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Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

The White House posts that the US has now taken in $8 Trillion in tariff revenue so far. Preposterous insane lies on an hourly basis.

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Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

Statement from Trump about his good friend Rudy Giuliani who was injured in a serious car crash on Saturday:

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Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

And Happy Labor Day!

2/9/2025, 12:49:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

And the entire GOP. Dems should make them defend RFKJr.

1/9/2025, 9:28:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Right now, I'd like to pressure them to dump RFKJr. If Dems do their job, they should make the GOP defend him. Tie them to him like a rock.

1/9/2025, 9:26:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly. If Dems were smart, they would tie RFKJr to Trump and the GOP immediately, like a large rock. Make them defend him. Jeffries should talk about impeachment. Republicans have kids with cancer and got Covid vaccines too. As soon as Kennedy becomes a liability, they'll ditch him.

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Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

www.gq.com/story/rudy-g...

1/9/2025, 9:12:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

This should give journalists an opportunity to run Guiliani's Greatest Hits. www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/n...

1/9/2025, 9:08:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Perhaps the media should note that Hitler survived 42 documented plots and 6 actual attempts on his life. Nobody said the hand of God was involved in his surviving any of them. www.history.com/articles/6-a...

1/9/2025, 8:52:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Reminds me of the Putin MBS greeting at the g20 in 2018– a few weeks after Khashoggi’s murder. Note the guy coming in the back in the red tie.

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Profile picture Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted

* Trump Family Amasses $6 Billion Fortune After Crypto Launch @wsj.com

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Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

1/9/2025, 6:48:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Every American should be calling senator Bill Cassidyand asking Hakeem Jeffries to begin a conversation about impeachment. Make the GOP defend RFK. Trump voters got vaccinated too, and have children with cancer. And they aren’t all going to agree to let bird flu run through the population

1/9/2025, 6:46:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

I believe the word Caroline Kennedy used for him was “predator.”

1/9/2025, 6:35:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Good to know.

1/9/2025, 1:24:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

The last thing we need is a Trump martyr. Ever.

1/9/2025, 12:18:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽

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Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

This was October 31. abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk...

1/9/2025, 12:13:12 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

This was October 27, 2024. www.nbcnews.com/video/-trump...

1/9/2025, 12:10:19 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

She’s making herself more into a Bratz doll IMO.

1/9/2025, 1:12:23 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Captain Mark Kelly (@captmarkkelly.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

In just the last few months, Donald Trump has: ❌ Cut thousands of staff from the VA, threatening programs and services ❌ Closed programs that keep veterans in their homes ❌ Terminated union contracts for thousands of veterans at the VA And veterans aren’t having it.

1/9/2025, 12:25:52 AM | 226 41 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Georgia DiPirro 📎 (@georgiadipirro.bsky.social) reposted

“By shutting down the Foreign Malign Influence Center, Gabbard stripped away America’s shield against foreign meddling. Moscow and Beijing couldn’t ask for a bigger gift.” Robert Morton #NationalSecurity #ForeignInterference #counterespionage

31/8/2025, 11:55:59 PM | 350 186 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd.bsky.social) reposted

Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender, total of 4. Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender, total of more than 4,000. Transgender folks are 1.0% of the population and they make up less than 0.1% of the mass shooters.

1/9/2025, 12:30:14 AM | 1046 315 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Enjoy the bird flu I guess. Brought to you by the sociopath in charge. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

1/9/2025, 12:25:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

So they don’t want the bird flu to go unchecked? bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

1/9/2025, 12:22:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

1/9/2025, 12:15:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

It is time for Hakeem Jeffries to introduce impeachment for RFK. Time for Dems to tie him like a large rock to Trump and the GOP. Republicans have kids with cancer. They get Covid vaccines, and they aren’t going to like this:

1/9/2025, 12:13:43 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) reposted

Nation’s largest nursing union: Time for HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to go | National Nurses United www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nation...

31/8/2025, 9:13:53 PM | 752 281 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

So they outlasted you. You give up, they win.

1/9/2025, 12:07:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

And she called him a "predator." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

31/8/2025, 8:08:19 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm gonna wait for the "official statement" of the police investigation.

31/8/2025, 8:04:44 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't know if that's true since you provide no link (so what does 'fact checked' mean?) but it seems to be true of the top 25. 247wallst.com/special-repo...

31/8/2025, 8:01:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

They can't just "resign." They signed on for a period of time. That's how it works in the military. But in LA they made their displeasure known. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

31/8/2025, 7:38:22 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lindsay Beyerstein (@beyerstein.bsky.social) reposted

What is coming, in QAnon lore, is the Storm. The orgy of bloodletting in which Trump will liquidate his political enemies. That’s what he’s playing with.

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Profile picture Boycott Citizens Bank (@boycottcitizens.bsky.social) reposted

ICE procurement activity since August 22, totaling ~$19M. Companies highlighted in yellow are new to the "Who's Profiting from ICE?" map, available here: bit.ly/3TgUZEq Source: USAspending.gov

A table of higher-value ICE contract awards, including GEO Group, GovSmart, AT&T, Anacapa Micro Products, Parsons Government Services, and others. Contracts cover housing and safeguarding detainees, data analytics, cyber investigations, forensic support, furniture and equipment for offices, laptops, videoconferencing, and software. Award totals range from around $94,000 to $2.6 million, with several exceeding $1 million. A larger table of ICE contract awards with multiple vendors across the U.S. Contracts cover software licenses, biometric kits, laptops, law enforcement equipment, trailers, parking garage rental, small drones, statistical software, communications systems, chemical detectors, calibration services, and training. Totals range from about $18,000 to over $83,000, with many mid-range awards in the $30,000–$60,000 range. A table of ICE contract awards listing seven vendors, their cities, states, contract descriptions, and totals. Contracts include video conferencing licenses, tactical uniforms, fleet safety equipment, software licenses, shredding services, cage removal, and copier leasing. Dollar amounts range from about $3,300 to $12,800 in current totals, with some contracts showing higher potential totals.
31/8/2025, 4:42:57 PM | 779 466 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Not "dozens." HUNDREDS. bsky.app/profile/josh...

31/8/2025, 7:28:35 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...

31/8/2025, 7:07:11 PM | 10089 3382 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

If your goal is to lower Trump's popularity -- an important stop along the way to impeachment, focusing on Kennedy looks like a smart decision to me. Make the entire GOP defend him.

31/8/2025, 7:24:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

And you don't speak for the military, past or present. www.statenews.org/government-p...

31/8/2025, 7:22:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

I thought defecating in the showers to show their disgust went a little far, but I get it. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...

31/8/2025, 7:20:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

You know, plenty in the Guard don't agree. They were pretty miffed at being used in LA. "Fake mission" they called it. Maybe that's why they were out in 2 months. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

31/8/2025, 7:18:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm pretty certain that Trump is more popular than RFKJr. So I don't think that ship is ready to sail. I do think that more public airing of Kennedy's work might divide the GOP. Looks like its beginning. www.notus.org/health-scien...

31/8/2025, 7:12:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Judge Sooknanan: As I said at the start of this hearing, I got a call at 2:36 am [last night] because the government chose the wee hours of the morning on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend to execute a plan to move these children. That's why we're here.

31/8/2025, 6:10:25 PM | 3474 904 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

It is not about convincing every Republican. It is about dividing their party. They can't afford it.

31/8/2025, 7:05:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm not so sure. If Dems are smart and tie RFKJr to the GOP like a stone, they might end him. Republicans have kids with cancer, lots of them get vaccines, and they might not like this. This might not be the hill the GOP wants to die on. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 7:04:27 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, okay, but maybe we should want him to rein in RFKJr. now. Right now. Dems should tie RFKJr like a rock to the GOP, and when and if he becomes a liability, the GOP will end him.

31/8/2025, 6:57:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

How much of the vaccine has actually been produced?

31/8/2025, 6:50:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE AUGUST 29, 2025 Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.
31/8/2025, 5:04:38 PM | 27018 8316 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

The point isn't to convince them all. It is to divide them. Plenty of Republican voters have kids with cancer. Got Covid vaccines. And won't like this. Make the GOP defend all of it. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 5:48:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

This is what should concern us. Republican state legislatures. If you are in one of these, might be a good time to get a copy of your birth certificate or an updated passport. Before delays. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

31/8/2025, 5:45:36 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

RADDATZ: You talk about what can be done. After shootings in Buffalo & Uvalde, Congress passed a bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions for schools to expand mental health services. You didn't vote for it. Why? TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it

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Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

GORKA: Instead of blaming an inanimate object, which is the weapon, how about addressing the human being instead? KEILAR: DHS cut funding in July to the Minnesota Dept of Safety and the Hennepin Country Sheriff's Office in July that is the kind of funding used to assess mass violence threats

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Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

The worry is that he wants to take the rest of us down. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 5:36:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks like Buddy hasn't spoken to his fellow Republican, Senator Cassidy. www.notus.org/health-scien...

31/8/2025, 5:35:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Why do we always assume that fundamentalists, and not the faculty at Harvard and Yale Divinity schools, are the only voices besides those of atheists. I am pretty sure they read the Bible too.

31/8/2025, 5:33:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

2) Do you support this? Do you think that perhaps RFK should appear before the Senate and answer questions about his views? bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 5:29:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Questions Lankford should have been asked. 1) Do you agree with the Chair of the Senate Health Committee? www.notus.org/health-scien...

31/8/2025, 5:28:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

And this. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 5:24:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Ask Langford about this. www.notus.org/health-scien...

31/8/2025, 5:23:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

And divide Republican voters. They have kids with cancer too, and many of them got the Covid vaccine. And they won't like this. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 5:19:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly. If Dems were smart, they'd tie RFKJr. to the GOP like a heavy stone. Make them defend him. Yes, even Cassidy seems to know that RFK is going to become a liability. www.notus.org/health-scien...

31/8/2025, 5:18:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Tie RFKJr to the GOP like a heavy stone. There are signs that some smarter members know that's a losing strategy. www.notus.org/health-scien...

31/8/2025, 5:16:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

As if. As if the destruction can be contained to GOP voters. The best plan for Dems is to tie RFK like a rock to the GOP. Make them defend him. Divide them. Some of them have kids with cancer, got Covid vaccines, and won't like this. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 5:11:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes. Dems should work at tying RFKJr. to the GOP like a heavy stone. Make them defend him. Republican voters have kids with cancer, they got Covid vaccines, and they won't like this. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 5:08:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

No, but she is right to be concerned about her state, and any other state with a Republican controlled legislature. Trump is just adding noise to their efforts. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

31/8/2025, 5:04:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Most people, even Republicans, won't like this. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 4:58:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

There are already signs Cassidy is feeling the heat. This is how you divide Republican voters too. They have kids with cancer, they got Covid vaccines, and. www.notus.org/health-scien...

31/8/2025, 4:57:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, now make them defend him. Tie RFK to the GOP like a stone. Make them defend this. Jeffries should start impeachment proceedings and Sen. Cassidy's phone should be ringing off the hook. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 4:54:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

The DB did not report that the photo was from 2019. They reported he was seen at his VA golf club. Here it is. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

31/8/2025, 4:51:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

If what you mean is that this has the best chance of getting attention &sustained outrage, I agree. Make the GOP defend RFK. The CDC is usually a backwater project easily ignored. But even Republicans got Covid vaccines, have kids with cancer, &won't like this. Divide them. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 4:46:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

The measure of success isn't whether they are successful in impeaching RFK. The measure of success is whether Dems can tie him like a rock to the Republican Party, and be sure Americans know what this means. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 4:32:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Pretty sure we know. Now, read a strategy book. Building momentum to impeach RFK, Jr., who isn't likely as popular as Trump is a good idea. Even if impeachment doesn't happen, focus attention on stuff like this. Let the GOP defend it. Before 2026. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 4:29:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

You realize we are talking about RFK Jr, right? Do you think he's as popular as Trump? Do you think the GOP can defend this? bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 4:25:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

They have not already introduced articles of impeachment for Kennedy. For Trump, yes, and it went nowhere. He's still too popular. But let the GOP defend RFK in light of this. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 4:24:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

If this doesn't spur the American people to demand RFKs removal, I don't know what will. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 4:22:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted

Oh come onnnnnnn

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Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Truly chilling. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 4:21:12 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

You know what's different? RFK's policies aren't just going to threaten the poor. They will threaten everyone. Stuff like this. bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

31/8/2025, 4:19:39 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Okay, I'll answer. I'd like Jeffries to start the ball rolling to impeach Kennedy Monday morning. Make Republicans defend RFK.

31/8/2025, 4:10:32 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe we should quit relying on no-name accounts and memes for actual information. The press pool, including legit journalists, reported on his whereabouts.

31/8/2025, 4:07:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes.

31/8/2025, 4:05:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, this year. He is talking about the future. And btw, in a number of states you won't be able to get it if you're under 65 without a prescription from your doctor THIS year. www.cbsnews.com/news/cvs-wal...

31/8/2025, 4:04:51 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted

“.. Yes, it will be on the shelf,” he said, “but you’re not going to be able to find it at a pharmacy, that’s already happened. CVS, Walgreens, because of this confusion, they’re not going to stock it ..” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

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Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

To be fair, since Trump wants to stop taxing the rich, if he doesn't have revenue coming in from someplace, the national debt, already slated to rise, will be even more catastrophic.

31/8/2025, 4:00:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

This was the moment for people watching - when the only response was "OMG, did she actually just say that?" In fact she did, and when O'Keefe responded incredulously, she doubled down. Yes, the Nat'l Guard's presence in LA for 2 months "saved" the city. 🙄

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Profile picture James E. Clyburn (@repjamesclyburn.bsky.social) reposted

Trump says he wants to make Washington, DC "beautiful again." 200 National Park Service workers used to be assigned to maintain the city's parks. Trump fired all of them but 20. Now the National Guard members Trump ordered to DC are cleaning the parks. So efficient!

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Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

🙄 And this is why we need the military to pick up trash. bsky.app/profile/repj...

31/8/2025, 3:31:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

But meanwhile, Republican state legislatures are pushing for tighter voter ID laws. If you were planning to get a copy of your birth certificate or a passport, you might want to do it now and avoid the rush and delays. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

31/8/2025, 3:02:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope someone captures him before winter!

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Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture David Enrich (@davidenrich.bsky.social) reposted

After losing an appeal against CNN, Alan Dershowitz plans to ask the Supreme Court to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, the 1964 case that protects journalists and others from weaponized lawsuits. edition.cnn.com/2025/08/29/b...

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Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

State Republican legislators are also working on voter ID. So if you are thinking about getting a passport or copy of your birth certificate, might be good to do that now, before there is a rush and a backlog. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Profile picture Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) reposted

Trump said tonight he is going to issue an executive order purporting to require enforcement of voter ID rules: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... The president has no such authority to order how elections are conducted.

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Profile picture Dayna Delmonico (@ddelmoni.bsky.social) reposted

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social if Trump doesn't fire Kennedy, start impeachment proceedings Tuesday morning. Republicans can't stop you. Force them to vote! @normornstein.bsky.social

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Profile picture Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted

Trump did this

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Profile picture Max Boot (@maxboot.bsky.social) reposted

This is a fantasy about as realistic as building colonies on the moon. But the grim underlying reality is ethnic cleansing. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Profile picture Patrick Dunleavy (@patrickdunleavy.bsky.social) reposted

Peter Jukes “This is the enduring lesson of Weimar: extremism never triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable it—because of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions”. www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...

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Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Don't sleep on Gen X. 60% of Trump voters were 50 and older in 2024, down from 65% in 2016. Voters under 50 made up 40% of Trump’s coalition in 2024, up from 35% in 2016. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

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Profile picture paulaptb (@paulaptb.bsky.social) reply parent

Fine. Just don't think that will happen in time to save vaccines for this year or next.

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Profile picture Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted

If this oleaginous haircut thinks local crime rates merit a federal military intervention, then he should be leading the armored column down to his home state of Louisiana, which is one of the worst in the nation.

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