Billy Budd
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Billy Budd
@muddlish
Using a tax mechanism to re-distribute wealth is slavery by any other name AND it steals the joy of helping your fellow human. 😊
‘Murica شامل ہوئے Ekim 2024
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A 27 year old man in end stage kidney failure was told if he wanted his dialysis he has to sign self deportation papers.
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
Rogue POTUS Staff@RoguePOTUSStaff
That's it. It's time to disband ICE. The culture is too trashed to salvage in any form. ICE withheld dialysis treatment from a man as a coercion tactic, to force him to sign away his rights. He was told if he didn't sign, they would let him die. wfdd.org/2025-12-03/fam…
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All this trouble and heartache from these ICE raids, and only 6% of the people they’re arresting turn out to have a criminal past. This is outrageous. Most immigrants want to work hard and be part of our communities. Let’s create a fair path to citizenship. ICE should focus on real criminals, and they are completely failing to do that.
Read the full article here: nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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@Microinteracti1 Yup. Removed in days in 2 world wars means they are not to be taken seriously.
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🇫🇷 France - The Sleeping Giant of Europe Just Happens to Be Armed to the Teeth.
France is the quiet heavyweight of global power, and honestly, it is baffling how often people overlook it. The United States and China love to act as if they’re the only titans in the room, but if they underestimate France, that is their mistake to pay for, not France’s. Macron may project diplomacy over bravado, but do not confuse calm leadership with a lack of force. Behind the polite exterior stands a nation with teeth. Sharp ones.
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@MarvinTBaumann I guess Europe won’t defend itself. It also won’t pay for the US to do so. We can start calling it Eurasia
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Official US policy is now the destruction of the EU.
That puts America on the same side as Russia who are pursuing the same objective.
We need to be very explicit in telling the Americans to fuck off and stop meddling, and don't complain if we start countering them everywhere.
Andriy Haydash@andriyhaydash
This part sounds like they'll promote "European patriots" like Orban, who will effectively fight against EU institutions. And once the EU institutions are dead, it'll be easier to dictate terms to individual countries.
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This photo is very sad because the Lakota people never wanted their mountain defaced like that—especially not with reminders of 4 presidents who were bad for Native Americans, all pushing policies that caused every needless problem facing their tribe spread over generations!
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Let’s pretend public education has to stay in place, we can’t get rid of it.
Now, if you could make one rule or change to improve public education what would it be?
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Make no mistake: Texas and MAGA majorities across the country are seeking to rig next year’s Congressional election to ensure a Republican victory — with Trump and SCOTUS’ explicit approval.
Virginia won’t stand for that. We’ll fight back to make sure the people are heard next year.
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@RepDavids How about a balanced budget and saving every household in America $9k/year in debt service
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I’m focused on lowering costs for hardworking Kansas families — not handing out tax breaks to ultra-wealthy billionaires.
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@SenPeterWelch How have you made it to an age you can sit in the senate?
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From utility bills to home insurance premiums, climate change is costing American households $900 a year.
We need to invest in green energy projects that will save working families more of their hard-earned money and lower our carbon emissions to bring down long-term costs.
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The US having 100.000 troops in Europe is a genuine security threat.
They could backstab us at any moment, gather intelligence to help Russia, and they know all the ins and outs of our continent.
We need to kick the Americans out of Europe to safeguard our security!
NXT EU@NXT4EU
🇩🇪 - Merz said that Zelensky must be "extremely careful in the coming days" And has warned for America & Russia because "They are playing games, both with you and with us" These leaked messages showcases that behind the scenes, Europe now deeply distrusts America.
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@ReichlinMelnick @BadLegalTakes This is pre-invasion. The executive branch determination of an invasion removes the action from judicial review.
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A staggering amount of @BadLegalTakes in response to this post. As the Supreme Court itself has made clear, being undocumented is NOT a crime.
The fact that some portion of the undocumented population committed misdemeanor illegal entry years ago doesn’t change that FACT.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal@RepJayapal
Being undocumented is NOT a crime. And despite the endless stream of xenophobic and racist rhetoric from Trump and Republicans, the vast majority of immigrants — both documented and undocumented — contribute to America in more ways than we could imagine.
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No, he literally questioned whether a Black pilot would be qualified. That’s why people called it racist
alyssa@alyssamariiee11
Charlie Kirk literally said hiring should be based on skill, not skin color and people called that racist? Make it make sense.
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If you think narco terrorists need to be murdered because 70k people die a year of drug overdoses, just wait until you hear about the over 80k deaths attributed to alcohol, and the over 100k attributed to legal pharmaceuticals.
I guess it’s time to murder the CEO’s of alcohol and pharmaceutical companies!
Don’t look at me, I don’t make the rules!
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As we've been reporting for months: The majority of those being arrested by immigration agents do not have criminal records.
Here's a snapshot of ICE arrest data: nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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@GovPressOffice Oh no! Someone erred on the side of caution? Heavens to murgatroyd!
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This is OUTRAGEOUS. Californians and Nevadans woke up today to a jarring reminder of what Trump’s reckless cuts have done to public safety.
At 8:06am, a FALSE federal reading triggered an Earthquake Early Warning alert.
We’re now coordinating with Nevada and the federal government to understand why the federally run system made a false positive and why it failed.
San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle
Such an instance — a false alert for a major quake — has never happened before, according to Angie Lux, a project scientist for earthquake early warning at the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory. sfchronicle.com/california/art…
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@VoteAnnJohnson Translation: I’m an emotionally immature child who didn’t get what I wanted so I’m blaming someone else.
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The Supreme Court just failed this country.
Despite clear evidence of racial gerrymandering, they upheld maps designed to rig the next election and silence communities of color.
I will never stop fighting to restore fair representation in Texas. Our future depends on it.
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@SenAdamSchiff Schiff will go down in history as the most dishonest despicable self-serving Senator ever.
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The Roberts Court will go down in history as having upheld the desires of Donald Trump and the GOP, rather than its commitment to justice, precedent or the rule of law.
Today’s ruling — which substitutes its own fact finding for that of the lower court — is yet another example.
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has permitted Texas to keep its newly redistricted, GOP-favorable congressional map in 2026. Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2633…
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@jonfavs She’s a scofflaw. If it’s ok to be a scofflaw for illegals, it should be fine for citizens too.
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She’s a human being, Tricia, like you and me.
She’s got friends and sisters and parents who brought her here when she was 7 years old.
America is her home. She wasn’t hurting anyone. She wasn’t taking anything from anyone. She was just trying to live her life like the rest of us.
“I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”
Tricia McLaughlin@TriciaOhio
On November 20, CBP arrested Any Lopez-Belloza, an illegal alien from Honduras, as she was attempting to board a flight at Boston Logan International Airport. This illegal alien entered the country in 2014 and an immigration judge ordered her removed from the country in 2015, over 10 years ago. She has illegally stayed in the country since. Lopez-Belloza was removed to Honduras. Illegal aliens should use the CBP Home app to fly home for free and receive $1,000 stipend, while preserving the option to return the legal, right way. It’s an easy choice leave voluntarily and receive $1,000 check or stay and wait till you are fined $1,000 day, arrested, and deported without a possibility to return legally.
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