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Chunky Monkey

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86 does not mean what you may think it means. When Trump says his tariffs are going to make America very rich, remember that “America” is a euphemism for himself & his family. No more, no less.

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Sky News @news.sky.com · 09/06/2025
Sly Stone, pioneer of early funk music, dies after 'prolonged' battle with illness
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Sly Stone, pioneer of early funk music, dies after 'prolonged' battle with illness
Sly Stone, one of the pioneers of funk music, has died aged 82, his family have said.
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Chunky Monkey @le-desert-ratta.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
When I got back home earlier this afternoon, I watched LA local news to catch up on protests and how things stand there, in part due to text messages I received from family and friends. I didn’t see anything really out of the ordinary and, frankly, have seen bigger protests in various places. 1/
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 08/06/2025
CBS host Margaret Brennan pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about how she could justify enforcing a no-mask rule on protesters when her officers were allowed to hide their faces.
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'How can you justify it?' CBS host grills Kristi Noem on masked officers
CBS host Margaret Brennan pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about how she could justify enforcing a no-mask rule on protesters when her officers were allowed to hide their faces. "President Trump said masks will not be allowed to be worn at protests," Brennan told Noe...
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Chunky Monkey @le-desert-ratta.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 08/06/2025
There is still hope to save irreplaceable coral ecosystems, but time is running out. Baby corals can ride ocean currents for hundreds of miles, but they can’t outrun climate change. And humans have a limited capacity to make new reefs in cooler waters. buff.ly/nY4jJs0 #WorldOceanDay
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Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the 4th global mass bleaching event – can climate refuges help?
As baby corals float in the currents, they can expand their species’ range. But can they get to climate refuges fast enough to survive? A new study has good news and bad.
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Chunky Monkey @le-desert-ratta.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Do not trust FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. "Immigrants are still told to trust the system: Show up for your hearing, obey notices, follow the orders and wait for your chance to do right. But what good is a system that pretends to offer protection but is designed to fail you?" www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | ICE is helping normalize the eradication of due process
Immigrants are still told to trust the system, to show up for hearings and obey notices. But what good is a system that pretends to offer protection but is designed to fail you?
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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Not that reality matters but Florida gets more from the federal government than it's residents give, California residents give more than they get.
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Chunky Monkey @le-desert-ratta.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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Immigrant advocates demand investigation after reports of ICE holding families in downtown LA
Reports surfaced of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding families in detention at a federal building in downtown Los Angeles.
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Honor your oath of office or resign. @trialrun2024.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer on Substack
Everyone should re-stack this one. It’s important that our military knows to put country ahead of a criminal, wannabe fascist dictator.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Critically important point from Juliette. The only real justification for federalizing the nat guard over a governors objection is when the civil authorities are defying the law. This is attack on the sovereign right of the people of California to self government.
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𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The situation in California is being used to spin peaceful demonstrations as threats, all to give an excuse for ramping up federal involvement. Staying calm, disciplined, and committed to nonviolence is more important than ever.
Mike Levin • @MikeLevin •
California has not requested assistance from the National Guard because it is not needed. Local and state officials are able to effectively manage the situation. Invoking the Insurrection Act under these circumstances is not a show of leadership — it is an abuse of power. In this critical moment, we urge everyone to remain peaceful. Violence only serves those who seek to justify further escalation.
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𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Every single time there is any type of protest or gathering they’ve been calling it an insurrection. They need a freaking dictionary 🤷🏻‍♀️🙄
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Chunky Monkey @le-desert-ratta.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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ACLU Reacts to President Trump’s Federalizing National Guard Troops in Response to Protests | American Civil Liberties Union
WASHINGTON — Tonight, the Trump administration announced it will federalize 2,000 National Guard troops to counter protests in Los Angeles. The...
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Msfit @msmsfit2022.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
And the people who voted for this aren't immune to it either. Trump doesn't care about his supporters. Ask Musk how quickly Trump can turn on his own people.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Yup.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
AMEN
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Boricuabc2 @boricuabc2.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Which is more dangerous? The undocumented immigrants in LA OR Using armed police and potentially nation guard against AMerican Citizens, YOU KNOW MY ANSWER
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Do not take tactical advice from people who even so much as suggest that any of this is the fault of the protestors.
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Chunky Monkey @le-desert-ratta.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Brennan Center information re: Federalization of National Guard. Providing here as background for those who may be interested. Remember, Trump federalized National Guard during George Floyd protests in DC too. Both George Floyd protests & LA protests were/have been peaceful. Trump turned it violent.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
the government is intentionally manufacturing the conditions for violence against its own citizens, grim stuff
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Remember all the enablers and normalizers of the Trump regime, especially those in power and within the establishment - the media, law firms, the billionaires, the donors. All are complicit, including feckless Democrats who didn't put up the fight for sake of their own safety.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
NEW President Trump says masks will not be allowed to be worn at protests. He does not have the authority to ban masks at protests.
Donald J. Trump & @realDonald Trump
Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence, clashes and unrest. We have an incompetent Governor (Newscum) and Mayor (Bass) who were, as usual (just look at how they handled the fires, and now their VERY SLOW PERMITTING disaster. Federal permitting is complete!), unable to to handle the task. These Radical Left protests, by instigators and often paid troublemakers, will NOT BE TOLERATED. Also, from now on, MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests. What do these people have to hide, and why??? Again, thank you to the National Guard for a job well done!
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SEIU California @seiuca.org · 07/06/2025
When Huerta says “We are a power” He means the farmworker, the janitor, the nurse, the home care provider. The workers. And he’s right. You can’t detain a movement. #FreeDavidHuerta #FreeThemAll
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
We hear about how pro-immigrant side is extreme. There is literally nothing more extreme than this statement. Being willing to sacrifice the country’s foundations for an evil goal
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António Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu · 17/05/2025
What’s happening in Gaza is a humanitarian tragedy. A whole people is being subjected to crushing, disproportionate military force. International law is systematically violated. A sustained ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all the hostages are more urgent than ever.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
MAKEUP TIP: Match your liquid foundation to you skin tone, not your handbag.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
"Poor man wanna be rich, Rich man wanna be king, And a king ain't satisfied 'Til he rules everything." Bruce Springsteen
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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
An honorable man, after 17 years as an American soldier and a federal civil servant, resigns over Trump administration policies that disregard our Constitution. Read his brief essay at DCReport: www.dcreport.org/2025/04/20/a...
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Another Valuable Civil Servant Lost: "I can no longer continue to serve in good faith."
After 17 years of service, Andrew Sibold says that, in good conscience and good faith, he can no longer serve his country
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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The Miami Herald reports that the tattoos which prompted ICE to arrest barber Neiyerver Adrian Leon Rengel and sent him to an El Salvador death camp don't show gang affiliation, but rather are the names of his mother and daughter, and icons of a tiger, a lion, and a barbershop. #lawlessTrump
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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
My cartoonist friend Jeff Danziger is brutal but spot on, capturing the awful truth in his latest:
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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Smart political art:
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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Is defense secretary Hegseth a plagiarist? He copied parts of his '03 senior thesis from NYT & WaPo. All he needed were quote marks or attribution. At best Hegseth's a corner cutter - not something you want in a defense secretary - at worst a lying cheat. www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ’03 ‘plagiarized’ small portions of his senior thesis, experts say. But how serious is it?
A review of the senior thesis of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ’03 by The Daily Princetonian, in consultation with three plagiarism experts, found eight instances of uncredited material, sham paraphr...
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I Resist Fascist Trump @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
#ImpeachAuthoritarianTrump
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
🦆 13y-old-boy ‘trapped’ inside an old man | David Cay Johnston “Donald Trump is an old man trapped in the emotions and mindset of a 13 year old boy.” #Felon is an “empty vessel” and will do anything for the approval for the person in front of him, says Trump biographer David Cay Johnston. 5/5🧵
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Chuck Todd: #Felon Will Bring Empty Shelves To Americans “We're probably about a month away from empty shelves.” Donald Trump's "biggest issue" is his handling of the American economy, says former presenter of NBC’s Meet The Press Chuck Todd. 4/5🧵
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Mark Bechtel @markymark757.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
@nothoodlum.bsky.social @oysterboy-redux.bsky.social @tobieonice.bsky.social @adoboblue.bsky.social @jerrieskid.sheshed.rocks @rubicon1313.bsky.social @ianseine.bsky.social @realtalk916.bsky.social @sterlinghunter.bsky.social @gdad1x7.bsky.social @markymark757.bsky.social
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Chunky Monkey @le-desert-ratta.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Trump’s tariffs are doing great things in the US, no? I’m happy for Canada though - this seems like a good thing for them. I’m not a fan of private equity ownership either. These tend to be exceedingly opaque operations, often resulting in lower quality consumer products. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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MEC back under Canadian ownership after 5 years of U.S. management | CBC News
Retailer Mountain Equipment Company (MEC), the B.C-based brand specializing in outdoor equipment, is back under Canadian ownership. The company's newest ownership group is described in a news release ...
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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Today Trump's main legislative initiative died *in committee*, his main domestic policy initiative was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, & his economic shenanigans got the whole country's credit downgraded. Let's talk about what's important: Biden Old
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Chunky Monkey @le-desert-ratta.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
An investigation in search of a crime? This is so back-assward it’s insulting to the American intellect. It is a complete and total embarrassment. Yet, Vought & Miller likely approved this so it will go forward. Talk about waste, fraud & abuse (same applies to DOGE). www.npr.org/2025/05/17/n...
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Trump's DOJ focuses in on voter fraud, with a murky assist from DOGE
President Trump and his allies have long made false claims of widespread noncitizen voting. Now, as the GOP pursues new restrictions, experts worry isolated arrests will be used to push the new rules.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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Syd's Soapbox @heysyd.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
What's most interesting about his "truth" post is: he's admitting he knows that CHINA DOESN'T PAY THE TARIFFS! WE DO!
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 17/05/2025
I hate Walmart with a passion and am tempted to enjoy this, but attacking companies for contradicting your tariff lies is pretty ominous.
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~Kitty👻Kat~On the turning away~Pink Floyd~📚🌸🪴🌸📚 We, The People… @katarinakriz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Please join in w em if ya can? #Dover #Delaware #DE 5.17.25 High Noon Protest #50501Movement @50501movement.bsky.social Yall follow them if you don’t? Good Info on page! #HandsOff
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CUDDY @ptcontagion.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
4/29 to 9/30 2025… No Oversight Where Elon Musk continued dismantling consumer protections, profiteering without scrutiny… Where Hegseth leaks classified military planning on Signal… Where R members of Congress allegedly trade stocks with suspicious timing with Trump tariff rollercoaster.
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Five Months of Darkness: House Republicans Have Sealed the Vault on Trump’s Crimes
This is an update to my April 30, 2025, post. The House GOP’s procedural blackout continues to shield Trump’s corruption, and the American people must know the truth.
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Chunky Monkey @le-desert-ratta.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I’m sure this (among other things) is exactly what Trump, Musk, Vought and who knows who else wanted to happen with the “DOGI” cuts. I wonder how many voters realize the extent of those cuts and the effects on them, their families and friends. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease
Cuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness.
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Keys for Liberty @demskeys.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The immigration office never responded to her husband's petition for permanent legal status. Heidy Tejeda was arrested during her regularly scheduled check-in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Not A Gang Member Vigil for Human Rights, Tampa, Florida
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Sue Me @superberg.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
@agpambondi.govpeeps.com Inquiring minds want to know. And hey, what about those Jan 6ers your Boss let loose?
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I keep saying it but Trump v Anderson is going to be a top 5 anti-canon one day. I know no one agrees, I don’t care.
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Ron Campbell @roncampbell.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
How about the court ducking decisions on the emoluments clause a couple of days after Trump left office the first time? He just agreed to accept a $400 million jet from Qatar. Seems he learned his lesson, as Susan Collins would say.
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