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The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. Theyβre tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.
The secretary of Miami-Dade Countyβs GOP started a group chat for conservative students β and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. Sheβs married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
Theyβve already sent her to Louisiana.
The White House has helped MAGA influencers escape the Middle East on a private jet while more than a million ordinary Americans are still trapped with no way out.
WSJ: β.. U.S. officials and lawmakers with access to classified information say the Trump administrationβs assertions about threats from Iran are incomplete, unsubstantiated, or flat-out wrong.β
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Has he spoken with any of trumpβs βspiritual advisorsβ recently? Just sayinββ¦.
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As a historian, I'd just like to remind the politicians who follow me that it is not, in fact, 2003 anymore and the current GOP war in the Middle East is not, in fact, even remotely popular.
So if you're a weathervane who just tries to do what's already popular, full-throated opposition is it!
Heβs plainly deranged
CNN will soon be controlled by David Ellison. If democracy is to survive, a vibrant independent media ecosystem is critical.
My ask: cancel your Paramount/Warner subscriptions and sign up for as many pro-democracy outlets as you are able.
You can start with Democracy Docket: bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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What?!?
Can i halt certain amounts of my taxes that pay for his and Trump salary to ensure they take their obligations seriously?
βErraticβ is an understatementβ¦.
Trueβ¦
@markjacob.bsky.social FYI
As usual, @markjacob.bsky.social is on point regarding state of #media these days and the dumpster fire #trumpregime
www.stopthepresses.news/p/dont-let-t...
As usual, @markjacob.bsky.social is on point regarding state of #media these days and the dumpster fire #trumpregime
www.stopthepresses.news/p/dont-let-t...
βIβm just saying β¦ bsky.app/profile/ronf...
as of September, might be worth looking for an update
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/25/al...
We need serious #journalism on trumpβs shameful 3rd country #deportation campaign
Yep Find one of the walk-in places and just go takes 10 minutes if you have all your documents
NYT headline: U.S. military moves into place for possible strikes in Iran
When dictators lose popularity, they kill people and blow up things to change the storyline.
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What a scenario β¦
A cabal of grifters, morons and shameless liars Biden, Obama etc have always deported convicted criminals Nothing new except Trump and Vance want to make an offensive and cruel show of it
I have an update on Juan NicolΓ‘s, the 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley, and his mother.
More griftingβ¦
Iβm so sick of his constant lies β¦
Bribery out in the open, and its so reprehensible