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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Nice job SC! There were more voters by midday than any full day of early voting EVER! www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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South Carolina’s Trump-backed redistricting push fails in the state Senate amid GOP opposition
Some Republican lawmakers expressed resistance to enacting a new map for this year’s elections with early voting for the state’s June primary beginning Tuesday.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/11/2025
This is brilliant
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/10/2025
FBI: "We didn't zip tie children." REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old." FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I think we’ve all been reiterating that the Republicans have no plan for healthcare. Here’s my suggestion for Democrats. Have an actual solid plan for immigration and start getting the message out NOW ahead of the 2028 election. Because that’s what I don’t think we have a plan for.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
No accountability for their mistakes. Straight up legal racial profiling. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
propublica.org
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Good to see ICE abducting ‘criminals’ who are on a legal path to residency while their son is serving our country. apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com
This family visit to a military base ended with ICE deporting a Marine's dad
A U.S. Marine says his parents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after they visited a California military base and one of them was later deported.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Apparently we CAN regulate firearms www.postandcourier.com/charleston_s...
postandcourier.com
Charleston County outlaws negligent use of firearms
Charleston County Council approved ordinance that bans the negligent use of guns near buildings and homes in unincorporated areas to improve public safety.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Ahhh, the future of the Republican Party. Such wholesome Christian youth. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
politico.com
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
No surprise when your boss is a celebrated puppy killer. kfoxtv.com/newsletter-d...
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El Paso family claims Border Patrol killed their dog during search, CBP reviewing incident
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they are reviewing a "use of force incident" in El Paso, after a family says a Border Patrol agent unjustifiably shot...
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This is awful and U.N.-AMERICAN! www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...
postandcourier.com
An Armenian family moved to SC to live out the American dream. Then ICE arrested the father.
An Armenian immigrant family in Charleston sought asylum. Now their father is being held in ICE detention in Folkston, Georgia after he was arrested by agents.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
These guys ALLOWING Native Americans to be considered for their cohort of ‘heritage Americans’ is even more absurd than Hegseth lecturing the top brass. This term brings “intellectual justification”? I don’t think so. They still sound like a bunch of racists. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
theatlantic.com
Are You a ‘Heritage American’?
Why some on the right want to know if your ancestors were here during the Civil War
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Two things can be true at the same time.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
One more piece of the puzzle…“the use of military courts to hear civilian cases is the essential component of martial law.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges
"The use of military courts to hear civilian cases is the essential component of martial law."
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Out there…AGAIN! Just a small showing today that bombs cannot be dropped without consent from Congress.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/06/2025
“I find it unconscionable that someone could step up to serve, voluntarily, in our military and be willing to sacrifice their life for our country only to have their families torn apart.” This article first appeared @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social
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"They’re taking Shirly": An Army sergeant thought his family as safe. Then ICE deported his wife.
For tens of thousands of US service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from immigration raids.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Again with the Republican pedos! But the immigrants are all criminals. 🤦‍♀️ www.wltx.com/article/news...
wltx.com
Kik tip leads to arrest of South Carolina lawmaker RJ May on exploitation charges
RJ May was arrested Wednesday and appeared in federal court for a detention hearing Thursday.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
WTAF are we doing??!!!!! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Sen. Padilla Handcuffed, Forcibly Removed From DHS Press Conference
Read more here.
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pink jimi photon @pinkjimiphoton.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This is the actual cancer at the heart of our health system and a driver of wealth inequality.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
www.politico.com/news/2025/05... All this hand wringing because we HAVE to give the richest people a huge tax break. Seems like a no brainer to figure out.
politico.com
Republicans want to shift safety-net costs to states. It’s not going over well.
The plans could generate big savings, but they’re vexing Republican lawmakers — many of them former governors and state legislators.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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As Carney meets with Trump, Canada is done with the bully
My second ever post on substack got 25 views. So I'm sharing again because it's still my core opinion why Canada will never become part of the USA.
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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I think a bunch of folks don't realize that what they miss isn't so much factories as it is unions.
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Y’all, I think I found that welfare state the right wingers keep crying about
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Mary R Morrow @marymorrow.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Exactly 👏🏾 🎯🎯 👇🏾👇🏾
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Declaring our Independence from the king…
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
www.propublica.org/article/trum... More grift.
propublica.org
Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program
A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the norma...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Appeals court rejects Justice Dept argument in Abrego Garcia case "It's difficult in some cases to get to the very heart of the matter. But in this case it's not hard at all. The govt is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons w/out the semblance of due process"
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
WOW. One of the Venezuelans whom Kristi Noem tried to render to El Salvador's slave prison managed to avoid removal and was able to make it to immigration court, and you'll never guess what happened: THE GOVERNMENT GAVE NO EVIDENCE OF HIS GANG MEMBERSHIP. Due process ftw
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
medium.com/the-national... Protesting after April 19 might be a much different experience.
medium.com
The Test Is Coming
Patrick M. (Mike) Condray, Colonel, USAF (Ret)
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge Finds Cause to Hold Trump Admin In Contempt Over Alien Enemies Act Removals
Read more here.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The administration’s plan is to de-value the dollar to attract manufacturing. We will be sacrificing our higher standard of living to promote lower paying jobs. If it’s cheaper to manufacture here guess who’s not getting paid as well?
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
www.facebook.com/share/p/1B4r... 😞 There goes everything beautiful about America.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Oh my god you want me to find "evidence" before putting someone in jail? Every time?? Do you have any idea how long that would take
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 16/04/2025
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
WOOOOOOOOBOYYYYYY!!!! AOC is going off at the Fight Oligarchy event in Bakersfield, California about Donald Trump. "If wants to find the rapists and criminals in this country, he should look in the mirror." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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kbpiers.bsky.social @kbpiers.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o... Dems could maybe win enough over the next four years to whiplash us back to a stable place. But once the nation isn’t feeling the economic pain the people revert back to division, complacency, and civic apathy. Our system needs a structural cure, not just economic.
nytimes.com
Opinion | James Carville: How to Turn Trump’s Economic Chaos Against Him
Tie the president to the people’s pain, and make the message local.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
About 500 lining the street on James Island today!!
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Bringing the teens to protest today so they can witness what’s happening.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The Dems should be hammering every day that Trump was in the White House laughing at the American people as they were watching their retirement evaporate while he and his cronies made millions on the market crash. 1/2
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
They are going to “find”/manufacture infractions now.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
See you all tomorrow!!!!
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Perhaps they should be “wellness checking” on the thousands of kids who still have not been reunited with their parents after border separation in the first administration.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Fraud, Waste, Abuse
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Me too
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I was told these people were “free speech absolutists”
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Can we stop calling it tax ‘relief’ for the wealthy? It implies that they have somehow been struggling.
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swimdoc1.bsky.social @swimdoc1.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The whiplash of the administration’s tariff ‘strategy’ is why the power of the purse lies with Congress and must endure deliberation.
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