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Bill Madden

@maddenifico.bsky.social
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Singer-songwriter/musician, social/climate justice activist, inspired by Sophie Scholl and the White Rose resistance group. Spotify rb.gy/jm7b2 Buy bit.ly/2kJwUoL Link about.me/bill.madden

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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 3h
Another major blow to climate accountability: A second federal court has struck down New York's Climate Superfund Act, blocking critical funds for local adaptation and communities. tinyurl.com/2f6wpeht #ClimateAction #PolluterPays #ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #NY
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Second Federal Court Strikes Down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act | Sidley Environmental, Health, and Safety Brief
On September 23, 2026, a second federal district court struck down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act (the Act), this time in a lawsuit brought by the United States and […]
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 3h
Spurred by record global prices, illegal gold mining has overtaken cocaine as Peru's most profitable criminal industry, laying waste to the Tambopata National Reserve with toxic mercury pollution & rapid Amazon deforestation. tinyurl.com/5bayxehp #Amazon #Deforestation #Peru #EnvironmentalCrime
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How gold surpassed cocaine as Peru’s most profitable criminal industry
As gold prices surge, illegal mining has laid waste to swathes of Tambopata National Reserve’s rainforest
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 3h
The UN FAO warned today of a "narrowing window" to restore the world's forests, as climate-fueled wildfires, severe drought & agricultural clearing destroy critical tropical carbon sinks faster than replanting efforts can scale. tinyurl.com/bdfdxfew #Forests #Deforestation #ClimateAction #FAO
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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Glimpses of hope are emerging as leaders move past zero-sum despair. At the UNGA and Climate Week, nuanced conversations highlighted how AI can actively track pollution, optimize renewables, and drive solutions. tinyurl.com/5n8jtvjk #UNGA #AI #Pollution #Renewables #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions
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Glimpses of hope from UN General Assembly
"It was helpful, then, to see more nuanced positions emerging from New York Climate Week, which unfolded at the same time as the UNGA. Here too, climate and AI were at the top of the agenda, but with ...
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No more "drop in the ocean" defenses. The new open-source Carbon Impacts Tracer lets scientists quantify the exact human and environmental toll of individual fossil fuel projects. A massive leap for climate accountability. tinyurl.com/yxcbbvj8 #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Energy
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We can finally measure the damage each new coal, gas or oil project will do to people and nature
For decades, we couldn’t trace the link between new fossil fuel projects and their damage to people and planet. But now we can.
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Atrazine—a hormone-disrupting weedkiller banned in 60+ nations—is contaminating 25% of continental US rivers at unsafe levels, according to an investigation in The Guardian today, threatening drinking water aquifers. tinyurl.com/y276wum7 #Water #CleanWater #Pesticides #Atrazine #PublicHealth
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Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds
Atrazine, banned in 60 countries, polluting rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 7h
Ever since Louie Gohmert retired, I figured Sen. Mike Lee had locked down the crown as the dumbest motherfucker in Congress. Today, that theory got curb-stomped. If there's a more moronic, slack-jawed blithering idiot in the building than Sen. Eric Schmitt, I honestly don't know who the hell it is.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 10h
Apparently, Trump's new AI site failed to take the loyalty test. 😂🤣
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over 40M people rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water, yet every glass is laden with unregulated microplastics. A new Chicago Tribune investigation uncovers the health risks and the fight against rising plastic production. tinyurl.com/jx2898km #GreatLakes #Microplastics #Water #HealthRisks
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Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters
More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lake water isn’t regulated, and manufacturers are moving to dramatically increase the amount of plastics...
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UK scientists launched a national wildfire predictive modeling network today as hotter summers & 40°C heat turn moors & peatlands into tinderboxes. British wildfire incidents have surged 60% compared to previous decades. tinyurl.com/35e3249p #Wildfires #UK #ClimateAdaptation #ExtremeHeat
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Anatomy of an inferno: inside the push to map, predict and prevent spread of increasing UK wildfires
Scientists are racing to understand how fires behave as hotter summers turn green landscapes into tinderboxes
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rapid melting in Pakistan: satellite data reveals unfrozen glacial lakes jumped from 40 to 105 in under two months, raising severe risks of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) for downstream communities. tinyurl.com/yy665ar4 #ClimateCrisis #Glaciers #Pakistan #GLOFs
Magnificent Passu Glacier, flowing below Passu Sar, 19 March 2015, 12:38:20; Author: Akbar Khan Niazi; Camera location: 36° 27′ 33.85″ N, 74° 51′ 46.37″ E
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"How the fuck could we have allowed this to happen?" — German citizens, 1945 "How the fuck could we have allowed this to happen?" — American citizens, 2026
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An investigation by Inside Climate News reveals sewage sludge fertilizer has contaminated rural Pennsylvania groundwater with toxic PFAS "forever chemicals," driving rare cancer clusters among private well owners. tinyurl.com/2sxem364 #PFAS #CleanWater #PFAS #Pennsylvania #Cancer #PublicHealth
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The Specter of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Looms Over Pennsylvania’s Rural Communities - Inside Climate News
The sewage sludge some farmers have applied to their fields for decades is contaminated with PFAS—with serious consequences for drinking water.
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A Guardian investigation reveals farmland was confiscated from Indian villagers in Andhra Pradesh for a $15B Google hyperscale AI data center, sparking local outcry over broken job pledges & water depletion. tinyurl.com/tutdrztt #DataCenters #AI #ClimateJustice #India #Farmers #Farmland
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Broken promises, confiscated land: the hyperscale AI datacentre being built in a tiny Indian village
Locals say Google’s $15bn project in Andhra Pradesh has resulted in smallholdings being taken back off them by the government
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A landmark study published today identifies 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer. Health researchers urge EPA to overhaul chemical safety testing as early-onset cancer rates climb globally. tinyurl.com/437fst42 #PublicHealth #WomensHealth #ToxicChemicals #CancerResearch
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New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer
Paper raises questions about safety of food and other products as early onset breast cancer rates surge worldwide
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This sunset in New York City happened last night. This image represents everything Trump and Republicans are trying to destroy.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Everything Trump touches dies: The loathsome piece of shit goes to Tennessee — gets booed and watches the Vols lose to the Texas Longhorns. 😂🤣
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Window into the soul: Capturing the wretchedness of two people who have no business living in the People's House, this image of Trump and Melania is disturbing as fuck.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bullshit and bravado with ZERO substance: This hypocrisy montage of Trump captures the serial lying conman and scam artist to perfection.
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A hurricane-proof autonomous Saildrone departed Tasmania today on a 22,000 km circumnavigation of Antarctica. Powered by sun & wind, it will measure ocean carbon uptake & ice shelf melting in extreme Southern Ocean seas. tinyurl.com/hhx5nc5x #ClimateScience #Antarctica #OceanRobotics #SouthernOcean
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‘Robust little’ vessel begins treacherous 22,000km journey around Antarctica in the name of climate science
Powered by sun and wind, the uncrewed vehicle will collect data to help Australian scientists better understand how oceans absorb emissions
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Activists and municipal leaders marched to the New Jersey State House today demanding passage of the NJ Climate Superfund Act, which would make major fossil fuel polluters pay billions for local flood & storm resilience. tinyurl.com/kkt288z5 #ClimateSuperfund #NewJersey #ClimateJustice
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Activists rally at New Jersey State House for climate recovery bill
The proposal would require the state’s fossil fuel companies to pay $50 billion for their greenhouse gas contributions.
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Global sea levels rose nearly 6 mm in a single year—the largest annual increase ever recorded—the UN Chief announced today. Accelerating polar melt & ocean expansion put 770M+ people in coastal lowlands at immediate risk. tinyurl.com/mu3yrw3x #SeaLevelRise #ClimateCrisis #UNGA #ClimateImpacts
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Climate Crisis Is No Longer a ‘Distant Warning,’ UN Leader Says - Inside Climate News
The General Assembly pledged to help countries threatened by sea-level rise, but many challenges remain.
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
UK conservationists denounced a £42M developer levy today that allows 16,000 new homes near the Norfolk Broads, calling it a "cash to trash" license to pollute protected chalk streams with sewage & farm run-off. tinyurl.com/4umu3shv #NorfolkBroads #CleanWater #Biodiversity
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‘Cash to trash’ levy on house developers too low to offset damage to Norfolk Broads, say critics
Exclusive: Levy that allows almost 16,000 houses to be built on Norfolk Broads will not cover cost of mitigating environmental damage, critics say
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hurricane Polo sent 15-ft waves & torrential downpours into Mexico's Pacific coast today. 15,000 security personnel deployed and schools closed across Guerrero & Michoacán as coastal storm surges swamped towns. tinyurl.com/fmus3emu #HurricanePolo #Mexico #ExtremeWeather #Flooding
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Powerful Hurricane Polo drenches Mexico’s coast as Nolo takes aim at Hawaii
Powerful Hurricane Polo sent bands of heavy rain across Mexico’s Pacific coast Thursday as a growing Tropical Storm Nolo approached Hawaii with the potential for catastrophic flooding.
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Filings reveal El Paso Electric evaluated only new fossil gas power for Meta's $10B AI data center in sunny El Paso, bypassing solar & battery storage alternatives despite the region's world-class solar irradiance. tinyurl.com/mr29hw5u #DataCenters #Meta #CleanEnergy #FossilFuels
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Texas Electric Utility Only Considered Gas to Power $10 Billion Meta Data Center - Inside Climate News
Administrative judges recommend approval of the gas power plant if the utility assures ratepayers won't pay the cost.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump thinks Xi is laughing at the Biden autopen jab. He isn't. Xi is laughing because he cannot believe the American electorate was so fucking dumb they elected this buffoonish imbecile to a second term.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Knowing Trump's remarks on the Falkland Islands and his contempt for the United Nations, Javier Milei's threat that Argentina will "take matters into [its] own hands," and his denunciation of the UN as a "useless organization" full of "parasites"... 1/2
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An allegory of evil and good.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Netanyahu and Trump: hands down, the two most loathed criminals in the world. Both belong in The Hague.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When Benjamin Netanyahu berates New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during his UN address for calling him a war criminal, it will only increase Mamdani's popularity. The overwhelming majority of the democratic free world wants to see Netanyahu face trial in The Hague.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As the midterm elections approach, so desperate are panicking Republicans to remain in power, disgraced sexual assault enabler Jim Jordan released a bogus 57-page report accusing American hero Jack Smith of trying to tilt the 2024 election.
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Germany has unveiled a roadmap to end fossil fuel use in its power sector by 2045, targeting 80% renewable electricity by 2030 and an accelerated coal exit. tinyurl.com/2u9bwc5u #ClimateHope #ClimateLeadership #CleanEnergy #Renewables
A coal power plant in Eschweiler, Aachen, Germany (Photo: Mario Goebbels/Flickr)
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A federal judge dismissed Michigan's novel antitrust lawsuit against Big Oil today, ruling the state lacked standing to prove an oil industry conspiracy suppressed EVs and renewables to artificially inflate fossil energy prices. tinyurl.com/2fuvbmsr #ClimateJustice #BigOil #EnergyTransition
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Court Nixes Michigan’s Novel Antitrust Case Targeting Big Oil  - Inside Climate News
The state alleged that oil companies colluded to delay the energy transition, driving up prices for consumers. The court was not convinced this conspiracy directly caused overcharges for energy.
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Research from University of Washington in Nature Climate Change reveals past greenhouse emissions from top fossil fuel polluters have locked in warming through 2050, directly linking historical emissions to future disasters for decades. tinyurl.com/yv9p9pzv #ClimateAccountability #ClimateScience
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Past emissions from top polluters will continue warming the planet for decades to come | UW News
A new University of Washington study shows that past emissions from the top 178 oil, gas, coal and cement producers will prolong warming and increase the odds o
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Typhoon Dujuan swept eastern Japan today, killing at least 4 people, leaving 6 missing in landslides, and cutting power to 45,000 homes around Tokyo following record 600 mm rainfall. tinyurl.com/bdejnpa2 #TyphoonDujuan #Japan #ExtremeWeather #Landslide
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At least four killed as Typhoon Dujuan hits Japan
Storm is moving northeast, away from Japan's eastern coast into the Pacific, leaving a trail of destruction behind.
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In a blistering UNGA address today, UN Chief Guterres rebuked fossil fuel giants for treating the atmosphere like an "open sewer," calling on G20 nations to adopt binding plans with firm timelines to phase out fossil fuels. tinyurl.com/5cpe85dj #UNGA #ClimateAction #FossilFuels #ClimateJustice
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Outgoing UN chief says polluters have treated atmosphere like an ‘open sewer’
António Guterres laments world leaders’ inaction and says oil and gas firms ‘must pay’ for climate devastation
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hurricane Polo underwent explosive rapid intensification off Mexico today, strengthening into a Category 5 monster with 160 mph (260 km/h) winds fueled by record ocean heat and El Niño conditions. tinyurl.com/38r42crr #HurricanePolo #Category5 #ExtremeWeather #ElNino #Mexico
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Hurricane Polo intensifies to Category 5, heavy rainfall threatens southwestern Mexico
Hurricane Polo intensified to Category 5 south of southwestern Mexico on September 22, 2026, reaching maximum sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph) at 12:00 UTC before strengthening further to 270 km/
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nearly 3/4 Americans agree climate change is happening. 68% of Dems believe it is caused entirely/mostly by human activities; 40% of Republicans 45+ v. 30% of Republicans under 45 agreed human activity is primary cause. tinyurl.com/4prnks2w #ClimateChange #PublicOpinion #ScienceEducation
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Acceptance of human-driven climate change remains steady in the U.S. population | National Center for Science Education
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Typhoon Dujuan battered eastern Japan with historic rain today, dumping up to 600 mm (23.6 inches) on Izu Oshima. Japan’s weather agency issued its highest Level 5 emergency alert for catastrophic landslides. tinyurl.com/3259bp92 #TyphoonDujuan #Japan #ExtremeWeather #Landslide
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Typhoon Dujuan brings record rainfall to eastern Japan, JMA issues Level 5 landslide warning for Oshima
Rainfall on Oshima reached 600 mm (23.6 inches) in the 24 hours ending at 14:00 LT (05:00 UTC) on September 21, 2026, as Typhoon Dujuan passed the Izu Islands and approached eastern Japan.
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activist360 @activist360.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The developing "super El Niño" has shattered Pacific temperature records months before its typical winter peak, according to scientists in The Guardian. The unprecedented early heat is supercharging extreme weather globally. tinyurl.com/53uh7mpy #SuperElNino #ElNino #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather
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‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Maine Senator Susan Collins thought nobody would find out. Collins was WRONG.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just so we're clear.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
MAGA in a nutshell.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is why Trump and Republicans are freaking out: James Talarico, campaigning in Lubbock County, Texas -- which voted for Trump by 40 points.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Two things to know about Trump sycophant, smiling Nazi Kevin Hassett: even if he were talking about vaporizing Tehran with a nuclear weapon, he'd still be smiling — and he'd still blame Joe Biden for forcing Trump to press the button.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The most cruel, sadistic, and morally bankrupt Republican congress in history. A mirror image of their degenerate leader.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When Trump's cult inevitably collapses under the weight of its own rot and stupidity, this is how MAGA will be remembered.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Y'all understand the assignment, right?
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Lauren Boebert needs to be expelled from congress, IMMEDIATELY.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If the cult of MAGA were ever able to step back and take a deep breath, this is what they'd realize. 👇
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