Fred

Fred

@fredp82.bsky.social

Teufelshund, former Hill staffer, and never Trumper. Gangster states and the Middle East are my bag, baby.

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Consistent voting is what gives far right citizens their power. They make themselves heard in primaries and then always support Republicans in the general, even if they don't want to. Non-voting most harms the person who stays home. The only "message" it sends is that you're naive.

Michael R. Burhans 💙📚 🌶️@vandeervecken.bsky.social

What gives the NRA its power is its members, self-selected all, vote. Consistancy, habitually, on this issue religously, they vote.

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In actual Ukraine? Just some of kids of the elites giving the ultimate sacrifice!

Dmitry Grozoubinski@explaintrade.com

Hey everyone, gather around! Elon Musk, the trillionaire defense contractor currently spending >$400m on political campaigns to prop up the party of a deeply unpopular president who launched the Iran War has some thoughts about Ukraine, elites, and money in politics.

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George Galloway and Tucker Carlson blame George Soros and the "liberal brigade" for pushing the "Great Replacement" theory, and they say it's anti-white because Soros isn't pushing Great Replacement in China.

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WHAT A PIECE OF SHIT.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Unearthed footage of Vivek Ramaswamy mocking Amy Acton for being a survivor of childhood abuse: "She has no vision other than to complain about what someone else did to her"

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- 4400 Russian tanks destroyed or captured. -10000 armored vehicles -400 aircraft incl 24 strategic bombers -40 Russian Navy craft incl 2 nuke-capable submarines. -the dissolution of Wagner Group Plus a clear field in Russian proxy states leading to Assad's fall, Maduro's capture & Khamenei's death

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com

⚡️ "We've given a lot to Ukraine—they've given nothing to us," US President Donald Trump said.

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The Republicans siding with the Kremlin is a Trump signature, something no GOPer would have believed possible even 15 years ago. Populism is poison.

blondbomber.bsky.social@blondbomber.bsky.social

Both parties have made legislative mistakes they have harmed the country…no question…but, only one party has sided with this country’s number one geopolitical enemy…or more accurately coward in fear and capitulated to their leader who is a bona fide Russian asset.

It's time to back Ukraine and stick it to Putin. Call your Senators and tell them to cosponsor S.2918, the REPO Implementation Act of 2025, and get it to the floor for a vote. Do it now! 202-224-3121

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2002? Maybe 1902 :) But yes, as conservative, I want schools controlled by the towns and cities they’re in, not by some centralized, federal entity far away. Every time you think about centralizing power, just remember what Donald Trump would do with that.

Formerly Saysceej@ceejopolis.bsky.social

2002 called Tom. It wants its talking points back.

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On the one hand Barack Obama got healthcare for some 30 million people, & there are millions who are alive today because of it. On the other hand Luigi got healthcare for 0 people & there are -1 people alive today because of his actions.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq.@clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social

Fact check: true, we are not ready for this take

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James Talarico is hosting a statewide grocery drive for middle class Texans during Republicans’ midterm convention. Tickets to the convention cost $20,000. Talarico collected over 20,000 pounds of groceries.

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It is obvs wrong, esp when most of the fighting was inter sectarian and there wasn’t a lick or evidence of genocidal intent in us actions

Mikhail Gorbaechev@mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social

I think characterizing the war in Iraq as a genocidal war, given the scale of carnage, is not obviously wrong.

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Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics, chuds talk testosterone.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

Is it good when the secretary of defense is so fixated on making sure everyone is white and has tv ready abs that he forgets about munitions bsky.app/profile/carl...

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This is the problem with populism: you cannot build a republic on a foundation of conspiracies. Corruption and special interests are real challenges, but reducing politics to “us” against “them” infantilizes the electorate and sows the seeds of authoritarian rule.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov

There is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.

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If the soul of the party includes election deniers, Putin apologists, Assad apologists and anti semites then it has no soul at all.

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Troll Claim: Hakeem Jeffries did bare minimum (or nothing) other than "strongly worded letters" Anyone who has been tuning in knows that is disinformation and troll fuckery that inures to the benefit of Republicans and other detractors (like DSA) Rebuttal:

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Replying to @stemthebleeding.bsky.social

It's really simple: Clinton wins, Trump goes to prison in NY. Harris wins, Trump goes to prison in NY pending his federal trials. But because Trump won, the judges were forced to dismiss his charges and he now has immunity for life. He will NEVER go to jail. And he has the left to thank.

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Trump is a poor persons idea or what a rich person is And Platner is a DC highly educated bloggers idea of what a working class white person is

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

Two major polls this week found Graham Platner trailing Susan Collins by significant margins among working class voters. So I asked a top Platner adviser, Rebecca Katz, to respond to this and discuss the way forward. The conversation got pretty interesting: newrepublic.com/article/2126...

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Track AIPAC is an evil propaganda outlet that is stirring up paranoia and anti-semitism. In reality, Ossoff has taken no money from AIPAC.

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If the message from some of you here is "it's okay to be Stalinists because our opponents are Nazis," be ready for the possibility that - given that choice - people will choose Nazis.

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This

Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social

Dispatch: "Hegseth is literally firing the men who represent what he wishes to portray himself as, who have the experiences (in far greater measure) he likes to exaggerate from his own biography, and who bring the vision, skills, and excellence he claims are a priority."

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Exactly. Local members of Congress never become the face of their party. That's why no one knows who AOC is

schwanderer.bsky.social@schwanderer.bsky.social

Why not just focus on the fact that x number of people in NYC chose her & the policy positions she presented over the other Dems in the race. It has no relevance outside her district.

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I say this with no ill will or animosity: if you hate the Democratic Party, then please don’t run for our nomination. Don’t use our resources. Don’t rely on our volunteers. Don’t use our infrastructure. Don’t ask Democrats to invest their time, money, and energy in your campaign.

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Replying to @phillewis.bsky.social

And people voted for this and would again. Hatred. Ppl need to vote and then do it with political maturity so ppl like him aren't given power. If ppl don't take this seriously and not vote? This will happen again. And doesn't have to.