BlueRidge Brian⚓
@blueridgebri.bsky.social
George Carlin stan. sarcasm prone anti-fascist farmer.
MSM is not your friend.
No FB lists!! = You want ants? That’s how you get ants!!
MSM is not your friend.
No FB lists!! = You want ants? That’s how you get ants!!
Ugghh opening social media was a mistake 🙄🤦🏻♂️ see everyone in another week or so.
July 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Ugghh opening social media was a mistake 🙄🤦🏻♂️ see everyone in another week or so.
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AOC: This bill is a deal with the devil. It explodes our national debt. It militarizes our entire economy. It strips away health care and basic dignity of the American people for what? To give Elon Musk a tax break.. We cannot stand for it. And we will not support it. You should be ashamed
July 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
AOC: This bill is a deal with the devil. It explodes our national debt. It militarizes our entire economy. It strips away health care and basic dignity of the American people for what? To give Elon Musk a tax break.. We cannot stand for it. And we will not support it. You should be ashamed
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FUN FACT: Tiffany is the only one of his kids born to a naturalized U.S. citizen.
June 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
FUN FACT: Tiffany is the only one of his kids born to a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.
June 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.
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A federal judge is keeping this man in jail to protect him from the federal government.
BREAKING: A federal judge in Tennessee ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns that he could be deported if he’s released.
Judge again delays Abrego Garcia’s release from Tennessee jail over deportation concerns
A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns that he could be deported if he’s released.
bit.ly
June 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A federal judge is keeping this man in jail to protect him from the federal government.
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One of the most consequential bills in modern history is about to be voted on and a U.S. Senator is mad his beach trip is getting delayed because he has to stay and vote on it.
John Fetterman when asked about timing of vote that will cost millions health care and food on the table, destroy industries and jobs:
"Oh my God, I just want to go home... I've missed our entire trip to to the beach."
It is noon on a Monday.
"Oh my God, I just want to go home... I've missed our entire trip to to the beach."
It is noon on a Monday.
June 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
One of the most consequential bills in modern history is about to be voted on and a U.S. Senator is mad his beach trip is getting delayed because he has to stay and vote on it.
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A sick society begrudges the poor for getting to see a doctor but admires a billionaire who rents the city of Venice for a $50 million wedding.
June 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A sick society begrudges the poor for getting to see a doctor but admires a billionaire who rents the city of Venice for a $50 million wedding.
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Follow @alexdugganreports.bsky.social, one of the best crime reporters in the region, for updates from the scene in Coeur d’Alene.
NEW: Northern Lakes Fire Chief Pat Riley said multiple firefighters have been shot.
They were responding to a wildland fire that turned into an “ambush style active shooter.”
Our story will be up soon & will be updated throughout the evening.
They were responding to a wildland fire that turned into an “ambush style active shooter.”
Our story will be up soon & will be updated throughout the evening.
BREAKING: Spokane County is sending air resources to assist with an active shooter near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
That is all we know. More info soon.
That is all we know. More info soon.
June 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Follow @alexdugganreports.bsky.social, one of the best crime reporters in the region, for updates from the scene in Coeur d’Alene.
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Reminder that her handwriting (see: the whiteboard) is pretty much a perfect match for the graffiti found outside her home a few years back
June 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Reminder that her handwriting (see: the whiteboard) is pretty much a perfect match for the graffiti found outside her home a few years back
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This is going to have an unacceptably high false negative rate.
Per @npr.org, the Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the White House U.S. DOGE Service, has built a searchable national citizenship register with data from the Social Security Administration & immigration records— without public notice & comment.
Infrastructure for a police state.
Infrastructure for a police state.
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
www.npr.org
June 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is going to have an unacceptably high false negative rate.
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Oh. So we’re going back to slavery. Swell.
Trump on undocumented immigrants: "We're working on it right now. We're gonna work it so that -- some kind of a temporary pass where people pay taxes, where the farmer can have a little control as opposed to you walk in and take everybody away. But the criminals are going out of this country."
June 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Oh. So we’re going back to slavery. Swell.
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How about we have party leaders focus on the words of a United States congressman - Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama - who’s calling Black people “inner city rats” who leach off of America’s taxpayers.
Stop the focus on municipal elections and get to this.
Where is the censure and condemnation?
Stop the focus on municipal elections and get to this.
Where is the censure and condemnation?
Hakeem Jeffries on Mamdani: "'Globalizing the intifada' by way of example is not an acceptable phrasing. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward."
June 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
How about we have party leaders focus on the words of a United States congressman - Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama - who’s calling Black people “inner city rats” who leach off of America’s taxpayers.
Stop the focus on municipal elections and get to this.
Where is the censure and condemnation?
Stop the focus on municipal elections and get to this.
Where is the censure and condemnation?
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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
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In a world of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, be like Zohran Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
June 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In a world of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, be like Zohran Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Establishment Democrats are much more concerned about holding onto their billionaire donors than losing the base because they have MAGA as a counterbalance.
“Vote Blue No Matter Who” is a cudgel, but you’ll notice it doesn’t hold once a Leftist gets on the ballot. This must be instructive.
“Vote Blue No Matter Who” is a cudgel, but you’ll notice it doesn’t hold once a Leftist gets on the ballot. This must be instructive.
June 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Establishment Democrats are much more concerned about holding onto their billionaire donors than losing the base because they have MAGA as a counterbalance.
“Vote Blue No Matter Who” is a cudgel, but you’ll notice it doesn’t hold once a Leftist gets on the ballot. This must be instructive.
“Vote Blue No Matter Who” is a cudgel, but you’ll notice it doesn’t hold once a Leftist gets on the ballot. This must be instructive.
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With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
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*Biden tries to forgive student loans*
SCOTUS: Whoa there, that is, uh, a major question. Which means you can't do it.
*Trump revokes part of the constitution*
SCOTUS: Obviously, we got to give the President the benefit of the doubt on this one.
SCOTUS: Whoa there, that is, uh, a major question. Which means you can't do it.
*Trump revokes part of the constitution*
SCOTUS: Obviously, we got to give the President the benefit of the doubt on this one.
June 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
*Biden tries to forgive student loans*
SCOTUS: Whoa there, that is, uh, a major question. Which means you can't do it.
*Trump revokes part of the constitution*
SCOTUS: Obviously, we got to give the President the benefit of the doubt on this one.
SCOTUS: Whoa there, that is, uh, a major question. Which means you can't do it.
*Trump revokes part of the constitution*
SCOTUS: Obviously, we got to give the President the benefit of the doubt on this one.
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This is terrific
My favorite Zohran moment of this campaign. And why, more generally, he won:
June 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This is terrific
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This is the fallout over today's Planned Parenthood SCOTUS ruling that no one is talking about:
June 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is the fallout over today's Planned Parenthood SCOTUS ruling that no one is talking about:
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Outdoor Afro tells me they received 300 applications overnight following this post! People are learning how to swim
June 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Outdoor Afro tells me they received 300 applications overnight following this post! People are learning how to swim
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Wired has done it again. There’s a reason Republicans are blocking access to Congressional access of these detention sites.
Inhumane and dangerous conditions that will undoubtedly claim lives and likely already have.
Inhumane and dangerous conditions that will undoubtedly claim lives and likely already have.
NEW: A WIRED investigation of 911 calls placed from ICE detention sites across the US show a system inundated by life-threatening crises, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
By me & @dmehro.bsky.social. Free to read:
By me & @dmehro.bsky.social. Free to read:
'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...
www.wired.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Wired has done it again. There’s a reason Republicans are blocking access to Congressional access of these detention sites.
Inhumane and dangerous conditions that will undoubtedly claim lives and likely already have.
Inhumane and dangerous conditions that will undoubtedly claim lives and likely already have.
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Tonight I'm texting Nancy Pelosi and asking HER for $5
June 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Tonight I'm texting Nancy Pelosi and asking HER for $5
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This explains sooooo much! ☠️😂😂😂😂😂😂
June 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This explains sooooo much! ☠️😂😂😂😂😂😂