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So, yeah...it can happen here. Wish more Americans stayed awake during history class.

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Who would like to see Bush, Clinton, & Obama marching together at the No Kings Rally?? ๐Ÿ™‹@barackobama.bsky.social

13.10.2025 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m starting to figure this autocracy thing outโ€ฆ.

If I register as a Republican & start wearing a red-foam MAGA hat, I can commit just about any crime I want & get rich doing it.

If I remain a Democrat, Iโ€™ll get the electric chair for jaywalking.

10.10.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s not a 22 year old on this planet who texts like this.

17.09.2025 01:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups

White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

The goal, they said, was to categorize left-wing activity that led to violence as domestic terrorism, an escalation that critics said could lay the groundwork for crushing anti-conservative dissent more broadly.

15.09.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œFree speechโ€ only applies to MAGAs nowadays.

13.09.2025 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Theyโ€™re going to pin every โ€œleftistโ€ moniker they can on Robinson to justify iron-fisted retribution against non-MAGAs.

This has a Reichstag vibe.

13.09.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

MAGA idiots 100% believe that Satan-worshipping elites guzzle adrenochrome in the back of a pizza parlor.

But they refuse to believe that a signature that looks 99.99% like Donaldโ€™s is, in fact, Donaldโ€™s.

09.09.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Perhaps King Donald had a bigger-than-usual brain fart today.

30.08.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Convince me that the US hasnโ€™t turned into a full-blown autocracy.

Please. Convince me!!

30.08.2025 02:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heโ€™s sort of an *actual* authoritarian fuckwit at this point, right??

Feels like weโ€™re way past the point of mere โ€œwannabeโ€

26.08.2025 22:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donald the DICtator just fired a Fed Governor.

Enjoy your 401ks while they last. Market is gonna be a shit-show.

26.08.2025 01:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Immigrants are just Trumpโ€™s appetizer.

Itโ€™s gonna get worse

15.07.2025 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe this is why grocery store aisles are running bare.

13.07.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The client list isnโ€™t on Bondiโ€™s desk anymore because itโ€™s in Donaldโ€™s shredder.

13.07.2025 00:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The competing factions that formed MAGA are eating each other alive.

12.07.2025 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Democrats will always be at a disadvantage when they have to rely on combatting shameless GOP propaganda with objective facts.

Facts are boring.
Propaganda gets people worked up.

12.07.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My trip to the grocery store today:

โœ”๏ธEmpty shelves
โœ”๏ธHigher prices

All thanks to that orange buffoon

12.07.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trumpโ€™s emergency response plan is to blame Biden.

06.07.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dismantling these departments that warn us about the weather is in Project 2025, and the core reason is they say these departments (RIGHTLY) drive โ€œclimate chang alarmismโ€, which โ€œis harmful to future prosperityโ€ (aka BIG OIL PROFITS)

06.07.2025 03:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10566    ๐Ÿ” 4759    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 399    ๐Ÿ“Œ 265

Itโ€™s orientation day at
Trump University

06.07.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, no shit.
We have a dictator sitting in the Oval Office.

06.07.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This sums up how I felt on the 4th of July

06.07.2025 02:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is there an official DOGE death toll anywhere?

06.07.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s about time for a national strike. I donโ€™t want my $170b of our tax dollars being funneled to ICE & their crusade of cruelty.

05.07.2025 22:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The moment when MAGAs celebrate tanking our economy, funding masked thugs, & depriving millions of healthcare & food. Meanwhile, the rich smile about their big tax cuts.

05.07.2025 11:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weโ€™re not on โ€œroad to authoritarianismโ€. Weโ€™re already there. Early stage, & itโ€™s gonna get worse.

05.07.2025 11:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So glad we all get to experience the Most Ironic Independence Day In American History.

04.07.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19066    ๐Ÿ” 2636    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 562    ๐Ÿ“Œ 118

Every proud boy & โ€œmilitiaโ€ asshole in the country will be at ICEโ€™s job fair.

04.07.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The worst part is that they deliberately deferred most of the cuts until AFTER midterms.

Blatantly trying to avoid any accountability.

03.07.2025 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Alligator = Concentration
Alcatraz = Camp

02.07.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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