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Martin Swinkels

@martinswinkels.bsky.social

He/him. Left/Progressive/Socialist/Liberal/etcetera. Conservatism is a mental disorder. Religion poisons everything.

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Raskin sends late-night redistricting plea to General Assembly The influential member of Maryland's congressional delegation said he doesn't see much merit in arguments against Maryland Democrats trying to increase their numbers in Congress.

@raskin.house.gov is right – we’re facing a direct and existential threat to our democracy that requires a response.

The Maryland Senate needs to vote on the maps.

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Musk is an immigrant. bsky.app/profile/darr...

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Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens β€” NBC News About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.

More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were β€œsorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...

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Trump is still going after Democratic lawmakers who made a video reminding military members that they have a duty to uphold the Constitution.

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Yikes β€” Epstein showing appreciation for @GovBillLee pal Betsy Devos making it harder to report sexual abuse on campuses

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easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is β€œi will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”

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Attorney General Bondi is spying on Members of Congress, going through our search histories of the Epstein Files. This goes against the separation of powers in this country and is totally unacceptable.

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NOTHING TO SEE HERE

2013: Florida AG Pam Bondi decided not to join a multi-state fraud lawsuit against Trump University AFTER her campaign received a $25,000 donation from the Donald Trump Foundation that she personally solicited. Despite consumer complaints, her office took no action.

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image from today's hearing

image from today's hearing

Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them

(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)

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Deciding it’s too dangerous to reveal just how unpopular the current president is seems like the worst poll result ever.

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Gallup and its chair, Jim Clifton, have long postured as non-partisan, but this move is a distinctly partisan in this environment.

Like so many other institutions, Gallup is destroying brand integrity in the service of fascism.

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I and millions of Americans believe exactly the same thing Kasparov does.

Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision.

We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore.

This is something significantly bigger and scarier.

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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did

THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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www.alternet.org Billionaire donor lobbied Trump administration hours before attack on bridge to Canada

Billionaire donor lobbied Trump administration hours before attack on bridge to Canada

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How Hate Groups Are Using Online Games to Recruit Kids Fringe movements are using games and other online platforms to draw growing numbers of children to their causes, new data and dozens of interviews show.

Hate groups and terrorist organizations are exploiting games like Minecraft and Roblox and other popular online platforms to recruit a new generation of extremists, new data and dozens of interviews show.

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"I think this should be a five-alarm fire for everybody." - Robert Kagan

#ResistTrump

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MARGE: "It is being covered up. Pam Bondi works directly for Trump… the man at the top is Trump. He's the president and he's the one that was completely against releasing the files."

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Completely wrong headline from CNN. The report from a 2006 police interview with Trump ANSWERS questions. Specifically, it proves that (no surprise) Trump is lying when he says he had no idea what Epstein was up to.

CNN should not perpetuate the lies.

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Ossoff: "We would be naive to not expect dirty tricks. This man tried to steal the presidency when he lost it the first time, and that's why we are going to mount an unprecedented effort to get out the vote and defend voting rights."

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Textbook. If you are surprised, it is because this shit usually, at least not in the last 150 years, does not happen in the US. And the past is mild in comparison

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Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.

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www.salon.com Moms vs. culture wars: How suburban women flipped school boards - Salon.com

Moms vs. culture wars: How suburban women flipped school boards

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Whenever an ICE agent whines about not getting his blood bonus, an angel gets a boner. LMAOOO

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www.huffpost.com New Surveillance Images Show Masked, Armed Subject In Nancy Guthrie Disappearance

New Surveillance Images Show Masked, Armed Subject In Nancy Guthrie Disappearance

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Want to Stop ICE? Run for School Board. Run for County Supervisor. Run for State Rep. | Common Dreams These overlooked offices control the budgets, databases, and cooperation that make the terror possibleβ€”or impossible.

www.commondreams.org/opinion/how-...

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The Working Class versus an Authoritarian Police State | Common Dreams ​Resisting Operation Metro Surge is expanding working-class consciousness about the corporate state's responses to people's resistance to oppression.

www.commondreams.org/opinion/labo...

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#ProudBlue BREAKING: The House GOP is going to try to ram through the SAVE Act 2.0!

@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov This isn't about election securityβ€”it's about disenfranchising millions of eligible voters. They're lying to make it harder for you to vote. Call your Rep: #StopTheSaveAct

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Major Update: Trump Mentioned in Epstein Files 'More than One Million Times' as FBI Scrubbed Files Before Giving them to DOJ Good afternoon.

Major update: Trump mentioned in the β€œunredacted” Epstein Files more than one million times.

FBI scrubbed files before giving them to the DOJ, so many β€œunredacted” files remain redacted.

Khanna reads the names of six men on the House floor

Head of Ohio State gynecology received money from Epstein

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