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Pete Zakel

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Former software engineer, sometime pianist, love science fiction. ๐ŸŽน๐Ÿˆโ˜ฎ๏ธ๐Ÿ’™BlueCrew, BLM, ๐ŸšซDMs๐ŸšซMAGA๐Ÿšซ, lifelong Democrat, unabashed liberal, LGBTQIA+ ally, ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

7,210 Followers  |  9,829 Following  |  478 Posts  |  Joined: 21.01.2025  |  1.7495

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Opinion | Truth Social just installed an AI chatbot that actually exposes Trump's lies Why Trumpโ€™s Truth Social AI chatbot feels oddly out of place in the MAGA-verse.

Truth Socialโ€™s new AI chatbot actually tells the truth! www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Trump's Calendar Girls Party Had Only One Other Guest: Jeffrey Epstein As Trump faces pressure to release more information regarding Epstein, reports are coming out that the two men knew each other well.

Release the Epstein files! www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

20.07.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Released on a $3,000 bond Narciso Barranco is still wearing the same clothes now covered in blood stains after being severely beaten by ICE almost 3 weeks ago.
The Barranco family is taking their father directly to a physician.

16.07.2025 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 686    ๐Ÿ” 260    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Epsteinโ€™s Ex Says He And Trump Had A โ€˜Very Closeโ€™ Friendship And Were โ€˜Up To No Goodโ€™ โ€œThey were best friends,โ€ said former model Stacey Williams of Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump.

Release the Epstein files! www.huffpost.com/entry/epstei...

20.07.2025 00:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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CNN Data Chief Says Americans Have 'Turned' Against Trump Over This Key Issue Harry Enten flagged how the president is doing "bad to downright terrible" in the polls on this issue.

Trump is losing support due to ICEโ€™s handling of non-criminal immigrants. www.huffpost.com/entry/cnn-ha...

15.07.2025 02:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A reminder that Brazil arrested and charged their former dictator Bolsonaro with planning a coup and trying to overturn the 2022 elections in their country.

If only the United States had done the same instead of giving the plotter of a coup full totalitarian power of the govt
#FuckMAGA #FuckTrump

11.07.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

11.07.2025 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39405    ๐Ÿ” 11409    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 438    ๐Ÿ“Œ 512
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JD Vance has done nothing but talk shit about California and how ICE needs to clean up this crime ridden state.

Yet it's safe enough to take his family on vacation to Disneyland. Hypocrite much?
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #ICERaids

14.07.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 517    ๐Ÿ” 187    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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ICE GOONS hanging out in the lobby of Glendale Memorial Hospital

13.07.2025 13:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16638    ๐Ÿ” 6407    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2025    ๐Ÿ“Œ 841
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Republicans Fundraise Off Of Disgusting Joke On T-Shirts โ€œAlligator Alcatraz is officially open, and we are excited about it!!โ€ reads a fundraising email from the NRCC that hawks โ€œICE with a biteโ€ T-shirts.

Totally disgusting. ๐Ÿคฎ www.huffpost.com/entry/nrcc-a...

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Democratic Wins Media on Substack BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Republican Senator James Lankford admits that President Bidenโ€™s border bill would have been far more successful than anything Trump has done on the border. Even Republi...

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Republican Senator James Lankford admits that President Bidenโ€™s border bill would have been far more successful than anything Trump has done on the border. Even Republicans are bashing Trump now. substack.com/@demwinsmedi...

05.07.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court Deals Another Major Blow To Transgender Rights This decision could set a precedent for other challenges to laws barring transgender people from participating in sports, using bathrooms and accessing health care.

SCOTUS deals another blow to trans youths. Shame on them! www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

18.06.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Fox News And New York Post โ€˜Propagandaโ€™ Supporting โ€˜Foreign Warsโ€™ The Republican accused the right-wing news outlets of brainwashing Americans into believing they need to engage in foreign wars to survive.

Hereโ€™s something I agree with MTG on. www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...

17.06.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judge Rules Some NIH Grant Cuts Illegal, Saying He's Never Seen Such Discrimination In 40 Years A federal judge says it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants issued by the National Institutes of Health.

Trump gets slapped down again, with the judge calling out Trumpโ€™s racial and LGBTQ discrimination. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.

That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americansโ€ฆand a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.

So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

13.06.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23366    ๐Ÿ” 7855    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 386    ๐Ÿ“Œ 257
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RFK Jr. sent Congress 'medical disinformation' to defend COVID vaccine schedule change A document circulated to members of Congress misinterprets studies and cites debunked research, scientists say. It could influence congressional perceptions of vaccine safety.

"The HHS document says that another paper it cites found 'an increase in placental blood clotting in pregnant mothers who took the vaccine.'

But the paper doesn't contain any reference to placental blood clots or to pregnant women."

www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...

13.06.2025 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15682    ๐Ÿ” 5706    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1095    ๐Ÿ“Œ 461
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RFK Jr. sent Congress 'medical disinformation' to defend COVID vaccine schedule change A document circulated to members of Congress misinterprets studies and cites debunked research, scientists say. It could influence congressional perceptions of vaccine safety.

RFK Jrโ€™s document used to support his COVID vaccine schedule change is riddled with disinformation and absolutely does not support his decision. www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...

13.06.2025 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump finds the ultimate distraction in LA Trump needed to reclaim the narrative, so he found a shiny object right out of Central Casting.

"If Trump is successful in LA, he will export his tactics everywhere. Trump doesn't only want to be authoritarian in the eyes of Angelinos. Autocrats arenโ€™t in the business of imposing limits on their own power. He wants to be an autocrat everywhere. LA is where heโ€™ll start but not where heโ€™ll end."

12.06.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3174    ๐Ÿ” 857    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 166    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41
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โ€œWhat Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.โ€

--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater

12.06.2025 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27904    ๐Ÿ” 7619    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1645    ๐Ÿ“Œ 548
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Trump Administration Downplays Alex Padilla Incident With Misleading Characterizations The senator is clearly heard giving his name as "Sen. Alex Padilla" at a distance of just a few feet away.

Kristi Noem blatantly lies about Sen. Alex Padilla incident. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

12.06.2025 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Palmer: Charges should be brought against each one of you

AOC: Raising the prospect of charges against witnesses is a form of intimidation is it not?

Palmer: I strike those words

12.06.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25745    ๐Ÿ” 6268    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 652    ๐Ÿ“Œ 312
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DHS Official Picks Fight With Kim Kardashian After She Speaks Out Against ICE โ€œNo matter where you fall politically, itโ€™s clear our communities thrive because of the contributions from immigrants,โ€ Kardashian said.

Kim Kardashian speaks up for immigrants in our communities. www.huffpost.com/entry/dhs-of...

11.06.2025 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.

There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.

They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

11.06.2025 01:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 103936    ๐Ÿ” 22262    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1401    ๐Ÿ“Œ 656

๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿคฌ

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Nerve damage, brain damage, blindness and death.

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