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Ira Hellman

@irahellman.bsky.social
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Since so many of y'all seem to be here for selfish (at best) reasons: I'm a curmudgeonly member of the democratic resistance (with an ability to see both sides of most issues). While cute animal and amazing vista pics are cool, DMs and such are not.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Trump Comes to Terms With the Fact That the Entire SAVE Act Can’t Be Stuffed in Budget Bill  talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-c...
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Trump Comes to Terms With the Fact That the Entire SAVE Act Can’t Be Stuffed in Budget Bill
President Donald Trump posted on his favorite social media platform Monday morning,...
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Asked to give her thoughts on the escalation of the Iran war and the loss of American soldiers, Fox's Rachel Campos-Duffy says "that the real threat to America is from within" and "it’s the socialists and everything we’ve been talking about earlier" the "closer this gets to the midterms."
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𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Watching ICE agents literally run away from a Mount Laurel Starbucks without their coffee because the neighborhood completely rejected them is pure gold. South Jersey will make you unwelcome every single time you show your faces.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
There’s something so wrong with everyone in this administration. www.theverge.com/policy/96144...
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Ira Hellman @irahellman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's ok; she promised to serve only two terms in the Senate. Oh, wait. Never mind.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/06/2026
Susan Collins is on Fox News but notably, the interview was pre-taped. She seems to be struggling her way through it. I wonder how heavily it's been edited.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/05/2026
NEW: The top lawyer at the Treasury Department just resigned. Even though he clerked for Clarence Thomas, perhaps the $1.7B heist was probably too much. Also note the Times (right) and the WSJ (left) refer to it as a settlement. The judge found IT IS NOT A SETTLEMENT. 1/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/05/2026
Peter Navarro: "People should read more about what China actually writes. They do it all in Chinese and they think people aren't looking at it because we're barbarians, but it's all there for us to see." (Note how CNBC has just given him an open mic to rant with no pushback on anything.)
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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 19/05/2026
Writing things in their own language! How sneaky and unfair!
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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Fox Business Analyst
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Ira Hellman @irahellman.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Make Asbestos Great Again!
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 09/10/2025
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
HAPPENING NOW: Emergency hearing before Judge Karin Immergut on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment. I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Hamilton says that Trump's earlier order federalizing national guard was not limited to the state of California. Immergut: You are missing the point...my order was based on conditions in Portland. That there was no legal basis to bring national guard into Oregon...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
5/ We should condemn political violence of all kinds, whether it comes from the left or right or is directed at Republicans or Democrats. But if we really want to be honest, there is much more right wing fueled violence than left wing violence.
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White Supremacist Incidents Are Rising Across the U.S.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Pay attention. Something dark might be coming. The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent. 1/ Here's what's happening.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
shout-out to everyone who had Stupider Gulf Of Tonkin for Venezuela on their bingo cards
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As @potus just announced moments ago, today the U.S. military conducted a lethal strike in the southern Carribean against a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela and was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization.
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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The racism here is on steroids, as Trump tried to make case to MAGA that farmers need exemptions. Says brown people do hard labor "naturally" and don't get bad back, while also saying they've tried to replace them with people "in the inner city" but they can't get them to do the work.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
MacArthur Park Federal agents need to leave and they need leave right now!
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Real Estate Broker In Richmond VA @realestatewhisper.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Let's not forget this...
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
“No collusion” “I won the election” “She wasn’t my type” “I never slept with her” “It was a perfect phone call” “We didn’t commit any fraud” “I never paid her any hush money” “There are no classified records here” “There is no Epstein client list”
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.
As set forth in the attached Report, the Government of El Salvador responded to the UN
inquiry opened by the four families asking about the disappearance of their family members:
1 The attached exhibit has redacted personal identifying information for the four men discussed in the WGEID report. Petitioners can file an unredacted version of the exhibit under seal at the Court's request, with the exception of one of the cases for particular privacy reasons related to that individual.
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Filed 07/07/25
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The Salvadoran State emphatically states that its authorities have not arrested, detained, or transferred the persons referred to in the communications of the Working Group. The actions of the State of El Salvador have been limited to the implementation of a bilateral cooperation mechanism with another State, through which it has facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure for the custody of persons detained within the scope of the justice system and law enforcement of that other State. In this context, the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the competent foreign authorities, by virtue of international agreements signed and in accordance with the principles of sovereignty and international cooperation in criminal matters. In this regard, the actions attributable to the Salvadoran State are limited to its sovereignty and territorial jurisdiction, and therefore it cannot be held responsible for the failure to observe the principle of non-refoulement with respect to the persons mentioned.
Ex. 1 at 6, 9 (emphasis added).
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
It’s so weird how Epstein killed himself when there was apparently no evidence he did anything wrong.
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Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
So Ghislaine Maxwell is serving 20 years for trafficking girls to nobody?!?!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/06/2025
Trump brazenly lies: "We're cutting $1.7 trillion in this bill and you're not gonna feel any of it. Your Medicaid is left alone. It's left the same."
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Read? The Gazpacho Police and Peachtree Dish lady?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Minneapolis… San Diego… Folks are pushing back. This is only going to get worse.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 04/06/2025
Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil. It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Reminder to ICE: Do not lay hands on American citizens. Video, photos, and personal information have been recorded. Actions have consequences. If you have information to share, email report@ourparks.org. Your safety is our top priority, never forget that.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/06/2025
I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE. Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it. Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
It’s on record.
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Marge isn't even reading the bills she's voting for.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/06/2025
The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
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Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre
It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports by state and federal commissions — to uncover the violence that claimed more than 300 Black lives.
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John Morales @johnmoralestv.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
She ran as a survivor. She voted for a predator.
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Justin Apgar @prandpw.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
COLORADO… My Pillow Guy Mike Lindell admitting in court he has no evidence the 2020 election was rigged…
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WTF Seriously @stopbeingaderp.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Amazing that when they get in courtrooms, all the big claims they make outside the courthouse to the media suddenly go away.
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Charlie💙GOP Fascist B**tards Destroy Lives @par4thecoursec.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/06/2025
we're gone from "90 deals in 90 days" to sending letters to other countries pleading with them to negotiate
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Left Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Apparently Marge didn’t read the bill before she voted for it.
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Just Jill 💖 @justjill.sheshed.rocks · 02/06/2025
He doesn’t deserve a home. He belongs in Cecot where he feels the worst of the worst should be. With NO RIGHTS!! #Pinks
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