rayherrondrums
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Left Coast twitter refugee, thankful for a Bluesky. Have drums, will travel. Rx to relieve symptoms of orange pestilence. Use daily: Sustained Civil Resistance in the form of Massive Nonviolent Noncompliance.
Fox News graphic claims falsely that the average price of gas one year ago was $4.13, lower than it is right now. It was actually $3.14!
I also want to add that every single time ICE has physically hurt me, they have grabbed me by my chest. Most of my femme friends have said the same. I will not be surprised if / when we find out about twisted sexual assaults conducted by ICE agents with these gloves.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d agoWow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively.
How do billionaire team owners not only pay a lower tax rate than some of their superstar players, but also a lower rate than the people who sell concessions at the games? Revisit our 2021 investigation from "The Secret IRS Files":
The Billionaire Playbook: How Sports Owners Use Their Teams to Avoid Millions in Taxes
Owners like Steve Ballmer can take the kinds of deductions on team assets — everything from media deals to player contracts — that industrialists take on factory equipment. That helps them pay lower t...
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Trump is destroying the beautiful, untouched land of the Big Bend region in Texas to build a completely unnecessary border wall. One of the contractors, who has received $2B in federal contracts for the project, just so happens to be a major Trump donor. There’s always a grift.
Todd Blanche stabbed senators in the back hours after being sworn in: experts #RawStory
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Todd Blanche stabbed senators in the back hours after being sworn in: experts
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Violent interactions with the public aren’t surprising, a former ICE official said of the agency under Trump. “That’s sort of by design.”
Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"
"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."
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Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · last wk.Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
When I interviewed California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta today, he reiterated his allegation that Paramount Skydance is trying to “blackmail” the state by threatening to leave California unless its purchase of Warner Bros. is allowed to go forward: www.politico.com/video/2026/0...
Bonta accuses Paramount of 'blackmail' after Ellison's threat to leave California
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Paxton backers got donations from family vying to buy Epstein's 'Lolita Express': report #RawStory
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Paxton backers got donations from family vying to buy Epstein's 'Lolita Express': report
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A right-wing host urged Trump to declare a “national security emergency” to bypass Congress and impose sweeping new election restrictions. Trump’s response was chilling.
Trump Teases Wild Election Power Grab: 'Stranger Things Have Happened'
Trump responded “stranger things have happened” after Wayne Allyn Root suggested using emergency powers to impose new voting restrictions without Congress
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Switzerland mandated in 2023 that all new buildings exceeding 300 square metres of roof area must install solar panels covering a minimum percentage of that surface — the most aggressive building-integrated solar mandate in continental Europe #ActOnClimate #SolarPower #Renewables
Horrifying. Is this supposed to be normal now? Masked thugs roaming the streets, terrorizing neighborhoods, pulling guns on citizens? Because I for one am definitely NOT OK with this.
Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · last wk.Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
Trump’s comments about "jihadists being elected all over the place" highlight "one of the touchstones of his presidency: using Islamophobia to not only curry favor, but divide the country and expose Muslims to violence," said Khaled A. Beydoun, a scholar on Islamophobia & civil liberties. My story:
Trump Just Took His Islamophobia To A Whole New Level — And Experts Say Everyone Should Be Worried
Progressive Muslim politicians seem to be particularly triggering for MAGA politicians.
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Apparently, holding the House majority makes a lot of things easier to overlook. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
‘Back off’: White House told GOP to leave scuzzy Rep. Max Miller alone
President Donald Trump’s political team told Ohio Republicans to stop trying to push embattled GOP Rep. Max Miller out of his House contest, Politico reported on Monday—a grotesque directive intended…
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Hundreds of thousands of federal jobs erased. Private hiring too weak to replace them. Participation rate in free-fall. And they still call it prosperity. The numbers disagree. #TrumpsJobsCrisis
The White House is reportedly pressuring the DOJ to bring NEW charges against former Olympian David Hearn after Jeanine Pirro dropped the Reflecting Pool vandalism case against him, concluding the evidence didn’t hold up.
White House Pushes New Charges Against Olympian After Reflecting Pool Case Fell Apart
The White House is pushing the Justice Department to bring new charges against former Olympian David Hearn after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped the
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Apparently they've learned what you need to say if you want to establish a pretext to execute someone.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last wk.This is absolutely WILD. Here's the dashboard video posted by @fritschner.bsky.social. Fast forward to about 1 minute. An ICE officer jumps out of a van and pulls a gun on this woman immediately before lying and claiming she "almost ran us over." *profanity warning if watching in public.
Uh-oh, it looks like Marsha Blackburn is also in the Trump-Epstein files. America needs Nuremberg-style trials to remove the filth of the GOP.
CALLER: Hi, nice to meet you. I'm just wondering- why did you cheat on you wife? KEN PAXTON: Um. I'm not going to talk about personal issues that relate to my family, just like I don't think you would want to discuss your marriage on a call with thousands. All I can tell you is I'm proud of my kids
ICE is a for-profit scheme that uses immigrants as pawns. Paid for by taxpayers. www.nashvillepost.com/business/fin...
CoreCivic revenue jumps 27 percent as company sells detention centers to DHS
Private prison operator sold four properties for $2.2 billion in second quarter
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Mike Collins continues to run away from questions about his connection to white nationalists
if the Minnesota gubernatorial election ends up being about Trump's crazy election lies, Amy Klobuchar will put up Kim Jong Un numbers
More Than One Third of U.S. Counties Are Maternity Care Deserts #Time
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More Than One Third of U.S. Counties Are Maternity Care Deserts
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Trump menaces in overnight finger-pointing frenzy: 'Liars must be held accountable' #RawStory
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Trump menaces in overnight finger-pointing frenzy: 'Liars must be held accountable'
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A Texas school principal accused of touching cheerleaders' chests found protection from an unlikely source; President Donald Trump, a new report revealed Sunday.
Trump shields accused child-groper and those who hurl racist slurs at kids: Investigation
A Texas school principal accused of touching cheerleaders' chests found protection from an unlikely source; President Donald Trump, a new report revealed Sunday. The unnamed principal, under federal investigation for sexual harassment, was not the only accused person to escape consequences because o...
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