave Smith getting emotional on Piers Morgan… Israel destroyed 330,000 buildings including hospitals and schools. And that no one from Israel will be held accountable. 😢🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱 Israeli settlers raided the home of 78-year-old Palestinian-American Mustafa Zaatar in the West Bank village of Abu Falah, setting three of his cars on fire and trying to break in while he and his wife were inside. He watched the attack on security cameras as neighbors confronted the
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: "Because of tariffs, we are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of profits. It's one of the reasons I can offer, if Republicans win the House and Senate, $5,000 to every adult. We can do it and the Democrats can't, because the Democrats don't have any income."
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Same playbook.
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ken Paxton is correct. He only RECOMMENDED that the man only serve one day. The judge thought that was crazy and gave him sixty, against Paxton's wishes. ONLY sixty. Keep weaving that rope to hang yourself with, Ken.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not even destroyed buildings and rubble it's just dust and ash
Cover of the Scottish national showing the genocide in Gaza (it's just complete annihilation)
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nicki Minaj is not a US citizen. She’s a green card holder. Her husband, Kenneth Petty, is a registered sex offender. Her brother, Jelani Maraj, was convicted of repeatedly raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter. So, of course, she’s MAGA.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🧵 Reminder that the McMahon's were accused of rape & sex trafficking. Case dropped after getting this job. Criminals running US government. bsky.app/profile/chri...
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 29/09/2026
Trump is going to ban the export of diesel. Here's why that is a nightmare for you.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We've all heard how corrupt Ken Paxton is. But he is also incredibly stupid if he thinks this "well, he served 60 whole days" excuse for releasing Adam Hoffman, who sexually abused a boy over a three-year period starting when he was 8.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exactly. As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An Israeli Foreign Ministry official just openly called for a terror attack on Ireland. This is the kind of sub Russian barbaric scum of the earth that Zionists really are. Anyone who still in any way supports their continued genocidal, ethnic cleansing and war crimes please unfollow me
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Denmark is trolling Trump.
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Ann Yonan @ann-m-yonan1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So every tRUMP appointee is a pedophile. That's who rules us
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/09/2026
Donald Trump’s extravagant spending could threaten the global economy and destroy trust in the dollar—and Republicans are enabling this, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.
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Blame Trump for Rising Borrowing Costs
Lenders don’t trust the United States anymore.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey, congratulations America on having the “best poverty.” Just when you think Trump has reached the absolute outer limits of human stupidity, he opens his mouth and discovers a whole new fucking dimension. FFS 🙄
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From Wildwood to Surf City, what kind of crises do NJ voters need to understand that climate science is not a liberal hoax, but climate denial and demonization of clean energy and resilient infrastructure are the most destructive conservative scams in history? #ActOnClimate
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
FBI fires two stars: “Both Burgwald, a West Point graduate, and Rae have served in high-profile posts in which they received attorney general’s awards over the past two decades. Rae supervised the FBI’s response to the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.” news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s Family
FBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said thr...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Unbelievable. Apparently at the same time Trump is withholding a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan approved by Congress, he offered to sell arms to Xi Jinping, despite the fact that China is aiding Iran and Russia. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says (Gift Article)
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Todd Blanche says it's unfair for the media to quote things that Trump says.
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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There's always a tweet, or an op-ed, to remind them of what they said.
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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Promises made. Promises kept. 🤡
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