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Aden Parsons @adenparsons.com · Oct 13
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Three Outrages, One Truth: Trump’s America Is Built on Corruption
Three seemingly separate stories reveal the same reality: a government repurposed to serve one man’s personal and political interests.
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In the civil rights movement, they used to say that the agitator was the part in a washing machine designed to get all the dirt out.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d
DOOCY: Vance yesterday suggested Renee Good was part of a broad left-wing network. What has your team told you about this? Who is in charge of it?

TRUMP: I haven't seen the vice president's statement but he's generally very accurate. She was an agitator. Probably a paid agitator. She was not normal
January 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Apparently my window is more dangerous to my corporate landlord than the problems outside it. #NoKings
January 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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AYFKM?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d
Trump: "I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion. This will allow us to build the 'Dream Military' that we have long been entitled to."
After long and difficult negotiations with Senators, Congressmen, Secretaries, and other Political Representatives, I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion Dollars. This will allow us to build the “Dream Military” that we have long been entitled to and, more importantly, that will keep us SAFE and SECURE, regardless of foe. If it weren’t for the tremendous numbers being produced by Tariffs from other Countries, many of which, in the past, have “ripped off” the United States at levels never seen before, I would stay at the $1 Trillion Dollar number but, because of Tariffs, and the tremendous Income that they bring, amounts being generated, that would have been unthinkable in the past (especially just one year ago during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, the Worst President in the History of our Country!), we are able to easily hit the $1.5 Trillion Dollar number while, at the same time, producing an unparalleled Military Force, and having the ability to, at the same time, pay down Debt, and likewise, pay a substantial Dividend to moderate income Patriots within our Country!
January 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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out5p0ken.bsky.social
Trump wants the Military Budget for the year 2027 increase from $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion

Sounds like someone is planning on militarizing America’s streets and to fuck with our new elections.
January 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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simonwdc.bsky.social
Trump has gone completely mad.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d
Trump: "I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion. This will allow us to build the 'Dream Military' that we have long been entitled to."
After long and difficult negotiations with Senators, Congressmen, Secretaries, and other Political Representatives, I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion Dollars. This will allow us to build the “Dream Military” that we have long been entitled to and, more importantly, that will keep us SAFE and SECURE, regardless of foe. If it weren’t for the tremendous numbers being produced by Tariffs from other Countries, many of which, in the past, have “ripped off” the United States at levels never seen before, I would stay at the $1 Trillion Dollar number but, because of Tariffs, and the tremendous Income that they bring, amounts being generated, that would have been unthinkable in the past (especially just one year ago during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, the Worst President in the History of our Country!), we are able to easily hit the $1.5 Trillion Dollar number while, at the same time, producing an unparalleled Military Force, and having the ability to, at the same time, pay down Debt, and likewise, pay a substantial Dividend to moderate income Patriots within our Country!
January 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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"Post-truth is pre-fascism, and Trump has been our post-truth president. When we give up on truth, we concede power to those with the wealth and charisma to create spectacle in its place."
I published this piece on January 9th, 2021. It remains all too relevant.
www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/m...
The American Abyss (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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meidastouch.com
NEW: Sen. Mark Kelly RESPONDS to Pete Hegseth for censuring him, cutting his military pension, threatening to demote his rank, and warning of possible criminal prosecution for telling soldiers to obey their oath.
Sen. Kelly statement: Over twenty-five years in the U.S. Navy, thirty-nine combat missions, and four missions to space, I risked my life for this country and to defend our Constitution – including the First Amendment rights of every American to speak out. I never expected that the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense would attack me for doing exactly that. My rank and retirement are things that I earned through my service and sacrifice for this country. I got shot at. I missed holidays and birthdays. I commanded a space shuttle mission while my wife Gabby recovered from a gunshot wound to the head– all while proudly wearing the American flag on my shoulder. Generations of servicemembers have made these same patriotic sacrifices for this country, earning the respect, appreciation, and rank they deserve. Pete Hegseth wants to send the message to every single retired servicemember that if they say something he or Donald Trump doesn’t like, they will come after them the same way. It’s outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that. If Pete Hegseth, the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history, thinks he can intimidate me with a censure or threats to demote me or prosecute me, he still doesn’t get it. I will fight this with everything I’ve got — not for myself, but to send a message back that Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump don’t get to decide what Americans in this country get to say about their government.
January 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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jojofromjerz.bsky.social
Mark Kelly is a patriot.
Pete Hegseth is a piece of shit.

Pass it on.
January 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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adamjschwarz.bsky.social
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper:

"Let me be very clear... Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark... The future of Greenland is a matter for the Greenlanders and Danes, and no one else."
January 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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resistnonsense.bsky.social
Captain Mark Kelly, Arizona Senator, responds to “Pete Hegseth, the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in our country's history”… 👏

#IncompetentPete, former FOX Entertainment weekend host aka #DrunkenManchild is NOT a smart guy. Obvi. 🙄

#TeamMarkKelly
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January 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Trump voters have turned the most powerful country in the world - the longtime leader of the democratic West - into a violent rogue state.

In doing so, they have smashed any semblance of international law and order.

This ‘might is right’ world MAGA have inflicted upon us endangers all of humanity.
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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goldwagnathan.bsky.social
The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.
sodrock.bsky.social Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 21d
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 AM
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CNN: We have major breaking news. CNN just learning of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela… We have now have CNN's own teams that have personally witnessed explosions.
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
We have to impeach him.
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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meidastouch.com
Colombian President Gustavo Petro:
January 3, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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votersoftomorrow.org
Young Americans want peace at home and abroad — not more bloodshed in the name of oil and profit.
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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kyivindependent.com
⚡️Update: Russian missile attack on Kharkiv kills 2 people, including 3-year-old-child, injures at least 31.

The number of people injured in the Russian attack on the regional center on Jan. 2 rose to 31, including a 6-month-old boy, according to local authorities.
Update: Russian missile attack on Kharkiv kills 2 people, including 3-year-old-child, injures at least 31
The bodies of a 3-year-old boy and a woman, likely his mother, were found in the rubble of an apartment building following Russian strikes. Search and rescue operations are still active at 3 a.m. loca...
kyivindependent.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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The US is bombing Caracas, Venezuela.

I condemn every official who has either pushed for this or stayed silent throughout Donald Trump’s threats.
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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theatlantic.com
The U.S. will very likely lose its measles-elimination status, and Americans will have to confront how difficult this virus can be to control, Katherine J. Wu reports: theatln.tc/bZcb1Wmr
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.

I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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69eerrr.bsky.social
Strange how trump is so concerned about Iran killing protesters, when he has indicated his own desire to do just that here.
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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muellershewrote.com
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
And @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty tried to give themselves millions of dollars for receiving these calls🤔
January 1, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
I thought the slogan for RFK Jr’s movement was Make America Healthy Again?
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM