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Trump is the apocalyptic black swan event destroying democracy and the Republican Party

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If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts โ€ฆ.

25.11.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7206    ๐Ÿ” 2483    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 409    ๐Ÿ“Œ 129
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Release the Epstein files! Impeach and remove.

25.11.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2040    ๐Ÿ” 615    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 148    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41
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Retired 4-star Army General Barry McCaffrey said the Pentagon's threats to Sen. Mark Kelly are making the U.S. start to look like the government of North Korea.

25.11.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3637    ๐Ÿ” 1475    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 153    ๐Ÿ“Œ 73

And just WHERE ARE the Epstein files? I was promisedโ€ฆby the President of the United States, no less.

25.11.2025 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 529    ๐Ÿ” 99    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:

โ€œOur American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.โ€

That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition

25.11.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 714    ๐Ÿ” 209    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 65    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

I'm wondering if Kegseth is hell-bent on going after Mark Kelly because he outranked him. Small men do that kind of thing.

25.11.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2095    ๐Ÿ” 330    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 149    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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The type of things that happen when a foolish reality TV actor appoints a petty, drunk talk show chatterbox to run our military:

25.11.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2884    ๐Ÿ” 815    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 292    ๐Ÿ“Œ 81
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When they canโ€™t bury the truth at the Capitol, they try to drown it in the river.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

25.11.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1733    ๐Ÿ” 658    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Worth Repeating!

25.11.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 209    ๐Ÿ” 65    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen

25.11.2025 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17168    ๐Ÿ” 4511    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2169    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1032
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He should already be in prison for the treason he committed during his first term, but now we can add human rights abuses and war crimes to the charges.
#truth #Politics #Government #Corruption #Crime #President

24.11.2025 04:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2746    ๐Ÿ” 828    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 146    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43
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Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."

24.11.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11875    ๐Ÿ” 2746    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 279    ๐Ÿ“Œ 188
25.11.2025 06:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is Jared looking for another big payday?

Or did someone already blow through the $2 billion they got from the Saudis?

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

25.11.2025 01:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 222    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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A Good Day for Justice. Community Meeting with Special Surprise Guest A recording from Glenn Kirschner's live video

A Good Day for Justice. Community Meeting with Special Surprise Guest

A recording from @glennkirschner.bsky.social's live video

open.substack.com/pub/glennkir...

25.11.2025 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The more this Epstein saga drags on, the more Iโ€™m convinced there definitely is a pee tape somewhere.

24.11.2025 08:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1119    ๐Ÿ” 131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 88    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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Turns out the deal Trump bragged about, the one where China would buy 12 million metric tons of US soybeans by year end, was never an actual deal.

It was a โ€œconceptโ€ of a deal.

25.11.2025 04:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2340    ๐Ÿ” 835    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 157    ๐Ÿ“Œ 74

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN LIST.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN LIST.

25.11.2025 06:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I guess Americans are getting woke to how Trump and the GOP are just using them as sad rubes to make a buck.

23.11.2025 23:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 218    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know what I think about EVERY TIME somebody mentions Venezuela?

The #Epstein Files

And the convicted felon rapist-in-chief.

25.11.2025 02:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1982    ๐Ÿ” 479    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Remember Andrew Wakefield?
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.

Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMRโ€“autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.

Now, with Kennedy in power, heโ€™s getting a second act.

24.11.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 687    ๐Ÿ” 303    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.

The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone โ€” period.

25.11.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16454    ๐Ÿ” 6975    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 399    ๐Ÿ“Œ 324
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I want to apologize to the rest of the world, because electing this guy didnโ€™t just harm us, it sent shockwaves through global democracy.

Thanks to this incompetent government, weโ€™ve managed to export our chaos far beyond our own borders.

Sharing a video of others who feel similarly.๐Ÿ‘‡

25.11.2025 03:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3924    ๐Ÿ” 1449    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 128    ๐Ÿ“Œ 56

Mark Kelly didnโ€™t break the law.

Release the Epstein files with no redactions other than the victims.

24.11.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5403    ๐Ÿ” 1106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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Remember when the government was closed and Speaker Johnson swore they would negotiate on the ACA once it reopened? Well, Trumpโ€™s plan to extend ACA subsidies is now on hold after GOP pushback.

This proves they never planned to negotiate. Republicans have no intention of lowering healthcare costs.

25.11.2025 03:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1691    ๐Ÿ” 661    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 93    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46
Article excerpt: Shortly after 8 a.m., Carretoโ€™s phone rang. It was Carlos, telling her an officer with the Florida Highway Patrol had pulled over the truck on Interstate 4 near Tampa. The stated reason: cracks in their windshield. But Carreto was worried. She knew Florida police were collaborating with federal immigration authorities. Her fiancรฉ was undocumented. She says she rushed to the scene and made it there just before the immigration officers.

As she feared, Matias had been detained. But to her surprise, so had Carlos. He was just a kid. (ProPublica is only identifying Carlos by his first name because he is a minor.) Carlos was in high school. Heโ€™d been living in the United States for over two years and was working toward applying for legal status to stay long term. The government had given her, a legal resident, custody of him. Now he was in handcuffs. Why would they take him too?

Article excerpt: Shortly after 8 a.m., Carretoโ€™s phone rang. It was Carlos, telling her an officer with the Florida Highway Patrol had pulled over the truck on Interstate 4 near Tampa. The stated reason: cracks in their windshield. But Carreto was worried. She knew Florida police were collaborating with federal immigration authorities. Her fiancรฉ was undocumented. She says she rushed to the scene and made it there just before the immigration officers. As she feared, Matias had been detained. But to her surprise, so had Carlos. He was just a kid. (ProPublica is only identifying Carlos by his first name because he is a minor.) Carlos was in high school. Heโ€™d been living in the United States for over two years and was working toward applying for legal status to stay long term. The government had given her, a legal resident, custody of him. Now he was in handcuffs. Why would they take him too?

1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.

For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield ๐Ÿ‘‡

25.11.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2212    ๐Ÿ” 1213    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66

Incoming NJ governor Mike Sherrill says she will withhold federal income taxes from the government to defy Trump.

More of this, please! Just inject it into my veins.

24.11.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1771    ๐Ÿ” 324    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 79    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
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What is the latest Black Friday boycott โ€“ and will it work? While others scramble for deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, activists hope to leverage shopping behavior for societal change

Real power is being able to cut them off from their revenue stream.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

25.11.2025 03:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3612    ๐Ÿ” 1235    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 143    ๐Ÿ“Œ 71

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