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JR

@rios1221.bsky.social
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American, Georgian, classical liberal. Believe in standing up to bullies and enemies at home and abroad. Ally to the transgender community 🏳️‍🌈

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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic, childlike devotion to Donald Trump.
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Murdering people while their child looks on invokes hostility
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Troy Jackson: "The gentleman's name was Johan Sebastian Guerrero. He had a 3 year old daughter. The only mistake he made that morning was going to work. Because Sen. Collins is not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, he was murdered in the streets of Biddeford for doing nothing wrong."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "Under Trump and Hegseth, you're seeing extremes that you never would have imagined. The idea that you want to livestream somebody's death for children to watch is truly extreme ... I don't want that to be politics as usual."
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
😕 🌎 🔥
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A fall from grace? Is that what happened @nytimes.com @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
looks like a still shot from a movie about world war II ending ... differently.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JVL is right: "In their death throes, authoritarian movements can cause tremendous damage...A failing soiciopath, surrounded by loyalists and bitter-enders, facing the end of his rule, while the world burns. The period of maximum danger may still lie ahead." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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The Forces of Trumpism Are in Disarray
This is what it looks like when a movement begins to come apart.
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
But look at how the @nytimes.com white washed this for Republicans
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can I say “fuck” on Bluesky? As in fuck the Supreme Court. Asking for me
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
please let Ken keep talking
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hufanga off the blind side like
Matt bomer momoa meme
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So I don’t watch traditional tv much anymore just saw a Trump commercial labeled “paid for by US government”. Is this a new grift or has this been going on? In any case just one more thing Trump and his cronies SHOULD be indicted for
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE shot Wilber Perez in the back. Now, Wilber can’t move the left side of his body. How does paralyzing a DoorDash driver make anyone more safe?
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
After the midterms, Californians, I just want to say the AG is a statewide office subject to recall. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
DAVE MATTHEWS: “I said it last night, but I’ll say it again - man, I’m so tired of this fuckin’ President.”
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Of all the disappointments in bowing to fascism these hospitals may be the MOST disappointing: Hospitals Shutter Youth Gender Clinics in Deal With Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Hospitals Shut Youth Gender Clinics in Deal with Trump Administration
At least six hospitals have struck agreements with the Trump administration to pay fines and stop providing gender-transition treatments to minors.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know we live in a world where facts don’t matter and where way way too many people are utterly untethered to truth, but the fact is the 28yr old Venezuelan man who was shot in the back by ICE in Austin came into this country legally and was in this country legally.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.
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Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas
The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@robbonta.bsky.social really disgusting roll over and play dead settlement with Paramount
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov how could you make this deal with Paramount? Really disgusting, bad bad judgment on your part.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 21/09/2026
The “talking point” that President Biden banned 400 journalists from the White House is not true. But Republican officials are still trying to spread it. We always have to call this type of thing out and stand up for the truth.
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I know the details aren’t all out there but this deal between the states and Paramount sounds weak. Like a capitulation. Not happy with it
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trucker at the bar last night told me his gas costs have gone up bc of the war. Tariffs have depressed freight loads. Worse, AI trucking may replace his job. I told him "Trump has a poll on whether we should rename AI to Superior Intelligence." He said "Sir, thank you Trump Sir" and burst out crying
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Willing to admit when I am wrong. Didn’t think Fox would do the right thing and they have. Do I trust them now? Absolutely not, but they did do the right thing.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
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Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Updated 5:18 PM EDT, September 20, 2026 @apnews.com: "The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer rammed the man’s car then got out of his federal vehicle and opened fire at least five times, said Mike Siegel, who represents Austin’s District 7."
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ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say
A local official says a federal immigration agent has shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas. City Councilmember Mike Siegel says the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer rammed the man’s car ...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
First eyewitness accounts from this afternoon’s ICE shooting in Austin is here, from freelance reporter Emiliano Tahui Gómez.
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Here in North Austin, where ICE agents appear to have shot an individual in his car. I spoke to two of the only witnesses.

Nedevia Bolaños and her husband, Carlos, own a business just off the intersection where the shooting happened. Shortly before 1 pm they says they heard what sounded like two gunshots. Carlos ran out first. A blue Toyota sedan and a black Escalade were stopped under the highway.Combined tweets, cutting tags and other such
 
He said he saw an olive-skinned man, seemingly in his 30s, leaning backwards against his seat. A masked agent was standing outside the car. The agent refused to answer questions. Within a few minutes as many as 10 other ICE agents arrived.

Carlos asked the victim if he was ok. "Yes," the man said in Spanish, but he looked exhausted. Carlos asked why they had shot him. "Because I didn't stop."Combined tweets, cutting tags and other such. 

Bolaños ran up next. She said she continously asked the ICE agents about why they'd shot him and if they were going to render aid. They didn't answer her. It was an APD officer who later arrived and cut open the young mans shirt, revealing a deep hole between his shoulder blades. The ambulance arrived about 10 minutes after and carried him off. "I've never seen all this. Thank God I'm a citizen," Bolaños said in Spanish. "Or I'd be living like this. In a dream of terror."
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump misstating and touting a meaningless deal over Greenland, while the entire Middle East security architecture falls apart due to his own actions, is emblematic of this administration’s foreign policy.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Huh, I guess the whole strategy of cable news outlets not asking the Trump White House hard questions and failing to push back on weak answers in order to preserve their access to the Trump White House wasn't much of a great strategy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Q: China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world-- TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The orange loser really said to himself “I haven’t lost enough court cases lately”. PS when the Obama White House tried to exclude Fox News from a press availability other correspondents threatened to boycott. Will they do likewise now? (Not holding my breath)
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/09/2026
Congress can’t indict people. They can have hearings and impeachment trials. But not criminal trials. Please don’t expect criminal trials and then blame democrats when you don’t get them. Midterms are step one. We have to win in 2028 and add seats to SCOTUS to hold people criminally accountable.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
Trump's performance tonight in North Carolina is a disgrace and the crowd isn't into it at all, but you could've said the same thing about innumerable rallies of his in 2024 and then 77 million Americans voted for him anyway. I hope we're smarter now!
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If Bob Kraft doesn’t like anyone who supports Hamas he is going to absolutely freak when he hears that Netanyahu’s government propped them up
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Are we really doing a movie about a man trying to escape from inside a whale, Hollywood? Really? #Whalefall #Seriously
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I mean, let those among you who aren't “incredibly grateful” to a recently-acquired friend who just happens to be a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin cast the first stone!!
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JR @rios1221.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Like oh my god you guys he didn’t give us $170,000 until after our wedding. And like I call him by his first name so what’s the big deal? Like for real
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Too many people online seem to conflate left politics with being obnoxious and scathing and Mamdani is such a model for combining a principled ideological vision with civility and grace. You shake hands, you act like a grown up even whether others aren’t. You show up.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
Donald Trump and Joe Biden at 9/11 ceremonies today. Trump in DC. Biden in NYC. (REUTERS)
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We need to normalize union organizing in every sector of American life.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'm not gonna make it through this week. I'm not. I'm going to have a debilitating brain aneurysm watching legacy media handle Trump with kid gloves while he lies about 9/11. The blood vessels in my brain are going to pop, and that's gonna be it for me.
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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel
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