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friedbananas.bsky.social
Outraged human. She/her. Lifelong blue 💙. Veteran. Surviving spouse of an Iraq War veteran. Not really a social media user, but joined to remind myself there are still real patriots out there ffs.
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📢 A US Army combat veteran has a few words to express his thoughts on the oath he took. 🔥

Congressman Jason Smith is a slack-jawed embarrassment to the state of Missouri...

"This case highlights the significant threat posed to U.S. citizens by frequent ICE errors, which are exacerbated when local law enforcement agencies participate in immigration enforcement...” www.bet.com/article/6rdn...

You know what’s more American than installing 88 foot flag poles at the White House? Following the Constitution.

If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.

Mayor Karen Bass standing on business🔥 His name is Senator ALEX Padilla.

Donald Trump on Tulsi Gabbard: "She's wrong."

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On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.

damn -- Duckworth to Hegseth: "If you want to be the DHS secretary, maybe you can apply for that job when you're fired from this one due to your incompetence."

Powell: Increases in tariffs this year are likely to push up prices and weigh on economic activity

Hard to argue with that.

New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism “'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.' *More of this, please*"

Would you look at that.

I signed the final bills Melissa Hortman shepherded through the most narrowly divided legislature in the county. All of them bipartisan. We debated, we found common ground, and we compromised. That’s how democracy should function.

Moulton: It turns out the U.S. Army is not great at doing Soviet-style or North Korean-style parades, because that’s not what people sign up to do… Imagine how much veteran housing you could build for $40 million. You could help a lot of vets with that kind of money. And this parade helped nobody.

There is always a tweet.

Just one more first on a list that is already too long

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

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@padilla.senate.gov on 6/16/25 on #X California is stronger because of our immigrant population and their contributions to the economy. Listen to the facts:

260,000 favs and 107,000 forwards on Instagram. Normie libs assuming command.

BREAKING: 87 year old veteran was released from the D.C. jail after being arrested Friday on the Capitol steps while protesting the Trump parade. Asked how it felt to be arrested at 87, he replied, 'I'm just beginning, my friend.'

This is so amazing to witness. Unbelievable numbers. Great job. Look at the countries at the end. #USDemocracy

“I hate that after one of these things, everybody immediately retreats to, ‘is this murder gonna help my team?’” @timmiller.bsky.social on today’s Bulwark Podcast

PBS and Fox aired this. Pay attention to the soldier walking in the background so you know it is the same footage. Now tell me what you hear different….

EX NASHVILLE ICE AGENT: “They are destroying any trust they may have had with the local immigrant population.” Ben says any chance of immigrants helping lawn enforcement catch the actual violent criminals is gone. Endangering everyone. Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjtWgSNE/

"Bluesky is dead." Meanwhile, on Bluesky...

Immigration is what made America great. If they want to “make America great again” they should understand this.

[email protected] on Mike Lee: "Either he's so mentally ill and deranged that he's convinced himself that this person is a Marxist, and that Tim Walz is responsible....Or he knows it's a lie....either one of those options makes him totally unacceptable as a person in public trust."

holy shit -- acting US attorney Thompson details that Boelter went to the homes of two other elected officials after shooting Hoffman but before going to Hortman's house. One cop encountered him at the third house but thought he was a police officer.

No Kings Day was one of the largest days of protest in US history. From deep red small towns to our largest cities, millions of people turned out to make it clear that the American people will not bow to fascism. #NoKings

"This is what you get when you order your 79th birthday celebration from Temu, but didn't pay the tariffs."

I love this. 2017, Billy Earl Dade Middle School in Dallas planned a “Breakfast with Dads” for boys whose fathers couldn’t attend. They asked for 50 volunteers—nearly 600 men showed up. This Father’s Day, let’s remember: You don’t have to be someone’s dad to be their example.

BRENNAN: The public approval is so high of deportation PADILLA: It depends how you ask the question. If you ask the same people, 'Do you think we should maintain due process in the US?' the answer is overwhelmingly yes

BREAKING: Gavin Newsom just posted this mocking Trump’s military parade.

Padilla on Noem: "How does the cabinet secretary not know the senator from California when she steps foot into Los Angeles? She came through the Senate for confirmation."

We need to ensure that the incredible organizing and inspiring courage of yesterday’s #NoKings protests continue to spread. On tomorrow’s mass call, we’ll discuss how we do that with concrete action steps to overcome authoritarianism. Please join us: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

It’s a frightening time in our history. But in spite of that reality — or rather, in response to that reality — we are organizing and still rising. #NoKings

97% of extremist-related murders in the U.S. in 2024 were linked to right-wing extremists. It’s not a political movement anymore - it’s a hobby for failed men with too much testosterone and not enough brain cells.

We won’t amplify it, but the president posting that Dems are “sick of mind” and “hate our country” immediately after 2 Dem lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes is the opposite of leadership. Gas on the fire.

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EPIC response.

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This is a United States Senator mocking the assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband. He pretends to be a good Mormon. He’s a sick fuck.