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Itsprkles ✨

@itsprkles.bsky.social
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✨SAHM, graphic designer, photographer, aspiring world traveler & weather nerd. Truth teller. Pro-democracy ✨

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3h
The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
REMIGRATION REPORT
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MILLION REMOVALS
INCLUDING DEPORTATIONS AND VOLUNTARY REMOVALS
ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
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TRAVEL BANNED
FROM 39 COUNTRIES
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TofuNYG 🏈🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 3h
Rapists defending rapists What a vile creature
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h
Under Marco Rubio, the State Department is being by pro-Russian Nazis using State to foster fascism worldwide. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/02/p...
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Trump administration shifts funds from human rights to supporting far-right causes | CNN Politics
The US State Department directed millions of dollars originally earmarked to promote human rights to promote far-right causes including Afrikaner rights in South Africa, safeguarding “Western civiliza...
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10h
theyre not pretending. these are true believers. and they vote.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 10h
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21h
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 21h
Have you heard of 1789 Capital? The venture capital firm founded by Don Jr? They obtained a stake in a small company named Vulcan Elements-and quickly got a $620 million deal from the Pentagon Why? “The call came from the White House: We have to get this done” #PaytoPlayPresident
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
".. When pressed on the limits of his power, Trump left himself ample room: He would not rule out declaring a national emergency or invoking the Insurrection Act around the midterms .. 'I’m not committing to anything,' he says."
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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 01/10/2026
To lose visitors in the year you HOST THE WORLD CUP and celebrate a big anniversary is truly incredible.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
John Roberts' friend and defender is quoted in the piece, saying they shouldn't be shaming Roberts for the wreckage and ruin he's brought to this country because of "civility." The bullies always cry "civility" when the victims push back in the slightest.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anne Applebaum has been right about a lot of things and this is one. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They will cut all non-MAGA-loyalists. That’s the goal.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026
Pete Hegseth has reportedly fired 20% of the military's generals, claiming, "No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors." This toxically masculine ethos sounds straight out of the handbook of Doug Wilson, Hegseth's Christian nationalist spiritual advisor.
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Pete Hegseth dreams of holy war. Meet his spiritual adviser.
Doug Wilson preaches iron discipline and male dominance. One of his disciples runs the Pentagon.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 30/09/2026
The absolute *worst* higher ed institutions in the US, rife with bigotry and Christian nationalism. Of course.
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 30/09/2026
I know we're all tired of the "they just said it out loud" shtick but it feels noteworthy that the secretary of defense is articulating the Garrison State as an explicit objective of the American christian fascist project.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
"Schmitt says he stands by his claim that Smith is a 'dirtbag' and a perjurer. And with that kind of commitment to the bit, he’s definitely a shoe-in for the VP spot." — @lizdye.bsky.social
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Schmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack Smith
When gotchas go disastrously wrong.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Grammar has officially been frauded out of the building.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Deck chairs on the Titanic. Speaking of Titanic, what a titanic nitwit.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
scenes from an authoritarian cult -- Trump signs an EO, and then all of his cronies keep clapping and clapping for him since none of them wants to be the first one to stop
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love this woman. Chuck Schumer, you need to wake your ass up and realize you got an actual boss running for the Senate in Florida. Send her campaign more money immediately.
Tweet from Florida State Rep. Angie Nixon: “Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR”
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wait. Which country is he talking about?
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 28/09/2026
“When the Trump Administration converts taxpayer money to use for partisan hype-pieces, it not only affronts the law, but it inevitably leads to the diversion of taxpayer funds from important government programs that support the American public.” More on Trump’s corrupt propaganda campaign ⬇️
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Trump Goes Full-Orwell
The administration’s propaganda hype-ads are an abuse of power.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"President Donald Trump suffers ego injury from mild-mannered Canadians, initiates geopolitical standoff with Canada and issues annexation threats" is a mid-tier South Park plotline from 2005 unleashed on the world
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"By being timid bystanders as Trump and his cadre of liars have assaulted their profession for more than a decade, many journalists have not only enabled this terrible behavior, they’ve volunteered to be victims." The latest from @markjacob.bsky.social...
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The press wear ‘kick me’ signs and wonder why Trump kicks them
The White House is emboldened to disrespect journalists because journalists disrespect themselves
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We absolutely, positively want a delusional, psychotic and psycopathic president talking about taking cities out with nuclear weapons. It’s all good, right? Nothing to see here, media?
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 28/09/2026
Grassley is 93 and openly scheming to keep a Democratic governor from naming his replacement if he dies in office. That's the plan: cling to the seat past mortality itself rather than let voters or a Democrat anywhere near it. Iowa Republicans are panicking for good reason.
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GOP senator voices fear about 'dying in office' — and having a Dem governor replace him
A Republican senator who was elected to his seat eight years before Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico was even born is worried he could die in office — and that a Democratic governor coul...
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wait, was rolling out the red carpet for Xi a Chinese psyop too? I'm really confused about the GOP stance on China.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Ambassador (ret.) Janet Sanderson @jastucaz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The State Department’s job was never really about diplomats. It was about you – markets that stay open, wars that get prevented, diseases contained before they reach us, Americans overseas who get help in trouble.” Important piece by my colleague Marc Ostfield @thesteadystate.org #holdfast
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We Built It for 80 Years. We’re Dismantling It in Months.
Diplomatic power took generations to build. The damage being done now could take generations to repair.
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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A new CNN KFile investigation finds two past accounts from Texas GOP candidate Bo French calling for public executions of government officials, Obama, Adam Schiff, and more. Repeatedly asked Texas GOP, Paxton, Abbott campaigns if they stood by him and got no response. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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KFile: Texas GOP candidate Bo French has a history of calling for public executions | CNN Politics
Bo French, the Republican nominee for one of Texas’ most powerful statewide offices, is facing bipartisan criticism over a racist post about the crowd at a University of Texas football game.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump starts the day posting about what he sees on his TV. Left, Fox Business, 7:09 a.m. "TRUMP: US HAS BEST EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS IN HISTORY" Right, Trump, 7:38 a.m. "'The United States has the BEST Employment Numbers in HISTORY.' FoxNews. The Fake News Media REFUSES to report this..."
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 28/09/2026
Canadian visits down 23 percent, Germany down 16, France down 15. Our closest allies are choosing anywhere else on earth over a country that hosted the World Cup this year and still can't draw a crowd. That's not tariffs scaring off tourists. That's the whole vibe.
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Allies Refuse to Visit U.S. in ‘Mind-Boggling’ Collapse Under Trump
The U.S. is on pace to welcome 2 million fewer international visitors than last year.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While you are getting up and going to start the work week, members of the Trump Admin are planning their next lavish taxpayer funded parties, trips and personal vanity projects while searching for new ways to turn their govt appointment into another grift to enrich themselves.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m starting a new daily Bluesky post that I call Dictator Move of the Day. This is today’s.
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TofuNYG 🏈🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So drunk with power they can't see how much this will turn off the voters they need to win
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 27/09/2026
For shame.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 26/09/2026
College football coaches now plan for Trump's bathroom breaks because his security detail cuts team headsets whenever he enters, leaves, or moves inside a stadium, with no warning given. It reportedly cost Miami a play in last season's championship. The White House denies it happened.
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Trump's bathroom breaks expected to cause 'headaches' for players as he heads to game
President Donald Trump is going to Saturday's Texas-Tennessee game in Knoxville, and the Associated Press reports that Texas coach Steve Sarkisian is getting his team ready for the chance that its hea...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
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seekingjustice.bsky.social @seekingjustice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For everyone saying this doesn’t matter- it does. Mrs Trump is just like Mr Trump. She is there to build her brand, get attention and to thumb her nose at America. She doesn’t believe she has to follow any rules or conventions or norms. She’s there for herself. Not her role.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 25/09/2026
Just what the US needs as we careen into an economic meltdown—another pointless, stupid, illegal war.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oligarchs. The word for very rich businesspeople directly connected to the top of the government and playing a role in high-level government functions is “oligarchs.” Way beyond lobbying, donating, and advisory councils. Trump brought them on his trip to China too. America has oligarchs now.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 25/09/2026
Fuckface gave Xi Jinping a personal tour of the White House autopen display just to mock Biden to his face, tapping Xi's arm to make sure the joke landed. Xi laughed. John Delaney called it the most un-American thing a president has ever done, and honestly it's hard to argue.
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‘Utterly Disgusting’: Trump Mocks Biden in Front of China’s Xi, Sparking Furious Online Backlash
Trump’s joke about Joe Biden’s autopen display drew laughs from Xi Jinping and a wave of criticism online.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the most high profile funder of the Republican Party. Tesla Argues in Court That the N-Word Is Acceptable Under Certain Circumstances futurism.com/advanced-tra...
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Tesla Argues in Court That the N-Word Is Acceptable Under Certain Circumstances
An important trial in California kicked off with Tesla's lawyers arguing that the n-word is a term of "respect and endearment."
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Matthew Gyamtso (Jee) @freedomforall.net · 25/09/2026
And this is the frame of understanding needed to comprehend the administration take on Canada, Mexico, Greenland, etc.
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