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Walter @walein.bsky.social · Mar 24

This is the way.

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AOC and Sanders are drawing massive crowds—and making Musk nervous

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have drawn massive crowds in the American West as a part of Sanders’ “Fighting�Oligarchy” tour—and it’s starting to ...

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Walter

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Guess who the Trump administration is blaming for rising cost of beef? [Hint: It's Joe Biden!]
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Agriculture chief tells whopper of a lie about beef prices

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins appeared on Fox Business Monday, where she blamed the Biden administration for the skyrocketing costs of beef under President Donald Trump and addressed Omaha Stea...

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November 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM

Walter

@walein.bsky.social

Not a single good idea in this guy.
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Clueless 'border czar' weighs in on US foreign policy—kinda

President Donald Trump’s�“border czar,” Tom Homan, was asked on Friday about the United Kingdom’s decision to stop sharing intelligence with the U.S. about suspected drug trafficking vessels ...

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November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM

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Rachel Maddow

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wow, washington post.

lol that’s the actual headline: comma, epstein.

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Trump faces heat from MAGA base on ‘America First’ agenda, Epstein

MAGA leaders erupted over the president’s assertion that the U.S. needs foreign workers. That rift and others have raised GOP concerns about enthusiasm ahead of the midterms.

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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM

Walter

@walein.bsky.social

Full gestapo.
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Top Chicago deportation a-hole vows to 'go even harder'

Gregory�Bovino, the cosplay-Nazi leading the Trump administration’s invasion of Chicago, appeared on Fox News Thursday to address U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings’

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November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM

Walter

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Trump having a hard time reading out loud.
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Somehow Trump gets even dumber

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump announced a new executive order on Thursday, reportedly allocating $25 ...

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November 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM

Walter

@walein.bsky.social

Fake it till ya make it... but mostly fake it.
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No jobs report, no worries—Trump team will ‘concoct something’

Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett appeared on Fox News Thursday, where he defended the Trump administration’s inability to produce an October jobs report. Hassett: The household ...

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November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM

Walter

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Cadet bone spurs remains unable to report for duty.
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Draft dodger Trump makes Veterans Day about himself

President Donald Trump gave a wandering Veterans Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday,

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November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM

Walter

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The mysterious GOP healthcare plan will be unveiled any decade now.
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Dr. Oz swears Trump has a health care plan—it's just super top secret

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, appeared on Fox Business, where host Maria Bartiromo asked what the White House plans to do about the end of ...

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November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM

Walter

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Always fund to watch Vance get dumped on.
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High-profile Democrat rips JD Vance's 'bullsh-t politics'

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro held a press conference Friday to announce that SNAP funds in the state have been restored —and to call out President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance ...

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November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM

Walter

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Make America Healthy Again.
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Trump watches man faint, while RFK Jr. runs away

An unidentified man collapsed beside President Donald Trump on Thursday, abruptly ending the Oval Office event touting planned price reductions for popular weight-loss drugs. ...

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November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM

Walter

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Levels of uselessness.
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Air travel will be 'really rough,' warns guy in charge of that

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy appeared on Fox News Thursday, following the Federal Aviation Administration announcement that it will be reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 “high volume” ...

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November 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM

Walter

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Gimme more.
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Mamdani has a stern message for ICE

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani delivered a sharp message Wednesday to Immigration and Customs Enforcement goons ...

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November 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM

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Acyn

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Mandani: Too many among us have turned to the right for answers to why they've been left behind . We will leave mediocrity in our past. No longer will we have to open a history book for proof that Democrats can dare to be great.

November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM

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Stephen Wolf

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Andrew Cuomo—who likely cost Democrats control of the U.S. House in 2024 because of how he conspired to give Republicans control of the New York Senate—has lost the New York City mayor election

Screenshot of a NBC News article about Zohran Mamdani defeating Andrew Cuomo in the 2025 election for New York City mayor.

November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani

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November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM

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David Dayen

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At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.

November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM