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River Garling

@rivergarling.bsky.social
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From the great State of Maine. Father of 2 amazing boys. Just want them to have a country they can be proud of and a future filled with opportunity.

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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
So let me get this straight. Russia is backing Iran in the war. The US is buying oil from Russia... so we're now just helping fund Russia in killing American soldiers.... WTF.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The 'great peacemaker' says we had to bomb Iran yesterday to stop an imminent nuclear threat. Weird, because last June he told us he had 'completely and totally obliterated' their nuclear program. Hard to have 'peace and stability' when the entire justification is make-believe.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 28/02/2026
Gas could reach a national average above $3 per gallon for the first time this year, as analysts anticipate crude oil prices will jump next week.
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Gas Prices Could Go Above $3 Per Gallon Next Week After Iran Strikes, Analyst Warns
Gas could reach a national average above $3 per gallon for the first time this year, as analysts anticipate crude oil prices will jump next week.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I'm attending Maine Dems's event, “Waterville Regional Democratic Caucus” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mainedems/ev...
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Waterville Regional Democratic Caucus · Maine Dems
Join us for the 2026 Democratic Caucuses! This is a regional Caucus serving the communities of: Waterville | Winslow | Oakland | Clinton | Benton The Maine Democratic Party Caucuses are gatherings o...
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11/04/2025
NEW from Abrego Garcia's attorneys: "The Government continues to delay, obfuscate, and flout court orders, while a man’s life and safety is at risk. Its request for an extension ... is another stunning display of arrogance and cruelty." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS'
MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULE
At 6:43 p.m. yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued an order finding that this Court "properly require[d] the Government to 'facilitate' Abrego Garcia's release from custody in
El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador." Noem et al. v. Abrego Garcia et al., 604 U.S. _
(2025), slip op. at 2. The
Court further ordered the Government to "be prepared to share what it can concerning the steps it has taken and the prospect of further steps." Id.
Last night, this Court ordered the Government to file, no later than 9:30 a.m. today, a declaration from an individual with personal knowledge, "addressing the following: (1) the current physical location and custodial status of Abrego Garcia; (2) what steps, if any, Defendants have taken to facilitate Abrego Garcia's immediate return to the United States; and (3) what additional steps Defendants will take, and when, to facilitate his return." Dkt. 51.
This Court's order to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return was issued one week ago. It was
not stayed until Monday afternoon. Accordingly, the Government should have been taking actions Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday morning, and the Government can report on those. TheSupreme Court lifted the stay yesterday evening. Accordingly, the Government should have been taking actions last night and this morning, and it can report on those. The Government should
likewise be in a position to tell the Court in general terms what its further plan is to facilitate Mr.
Abrego Garcia's return, and who in the Government is responsible for implementing that plan.
Instead, the Government continues to delay, obfuscate, and flout court orders, while a man's life and safety is at risk. Its request for an extension- filed this morning in defiance of the Court's rules requiring consultation with Plaintiffs' counsel-is another stunning display of arrogance and cruelty. It did not take that time to ponder whether to remove Garcia-which it effectuated within 72 hours of his unlawful seizure and it does not need that time to comply with this Court's and the Supreme Court's rulings. We vigorously oppose the Government's motion,
and we further request that the Government immediately report on Mr. Abrego Garcia's safety and
well being. We will attend the scheduled hearing at 1 p.m.
Dated: April 11, 2025
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I want you to understand this is happening in our name and we know most of these men committed no crimes. One is a professional soccer player who was tortured in Venezuela and was working through asylum in the U.S. ICE shipped him for his Real Madrid tattoo and a picture throwing rock & roll horns.
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Sorry not sorry.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Holy shit!! Trump just slipped on live TV that he lost the 2020 presidential election. Trump would HATE it if this goes viral:
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 04/03/2025
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
DOGE cut child cancer research, and trump deregulated cancer causing PFAs, and he used a kid who had cancer as a prop. I’m fucking disgusted.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
We need to be clear about this: Billionaires and corporations are the root cause of nearly every problem the average American has. Billions and billions of dollars are spent to make you think that you can't have free healthcare or free education simply because the richest wouldn't be quite as rich.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Seems like a pretty important detail
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Rosiemarie 🌱🌱 🐸 @rmz1961.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Truth bomb youtu.be/i6_mZbrbm9g?...
youtu.be
Trump and Vance ATTACK Zelenskyy in Oval Office and Align U.S. with PUTIN
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
After watching what happened in the oval office today, I am actually disgusted, embarrassed, and nauseated. Zelenskyy is more of a man then all of the men in that room combined. Absolutely ridiculous and disguisting. #standwithukraine
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Whose agrees raise your 👋 I want to 🐾 you and so do my followers . Like ❤️ Repost for more followers 🔂 #BlueStormBoosts #NoDemUnder5k #FBRParty
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
This is sure to help every day Americans. Buckle up everyone. Trump says Mexico, Canada tariffs will start March 4, plus additional 10% on China ground.news/article/trum...
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Trump says Mexico, Canada tariffs will start March 4, plus additional 10% on China
President Donald Trump on Thursday said that his proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada will go into effect on March 4, and that China will be charged an additional 10% tariff on the same date.
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Caroline-of-the-Cornfields @ahoycaroline.com · 26/02/2025
I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE. Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!? secured.heritage.org/the-heritage... Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
If they truly believed they were saving America they'd be celebrating in the streets, not canceling town halls and hiding from their constituents.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
To anyone that had any faith that Trump was going to give Ukraine protection for minerals, please stop having faith in this man: Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Refuses to Guarantee Ukraine’s Security in Mineral Deal www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Live Updates: Trump Praises Elon Musk and Says He'll Meet With Zelensky
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Robert Cooper @robertcooper-us.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
If there is anyone out there seeing this that believes that 2 trillion dollars can be cut without touching medicaid... you're wrong. Please stop falling for the "it's all fraud and corruption." It isn't. It is billionaires cutting funding for us so they can give themselves tax breaks.
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crofter-amy.bsky.social @crofter-amy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Watch and share‼️This explains what is happening and it is beyond sickening ‼️ Everyone who's opposed to Trump NEEDS to watch this to understand what we are up against‼️ I implore you to share this everywhere and to everyone you know ‼️
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I am in no way afilliated with or sponsored by Ground News. However, with the state of our media right now, I want to highlight it. It has so many tools that help you identify bias and learn the facts. Both sides of the aisle can benefit. play.google.com/store/apps/d...
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Ground News - Apps on Google Play
Daily News for Freethinkers
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 25/02/2025
If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
All these MAGA DEI hires suck.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Just a reminder: the fact that the AfD lost is obviously an incredible relief. That said, their conservative Christian party, who floats a lot of far-right ideology, did win. I see a lot of people claiming this is a huge victory for liberal democracy. But it is far from it, sadly.
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𝖢𝖠𝖳 𝖡𝖴𝖳𝖫𝖤𝖱 𝖲𝗋. @catbutlersr.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The week in review:
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Wow! Congrats to Bluesky for passing the milestone of 32 MILLION users. Spread the word!! 💙🦋 bsky-users.theo.io
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Anybody's grocery, housing or gas prices gone down? I'm starting to think our lord and savior Donald Trump lied.
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a dictator. He is a champion of democracy, freedom and truth.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Disappointed that SAVE got shot down. While I do believe that student loans should be largely forgiven entirely, I thought SAVE was a really good compromise.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Telling the Ukrainians they shouldn’t have started the war is some real high-level assholery.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Republicans want to remove protections against overdraft charges. Continuing to show how quick they are to screw you and me over to support big banks and corporate interests. MAGA voters... THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU. financialservices.house.gov/news/documen...
financialservices.house.gov
Hill, Scott Lead Effort to Roll Back Biden-Era CFPB Overdraft Rule | Financial Services Committee
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God @thegodshow.com · 17/02/2025
When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Absolutely spot on. No notes. www.reddit.com/r/dancarlin/...
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From the dancarlin community on Reddit: Dan’s New Comments about Trump
Explore this post and more from the dancarlin community
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
This is what my cat thinks of the world right now. #cat #annoyedcat
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
How is the golden age of America going everyone? Are your prices cheaper? Do you feel safer? Are you making more money?... Yeah, me either.
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General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Just found this #activism resource site for adults, created by a #civic educator we found on Bluesky, @civicsforall.bsky.social: www.civicthinker.info/resources. Highlights a few workshops being hosted + links to #Oregon & #Massachusetts specific resources.
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Resources - Civics for Adults
Resources - Civics for Adults
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WIRED @wired.com · 15/02/2025
SCOOP: The top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its efforts to aid states in securing elections. The move represents the first major example of the country’s cyber defense agency accommodating Trump’s false claims of election fraud and online censorship.
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Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It is maddening to think of how far back this next 4 years (hopefully 4) is going to put us. Energy, health, education, workers rights, democracy, equality, respecting the law. All progress gone. Where does all of this leave us now? Slaves to billionaires? Disgusted to be an American right now.
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Stand up, keep fighting. Here's what @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today:
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Aaaand RFK Jr. is our health secretary. Truly the dumbest timeline.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
If you appoint a Director of National Intelligence that meets with dictators and agrees with fascists... You might be a fascist.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
When Trump says "tariff" all I can think about is when my 6 year old learned a new word at school and repeats it over and over... Ironically, my 6 year old probably has the same amount of understanding that Trump has of tariffs.
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River Garling @rivergarling.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
With High Prices Persisting, Trump Tempers Tone on Slaying Inflation www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b... Hey MAGA, what's up with this? I thought this was the only thing you cared about?
nytimes.com
Trump Softens Tone on Inflation After Pledging to Lower Prices
President Trump pledged to lower costs on “Day 1” as a candidate. His administration now acknowledges it will take more time.
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
MUST WATCH: Musk admits to spreading misinformation and treats it like a game—except real lives are the stakes. Q: “You said $50 million in condoms were sent to Hamas. That wasn’t true.” Musk: “Some things I say will be incorrect.”
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