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@powervertical.bsky.social

A blog and podcast about Russian and post-Soviet politics.

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America’s Governor

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Trump Is Steadily Pushing the Republic Toward the Edge of Oblivion The administration has entered its most anti-Constitutional phase yet. We must call a regime that’s a danger to our way of life what it is.

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05.10.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

America’s Governor

05.10.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Krassenstein (@krassenstein) BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker moments ago, regarding Trump sending troops to Chicago: β€œThis is not about fighting crime or about public safety. This is about sowing fear and intimidation an...

America’s Governor

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This morning, theΒ Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Canada Resists (@canresist)

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04.10.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Political Witch (@politicalwitch1) keep portland wierd….

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04.10.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s How Trump Loses the Shutdown God help us but Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat who understands power.

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03.10.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

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Trump Cut Funding to 16 Dem States. Can States Cut His? Within 72 hours of the October 1st government shutdown, the Trump administration weaponized federal funding against Democratic states with surgical precision.

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02.10.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congressional Republicans shut down the federal government - their third time under Donald Trump’s control.

Here’s what that means for you.

01.10.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3352    πŸ” 1037    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 29
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Just naked and brazen corruption. All states represented by Democrats in the Senate.

Time to stiffen our spines and demand that we only fund a government that obeys the law.

01.10.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3429    πŸ” 915    πŸ’¬ 217    πŸ“Œ 52

G’mar Chatima Tovah.

Wishing a meaningful fast to all during Yom Kippur.

May this time of reflection be filled with peace, hope, and prayer.

01.10.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2520    πŸ” 293    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 7

Yes! Yes! And yes again! Thank you Moldova!

02.10.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Viktor Kravchuk (@viktorkravchuk) Maia Sandu from Moldova. This woman kicked out Russians from her country and she didn't ask a Nobel Peace Prize for that. πŸ’™πŸ‡²πŸ‡©

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01.10.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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James L Bruno (@jameslbruno)

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Sending thoughts & prayers to the war-ravaged city of Portland, Oregon now under siege from attack by Antifa & other domestic terrorists. Take solace in dear leader's words: "Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen." (and "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL"). Let the healing begin...

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America’s Governor

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β€œTo us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”

- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

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It’s decision time.

If we are going to fund the government, it should only be a government that respects our democracy, that isn’t corrupt, that doesn’t treat people and places that oppose President Trump as enemies, deserving of indictment or military deployment.

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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are β€œused to it” but it is absolutely insane

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America’s Governor

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Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plazaβ€”this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.

Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

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Word from the meeting last night is that Speaker kept bringing up β€œhealth care for illegal aliens,” seemingly unaware that Medicaid and Medicare and Affordable Care coverage are by law NOT available to anyone here illegally.

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It’s Time for the States to Start Investigating Trump Democratic-led state governments can hold the aspiring autocrat’s feet to the fire.

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Florida Woman!

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Florida Man!

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Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport) Trump Orders Bondi to Prosecute UN Escalator

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29.09.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The woke left is alienating edgy young comics like Bill Maher and Jerry Seinfeld

28.09.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1242    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 8

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