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🌊🌈 Blue wave. LGBTQ friend. #Resist! #Sober 4+ years. Just a dumb country lawyer. Wannabe writer. #INFJ. #Iowa #Hawkeyes. #Cubs. #Chiefs. Follow and find out.💙🌊🌐 #BlueCrew. Follow me on Substack https://substack.com/@tonyalmquist.
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by @glegum.bsky.social “How badly does the administration not trust Hegseth? Last month they ordered him to cancel a trip to Israel to meet with Bibi Netanyahu and sent Kristi Noem in his place. Imagine sucking so badly at your job that your bosses would rather give your duties to Kristi Noem”

by @ilyasomin.bsky.social 1/2 “Opponents of Trump’s dangerous and illegal power grabs should learn from history and pursue strategies that combine litigation & political action. Tariffs and some types of immigration issues are particularly promising opportunities to further exploit these synergies..

by @robynelyse.bsky.social 1/2 "Basically, stupid people like to claim that you shouldn’t eat anything or use anything with 'chemicals you can’t pronounce' in it, because they assume that all chemicals are bad, rather than understanding that literally everything on earth, no matter how natural..

by @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social 1/2 "Keep in mind that this is also playing out against a backdrop of Trump threatening to cancel federal funding owed to California, the nation’s largest & richest state. Newsom’s response, posted on X Friday: 'Californians pay the bills for the federal government..

by @elainemsoloway.bsky.social 1/2 “I’m sharing this bit of history because I think it represents a good portion of my Chicago city. And with today’s threats on immigrants and refugees, no matter their status, that population that came over on boats and boots deserves to be seen and applauded..

by ‪‪@michaelcohen212.bsky.social‬ 1/2 “Let me tell you what this really is. This isn’t national security. This isn’t law and order. This is a pure, unfiltered, weapons-grade reality show distraction. A re-run of the oldest trick in the Trump playbook: create a crisis, redefine reality, and hope..

by @marciej.bsky.social 1/2 “Musk alpha-maled himself under the tires of his own self-driving bus. Trump, a bald-faced user through & through from day one, got what he wanted out of him, $288 million & his technical ability to tap into all of the government’s databases at every government agency..

by Andy Borowitz “Trump refused to rule out a sweeping ban on stairs, telling reporters, ‘We’re looking into that very strongly.’ “A guardsman who helped carry Trump was taken aback by his poor physical condition, remarking, ‘I guess he was in better shape when he boarded Epstein’s plane’”

by @hcrichardson.bsky.social 1/2 “In addition to being unlawful, it appears the deployment was not terribly well thought through. Matthias Gafni of the San Francisco Chronicle reported tonight that the National Guard troops sent by Trump to Los Angeles received no federal funding for food, water..

Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.

by Eve Fairbanks 1/2 "There is no 'White genocide' in South Africa. No farm has been taken from a White owner without compensation. White-owned farms occupy about half of South Africa’s territory, despite Whites making up, it bears repeating, only 7% of the population. White South Africans enjoy..

by @jimacosta.bsky.social 1/2 "Trump’s mass deportation initiative, at least according to any cursory view of incoming news reports, seems to be almost entirely designed to remove people with brown skin and Hispanic last names from the US Could the president step forward and finally reveal what’s..

by @briankarem.bsky.social 1/3 "Donald Trump is a convicted felon who only cares about the rule of law when it benefits himself. He is an empty-soul of boundless energy raging against anyone who would speak against him. "Finally, & most importantly, he is a standing subversion of everything we’ve..

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by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social 1/2 “The best response is calm & deliberation, exactly what the administration doesn’t want to see from the people protesting against it. Trump doesn’t want to see protests marking his birthday parade next weekend; that may well be the reason for the timing..

by @rbhubbell.bsky.social 1/2 "There will be a tipping point that breaks Trump's second term. The deployment of the National Guard in California may be that point. If not, it seems as though we are rushing toward a point at which every American who supports democracy will be roused to act..

by @artcullen.bsky.social 1/2 "They still won’t deliver babies in Newton because it doesn’t pay, for crying out loud. And they won’t expand the nursing staff in Pocahontas by any state measure. Our congress critters all voted for the health care cuts in the Big Bad Bill. The University of Iowa..

by @sjdemas.bsky.social 1/2 "For many, the only passing contact they’ll have with the legislation is hearing its name. And because the 'Big Beautiful Bill' sounds positive, it’s easy to tune out criticism or assume it’s overblown. "Let’s face it: That’s a diabolically shrewd move in an era where..

by @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy 1/3“science can’t flourish without government support. Research is the classic example of a 'public good' that won’t be undertaken by private firms seeking profit. If you combine huge funding cuts with an environment in which scientists are essentially told..

by @davidrlurie.bsky.social 1/2 “During the campaign, Trump and his cronies declared they would deport the allegedly massive numbers of ‘criminal aliens.’ When Trump came into office, however, he faced a problem: The vast majority of undocumented immigrants are law abiding..

by @jefftiedrich.bsky.social 1/2 "Los Angeles hasn’t been ‘invaded’ or ‘occupied.’ violent mobs aren’t ‘swarming.’ "do you know how many undocumented migrants were arrested by ICE after their Friday sweep of the city? "They arrested 121 people..