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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social

Washington DC this evening. (📸 Nana-Séntuo Bonso, Fox 5 DC)

A number of National Guard humvees with soldiers standing next to them are seen with the Washington Monument in the background. The sun is still shining towards the camera.
aug 12, 2025, 10:47 pm • 147 49

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Shillbilly Elegy @ijustbluemyself.bsky.social

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aug 12, 2025, 11:05 pm • 5 0 • view
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RepugnantCon @repugnantcon.bsky.social

Flagrant abuse of our military volunteers

aug 12, 2025, 10:59 pm • 1 1 • view
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Caliphate Pontificus @cspansnark.bsky.social

Nice visualization of the exact opposite of an "emergency".

aug 12, 2025, 11:43 pm • 4 0 • view
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Ptbietz @ptbietz.bsky.social

Looks like they’re busy

aug 12, 2025, 10:49 pm • 3 0 • view
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social

So far, the National Guard in DC seem to be mostly taking photos with tourists. What a colossal waste of human resources and money.

A soldier poses for a photo for a Spanish tourist in front of his humvee
aug 13, 2025, 12:19 am • 131 29 • view
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Lorenzo @milemarker0.bsky.social

So many of “Trump’s Force” just parked together, standing around, and posing for pictures with tourists. Why aren’t they individually patrolling the “high crime” areas in DC? #TheTrumpShow

aug 13, 2025, 4:11 pm • 1 1 • view
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🌸Ms. M6794🌸 @msm6794.bsky.social

This is not a photo opportunity.

aug 13, 2025, 1:10 am • 1 0 • view
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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social

Well to be fair, the entire thing is a PR stunt. So if they're out there meeting & greeting, it kinda falls under that umbrella. It's not like they have much else to do sitting there on the mall.

aug 13, 2025, 12:21 am • 3 0 • view
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kindlesnclowders.bsky.social @kindlesnclowders.bsky.social

Who the flying fuck takes tourist pictures with a brownshirt?

aug 13, 2025, 1:47 am • 6 0 • view
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Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social

Goddamn Nazis.

aug 13, 2025, 2:18 am • 5 0 • view
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beanznchaz.bsky.social @beanznchaz.bsky.social

If they are busy being photographed for posterity — hint hint — at least they’re not out kidnapping brown people? Gum up the works AND document the collaborators…?

aug 13, 2025, 8:25 am • 0 0 • view
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Janet Carter @janetdcarter.bsky.social

These troops live in DC!

aug 13, 2025, 12:21 am • 1 0 • view
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common-scents.bsky.social @common-scents.bsky.social

Yes, and now we are paying them active duty pay to stand and take pictures.

aug 13, 2025, 12:30 am • 1 0 • view
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Karen says... @karengautney.bsky.social

General George Washington is shaking his head in disgust.

aug 12, 2025, 10:48 pm • 7 0 • view
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janehartman.bsky.social @janehartman.bsky.social

Is he though? Washington was no saint.

aug 13, 2025, 7:06 pm • 0 0 • view
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Some Guy 2024 @someguy2024.bsky.social

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déjà vu @ka7ma.bsky.social

The Division 2

aug 13, 2025, 3:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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janehartman.bsky.social @janehartman.bsky.social

Just another day in fascism…

aug 13, 2025, 7:05 pm • 0 0 • view
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Granted @edgrantworks.bsky.social

Doing the hard work of being tits on a bull.

aug 12, 2025, 11:03 pm • 2 0 • view
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Katinka Goncalves @katinkag.bsky.social

I have traveled to countries where armed soldiers are in public spaces…it generally left me feeling a kind of dread

aug 12, 2025, 10:49 pm • 16 0 • view
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jd-persevere.bsky.social @jd-persevere.bsky.social

Wouldn’t it be nice if the federal troops and national guard simply visited and enjoyed the company and hospitality of the local folks that they encounter? Nothing to see here. Y’all come and visit again real soon. Ya hear? Say hey to Aunt Jenny and Uncle Sam. Them is good people. Real nice. Ha!

aug 12, 2025, 11:58 pm • 0 0 • view
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Adam Hebert @adamehbear.bsky.social

Working hard or hardly working? Wait, I know that answer.

aug 12, 2025, 11:49 pm • 1 0 • view
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Conscientious Ice🧊 @conscientiousice.bsky.social

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aug 12, 2025, 10:56 pm • 8 0 • view
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cpadick.bsky.social @cpadick.bsky.social

So that the supreme ego can feel powerful just like his hero in Moscow.

aug 12, 2025, 11:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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Steiger @steigersteiger.bsky.social

All show

aug 13, 2025, 12:18 am • 0 0 • view
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Mark Chard @i8haggis.bsky.social

Stupid fuckers

aug 13, 2025, 6:42 am • 0 0 • view
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rebeccamgrant.bsky.social @rebeccamgrant.bsky.social

Imagine being so gullible you've been convinced to hunt 14 year olds down to be tried as adults....

aug 13, 2025, 11:27 am • 0 0 • view
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We R A Nation At Risk - #RemoveRFK Jr ❌👑🧡 @kdjs-1.bsky.social

Trump regime => waste - fraud - abuse of office/power

aug 12, 2025, 11:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kristin @klberts.bsky.social

Our tax dollars at work, folks.

aug 13, 2025, 6:23 am • 1 0 • view
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Ben There 2 @benthere-2.bsky.social

And the Washington Monument gives them the 🖕🏽

aug 12, 2025, 10:50 pm • 10 0 • view
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cindys636363.bsky.social @cindys636363.bsky.social

When is the National Guard going to start upholding their oath to the Constitution and refuse to comply. This is disgusting.

aug 12, 2025, 11:45 pm • 2 0 • view
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april-red-rabbit.bsky.social @april-red-rabbit.bsky.social

I think spreading our troops thin across the country makes the US more vulnerable honestly.

aug 12, 2025, 11:49 pm • 1 0 • view
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123simco.bsky.social @123simco.bsky.social

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aug 12, 2025, 11:22 pm • 1 1 • view
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LouFromBoston @loufromboston.bsky.social

Who on this earth would want to visit Washington DC now? This is insane!

aug 12, 2025, 10:50 pm • 3 0 • view
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Sonny Day @clickbaitwizard.bsky.social

Europeans are waiting until Trump has gone before making the trip again.

aug 13, 2025, 1:14 am • 1 0 • view
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LouFromBoston @loufromboston.bsky.social

I totally understand. Maybe visit again in 2029 (if we get lucky).

aug 13, 2025, 1:19 am • 0 0 • view
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Sonny Day @clickbaitwizard.bsky.social

Not a chance. We now know that the USA has a higher proportion of right wingers than any other democracy except Hungary. We now know the true calibre of the average American.

aug 13, 2025, 4:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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LouFromBoston @loufromboston.bsky.social

Not all of America. Depends where you go. Northeast is fine, California is fine, Chicago, Colorado and parts of north central are fine.

aug 13, 2025, 6:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sonny Day @clickbaitwizard.bsky.social

Colorado. Isn't that the trigger-happyBoebert's fiefdom?

aug 13, 2025, 8:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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LouFromBoston @loufromboston.bsky.social

Colorado voted for Harris in 2024

aug 13, 2025, 10:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sonny Day @clickbaitwizard.bsky.social

Yet Boebert is calling the shots.

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Sonny Day @clickbaitwizard.bsky.social

It's time for a "two state" solution.

aug 13, 2025, 7:40 pm • 0 0 • view
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LouFromBoston @loufromboston.bsky.social

It’s not going to happen.

aug 13, 2025, 7:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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chrisnesselrode.bsky.social @chrisnesselrode.bsky.social

The National Mall is not a dangerous place.

aug 12, 2025, 11:54 pm • 1 0 • view