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cLovisBuford

@clovisbuford.bsky.social
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Raconteur , social provocateur . Texan This dumpster was on fire when i got here . political opinions free , rates more reasonable.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 16h
John Sununu doesn’t think overturning Citizens United, which has basically polluted our politics with super PACs and dark money, is worth doing. Gee, I wonder why?
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Andrew M. | Founder & Advisor 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 @andrewmfounder.bsky.social · 22h
This is how all Democrats should speak to Trump.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 15h
I wrote about the one-man disinformation vector that we need to worry about between now and November: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk
The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.
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DreamingDrama ♡ @dreamingdramabsky.bsky.social · 16h
“You’re getting money for bounty hunting, and it is literally changing the character, the nature of our police department,” township resident Deana Weaver told the township board meeting, before voicing her concern that liability for a bad arrest could ultimately cost taxpayers money.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 15h
Somebody crocheted an entire van for Gina Hinojosa’s campaign for Texas governor, and I am OBSESSED! 💙 #GinaForTexas #VivaHerAlliance
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 17h
he could read Joanna Russ. She writes about literally disemboweling men who say stuff like that.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 23h
There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that.
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Texas Public Radio @texaspublicradio.bsky.social · 16h
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has released a wanted poster featuring a mix of clear and blurry images of people who attended President Donald Trump’s GOP rally at Freeman Coliseum on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Read More👉 ebx.sh/G6qCz9
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h
perhaps this is a lesson that judges need to stop taking the government at its word!!!!
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h
Amid multiple reports alleging outright corruption, on-the-record quotes from Greek officials who seem to detest her grifting behavior, and the criminal use of “honey” in casual conversation, it appears that Kimberly Guilfoyle’s ambassadorship could be in peril.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle’s grifting scandal keeps getting worse
Trump’s ice-cold response to the “honey”-packed corruption allegations is pretty telling.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 19h
Hi Mike Rogers. Here’s a message from me and 783 of my friends in R+32 Ionia County. Good luck out there, habibi.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Over 1,000 strong in Biddeford tonight. Together, we will stand up to Trump and retire Susan Collins once and for all.
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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 20h
I’ve spent my whole life in Mississippi and now I’m raising my family here. I’m running for U.S. Senate because I want my daughters — and every Mississippi kid — to have the chance to build a great life right here at home.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
👇🎯 We are not going to solve our corruption & authoritarianism problems unless we end this pattern.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Immediately after Ukraine took out two of the five data centers run by the Russian tech giant Yandex, pro-Trump and pro-MAGA posts on American social media sites plummeted. The same happened to posts boosting Germany's far-right AfD. Russia is engaged in MASSIVE election interference.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Kimberly Guilfoyle situation could get interesting quickly. Probably the reason she GOT the Ambassadorship is to keep her quiet while Jr looted things. She knows a good deal of incriminating shit. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/11/p...
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Trump considering whether to fire Guilfoyle, source says | CNN Politics
President Trump is weighing whether to dismiss Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece after a string of embarrassing revelations about her conduct.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/10/2026
Annie Andrews: "I am deeply sorry for what the Graham family has been through over the past several months…But now we're talking about a full term in the U.S. Senate, and it's nothing personal, but she has shown time and time again that she is not up for the job."
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Russia attacks Ukrainian data centers → minimal damage. Ukraine hits back at Russian data centers → massive outages across Russia, entire bot network goes offline. Russians literally dismantled their own propaganda machine. Peak stupidity.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 12/10/2026
Danny Trejo, Harvey Keitel, and Henry Thomas starring in a Ben Shapiro’s pro ICE propaganda film… Were retirement, poverty or seppuku not options? variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Danny Trejo Speaks Out About His Role in Daily Wire ‘Pawn Shop’ Movie: ‘I Am Not Pro-ICE. I Am Pro-Immigrant.’
Danny Trejo is speaking out after facing backlash for the Daily Wire movie "Pawn Shop" from Ben Shapiro's production company.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...
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ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO
Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
When you’re traveling across all 99 counties in Iowa, your wheels wear down fast. That’s why I swung by Ichi Bike shop in Des Moines to get a fresh set of tires so we can finish this race strong!
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Citizens United could be overturned on the basis of a new understanding of the facts. Limits on expenditures that are narrowly tailored to achieve the compelling objective of fair elections could pass First Amendment scrutiny. But I don’t see this Court doing so, so we must amend the Constitution.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What Marshall did is called theft of services, it's a felony.
nytimes.com
Roger Marshall, a Kansas Senator Facing Re-Election, Settles a Bakery Bill 6 Years Later
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in a difficult race, paid an old campaign debt for cookies, muffins and brownies after a baker’s story went viral online.
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If and when we get the truth and reconciliation process, and an American Nuremberg underway, the number of Trump lackeys who will say “I was only following orders” will rival that of the Nazis after World War II
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This, totally
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY IS NO KINGS #4 (Details at: nokings.org) We must turn up in MASSIVE numbers to show the world we don't support this Administration or a criminal president who has enriched himself to an obscene level at the expense of everyday hardworking Americans! #GettingReadyToDump-tRUMP 🟠💩 👎
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A handpicked Trump agent hid the mass murder of Americans by Israelis as part of a conspiracy to provide false intel to America and ensure it stays at war—and doesn't discover that Israel premeditatedly crossed US "red lines." If a Democrat did this, impeachment would be tonight.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So what is Donald Trump doing about this? The answer: *nothing*. The White House refuses to say anything. The State Department refuses to say anything. Ambassador Huckabee refuses to investigate. Why? Because all the facts suggest Huckabee and Trump knew this was happening.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Crowd at UT watch party erupts in cheers during James Talarico ad 🙌
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
JFC.
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What A Dick Kyle Broflovski
ALT: What A Dick Kyle Broflovski
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Nothing has ever been more real than the Trump Putin collaboration
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Spiro’s Ghost @antitoxicpeople.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
53 years ago today, 10/10/73, VP Spiro Agnew was forced to resign the Vice Presidency after he was caught grifting& extorting *$200,000* during his time as city manager of Baltimore, Gov. of Maryland and while Vice President. Trump and his kids & son-in-law now grift OVER $200,000 an hour easily.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Does mainstream news ever show the outside of the venues when Trump claims there's "thousands" of people who couldn't get in? Seems like a pretty easy claim to fact check if you are so inclined.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Republican Party is on the side of Russia against Ukraine. It’s not me saying that, it’s their cult leader. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 11/10/2026
A man was hospitalized after he was struck by a vehicle driven by an Immigration Customs and Enforcement agent who was allegedly pursuing him and another man on Saturday, Texas law enforcement officials and ICE said.
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ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say
A man was hospitalized after he was struck by a vehicle driven by an ICE agent who was allegedly chasing two suspects Saturday, the authorities said.
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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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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 10/10/2026
Putin told Iran the locations of our warships. Today, Trump rewarded him by lifting sanctions and allowing American dollars to fuel Russia’s war machine. Our troops are in harm’s way, and the President cut a deal with the adversary putting a target on their backs.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/10/2026
Billionaire heiress Jessica Tisch is a holdover from Eric Adams’ mayoral administration who has pushed to expand surveillance infrastructure in New York City. Progressives are calling on her to step down if ICE doesn't leave the city. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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After ICE Shooting, Progressives Want New York's Police Commissioner to Step Down
28-year-old Oscar Belgal still has a bullet lodged in his body.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Just a reminder that whenever Trump says that inflation started with Biden, what he neglects to say was that it was a result of efforts to offset his incredibly botched handling of COVID and the economic consequences it triggered.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Trump Admin has ramped up ICE activities in Oregon, less than one month away from a gubernatorial election where Republican Christine Drazan is tied in the polls. A Republican hasn’t won a governor’s race in OR since 1982. Trump is basically giving a campaign donation to Tina Kotek. Bizarre.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
One key point @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social makes here is that if Dems win the midterms (and win in 2028), deploying congressional power creatively to unwind Elon Musk's sway over the government (contracts, etc) will be essential to any reconstruction: www.ms.now/opinion/elon...
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Opinion | Oligarchs like Elon Musk are tightening their grip on the Pentagon
A new initiative named Project Meridian is just one way GOP donors’ influence over defense policy is increasing.
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The Weekend on MS NOW @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"The people of Mississippi...said they're ready for a new direction. They're ready for a fight...and that's why we're going to win," Dem Senate Candidate @scolom.bsky.social on his party's plan for victory in a red state that has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in decades.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Darline Graham opposes Chinese manufacturing. Her husband’s job relies on it.
The senator and sister of the late Lindsey Graham has said the U.S. must “stop depending on Communist China for things America can make ourselves.”
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Despite ongoing lawsuit seeking to stop Trump overhaul of DC's East Potomac Park, the National Park Service has notified the court that it's going to take down nearly 530 trees at the site Team Trump is pursuing plan to redevelop the golf course on site
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/10/2026
Flock Safety, the AI-powered traffic camera company that has everyone from Josh Hawley to Bernie Sanders angry, might be feeling the heat financially. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Amid backlash, surveillance company Flock is cutting staff
The controversial automated license plate reader company is planning to lay off 18 percent of its workers, Reuters reported.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Trump family is turning the presidency into a corrupt family business, and the names, the deals, and the money trail are all worth knowing. So is the roadmap for dismantling it.
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Unprecedented Corruption—and How We End It
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The “ultimate stretch” suit to combat the ultimate stench.
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José Menéndez @menendez4texas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Proud to stand with Rep. Gina Hinojosa for Governor of Texas! She will support ALL TEXANS and we must do all we can to ensure she is our next Governor! 🗳️ Support and follow: 🔹 @ginafortexas.bsky.social 🔹 ginafortexas.com
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