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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The tyrant tears the People's house down to raise a hall of mirrors. This is not a remodel, it’s an assault. The unmasking of a king. Our country is asleep while the echo of a republic bleeds out beneath the ballroom floor. These images should enrage every patriotic American.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/10/2025

It looks even worse by video 😢

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

have i become overly fixated on the louvre heist? maybe. but there have MULTIPLE french museum heists in the last several weeks?? 600k worth of gold from the natural history museum! 10mil in ceramics from limoges! www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar... www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/a...

lemonde.fr

Thieves steal €600,000 worth of gold from Paris's Natural History Museum

The break-in on Tuesday morning, targeting gold samples of 'immeasurable heritage value,' comes amid a wave of robberies at French cultural institutions.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

😕 We are all paying for this vanity project

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

NEW: Paul Ingrassia, Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, told a group of Republicans in a text chain the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be "tossed into the seventh circle of hell" and said he has "a Nazi streak," according to a text chat viewed by POLITICO.

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Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts

Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

In the wake of the Hegseth/Pentagon press ban, I'm reminded of this section from Sebastian Junger's National Review essay, 2024. www.nationalreview.com/magazine/202...

And then we invaded Iraq. Although I was drawn to the sheer magnitude and drama of the war, I didn’t cover it because I was personally so against our decision to invade that I didn’t think I could be objective. I still had high hopes for Afghanistan, but my optimism didn’t survive long. I spent a year embedded with a platoon from the 173rd Airborne in the infamous Korengal Valley, and our outpost was attacked almost daily. After one particularly fierce firefight, a special operator shook his head and said, “We’re never going to win this war until we admit we’re losing it.”

What he said shocked me: It was 2007, and questioning the war was still considered unpatriotic heresy. If you didn’t believe America was right and honorable in all things and would win any war it fought, you were basically siding with the terrorists. And yet here was a highly experienced soldier questioning exactly that. And that is the proper role of the press: to provide the kind of honest and brutal assessment that generals, politicians, contractors, and second lieutenants can’t because they’ll lose their jobs. The simple truth is that if you’re against the working press, you’re against protecting American soldiers from faulty weapons and bad decisions. No military or government will publicly examine itself for failures. Only the press — and internal whistleblowers — can do that.

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Fair Fight Action @fairfightaction.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Hofeller’s maps did not just use race data, they depended on it. He tracked thousands of Black students at North Carolina A&T State U by race, age, and voting status, then split the campus in half so their votes would be divided between two Republican-controlled districts.

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Fair Fight Action @fairfightaction.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

It started with Thomas Hofeller, the GOP’s redistricting mastermind. When he died in 2018, he left behind 70,000 files showing exactly how Republicans used race data to redraw maps and entrench their power for decades. His files were the blueprint for modern racial gerrymandering.

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Fair Fight Action @fairfightaction.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Louisiana v. Callais is not just one case. It is the next step in a long-term Republican strategy to lock in political power through redistricting, the courts, and control of the law itself. Here’s how we got here ⬇️

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

In which John Oliver methodically unpacks how thin it is to claim you’re all about “the truth” when you’re only running essays don’t get properly fact-checked — and don’t hold up to even basic reporting scrutiny www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

youtube.com

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

someone should tell Trump they don't give the Peace Prize to people who blow up boats and murder those on high seas nor to those who deploy military against their own people. NEVER.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

They did this with this dude more than twice too

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stevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

This is interesting 🤔

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

“Maybe it’s just me, but these ‘unscripted’ moments always seem to have a production crew hiding just off frame.”

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

To be clear, 20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke this information is the acknowledgement that Stephen Miller is driving the invocation of the Insurrection Act.

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David the Trifecta: Fatty, Beardo, Weirdo @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The Jokes: "Since Antifa isn't an actual organization there is nobody to target. What a bunch of idiots the administration is" The Reality: "ANYBODY they don't like will be simply labeled 'Antifa' and are therefore subject to persecution"

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/10/2025

Check the timestamps. On CNN’s website, the uploaded interview starts at 2:52. On their YouTube page, the upload starts at 2:47. The “plenary authority” comment by Miller was at 2:41, as shown in my side-by-side video post. CNN should be reporting on what Miller said. It’s news!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/10/2025

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece. It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out. 1/2

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then this guy speaks again

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Are any democrats in leadership making this argument?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

When people are hired, not for their honesty or competency, but for their ability to be snarling trolls on TV for the delight of their immature and unpleasant boss, you get an AG like Pamela Jo Bondi.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 02/10/2025

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, authorities said.

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Texas megachurch founder pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges

Authorities say the founder of a Texas megachurch has pleaded guilty to lewd and indecent acts with a child after he was accused of sexually abusing a young girl in the 1980s in Oklahoma while he was a traveling minister.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Breaking WaPo: Military leaders have raised serious concerns with the Trump admin's new defense strategy — exposing a divide between the Pentagon's political and uniformed leadership.  The critiques from multiple top officers, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

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Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth’s new Pentagon strategy

Top military officials have voiced concern over the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between the Pentagon’s political and uniformed leadership.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs. 2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar. 3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

So…let me see if I have this right. The federal government is gonna shut down in 30hrs, and the party that controls the ENTIRE federal government is trying to blame the party that controls NONE of the federal government for the looming shutdown?

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The American electorate chose for a man to be POTUS who sent a pilot making $80k/yr to kill a Colombian fisherman making $3k/yr in a boat worth $500 with a missile that costs $1,000,000 to keep the public from learning about all the times he sexually assaulted underage human trafficking victims.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Jeff Bezos has cozied up to Trump and silenced criticism of him at the Washington Post. Now Amazon will pay Trump's FTC a slap-on-the-wrist fine of $2.5B — just 1/10 of 1% of its total market cap — to settle a major lawsuit. More pay-to-play schemes in Trump's swamp.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

They are so afraid of this they won’t seat a newly elected Congresswoman from AZ to keep it from happening.

The image is a screenshot of an X post from the account @Re... (Really American) dated 11 hours ago, claiming that Speaker Johnson has refused to swear in newly-elected Democratic Rep. Grijalva, who is described as the decisive 218th vote needed for a discharge petition to release the Epstein files. The post questions the reason for the delay. The image also includes a video still labeled "EXCLUSIVE" from Meidastouch Network, featuring Rep.-elect Grijalva, with text stating she is ready to sign the discharge petition. The background shows campaign materials with her name and slogans like "Se hizo historia!"

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Constant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Man, this meeting could be the biggest fuck-up in US Military history.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

It’s funny because it isn’t 😕 🇺🇸

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

War-ravaged Portland

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Feds just arrested a reporter at the ICE facility outside Chicago

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

One reason Trump 2.0 is so different from Trump 1.0 is SCOTUS immunity decision. Without fear of criminal prosecution, Trump’s full wrath has been unleashed.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28/09/2025

The suggestion that chemical agents like tear gas or pepper spray could be used indiscriminately against peaceful demonstrators, or even first responders, is unacceptable and not normal.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

“The polite phrase for this is ‘democratic backsliding.’ But that’s a euphemism that doesn’t meet the moment. Let’s call it what it is: it’s a power grab. The rule of law isn’t slipping; leaders are sabotaging it. Rights aren’t being neglected; they’re being stripped." @clintonglobal.bsky.social

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

It's a tale as old as the hills.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28/09/2025

I urge members of the public to remain calm, stay safe, and document what you see with your phones and cameras. My senior team has also asked legal organizations to support monitoring on the ground.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

This is the most sobering post of the day. Aaron is absolutely right. This is the most brazenly corrupt, authoritarian regime the U.S. has probably ever seen. It is a test we cannot fail to rise to. Trump must be (legally) removed from office. Congress must act.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/09/2025

Manchin is a joke. He blames Dems for the mess we’re in while dodging his own role. He propped up Trump and helped the GOP shred guardrails • He blocked the Build Back Better plan, killing major climate and social reforms • He opposed filibuster reform, sinking voting-rights protections 🧵

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The Radical Left Lunatic @wokeaflunatic.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

This again, made me 😂 and again made me consider moving to the Netherlands.

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