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They’re evil

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Today is the 90th anniversary of Social Security

Hardworking Americans have worked their entire lives counting on it

MAGA Republicans and Wall Street bankers need to keep their #HandsOffOurSocialSecurity

The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way.

Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights State Department reports portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.

The Trump administration has made U.S. human-rights reports favorably evaluate countries the president likes, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes. Now the State Department portrays “Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador”:

How old is this little girl? 13? Maybe 14?
Trump was necking with her!
Wonder if he grabbed her too?
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This is not about crime. It’s about power.

(+ distracting from the Epstein file cover-up)

Donald Trump Crime Quotes May 7, 2025: “Crime is down in Washington, D.C., street crime, violent crime, by 25 percent. And people have seen, they’ve noticed a big difference.” August 11, 2025: “Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs and homeless people.”

If he flies with one, dines with one and parties with one for years, he’s probably one himself.

Now Obama is The President "We
The People" can be Proud Of.......

Via the BasicBloggerBitch on Instagram…

What the actual fuck?! Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who went to jail in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, is asking the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges,

Jayne Converse
@jayneconverse3.bsky.social

We’re not getting there. We are there.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Raskin: “If he really cared about public safety in D.C., he wouldn’t have pardoned 1,600 insurrectionists and violent cop-beaters on his first day in office.”

She's also the only child rapist in history to be moved to a minimum security camp with potential work release one week after meeting with the Deputy Attorney General.

Yes

The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Started / Going

absolutely savage

Trump Deploys National Guard for D.C. Crime but Called Jan. 6 Rioters ‘Very Special’

Trump is trying to rewrite history to cast himself as a president of law and order.

This thorough @lukebroadwater.bsky.social analysis lays out the truth we saw on Jan. 6: When the thugs are on Trump's side, he pardons and glorifies the thugs, and he purges the cops. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...

As a kid visiting Mexico, I remember uniformed men with guns patrolling the streets—it was terrifying. Back then, I thought, thank God America isn’t like this. Now, here we are.

FACT: Hitler and the Nazi Party repeatedly exaggerated or outright fabricated crime and unrest in order to justify taking over policing powers, centralizing control, and dismantling democratic safeguards.

This is truth.

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YouTube video by Robert Reich What is Due Process?

It’s more important than ever to understand your right to due process. Here’s what you should know.
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