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jjvande

@jjvande.bsky.social
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Mom. Grandma. Proud Dem. 💙 News Junkie. (off msm since election day) Proud to have NEVER voted for fucking Trump! Done playing nice... I hope Trump voters get EVERYTHING they voted for! 🚫MAGA 🚫DM

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h
Fox News gave Dennis Hastert, whom a federal judge called a “serial child molester,” a warm “In Memoriam” sendoff.
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Fox News Runs ‘In Memoriam’ for Serial Child Molester Dennis Hastert
The network gave the disgraced former Republican House speaker a solemn televised sendoff, describing his sexual abuse of teenage boys as “allegations” that merely “tainted” his reputation.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2h
Once again, this shit would be career-ending for any other politician but the Very Special Boy gets to say whatever he likes because he gets to play by Very Special Rules. Why is that?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h
NEW: Republican congressional nominee Brandon Herrera laughed and joined in as podcast hosts spent an extended segment joking about necrophilia and sex with dead bodies. And it somehow got more disturbing from there.
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“Hot Pocket with a Cadaver”— GOP Candidate Joked About Necrophilia
Brandon Herrera joined in during a podcast segment where hosts discussed having sex with dead bodies.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h
Three elected Alabama public officials, all Republicans, were running a human trafficking ring. They were arrested and booked this weekend. weartv.com/news/local/a...
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Three Alabama officials among 17 arrested in Atmore undercover prostitution sting
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. -- Three public officials in Alabama were among the 17 people arrested Friday in a multi-day undercover prostitution sting in Escambia Cou
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 43m
Trump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities: "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 41m
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h
Mike Caruso, Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts, and pedophile said he still intends to win his election for Clerk and Comptroller after being arrested in August for molesting a male relative under the age of 5. He’s been endorsed by the GOP. amp.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Palm Beach GOP endorses candidate accused of child sex abuse
“I maintain my innocence and remain a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller,” Mike Caruso, facing child sex abuse charges.
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davidej2025.bsky.social @davidej2025.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One of the greatest presidents has returned to help defeat the most corrupt person in US history.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For the folks who are still in my mentions telling me this was a hoax: The military doesn’t move strategic bombers for funsies. There was clearly specific intelligence that necessitated emptying Fairford of B-1s.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Levin: People then said, “Do you think you can take out a fascist just by voting, just by organizing? You think that’s how this works?” Yes, that’s how this works. If they can do it in Hungary, we can do it here.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/10/2026
I really hope whatever is happening in Russia stays in Russia, because the Trump admin isn’t equipped for a public health emergency. 📌 A worker at an anti-plague research institute in Siberia died after developing pneumonia of unknown origin. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hours before Kristi Noem left her job as DHS secretary, her agency bought five planes from a donor at a huge markup. They were supposed to fly deportees but have sat idle. Another symbol of waste and fraud under Trump. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23h
Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews performed Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater cover) at the Power to the People concert in Columbia, Maryland (October 3, 2026).
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 23h
This was Special Counsel Jack Smith yesterday at the ‘Power to the People’ concert and wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt with people wanting to shake his hand. American hero. 💙👊
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23h
Alabama Republicans voted against funding the bridge. Biden got the money approved. The bridge got built. Now Trump wants his name on it, and Republicans have made that the priority. Vote against it. Take credit for it. Put your name on it.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/10/2026
⁨Arizona was hit hardest by SNAP cuts. A 52% reduction in recipients - that's 400,000 people, including hungry children, who have been kicked off assistance. Juan Ciscomani voted for this in the BBB and expects Arizonans to forgive him?⁩
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
UPDATE: The day after ducking 🦆 Jack Smith’s appearance before a committee she was supposed to be on — to go to a photo op at TVA — @MarshaBlackburn is now suing Jack Smith (for doing his job)
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Blackburn sues Jack Smith for obtaining her phone records
The Republican senator brought the suit one day after the former special counsel testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
He says this with a straight face as gas reaches $4.50/gal, diesel reaches $6.50/gal, mortgage rates soar over 7%, grocery costs are rising, and Americans’ sentiments towards the economy are the lowest they’ve been since the Great Recession.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lmaooo💤💤💤
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Palantir founder Peter Thiel: “If you’re evil, you’re not bad. You’re actually maybe kind of good.” Apparently, even evil gets a rebranding campaign.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who could’ve foreseen that after the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from prosecution for committing crimes while in office he would commit lots of crimes while in office?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nate Silver's latest Senate polling averages show Democrats ahead in TEN key races: 🔵 NC: Cooper +8.9 🔵 GA: Ossoff +9.1 🔵 NH: Pappas +5.0 🔵 OH: Brown +4.5 🔵 ME: Jackson +3.5 🔵 MN: Flanagan +2.8 🔵 MI: El-Sayed +2.8 🔵 TX: Talarico +2.7 🔵 IA: Turek +1.9 🔵 AK: Peltola +1.7
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE brutally detain woman's gardener-right in front of her house. 4 goons drag and violently pull man out of truck head-first. Kneel on his back after pinned down to pavement. "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" he cries out. Incident occurred in Everett, Washington.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sure does 😕🤷🏼
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CNN's Kaitlan Collins pushes back on Jim Jordan's assertion that high gas prices are a worthwhile cost of war with Iran.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Dr Oz: "There are 5 times more people in parts of Obamacare in Florida than live in the state. It's impossible More than a third of people on Obamacare have never used the insurance policy once. If you were gonna pay your hard-earned money to buy insurance, would you ever use it? The answer is yes"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Hannity complains that alleged fraudsters on Obamacare are "buying islands"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TALARICO: “The richest 1% now owns more wealth than the entire middle class. 3 dudes (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined… they aren’t just buying yachts and jets anymore. They’re now buying power.” 🇺🇸 (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We go through the indictment of a defense contractor that helped ProPublica come up with a story that looks really bad for Maine Senator Susan Collins & assess the evidnece joycevance.substack.com/p/a-bad-tues...
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A Bad Tuesday in Maine if Your Name is Susan Collins
And a new order in Katie Phang’s Epstein Files case
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
REPUBLICAN Senator from Utah calls for an investigation into Don Jr. for getting a wedding party paid for by a Putin-connected oligarch
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
With the midterm elections shaping up to be a massive reckoning for the Republican Party, it's worth remembering that they had a fairly easy offramp from Trumpism in the immediate aftermath of the January 6th riot but they completely chickened out.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ProPublica: In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, records and emails show. After Trump returned to office, the investigation died.
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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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💙Christine Slemmer💙 @slem63.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump NEVER keeps his promises...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
OBAMA: “Imagine if I had kicked out Fox News”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
A disturbing video from Trump’s Virginia golf club shows children scooping live fish out of a swimming pool during a Labor Day weekend activity. Now the footage is going viral, and the questions are piling up.
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“Animal Abuse”— Internet Reacts to Trump’s Fish Swimming Pool Kids Activity
Viral poolside video shows bizarre event at Trump’s Virginia golf club.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump confirms a Putin ally paid for Junior’s wedding party — but claims he paid him back (LOL OK) Translation: he knows how bad it looks (P.S. Russia was never a hoax)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump claimed he's "banning the free press" & added "we're repressive also" when asked about China's lack of press freedoms during bonkers event where he struggled to stay awake, demanded kids get 5 vaccine shots instead of 1, and rambled incoherently in response to basic Qs Here's a supercut:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
MCCONNELL SIGHTING… no words, just a slow, pained hand raise… they’re literally doing weekend at bernie’s…
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Aaron Rupar is in his 40s. Donald Trump is lucky if he has 40 synapses.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The experiment visited upon us by too many of our fellow citizens to put the dumbest American who also thinks he’s an expert on every subject in charge of our govt is not going well. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Atlantic Industrial Coatings, the contractor that renovated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, admits errors in its own work and flaws in the repair plan, NOT VANDALISM, caused the pool’s blue liner to peel and break loose. Atlantic is being paid $14.7 million. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/c...
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Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage
The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
LEFT: Donald Trump today, dozing off as the names of those who died on 9/11 are read. RIGHT: Joe Biden today, paying respects to those lost on 9/11. Who's "sleepy" now, loser?
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