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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 5h
"[It is] a fundamental principle of the postwar international order: Borders cannot...be changed through force...because a more powerful state claims that history, ethnicity, language or a perceived transgression justifies its actions." Carlson is a dumb knave. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Tucker Carlson would have you forget the truth about Hitler. Don’t.
In a conversation with Jacob Rees-Mogg, the commentator played fast and loose with the historical record.
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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
📰 Trump's $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions aren't eligible. Critics see a political stunt It will cost about $2 billion. Source: PBS NewsHour | Read story 💬 Important update — what are your impressions? #PoliticsFeed #Trump #Medicare
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Trump's $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions aren't eligible. Critics see a political stunt
It will cost about $2 billion.
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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Scott Banville @sbanville.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump Effect.
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Paula Anderson @emersonglass.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Naked Trump Statute Goes on Display in European Parliament newrepublic.com/post/216312/... via @newrepublic.com
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Naked Trump Statute Goes on Display in European Parliament
The golden statue, named The Orange Plague, is now at the European Parliament.
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hearing the Obscenity-in-Chief maunder on about the Nobel makes me instantly nauseous... but then almost every word he utters has the same effect.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In a scathing 28-page ruling, the judge, Gary R. Brown, condemned the agency’s tactics when it mistakenly arrested two Hispanic men, including a US citizen, in the Bronx in May, finding that ICE had “falsified official records trying to conceal” its “illegal actions.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/n...
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Trump-Appointed Judge Accuses ICE of Lying and Fabricating Records (Gift Article)
Two men were mistakenly arrested in the Bronx by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Gary R. Brown, a federal judge, condemned the agency’s actions.
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Patricia A. McGowan @teacherspeaks52.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am 74 years old and receive Social Security benefits. I just checked my account and there is a pending #SSA deposit of $90.00. Is this not vote buying? And is the convicted felon using tax dollars?
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goodevil 🍉 🪁 @goodevil0562.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
UPDATE from Andrey X: a second Palestinian has been murdered in the West Bank today during the olive harvest #Judeo-Nazis ##Westbank
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Bender Rodríguez @plungerman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Golden naked Trump statue unveiled at European Parliament Orange Plague sculpture in Strasbourg inspired by Emperor’s New Clothes fairytale, artist says www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Golden naked Trump statue unveiled at European Parliament
Orange Plague sculpture in Strasbourg inspired by Emperor’s New Clothes fairytale, artist says
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Conrad @conradwelch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yes, hard to believe they voted for this degenerate three times on a row! I can’t believe how far the GOP has fallen, it’s f____n unbelievable! bsky.app/profile/thet...
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Aching News @jm256.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
WTF?! From endorsing Iran wiping LA and San Diego off the face of the earth to now threatening two former presidents and a former presidential candidate/Secretary of State. I know Dems don’t have control of Congress (yet), but where the hell are Jeffries and Schumer?!
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Can $1 billion power Republicans to victory in the midterms? NO! apnews.com/article/midt...
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Can $1 billion power Republicans to victory in the midterms?
Republicans are facing anxiety as they enter the final month of the midterm campaign. They have $1 billion at their disposal but worry it may not be enough to counter President Donald Trump's unpopula...
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump's puerile blather no longer impresses anyone but his shrinking minority of benighted followers. The reckoning is coming on November 3, 2026.
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Isabel Arens @isabel-arens.wsocial.eu · 07/10/2026
Have you seen the naked #Trump statue by Danish artist #JensGalschiot in the EP in Strasbourg? The "Orange Plague" is 2,5 meter big. The artist blames Trump for getting in the way to address climate change. I love how #art 🎨 can be so free in expressing the present times. amp.dw.com/en/naked-tru...
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Naked Trump statue goes on display in Strasbourg
Titled "The Orange Plague," a gold-coated statue presents Donald Trump sitting on a smaller man's back. The Danish artist blamed Trump for getting in the way of efforts to address climate change.
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H S Rivney, novelist @hsrivney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why do ICE only check Democratic voters and not all voters? Especially since when they do find fraud it’s usually Republicans?
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Senator Says Hegseth Barred Him From Gulf Base to 'Cover Up the True Cost' of Iran War “And from what I understand, this is happening both to Democrats and Republicans when they are traveling to the Middle East.” www.commondreams.org/news/murphy-...
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Senator Says Hegseth Barred Him From Gulf Base to 'Cover Up the True Cost' of Iran War | Common Dreams
"And from what I understand, this is happening both to Democrats and Republicans when they are traveling to the Middle East."
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Patricia - @nanso44.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AMERICA SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF TRUMP ….HARD TO WATCH…..
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John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Nobody saw it but me, I'm very proud, it was very intelligent,” Trump said. “I'm a high-IQ person unlike some other people I can tell you about . . . " "Among the highest IQs anywhere in the world . . . " "ORANGE MAN SAD . . . " "ORANGE MAN WORST . . . " www.rawstory.com/trump-267799...
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Trump makes astonishing boast about remembering 1776: ‘I'm very proud’
President Donald Trump shared an anecdote Saturday night that he claimed was proof that he had “among the highest IQs anywhere in the world.”Speaking at his rally in Vandalia, Ohio, Trump doubled down...
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John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Nobody saw it but me, I'm very proud, it was very intelligent,” Trump said. “I'm a high-IQ person unlike some other people I can tell you about . . . " "Among the highest IQs anywhere in the world . . . " "ORANGE MAN SAD . . . " "ORANGE MAN WORST . . . " www.rawstory.com/trump-267799...
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Trump makes astonishing boast about remembering 1776: ‘I'm very proud’
President Donald Trump shared an anecdote Saturday night that he claimed was proof that he had “among the highest IQs anywhere in the world.”Speaking at his rally in Vandalia, Ohio, Trump doubled down...
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russ Vought is the man behind the MAGA throne. Under 31 U.S. Code § 502(a), the head of the OMB is “appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.” Vought can be removed by impeachment. www.propublica.org/podcast/who-...
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Who’s the Shadow President?
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Downtown Columbia, Maryland was filled with thousands of visitors attending the Power to the People Concert today. www.thebanner.com/culture/musi...
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Dave Matthews, Joan Baez and Public Enemy rock Power to the People ahead of Foo Fighters and Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews and Foo Fighters headline the Power to the People festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland.
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I never watch videos or television news bits containing any images of Trump. I get nauseous at the sight or sound of the creature.
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j-c11.bsky.social @j-c11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
After Dems take control (let’s vote like hell and get them elected) they have to (1) hold this lawless regime accountable (2) take on big money in politics (3) get to work remaking government for the people!
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We, The People @stacy-goldring.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Judge pauses Trump administration’s border-wall construction in Texas’s Big Bend - The Texas Tribune
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Cathy Samtbird @cathysamtbird.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I just read the Time interview - tRump sounds confused and deranged. If you haven’t read it, you should.
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Gary T @garebearizona.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Time for some ice doxing!!!
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WOLO > YOLO @randmm23.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More stolen valor from alpha male adjacent Republican shit heels
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OneSaltyBeach 🇺🇸 🚫👑 @onesaltybeach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
👉 CDC reminds doctors in Southwest to be aware of PNEUMONIC PLAGUE! www.cidrap.umn.edu/plague/cdc-r...
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CDC reminds doctors in Southwest to be aware of plague
A 2025 death caused by pneumonic plague is Arizona’s first since 2007.
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andybrwn @andybrwn.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
US added just 29,000 jobs in September in sharp drop from last month’s gains, plus downward revisions in prior month estimates | US unemployment and employment data | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/2026/o… #USPol #Economy […]
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes, it is sensible to hope the Republican Party will be smashed to atoms in the upcoming election... incuding every GOP senator. Bring on the midterm GOP carnage. But spare these two Senate candidates. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Bring on the midterm GOP carnage. But spare these two Senate candidates.
It is sensible to hope that on Nov. 3 most of the Republican Party will be smashed to atoms.
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hegseth is delusional and incoherent.
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Rudy Sovinee @rudysovinee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A SIGNIFICANT LOSS, part of a bad trend. Experts say that over the past five years alone, the volume of ice in Switzerland has declined by nearly a fifth. Like in the Himalayas, this bodes badly for water in future summers. Switzerland feeds some of the continent’s most important rivers.
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Doc Sportello ❌👑 @digyoursoul.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
More than a year after the MAGA MURDER Regime abruptly canceled a $7 billion solar energy grant program, a Rhode Island federal judge has ordered them to revive the program. www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/tru...
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Trump cancelled a $7B solar energy grant program. A judge just ordered its revival
Biden-era incentives for residential rooftop panels remain uncertain as plaintiffs await federal appeal.
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grandmad2.bsky.social @grandmad2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Using the Stalin Method of the 1930’s of purging leadership let Germany drive over the Red Army with Stalin’s only option to throw millions of Soviets into the meat grinder. Pete Hegseth Is About to Slash a Fifth of All Military Leadership newrepublic.com/post/215992/... via @newrepublic.com
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Pete Hegseth Is About to Slash a Fifth of All Military Leadership
Hegseth has said he wants “less generals, more GIs.”
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WDEF News 12 @wdefnews12.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"But Hegseth’s announcement comes after President Donald Trump gutted the civilian agency specifically created to safeguard election infrastructure"
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Lisa Wilson, Esq. @lisamwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
All courtesy of RFK Jr and the T-rump administration.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 30/09/2026
President Donald Trump endorsed using outside auditors to assess the safety of AI systems through an accord with Silicon Valley leaders that seeks to sidestep new government rules in addressing a groundswell of concern over AI risks.
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Trump Backs Independent AI Audits in Shift of Safety Posture
President Donald Trump endorsed using outside auditors to assess the safety of artificial intelligence systems through an accord with Silicon Valley leaders that seeks to sidestep new government rules in addressing a groundswell of concern over AI risks.
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Glory to Ukraine and its soldiers! 🇺🇦 Death to the enemies! 🔥
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith clashes with senators over Trump probes, says he will not be silenced www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Jack Smith clashes with senators over Trump probes, says he will not be silenced
Jack Smith returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to defend his derailed efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump, telling lawmakers he would not “be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from...
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The results are a warning sign about the Trump coalition: In question after question, the president’s most loyal base is still sticking with him, but among the non-MAGA voters he convinced to back him in 2024, their frustration more closely resembles how Harris voters feel.
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Poll: Trump’s MAGA loyalists don’t think he has an affordability problem
A recent POLITICO Poll found that cost of living concerns are reinforcing partisanship divides — and driving a wedge among Republicans.
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Clarlune (Bayou Miles) @clarlune.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘The weaker he gets, the more dangerous he gets’: Trump lashes out as his power wanes www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘The weaker he gets, the more dangerous he gets’: Trump lashes out as his power wanes
Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans distance themselves from him
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Frank King 🇺🇸 🇾🇪 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇭 @frankpking.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I guess senior Trump aides and their families are entitled to special treatment at taxpayer expense. www.cnn.com/2026/09/26/p... Two veteran FBI agents have been removed from their jobs and reassigned over the handling of an investigation involving Katie Miller.
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Two senior FBI agents ousted over investigation into alleged harassing calls to wife of Trump adviser Stephen Miller | CNN Politics
Two veteran FBI agents overseeing counterterrorism operations in the nation’s capital have been removed from their jobs and reassigned over the handling of an investigation involving Katie Miller, the...
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Feasibility is not control of the Senate. Democrats now have easier paths to flipping the Senate. Here are races to watch. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Democrats now have easier paths to flipping the Senate. Here are races to watch.
The goal of keeping Democratic Senate seats and flipping four GOP seats once felt like a long shot. Now it's feasible.
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chitowndane.bsky.social @chitowndane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
👋To my idealistic young neighbors out there: if you think your vote doesn't matter, why do you think tRump and the oligarchs and everyone behind all the things you hate are working so d*mn hard to take away your ability to vote? 👇🤔Register to vote and VOTE, g*dd*mit. 🫵✊
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Another harmful blunder by the Trump-Miller regime. Ranchers accuse Trump administration of disrupting beef supply, as prices rise www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Ranchers accuse Trump administration of disrupting beef supply, as prices rise
Industry groups warned that ICE sweeps are “having a massive chilling effect on the legal, documented, skilled workers that put beef on the table.”
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In any other administration, Congress and the DoJ would be looking for blood. Trump ad airing with government funding despite law against ‘propaganda’ www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump ad airing with government funding despite law against ‘propaganda’
A TV ad boosting President Trump and saying that it was paid for by the U.S. government is airing in two major markets despite a federal law against using tax funds for "propaganda."
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
apnews.com/article/sher...
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California Supreme Court orders Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 seized ballots
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a Republican California sheriff must return over 650,000 ballots he seized following a November 2025 special election that favored Democrats.
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rnstokes49.bsky.social @rnstokes49.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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just sayin ❌👑 @justsayin18.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What is the White House pool? These days, it’s a battleground between Trump and free press rights
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What is the White House pool? These days, it's a battleground between Trump and free press rights
The White House press pool is at the center of a free speech battle between President Donald Trump and news outlets.
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