choka162.bsky.social
@choka162.bsky.social
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The Trump administration is doing its best to turn this country into a pitiful, helpless giant, scared of its own shadow, sheltering in place in a big, bad world.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump administration to vet all 55 million foreigners with U.S. visas
The State Department plans to scour legal visa holders for “overstays, criminal activity, threats to public safety ... or providing support to a terrorist organization.”
www.washingtonpost.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Another day, another PETTY spat between the WH & a big star

Jack White has reentered the ring to take swipes at Trump’s GAUDY Oval Office makeover

“​​Look at his DISGUSTING TASTE, would you even buy a USED CAR from this CONMAN, let alone give him the nuclear codes?
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump loves picking fights with people who actually have talent
Another day, another petty spat between the White House and a big star.� This time, musician Jack White has reentered the ring to take some swipes at Donald Trump’s “gaudy” Oval Office ...
www.dailykos.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Tacky Taco is a perfect example of “money can buy you an election but it can’t buy you respect, adulation or insulate you from Epstein” 🐔 🌮
August 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Bondi: "He's also gonna make America clean. The president is so excited about fixing up DC. All new grass. Sprinkler systems. Our monuments."
August 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Rep. Bresnahan has a pattern of shady and corrupt behavior.

From hiding his million-dollar helicopter to becoming one of the most prolific stock traders in Congress, his conduct raises serious questions about his ethics—which is why we're demanding an investigation.
Democratic PAC @endcitizensunited.bsky.social has filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Conduct against Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) over the disclosure of his private helicopter.

Bresnahan's lawyer tells @notus.org the complaint accusations are a "lie." www.notus.org/congress/bre...
Democratic Group Files Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Rob Bresnahan Over Private Helicopter Disclosure
Bresnahan’s counsel dismissed the complaint as “incorrect.”
www.notus.org
August 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Trump’s tweets now just seem like boring less funny versions of Newsom’s imitations

The cover band is better than the original band
August 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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📣The military has no place occupying D.C. or any other American city. The deployment of the National Guard is an intimidation tactic by an authoritarian administration and
@govmikedewine.bsky.social is complicit.

www.daytondailynews.com/local/critic...
Critics scorn DeWine for sending Ohio National Guard to ‘bogus’ D.C. emergency
A group of activists gathered at the Ohio Statehouse Wednesday to criticize Gov. Mike DeWine’s decision to send 150 Ohio National Guard members for what organizers called a “bogus” and “manufactured” ...
www.daytondailynews.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Russia COLLAPSES on Three Fronts At Once

The Kremlin’s paranoia is on full display as it force installs a comprehensive surveillance app on citizens’ phones, while reports of vandalized military graves, and more...

Jason Jay Smart Aug 20, 2025

youtu.be/HY93mf0tJLA?...
Russia COLLAPSES on Three Fronts At Once
YouTube video by Jason Jay Smart
youtu.be
August 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Plague is back and RFK Jr. just got a massive boner over it.
August 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Good morning ppl! The email below has been sent through the EPA. We expect a version of it in the FDA. Right now in the FDA, union reps have 30 days to vacate there offices. These fuckers are straight ass union busting!
August 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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While being a POS of a human being himself.

Texas' lieutenant governor wants to force you to stand for prayer you don't believe in

msn.com/en-us/news/u...
MSN
msn.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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"A federal judge on Thursday ruled that Alina Habba, the acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, had been acting without legal authority for more than a month....'Because she is not currently qualified...she must be disqualified from participating in any ongoing cases.'"
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/n...
Judge Says Habba Has Served as U.S. Attorney Without Legal Authority
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Good day!
Wise words @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Friends--Words shape reality. Talk like “Trump is unstoppable” hands him power he actually doesn’t have.

Courts and states have blocked him over and over. Resistance works.

Our job? Speak and act with courage. Don’t surrender in advance. 💚✊
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation. Which is why it makes my head explode when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics.
On Not Surrendering in Advance, or During, or At Any Point Thereafter
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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In a stunning decision with national ramifications, a federal judge just ruled that Alina Habba has been acting without legal authority as NJ’s top prosecutor. “She must be disqualified from participating in any ongoing cases,” he wrote.
Judge Says Alina Habba Has Acted Without Legal Authority
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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🔥 CALIFORNIA Assemblyman Marc Berman: “I’m worried some of my colleagues from across the aisle are suffering from GAVIN DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”😂
August 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Q: Is Putin tapping Trump along?

Sen. Thom Tillis: "How can anybody objectively look at what's happening right now and conclude otherwise?...He's a thug. He's a murderer. He's a rapist. He needs to go."

(ht: @thebulwark.com)
August 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
The Wage Gap Between CEOs And Workers Is Widening—And This Popular Company Is The Biggest Offender
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
www.forbes.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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August 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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For the Slavery Wasn't Bad crowd:

Let's leave something extremely clear.

SLAVERY was BAD, it was so bad that the darkest part of it, turned into folklore and horror stories, was so bad that books were written about it, it was so bad that the Art inspired for it continued being censored.
August 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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All that. (No bag of chips.) 😤
My statement on the latest charges against members of Mayor Adams’ inner circle.
August 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Again, President George W. Bush’s greatest mistake was not Iraq. It was John Roberts.

If he had nominated J. Michael Luttig instead, we would still be a well-functioning democracy and would not be governed by a man who has been empowered to behave like a dictator.
August 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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“THIS IS ABOUT RACISM. If you can’t hear it from them, hear it from me.” 🔥

Texas Rep. @voteannjohnson.bsky.social didn’t hold back about the racist Trump/Republican election-stealing maps.
August 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Well, you know the streets of DC are truly dangerous if they're letting the president go out at night for a photo op.
August 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM