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@amakatner

Childless ENTP / 2w3, Midwest Xennial cat lady with enough physical media to be confused for a Blockbuster. Liberal Lutheran is not an oxymoron.

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ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing?

ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.

I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.

24.01.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 29551 πŸ” 8574 πŸ’¬ 799 πŸ“Œ 321

Sixteen years ago, the Supreme Court decided that corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

21.01.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 4173 πŸ” 1290 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 57

Trump is an ignorant sociopath who does tremendous harm towards others.

While some think he does malice on purpose, I think the tougher truth is - he doesn't even notice.

His ignorance makes him lack any awareness of consequences.

& it's impossible to predict what it will lead him to do next.

21.01.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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DHS ICE memo 1-21-26

Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

21.01.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 15568 πŸ” 8165 πŸ’¬ 788 πŸ“Œ 487

Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.

At least until tomorrow.

21.01.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 35466 πŸ” 6803 πŸ’¬ 1231 πŸ“Œ 306

Bipartisan negotiators released a DHS funding bill that does not significantly reduce ICE and CBP’s funding nor rein in the agencies’ abuses of power.

Make no mistake: Any Democrat who votes for this bill is complicit in Trump’s campaign of terror.

Grow a spine and vote no.

21.01.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 5108 πŸ” 1762 πŸ’¬ 212 πŸ“Œ 179

No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

21.01.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 30270 πŸ” 8050 πŸ’¬ 838 πŸ“Œ 539

The media should be pointing out that Trump is hypermanic & highly likely to be dementing.
Enough of this acting as if he's rational.

21.01.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 1722 πŸ” 269 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 0

So, this 15 & 16 yr old are 'the worst of the worst' criminal 'rΓ₯pi$ts'?!!?
#FuckICE #FuckGOP #FuckDJT

21.01.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I did get tickets for Bruno (not $2k), but the crazy thing is-- they were only $20 *more* than the Fine Line resales...

Why are we allowing businesses to sell their product to another business who scams us out of more money because they can mass purchase tickets they have no intention to use?!? 4/4

15.01.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of Ticketmaster website queue to purchase tickets, showing there were 6433 people ahead of me in the queue. 
Under the queue line, a note from Ticketmaster that read: "Tickets for this event have been priced in advance by the tour from $78.75 - $2508.75, including service fees. Wait times for today's sale may exceed one hour for some fans."

Screenshot of Ticketmaster website queue to purchase tickets, showing there were 6433 people ahead of me in the queue. Under the queue line, a note from Ticketmaster that read: "Tickets for this event have been priced in advance by the tour from $78.75 - $2508.75, including service fees. Wait times for today's sale may exceed one hour for some fans."

And let's talk about good ole @ticketmaster.com shall we?!? On Wednesday, Bruno Mars tickets went on sale, for which you had to pre-register. I logged on the 30min prior and at noon saw this screen... $2k for a concert ticket?! Unless I get to have dinner with Bruno, that price is obscene. 3/4

15.01.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of AXS ticketing system for First Avenue's Jesse Welles concert ticket purchasing screen: "Price range $143-$406"

Screenshot of AXS ticketing system for First Avenue's Jesse Welles concert ticket purchasing screen: "Price range $143-$406"

Scalpers/bots and '3rd party resellers' has made going to live events a classist event again. I wanted to see a singer at @firstave.bsky.social and the only tickets available were $140+ *resale tickets*. There's NO DAMN WAY that the initial tickets cost $140+... 2/4

15.01.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I realize that the US is literally sliding toward institutionalized government terror against its own citizens, but can I take a second and ask my congress people @amyklobuchar.com what good it is to see all of the fees that Ticketmaster forces us to pay if we can't even buy the tickets? 1/4

15.01.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Because of Trump's β€œBig Beautiful Bill,” the annual ICE budget β€” at $28 billion β€” is now larger than the annual budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons COMBINED.

No. The American people do not want Trump's domestic army.

15.01.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 2318 πŸ” 738 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 51
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Trump/GOP took your money, our tax payer dollars to pay for his ICE thuggery! ICE is terrorizing citizens throughout the nation, maiming & killing law abiding men, women, & children! Trump/GOP took our $ that was previously used to fund our schools, help reduce healthcare costs etc. & put into ICE!

15.01.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 723 πŸ” 366 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4

Watch as ICE refuses to let a doctor render aid to Renee Nicole Good.

08.01.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 5612 πŸ” 2870 πŸ’¬ 312 πŸ“Œ 179

Can we go back to when people were just pissed at the government about being "forced" to get healthcare, instead of being fucking terrified of getting measles, e coli from unregulated lettuce, and not getting *any* healthcare after being shot in the fucking face by masked unidentified gunmen?!

08.01.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

06.01.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 7149 πŸ” 3444 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 134

Reporters who fact-check Trump to his face are not β€œstupid”, they are not β€œpiggies”, and they are not β€œugly”. They are doing their jobs, and doing it under pressure most of us will never experience.

We should be grateful for their service. I appreciate their courage now more than ever.

28.11.2025 01:59 πŸ‘ 4906 πŸ” 1223 πŸ’¬ 153 πŸ“Œ 43
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987 YouTube video by Reagan Library

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying β€œlet’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

24.10.2025 17:14 πŸ‘ 30016 πŸ” 14822 πŸ’¬ 850 πŸ“Œ 686
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Thanks to Dr. Thomas for standing with Iowans facing huge health insurance premium hikes if Congress does nothing. This isn’t politics, it’s about real lives on the line. We need action, not a shutdown or more excuses from our Iowa representatives.

24.10.2025 19:55 πŸ‘ 224 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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I will be very disappointed if this doesn't happen.

25.10.2025 04:36 πŸ‘ 10174 πŸ” 3207 πŸ’¬ 429 πŸ“Œ 256

Remind me again who holds majority power in all three branches of government currently?

Also, you're telling me, if you were in a foreign land and had a heart attack, you want them to *refuse to help you*?

Where's that in the Bible?!

You're a liar and a hypocrite.
Shame on you.
#GodlessGOP

19.10.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New rule. If Congress doesn’t work, they don’t get paid.

Who thinks that sounds good? βœ‹

17.10.2025 14:27 πŸ‘ 7390 πŸ” 1995 πŸ’¬ 421 πŸ“Œ 106

Jason Momoa cooked me #Spam Fried Rice and I laughed at him #InMyDream - and I woke up before tasting it...

I'm sorry, Jason, I would never be that rude in real life... You can cook for me whenever you want to.

#IApologizeForDreamMe

13.10.2025 12:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

08.10.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 20434 πŸ” 6735 πŸ’¬ 851 πŸ“Œ 296
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bingo

07.10.2025 00:36 πŸ‘ 12536 πŸ” 3443 πŸ’¬ 273 πŸ“Œ 96

If I Ran the Mediaβ„’
Fewer stories on:
β€”How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
β€”How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
β€”How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up

More of:
β€”Which points of resistance are actually working
β€”What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
β€”Real-world tariff/immig effects
β€”ETC

06.10.2025 13:17 πŸ‘ 2875 πŸ” 644 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 41

@dailybeanspod.com random question: usually convicted felons can't make money off their story-- so if the WH Felon decided to pardon convicted child sex trafficker Ghislane Maxwell, wouldn't that mean she could write a tell-all book and make a boatload of money off selling it and her entire story?

07.10.2025 01:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't threaten me with a good time.

19.08.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 17160 πŸ” 2749 πŸ’¬ 864 πŸ“Œ 247