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@notsurprised24.bsky.social
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I’m a local elected official in the American Midwest trying to help save democracy and do right by my fellow humans in my small corner of a destabilized nation.

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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
American evangelicals need to hear this message, heed scripture and commit themselves to a life of serving others. The moral degradation that is occurring in the name of winning elections is creating a sinful rot in Americans' souls.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is one of the many reasons why Republicans need to be removed and replaced with patriots at every level of government across America. They have no vision and take responsibility for nothing.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Any American government official who bans individuals from entering a government building based on the content of their speech -- which they have a right to express, as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution -- is by definition violating the First Amendment rights of those individuals.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New Republican talking point? "We're not going to get smart enough."
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The fall of the newspaper industry over the past 25 years happened in direct proportion to the rise of Republican extremism. It's not a coincidence that, as the objective watchdogs and truthtellers were diminished, dark political forces rose to power and now operate unchecked by the electorate.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tell us again, Republican Party, how you stand with veterans and respect the military. You are shameful liars who spit on the graves of fallen patriots.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Three thousand Americans died in the 9/11 attacks and Trump is now lying about his actions that day so he can make it all about himself. Shameful. Arrogant. Disgusting. Un-American.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Most American presidents knew how to respect the dignity of important moments. With Trump, he lies and politicizes even on the anniversary of 9/11. Why would any Republican ever want this guy's political support?
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Will someone please teach Trump how to execute a proper military salute? If he's going to steal valor from combat veterans by posting fake photos of himself in uniform, the least he can do is salute respectfully.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Republicans are telling Americans suffering under the war- and tariff-ravaged economy to postpone retirement and work longer so it'll make the Trump regime look better. They think hard-working Americans are idiots who will just do what they say. Real patriots will tell the GOP to shove it.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Republicans have nothing more to offer the United States than continued worship of Donald Trump. It's un-American, anti-Christian and downright weird.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Reminder: Trump said repeatedly at the start of the illegal American invasion of Iran that this war would only last four weeks.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Like many battered family members who feel as if they have no choice but to stay, Republican voters can't quit their abusive senators and presidents.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
By voting repeatedly for Republicans and supporting their destructive policies, American Christians are succumbing to their own evil tendencies to seek approval from men rather than from God.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
How are Americans not talking about the 25th Amendment solution every single day? Clearly, this madman's mind is gone and he's not doing anything presidential ever. He posts all night on social media, then blabs on TV every day. There's never any actual work or governing or presiding.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Any member of Congress who doesn't hold in-person town halls on a regular basis in their district is a coward. Such abdication of the responsibility to talk to and hear from constituents face to face in a public forum is a failure.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
And everything else — I mean everything — he has named or “built” or “renovated.” Everything.
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George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 28/08/2026
We’ll all be better off when the red team is out of power and Trumpism is out of our lives. It starts with the midterms just 10 weeks away. Make sure your registration is in order and VOTE THEM OUT.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If Americans have a "right" to houses, then why is any American homeless?
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Quick! Everyone, run from Trump and pretend you never knew him!
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Billionaires would save money if they’d stop spending hundreds of millions on election campaigns and just pay their damn taxes like the rest of us.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What kind of a “leader” keeps someone like this on staff? This kind of behavior and obsession with the boss would not be tolerated in any workplace other than Trump’s.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Anytime you apply logic and reason to a Republican talking point, you win the debate. The real trick is getting a majority of American voters to also see logic and reason.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Starting to think Trump lied about his foreign affairs expertise.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
You just know Trump wants to order a nuclear attack in Iran. If he does, how long until Russia nukes Ukraine and Israel nukes Lebanon and some rogue organization nukes the United States?
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Americans don’t want to live in a surveillance state. Get rid of Flock and all other networked camera systems.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It's quite simple. Republicans know absolutely nothing about how to stabilize an American economy through policy. In short, they make everything more expensive because of their incompetence. Electing Democrats is the only way to start digging out of the hole that Trump and his cult have created.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
How are two wealthy Trump supporters from the Detroit area going to win independents outside of the big city? Answer: They're not. Even John James' $2.7 million vacation home in West Michigan won't win him any votes from real Michiganders struggling in this Republican economy.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
El-Sayed is an American patriot.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
With Mamdani, El-Sayed and a few others, it feels like we're witnessing the birth of a new movement in American politics. I'm grateful to be here for it.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
El Sayed is going to benefit from ridiculous exaggeration/lowered expectations his critics set... he comes accorss as entire sane, smart liberal. period. The "establishment" has really no idea what they are up against
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Mike Rogers is a twice-married rich guy who moved to Michigan from Florida in 2024 so he could run for Senate. He's not a real Michigander. #abdul #senate
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is incredibly disrespectful to all American heroes who have ever been given the Medal of Honor.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Utter disrespect to a combat veteran.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
How can anyone on earth trust Donald Trump, who has been recorded lying tens of thousands of times while in office?
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Using the tired playbook they've used for years, Republicans attack people on welfare as soon as prices go up for everyone. It's classist, racist and sexist to constantly accuse poor people -- predominantly women of color -- of scamming a system that costs a fraction of state and federal budgets.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Obama should file legitimate campaign paperwork to run for president again. He should start raising money, holding rallies and talking every day about a third term. Now that there are no rules in politics anymore, let's just see what happens.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Looks like a ritualistic human sacrifice platform. A fitting next step for the anti-person Republican Party.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This is utter nonsense from a crazy man. Imagine hearing some old guy at a bar mumbling about fighting bad guys with ballrooms.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Here's an example of a Republican officeholder stating that he alone determines salaries at private corporations and determines what they manufacture. This is the definition of an anti-business, anti-liberty government.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Every time Trump does this, I wish the headlines would blare, "Trump remains confused about length of presidential term, obviously suffering from dementia."
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
"Like you've never seen before." This is their idiotic, instantly disprovable catchphrase every day. I wish the Trump regime used actual human language instead of hyperbole and meme-speak.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Expand the court to restore balance and accurate representation of the American people on this lopsided SCOTUS!
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Translation: The length of this war is entirely up to a demented president who changes his mind hourly about what he wants done in Iran when he's not babbling about the gold trim in his latest ballroom design.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Trumpies are now saying the ballroom is necessary for national security, when it reality it's only a vanity project to protect the interests of one guy. That's hardly "national" in nature. Consider me unsupportive of a ballroom, which the nation does not need or want.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Translation: Trump is thinking about using nuclear weapons in Iran.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Do Republicans actually DO anything besides make obviously untrue claims, then file frivolous lawsuits based on those claims and then appear on podcasts and talk shows to talk about the claims that everyone knows are false?
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Imagine if FDR had given the Germans three to five days to regroup after D-Day.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
It's offensive to say "I'm winning a war" when you've never picked up a weapon or stood watch in your entire privileged life.
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NotSurprised @notsurprised24.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I hope a future Congress and administration will demolish everything Trump has "built" in his own name (ballroom, arch, statues, et al) and remove his name from everything that bears his name (Kennedy Center, etc.). Every single piece of his ugly, racist, blasphemous legacy needs to be eliminated.
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