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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump's reality deficit order, a new toon from Christopher Shields at Fight the Fire. All of our links are free. Subscriptions, too. fightthefire.substack.com/p/reality-de...
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Reality Deficit Disorder
Cartoon by Christopher Shields
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 8h
From The Times of London:
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 16h
"Just in case the self-aggrandizing narrative is too subtle, the commercial includes a singer repeating the words 'Love me, love me' again and again." (Free link.)
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Our tax dollars at work ... for Kim Jong Trump
His self-aggrandizing commercials are brazenly corrupt - and have cost us close to $2M
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Defend democracy: join the patriotic bucket brigade. Click to read Fight the Fire, a Substack publication.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The happy couple. New from Sam Bellamy at Fight the Fire. All links are free. Subscriptions, too.
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Melania ditches her lines, praises the commie life
Plus, an epic Epstein meeting that didn’t happen, mud in the eye of Newt, and more
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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jake Paul, a rising MAGA star, wants to amend the Second Amendment to allow civilians to obtain bigger weapons. "When asked what types of systems he has in mind, Jake suggests drones, electronic magnetic pulse devices and, of course, rocket launchers." More on this brilliance below. Free link.
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Mr. Paul and Mr. Paul go to Washington
The next wave of MAGA brilliance is here. Are you ready to ‘upthrow’?
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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 17h
From the story: "A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to fast-track requests for Jeffrey Epstein investigative records that mention President Donald Trump or Mar-a-Lago, along with communications showing how senior DOJ and FBI officials handled the files."
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Judge Orders DOJ to Fast-Track Epstein Files Mentioning Trump and Mar-a-Lago | Law Commentary
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to fast-track requests for Jeffrey Epstein investigative records that mention President Donald Trump or Mar-a-Lago, along with communications showing...
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This? The national debt has risen $3.8 trillion since you returned. Or this? Inflation is 3.4%, up from 2.76%. These? Gas is $4.49/gal avg. up from $3.10, and diesel is $6.48/gal avg, up from $3.70. Or this? Grocery prices are up 3.4%. Ohhh. It's this, isn't it? Your personal wealth is up $3B.
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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For those who celebrate, we're approaching the 10th anniversary of the hush money deal between "David Dennison" and "Peggy Peterson" orchestrated by Dave's fixer Michael Cohen and a guy named Pecker at the National Enquirer. Here's the couple, shortly before David asked Peggy to go mushroom hunting.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 8h
From The Times of London:
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘Meee-ow,’ said the pilot. ‘Woof woof,’ said air traffic control. Alabama’s Sen. Tommy Tuberville reveals that our skies are thick with furries. New at Fight the Fire. Free links. Free subscriptions. What are you waiting for? fightthefire.substack.com/p/meee-ow-sa...
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‘Meee-ow,’ said the pilot. ‘Woof woof,’ said air traffic control
Alabama’s Sen. Tommy Tuberville reveals that our skies are thick with furries
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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Katie Britt's expression as Jack Smith reveals he was at a Hawkeyes, not a Hawks, game.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The latest from Christopher Shields. Free link. Click for the full view.
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Monumental
Cartoon by Christopher Shields
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 16h
"Just in case the self-aggrandizing narrative is too subtle, the commercial includes a singer repeating the words 'Love me, love me' again and again." (Free link.)
fightthefire.substack.com
Our tax dollars at work ... for Kim Jong Trump
His self-aggrandizing commercials are brazenly corrupt - and have cost us close to $2M
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"If you’re still on speaking terms with friends, family members, and neighbors wallowing in the MAGA cesspit, consider asking them how they feel about Donald Trump spending more than $1.7 million of taxpayer money to televise campaign commercials for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections."
fightthefire.substack.com
Our tax dollars at work ... for Kim Jong Trump
His self-aggrandizing commercials are brazenly corrupt - and have cost us close to $2M
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mike Johnson dismissed the House until after the midterms, saying members needed time to campaign. We're not paying the House to campaign; we're paying them to govern. Bring them back. Vote on this legislation.
kob.com
Lawmakers behind new Epstein legislation say they have the support to force House vote
House lawmakers say they have enough support to force a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act Two, which could help New Mexico's Attorney General get unredacted Epstein files.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The buffoon just got us a deal with Greenland and Denmark that we already had, but you can't tell him that. And Greenland and Denmark would probably prefer that you didn't. Free link.
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Clowns R Us
Denmark and Greenland pay tribute to our oversized shoes and face paint
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"If you’re still on speaking terms with friends, family members, and neighbors wallowing in the MAGA cesspit, consider asking them how they feel about Donald Trump spending more than $1.7 million of taxpayer money to televise campaign commercials for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections."
fightthefire.substack.com
Our tax dollars at work ... for Kim Jong Trump
His self-aggrandizing commercials are brazenly corrupt - and have cost us close to $2M
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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the archives: @shieldscartoons.bsky.social, at Fight the Fire. See more of his great toons at our Substack site, fightthefire.substack.com. Everything's free. We're just here to help put out the Trumpster fire.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt just "transgendered" the Iowa Hawkeyes women's team into the all-male Atlanta Hawks. Wait, was there a school nurse involved? www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bwx...
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WATCH: Schmitt suggested Jack Smith perjured himself about a basketball game, but mixed up 2 teams
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Next up at Fight the Fire: Did these commercials sound any better in the original Korean? Free links, free subscriptions, at Fight the Fire. Please stop by for a visit. fightthefire.substack.com/p/our-tax-do...
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Our tax dollars at work ... for Kim Jong Trump
His self-aggrandizing commercials are brazenly corrupt - and have cost us close to $2M
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt just "transgendered" the Iowa Hawkeyes women's team into the all-male Atlanta Hawks. Wait, was there a school nurse involved? www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bwx...
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WATCH: Schmitt suggested Jack Smith perjured himself about a basketball game, but mixed up 2 teams
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good song from Billy Simons Jr. "But the sheep they go baa baa baa But Biden." www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nxi...
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The Sheep Song.
YouTube video by Billy Simons Jr.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Next up at Fight the Fire: Did these commercials sound any better in the original Korean? Free links, free subscriptions, at Fight the Fire. Please stop by for a visit. fightthefire.substack.com/p/our-tax-do...
fightthefire.substack.com
Our tax dollars at work ... for Kim Jong Trump
His self-aggrandizing commercials are brazenly corrupt - and have cost us close to $2M
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good song from Billy Simons Jr. "But the sheep they go baa baa baa But Biden." www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nxi...
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The Sheep Song.
YouTube video by Billy Simons Jr.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just another day in Trump's America. Fox News airs a commercial, bearing the words "Paid for by the U.S. Government," that features a singer repeating, "Love me, love me." Oh, but no, no, he's not a fascist. Perish the thought. www.youtube.com/shorts/kN3o3...
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Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ad on Fox News Plays “Love Me”
YouTube video by Yashar Ali
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This? The national debt has risen $3.8 trillion since you returned. Or this? Inflation is 3.4%, up from 2.76%. These? Gas is $4.49/gal avg. up from $3.10, and diesel is $6.48/gal avg, up from $3.70. Or this? Grocery prices are up 3.4%. Ohhh. It's this, isn't it? Your personal wealth is up $3B.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The happy couple. New from Sam Bellamy at Fight the Fire. All links are free. Subscriptions, too.
fightthefire.substack.com
Melania ditches her lines, praises the commie life
Plus, an epic Epstein meeting that didn’t happen, mud in the eye of Newt, and more
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hmm. Sounds like Susan Collins should be "concerned." You know what to do, Maine voters. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh, we recognize that look. It's his mug shot pose. Is that where he thought he was? Getting booked?
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brandi Carlile: "I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act Of the whole American people, which declared that Their legislature should make no law Respecting an establishment of religion Or prohibiting the free exercise thereof Thus building a wall of separation Between Church and State."
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Brandi Carlile - Church & State (Live From Jimmy Kimmel)
YouTube video by BrandiCarlileVEVO
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Notes from our readers: "Source of some of the best political cartoons capturing this moment in history." "Fight the Fire's writing is top-notch." "The emails from Fight the Fire bring me joy." "Great Substack. Follow wildly!' Everything's free. We're just here to help put out the Trumpster fire.
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Fight the Fire | Substack
Defend democracy: join the patriotic bucket brigade. Click to read Fight the Fire, a Substack publication.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brandi Carlile: "I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act Of the whole American people, which declared that Their legislature should make no law Respecting an establishment of religion Or prohibiting the free exercise thereof Thus building a wall of separation Between Church and State."
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Brandi Carlile - Church & State (Live From Jimmy Kimmel)
YouTube video by BrandiCarlileVEVO
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘Meee-ow,’ said the pilot. ‘Woof woof,’ said air traffic control. Alabama’s Sen. Tommy Tuberville reveals that our skies are thick with furries. New at Fight the Fire. Free links. Free subscriptions. What are you waiting for? fightthefire.substack.com/p/meee-ow-sa...
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‘Meee-ow,’ said the pilot. ‘Woof woof,’ said air traffic control
Alabama’s Sen. Tommy Tuberville reveals that our skies are thick with furries
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Surely Sen. Duckworth knows you cannot - and should not try to - compromise with a fascist. Trump must go. Then, if Vance continues it all, he must go. And so must the fascist after that. And the fascist after that, and ... We need to reclaim our democracy, not revise it.
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Sen. Duckworth Advises Against Impeachment
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The Justice Department said in a statement that 'we don’t comment on the existence, or lack thereof, of investigations. We have always said with regard to Epstein that if the evidence presents itself, we will investigate.'" When evidence presents itself? Can you make that any more passive, Todd?
nbcnews.com
Federal authorities investigating attorney, accountant linked to Epstein’s estate, source says
The lawyer, Darren Indyke, and the accountant, Richard Kahn, are administrators and executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump, wondering if Mamdani has a date to the prom.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At about the 5:20 mark, Melania startles Fox viewers with a less-than-Trumpian denunciation of the communism rule that Democrats are supposedly pushing on us all. “I grew up, under the communism, and actually, I didn't miss anything." Nicely done, comrade. Nicely done.
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Melania Trump launches new project to empower women
YouTube video by Fox News Clips
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well, sure, why wouldn't you want to bring in a guy who'd been pleaded guilty to charge of solicitation of prostitution and procuring a person under 18 for prostitution a few years before?
forbes.com
Cami Clark—Dario Amodei’s Wife—Wanted Jeffrey Epstein To Invest In Porn Business
Clark approached Epstein after he had already been convicted for soliciting prostitution.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh, we recognize that look. It's his mug shot pose. Is that where he thought he was? Getting booked?
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The Justice Department said in a statement that 'we don’t comment on the existence, or lack thereof, of investigations. We have always said with regard to Epstein that if the evidence presents itself, we will investigate.'" When evidence presents itself? Can you make that any more passive, Todd?
nbcnews.com
Federal authorities investigating attorney, accountant linked to Epstein’s estate, source says
The lawyer, Darren Indyke, and the accountant, Richard Kahn, are administrators and executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well, sure, why wouldn't you want to bring in a guy who'd been pleaded guilty to charge of solicitation of prostitution and procuring a person under 18 for prostitution a few years before?
forbes.com
Cami Clark—Dario Amodei’s Wife—Wanted Jeffrey Epstein To Invest In Porn Business
Clark approached Epstein after he had already been convicted for soliciting prostitution.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mike Johnson dismissed the House until after the midterms, saying members needed time to campaign. We're not paying the House to campaign; we're paying them to govern. Bring them back. Vote on this legislation.
kob.com
Lawmakers behind new Epstein legislation say they have the support to force House vote
House lawmakers say they have enough support to force a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act Two, which could help New Mexico's Attorney General get unredacted Epstein files.
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At about the 5:20 mark, Melania startles Fox viewers with a less-than-Trumpian denunciation of the communism rule that Democrats are supposedly pushing on us all. “I grew up, under the communism, and actually, I didn't miss anything." Nicely done, comrade. Nicely done.
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Melania Trump launches new project to empower women
YouTube video by Fox News Clips
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
New at Fight the Fire: Our wittle dictator banishes the wrong news outlet. After all, it was Fox News that trotted out a poll this week showing that 63% of U.S. voters – including a quarter of Republicans – think the Trump administration has made the economy worse. Free links. Free subscriptions.
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John Barron, call your office, please
Fox delivers actual (bad) news to Trump - and he lashes out at real journalists instead
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Due Thursday. "A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to turn over handwritten FBI notes from four interviews with a woman who said President Donald Trump tried to force her to perform oral sex after Jeffrey Epstein introduced them when she was a teenager.
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Judge Orders DOJ to Turn Over FBI Notes on Woman’s Claim Trump Sexually Assaulted Her as a Teen | Law Commentary
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to turn over handwritten FBI notes from four interviews with a woman who said President Donald Trump tried to force her to perform oral sex after Jef...
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just another day in Trump's America. Fox News airs a commercial, bearing the words "Paid for by the U.S. Government," that features a singer repeating, "Love me, love me." Oh, but no, no, he's not a fascist. Perish the thought. www.youtube.com/shorts/kN3o3...
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Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ad on Fox News Plays “Love Me”
YouTube video by Yashar Ali
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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Narrator's voice: At the time of this post, the average temperature on Earth had risen 0.65 F over the past decade, with each of the past 10 years ranking among the warmest in the historical record. #dumbtrump #climatechange
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Surely Sen. Duckworth knows you cannot - and should not try to - compromise with a fascist. Trump must go. Then, if Vance continues it all, he must go. And so must the fascist after that. And the fascist after that, and ... We need to reclaim our democracy, not revise it.
youtube.com
Sen. Duckworth Advises Against Impeachment
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New at Fight the Fire: The Trump administration welcomes the next wave of MAGA brilliance to Washington. Are you ready to 'upthrow?' Free links. Free subscriptions. Please read the column before posting a comment here. fightthefire.substack.com/p/mr-paul-an...
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Mr. Paul and Mr. Paul go to Washington
The next wave of MAGA brilliance is here. Are you ready to ‘upthrow’?
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