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Ellis Hughes

@avlscout.bsky.social

Retired. Lifelong liberal. Walker. Dogs. Love my sweet city in the NC mountains. Writer, photographer.

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Our taxes

Our taxes

Our taxes are paying for this instead of healthcare.

03.03.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9235    πŸ” 3181    πŸ’¬ 393    πŸ“Œ 122
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wow -- Tillis goes ballistic on Noem, telling her "what we've seen is a disaster under your leadership"

03.03.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 22610    πŸ” 5933    πŸ’¬ 1256    πŸ“Œ 732
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"The Peace President."

02.03.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9364    πŸ” 3646    πŸ’¬ 482    πŸ“Œ 163
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A PSA from Thomas Massie:

01.03.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 30343    πŸ” 9058    πŸ’¬ 627    πŸ“Œ 341
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This is Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair. While working class American service people are dying in the gratuitous war his father and Donald Trump started, Yair is poolside in Miami chilling.

No word on where Donald Trump's children were, just that they were 100% *not* wearing a uniform.

01.03.2026 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3653    πŸ” 1496    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 103

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

01.03.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 23052    πŸ” 7813    πŸ’¬ 687    πŸ“Œ 313
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Currently trending on X.

01.03.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 28765    πŸ” 7812    πŸ’¬ 1016    πŸ“Œ 516
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Donald Trump is dragging the United States into a war the American people do not want. Let me be clear: I am opposed to a regime-change war in Iran, and our troops are being put in harm’s way for the sake of Trump’s war of choice.

Read my full statement:

28.02.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6329    πŸ” 1968    πŸ’¬ 294    πŸ“Œ 269

The president of the United States killed children to distract from raping children.

28.02.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 12383    πŸ” 4511    πŸ’¬ 400    πŸ“Œ 180
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NEW: Bahrain skyscrapers and Dubai hotels are now being hit by Iranian drones.

This is insane. Trump has unleashed chaos and carnage.

(πŸŽ₯ Al Jazeera)

28.02.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1384    πŸ” 704    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 118

I know. Just bizarre, wrong. Who’s going to stop him?

28.02.2026 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pretty sure they brought in the wrong First Lady to testify...πŸ€”πŸ˜

27.02.2026 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 11259    πŸ” 4098    πŸ’¬ 495    πŸ“Œ 182

I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party.

We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness β€” or one rooted in cruelty and rage.

28.02.2026 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 21526    πŸ” 5714    πŸ’¬ 600    πŸ“Œ 240
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

26.02.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 38883    πŸ” 16501    πŸ’¬ 1827    πŸ“Œ 1080
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Judge: IRS broke law β€˜approximately 42,695 times’ in giving DHS data A court on Thursday issued an opinion on a data-sharing agreement between the taxpayer agency and federal immigration authorities.

Breaking news: A federal judge found that the IRS violated federal law β€œapproximately 42,695 times” when it shared confidential taxpayer addresses with immigration enforcement officials last summer.

26.02.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3537    πŸ” 1593    πŸ’¬ 147    πŸ“Œ 141
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JUST IN: Advisors to Hillary Clinton say the House Oversight Committee’s closed-door deposition has been paused after it was revealed that Lauren Boebert shared an unauthorized photo from the hearing with Benny Johnson, who then posted it on social media, as seen below.

26.02.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 10692    πŸ” 3768    πŸ’¬ 1544    πŸ“Œ 483
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Massie goes full beast mode today.

Gets on the house floor, shreds the DOJ and starts naming names from the Epstein files.

25.02.2026 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 18137    πŸ” 5612    πŸ’¬ 475    πŸ“Œ 294
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The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.

23.02.2026 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 22911    πŸ” 8818    πŸ’¬ 5581    πŸ“Œ 3323

I will give $1000 to anyone in that room who will yell out "what the fuck are you rambling about, old man?"

20.02.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 11728    πŸ” 1368    πŸ’¬ 610    πŸ“Œ 108

$10B for Trump's "Board of Peace"
$10B for Trump's IRS lawsuit
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$135M for Trump's golf outings

The Grifter-in-Chief knows no bounds.

20.02.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5355    πŸ” 2046    πŸ’¬ 260    πŸ“Œ 117
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NEW: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband has been barred from entering Labor Department HQ after two female staffers accused him of sexual assault inside the building, according to NYT. One alleged incident was captured on security cameras and is now part of a criminal investigation.

19.02.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 12016    πŸ” 4760    πŸ’¬ 1296    πŸ“Œ 570
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Polls are open, North Carolina! It’s time to vote in the primary election.

🀝 Meet the candidates on your ballot at ncdp.org/candiates
πŸ“ Early vote at any location in your county
πŸͺͺ Don’t forget your voter ID
πŸ‘―β€β™‚οΈ Grab a friend and go vote!

15.02.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rand Paul to ICE officials on Pretti's killing: "Because people within the government made conclusions immediately that he was a terrorist and an assassin, people aren't believing that it's gonna be an honest investigation ... there has to ultimately be repercussions ... it's inexcusable."

12.02.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7973    πŸ” 1862    πŸ’¬ 273    πŸ“Œ 104

Kristi Noem has to go.
Gregory Bovino has to go.
Stephen Miller has to go.

11.02.2026 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 19903    πŸ” 3686    πŸ’¬ 1741    πŸ“Œ 372
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

10.02.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 53372    πŸ” 16917    πŸ’¬ 1158    πŸ“Œ 1343

Totally agree!!

10.02.2026 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These were also ministers and people of faith. 150 of them. They were there almost an hour.
Two cops came in, asked them to leave. Nine cop cars were outside. All appropriately behaved.

07.02.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They caved to Trump . Not sure when. Also ICE.

07.02.2026 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ice Out Flash Mob 2/7/26
Asheville, NC Target
#iceout

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