Verbatim411

Verbatim411

@verbatim411.bsky.social

Aesthete. Mother, Grandmother and great grandmother. College Ed. with an advanced degree. Semi-retired. Avid reader, of history, mysteries and contemporary novels. A lover of old school music although there are some current artists I enjoy listening too.

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📌BREAKING NEWS FOR THE IDIOTS IN MSM: The Trump agenda has not been a failure. He has troops & masked gunmen in our streets, has surrendered to Putin, wrecked our govt., spent lavishly on himself & made his family hundreds of millions of dollars. That was ALWAYS his agenda. Try reporting THAT.

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RONNY RAYGUN WAS A GLOBAL CRACK DEALER STOP GENOCIDE VOTE OR DIE

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Reagan divided the country, used racial stereotypes & fear of big bad Black man, Black welfare green (more whites on welfare than Blacks) the man they hold up as a great president worked solely for wealthy and despised the poor.

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Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖

Republicans should be deemed a terrorist and traitors.

Jon Cryer@mrjoncryer.bsky.social

“Hmmm… Let’s see… how could I possibly say something more revolting than urging Iran to bomb American cities… ? Oh wait, I’ve got it…“

What happened to the Antitrust Act?

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger was officially approved this past week. Corporate concentration means more power for CEOs — and less freedom for everyone else. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.

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At a time in history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and decency, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction — fawning over the most dangerous authoritarian America has ever witnessed. Do not forget this.

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Katie Phang on Blanche: What are you trying to hide? Who are you protecting? This is the permissive culture that is created, that is then buttressed by conduct by people like the AG to protect perpetrators, co-conspirators, enablers of crimes. Crimes against children, crimes against women.

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Federal immigration goons use their vehicles to confront a crowd of demonstrators protesting ICE in Tacoma, in what eyewitnesses say was an attempt by the suspected Feds to intimidate them. You can see the crowd stand their ground, and the goons drive off.

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Ruffalo: Keep the bastards away from our most vulnerable people, our beloved, beloved immigrants. Because if you ain’t Native American, you’re an immigrant, a beautiful immigrant.

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De Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of shit, Donald Trump, tries to take our voice and power away, what do we tell him? Keep your fucking hands off our vote.

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Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews performed Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater cover) at the Power to the People concert in Columbia, Maryland (October 3, 2026).

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😂 Democracy, russian style. Communists in Moscow held an officially approved rally. Then they started chanting “Down with the Tsar!” And suddenly the “approved rally” wasn’t so approved anymore - police beat them and dispersed the crowd.

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AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here.

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Monica Ryadi-a legal immigrant who’s been living in the US for 21 year-and her husband were taking their 3 year old son to Disney But when they arrived in LA, ICE arrested her instead Despite her legal status, they detained her for 15 days If Democrats win the midterms, they can stop ICE 30 days

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We’ve seen that American capitalism is one of the harshest forms of capitalism on the planet. How did it get so bad?

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When Trump says it’s the greatest economy ever, he means for himself and his family — and the tech kleptocrats that want to dismantle our democracy to seize power for themselves

Was it really suicide????

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

“Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies… ex British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide…Simon Andriesz was previously a managing director at Wall St firm where Lutnick was CEO…” www.thebanker.com/content/0228...

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Memorable Presidential Quotes In History From FDR: "The only thing we have to fear... is fear itself." From JFK: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." From our Vulgarian-In-Chief:

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4 men in plain clothes kidnap a woman—they claim to be ICE. Woman's name is Angel Zhao. She lives in Huntington Beach, California—originally Shanghai, China.

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Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot by ICE 10 days ago. The bullet is still lodged in his back. He’s been forced to sleep on the floor and hasn’t been given medication, according to his attorney. Now DHS is claiming he assaulted an agent. Can we trust anything DHS says given its track record?