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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A cartoon meme featuring Tom from Tom and Jerry holding a shotgun whose barrel has bent backward, causing it to blow back into his own face, leaving his fur singed and blown straight back. Yellow text overlaid across the bottom reads: "Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) after questioning Jack Smith on his whereabouts on Feb. 3, 2024".
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I just can’t get enough of the Schmitt memes
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Fella Historian🌻 @thisuserisdumb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Senator Eric Schmitt is a godsend to mememakers 🤣 Here are 4 memes I made today. I have one more idea for a meme with Senator Schmitt and Big Bird but I am out of time. I have to log off now.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
Switzerland’s iconic glaciers lost an enormous amount of ice in 2026, a new report shows, signaling an ongoing rapid meltdown driven by climate change that has astonished scientists. About 20 percent of glacial ice in Switzerland has vanished since 2021.
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Switzerland’s glaciers are losing an astonishing amount of ice. See the meltdown.
Dry winters and a warming climate are taking a toll on centuries-old ice in the Alps, researchers say, with about 20 percent of Swiss glacial ice melting since 2021.
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Schmitt was literally out of his league 🤣
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Schmitting yourself”: When you try to discredit someone only to comit a disastrous self-own
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nothing is sacred or off limits to his greed, grift, and megalomaniacal ego. How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are all Jackie O rn #kennedyctr
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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 19/09/2026
Yall could’ve had a Green New Deal but you fucked it
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DougDouganucci @dougdouganucci.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Bernie Bros who didn’t vote for Hillary & we got Trump. Not all their fault, just a lot their fault. Dems need to stop being butt-hurt if their golden child isn’t nominated. Presidential elections are binary. Elect ALL Dems, then push for your fav to serve ad Cabinet Secretaries/Undersecretaries.
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump admits that he doesn’t understand how trade deficits work www.ms.now/ms-now/watch...
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Hayes on Vance’s plea to voters: ‘Things are not going well’
Chris Hayes discusses the Vice President's recent plea to voters ahead of the midterms.
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Jon Ossoff explains AI regulations, the stakes, and what can be done about it podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Psaki: Trump does not sound like he knows what A.I. is
Podcast Episode · The Briefing with Jen Psaki · September 16 · 42m
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NEW EPISODE: Donald Trump just did something extraordinary on stage at the RNC convention: he made Republicans raise their right hand and pledge to him personally — then pledge that they're going to "cheat like hell." www.youtube.com/watch?v=A70h...
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What Trump Just Said on Stage Should Shock Every American
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@MarcElias is a true hero!! His law firm is managing 90+ law suits in defense of Democracy and the right to vote! He takes the effort to inform us all. The least we can do is listen. Also, make sure your voter registration is up to date. And VOTE!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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Trump Made Republicans Raise Their Hands and Pledge to Cheat
Podcast Episode · Defending Democracy with Marc Elias · September 16 · 29m
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court REJECTS Department of Justice effort to restore U.S. Postal Service mail-in voting rule. A huge victory for voting rights and free and fair elections. A defeat for Trump and his scheme to rig the elections. www.democracydocket.com/cases/trump-...
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🚨 State of California et al v. United States Postal Service et al
Learn more here.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate its mail voting restrictions ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to revive mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms, in huge win for voters
Read more here.
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hot damn! Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Restrictions on Mail Voting www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Restrictions on Mail Voting: Live Updates
The ruling blocks the Trump administration from dramatically changing how Americans vote by mail in the midterm elections.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm still working to add 500 Democracy Docket subscribers this weekend. Democracy Docket will never send you spam or sell your email address. It's not on Substack or ActBlue. Free and premium options available. Link and thanks! demdock.com/4w6emld
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@marcelias.bsky.social What say you?
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee sitting in DC, issues a preliminary injunction blocking the entire U.S. Postal Service mail ballot rule. Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (Key portions of the rule were blocked by Judge Talwani in federal court in Massachusetts.)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DSCC, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 26-cv-01114 (CJN)
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN
CITIZENS, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 26-cv-01132 (CJN)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 26-cv-01151 (CJN)ORDER
For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that DSCC Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Preliminary Injunction,
ECF 163, is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART'; and it is further
ORDERED that LULAC Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, ECF
ECF 171, is GRANTED; and it is further
ORDERED that NAACP Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, ECF
172, is GRANTED; and it is further
ORDERED that the United States Postal Service is preliminarily enjoined from
implementing and enforcing the Final Rule it published on August 21, see Ballot Mail for Federal
Elections, 91 Fed. Reg. 54,966 (Aug. 26, 2026).
DATE: September 13, 2026
'ARL. NICHOL
United States District Judge
' The Court denies only the portion of the Motion that seeks to preliminarily enjoin Section 3 of the Executive Order.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nichols’s opinion is based on the rule likely being ultra vires (essentially, they had no legal authority to issue the rule): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Less than three weeks ago, the United States Postal Service adopted a Final Rule requiring that all absentee and mail-in ballots for federal elections including for the elections occurring in less than sixty days be transmitted only in envelopes satisfying new design requirements and be
transmitted only to voters who are verified by the Postal Service to have been enrolled in a newly created "Federal Ballot Mail Portal." As the Government concedes, the Postal Service could issue (and enforce) the Rule only if Congress gave it the authority to do so, but here no statute grants the Postal Service the power to issue key parts of the Rule. Plaintiffs have therefore demonstrated
that they are likely to succeed on their claim that the issuance of the Rule was ultra vires, and the
record otherwise weighs in favor of preliminary injunctive relief. Accordingly, and for the reasons
discussed in more detail below, Plaintiffs' Renewed Motions for Preliminary Injunction against
the Rule are granted. See ECF Nos. 163, 171, 172.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Access to the ballot in the 2026 midterm elections now sits in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This week at Democracy Docket: Final arguments on Trump’s mail voting order — plus a huge win for Missouri voters
The fate of access to the ballot in the 2026 midterm elections now sits in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Norias, ancient water wheels on the Euphrates River in Syria, were built thousands of years ago and are still used today to lift water for irrigation. Original post
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 12/09/2026
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from requiring civil service job applicants to profess loyalty to the president.
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Trump's 'blatantly illegal' loyalty question for federal workers slapped down
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from requiring civil service job applicants to profess loyalty to the president.U.S. District Judge George O'Toole issued the order Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston, siding with three unions that ...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 12/09/2026
In a late-night Truth Social post, President Donald Trump revealed that he asked the Smithsonian Institution to erect a 30-foot statue.
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Trump demands 'Washington Colossus' statue be enshrined at Smithsonian
In a late-night Truth Social post, President Donald Trump revealed that he asked the Smithsonian Institution to erect a 30-foot statue.According to his post, Trump first asked the Smithsonian to install an 11-foot Washington statue before adding a 30-foot "Washington Colossus" in the place of its In...
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WIRED @wired.com · 12/09/2026
And if your tap water is undrinkable, you have no “constitutional right to truthful information” about it. www.wired.com/story/you-do...
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You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, Trump-Appointed Judge Rules
And if your tap water is undrinkable, you have no “constitutional right to truthful information” about it.
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SCP @10-5.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The number of people talking about abstaining who even understand the implications of a senate election right now are next to zero. The few who do instead claim “it’s hopeless anyways, Talarico has no chance.” That may be so, but the only way to guarantee it is not try. And it costs you nothing.
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SCP @10-5.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I guess I don’t understand why outrage at Talarico is justification for not voting, but outrage at Ken Paxton is not justification for voting. Abdicating your agency and refusing harm reduction isn’t the moral high ground. It’s a childish tantrum designed to harm yourself, others, and our children.
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TallyAnnaE ☮️🌊 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🦋🐸 @tallyannae.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump's 'blatantly illegal' loyalty question for federal workers slapped down www.rawstory.com/trump-loyalt...
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Trump's 'blatantly illegal' loyalty question for federal workers slapped down
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from requiring civil service job applicants to profess loyalty to the president.U.S. District Judge George O'Toole issued the order Friday in...
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Even the American Postal Workers Union filed an Amicus brief to the Supreme court to not lift the injunction on Trump’s new mail in ballot rule www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court to decide on Trump mail voting order after parties make their case
Whether President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict mail voting will be allowed to move forward despite ongoing legal challenges now rests with the U.S. Supreme Court after the parties involved submi...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 08/09/2026
Federal probe zeroes in on 'shadow secretary' who rattled Trump White House
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Federal probe zeroes in on 'shadow secretary' who rattled Trump White House
Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's 2016 campaign manager, effectively ran the Department of Homeland Security as its "shadow secretary," steering billions in federal spending while holding nothing more than an unpaid adviser's title, according to a sweeping Wall Street Journal investigation published...
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results out of Johns Hopkins show a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to target common KRAS mutations was safe AND stimulated KRAS-specific T-cell responses in 90% of study participants who were at HIGH risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).
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Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Triggers Immune Response Before Tumors Develop
Phase I results show early promise for a vaccine designed to prevent pancreatic cancer in people at high risk of developing the disease.
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“The district court relied heavily on speculation by state officials who lack direct knowledge of the Postal Service’s implementation plans” -DOJ’s SCOTUS filing. But state officials need direct knowledge of those plans in order to comply with them. 🤷‍♀️ www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Major pieces of Post Office’s mail voting rule missing while Justice Department presses Supreme Court to move it forward
The Justice Department wants the Supreme Court to allow a mail voting rule to take effect, despite missing components to the rule.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Brendan Nyhan: The man with the nuclear codes. You'd be concerned if these were being posted by an elderly relative.
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If we want to hold him accountable, we must have majority in both houses. It’s that simple. Vote! #Vote
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Plot twist
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
2.3 more years of this...
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
District Court, as Expected, Issues Preliminary Injunction in Trump/USPS Mail-In Ballot Case: Why This Should Be an Easy Case for the Supreme Court to Deny a Stay electionlawblog.org/2026/distric...
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District Court, as Expected, Issues Preliminary Injunction in Trump/USPS Mail-In Ballot Case: Why This Should Be an Easy Case for the Supreme Court to Deny a Stay #ELB
As expected, the federal district court in Massachusetts that had enjoined the Trump executive order directing USPS to limit mail in voting and then issued a temporary restraining order against the US...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Full report at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/new-usps-m...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts barred the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Friday from advancing new mail voting restrictions that, if carried out, could leave vast numbers of people unable to cast a ballot by mail this fall. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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In major win for voters, judge blocks Trump’s mail voting restrictions for midterms
"The court concludes that disenfranchisement for Plaintiff Organizations’ members, regardless of residence, is practically inevitable," the judge wrote.
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Kendyl Hanks @kendylhanks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
But really, I support significant public investment in public education & health because I believe in a healthy, productive, competitive DEMOCRACY. Privatizing these functions for insider profiteers—as they are doing w prisons—is grifting at the expense of core democratic functions. /end
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Pandb Love: Rant Over Animation
Alt: Pandb Love: Rant Over Animations
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Kendyl Hanks @kendylhanks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Healthy and educated is profitable—that should make capitalists happy. Stupid and sick is fodder for backwards dictatorships that control our lives and benefit a tiny fraction of the country. So I support significant public investments in public education and Medicare, etc, because CAPITALISM.
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Little Girl Dancing with 'I Said What I Said' Attitude
Alt: Little Girl Dancing with 'I Said What I Said' Attitude
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Kendyl Hanks @kendylhanks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
So many reasons to support publicly funding education & healthcare. But as a fairly moderate Dem I rlly bristle at notions that these are “socialist” ideals. Any good capitalist knows a healthy & educated workforce is critical to success & profitability. 1/
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
In a normal world, this would be a huge story.
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
...wut
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
‘Stolen Valor’: Trump Ripped Over AI Pic Of Himself With Medals He Never Earned #HuffingtonPost
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‘Stolen Valor’: Trump Ripped Over AI Pic Of Himself With Medals He Never Earned
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Marianne @mwolda.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Stolen valor. Cadet Bonespurs posted this on Truth Social. Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · August 4, 2026, 6:14 PM Utterly disgusting
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