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Herb T (@herbtyson.bsky.social) 🔥 retweeted
A rightwing, pro-Israel, anti-Muslim troll who has zero qualifications to be running national TV network is in fact running a national TV network and trying to get it to behave like a rightwing, pro-Israel, anti-Muslim troll.
Bari Weiss pushed CBS to link Abdul El-Sayed to the September 11 attacks and place James Talarico at a mental health center in Ohio when he was sick with the flu Link in following post
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Herb T (@herbtyson.bsky.social) 🔥 retweeted
Look what Jared Kushner did.
All of this is happening just so Edi Rama can stay Prime Minister of a corrupt regime. It is him against the people. #Albania
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“The Broligarchs are all in for MAGA, spending ungodly sums of money this cycle to dominate American politics and attempt to ensure that elected officials’ agenda is their own.” open.substack.com/pub/ctrlal…
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The WSJ editorial board states outright: “…there needs to be a bipartisan reckoning for Mr. Trump’s budding alliance with the Kremlin against Ukraine, Europe and American interests.” wsj.com/opinion/to-russia-wi…
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Herb T (@herbtyson.bsky.social) 🔥 retweeted
Can confirm. I’ve been out reporting in very red parts of Ohio and GOP-heavy events where I’ve heard a lot of variations of “all politicians are corrupt”
CNN: GOP operatives conducting a focus group in a traditionally red Midwestern state this month were taken aback by what they heard from their own party’s voters. Asked what they blamed for rising gas prices, those voters pointed to “corrupt politicians” and “billionaires” — a response that surprised some longtime strategists who’ve never seen government corruption emerge as a top issue for so many Republican voters in congressional races. cnn.com/2026/10/18/politics/…
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NEW: A Black MAGA influencer who spent years promoting Trump and Republicans says she was KICKED OUT of a Ken Paxton rally at the request of his campaign manager. The visibly upset creator, who has over 200,000 TikTok followers, says she drove two hours to attend and has no idea why she was removed. meidasnews.com/news/ken-paxt…
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Herb T (@herbtyson.bsky.social) 🔥 retweeted
To be fair, I think everyone could see this was the big reason why Trump wanted the Kennedy Center so badly. To sell access. The one honest thing about the Grenell text is how crooked it is. And like all crappy corrupt deals it made everything worse and the Kennedy Center isn’t even open now.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Top Trump adviser Ric Grenell allegedly outlined a stunning pay-for-influence offer to a Turkish billionaire last year that included access to Trump, according to a text message reviewed by Axios that the WH counsel is investigating. axios.com/2026/10/19/kennedy…
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Herb T (@herbtyson.bsky.social) 🔥 retweeted
Replying to @axios
This is very entertaining. Grenell is a corrupted MAGA creep and Habba is a corrupted MAGA creep. Trump is the most corrupt MAGA creep. So the most corrupt MAGA creep says he wants to get to the bottom of all this corruption. His corrupted lawyer in the White House is investigating to see which corrupt creep, the accuser and her 25/29 year-old husband or the accused is doing the corruption.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Top Trump adviser Ric Grenell allegedly outlined a stunning pay-for-influence offer to a Turkish billionaire last year that included access to Trump, according to a text message reviewed by Axios that the WH counsel is investigating. axios.com/2026/10/19/kennedy…
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CNN: GOP operatives conducting a focus group in a traditionally red Midwestern state this month were taken aback by what they heard from their own party’s voters. Asked what they blamed for rising gas prices, those voters pointed to “corrupt politicians” and “billionaires” — a response that surprised some longtime strategists who’ve never seen government corruption emerge as a top issue for so many Republican voters in congressional races. cnn.com/2026/10/18/politics/…
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Herb T (@herbtyson.bsky.social) 🔥 retweeted
Say @HawleyMO? Do YOU, like your recent staffer Tommy Teepell, disavow the Constitution's Freedom of Religion? If so, will you resign from the Senate for lying in your oath of office? thehandbasket.co/p/tommy-tee…
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Trump threatens universal healthcare as if it’s a bad thing.
🚨🇺🇸 Trump: "You'll all be forced into a communist system. You'll be forced into a system where everyone gets healthcare."
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مصورة الواشنطن بوست التي تعرض لهجوم من الوحوش الصهاينة في الضفة الغربية المحتلة. "رسالة واحدة إلى أهاليهم: لا أعرف كيف يمكن لأب أو أم أن يربّيا مثل هؤلاء الوحوش. حقًا، وبكل صراحة. لقد شهدت بنفسي سلوكهم وهم يعتدون على العائلات، وقد نشرنا مؤخرًا تقريرًا عن ذلك. وأشعر بخجل شديد، وبصفتي أمًا، لا أستطيع أن أفهم كيف يمكن لأهل أن يربّوا أفرادًا بهذه الوحشية. إنهم ليسوا بشرًا حتى. ونعم، إنهم إرهابيون يهود، وهم يسيئون إلى سمعة الجميع في هذا البلد بصورة مروّعة. وللأسف، أصبح الجميع يرون حقيقتهم على ما هي عليه. وهل تعرفون ما الأمر المحزن؟ أنا متأكدة من أن أحدًا منهم لن يُلاحَق قضائيًا، للأسف."
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Herb T (@herbtyson.bsky.social) 🔥 retweeted
Interesting take from a MAGA pollster on the midterms:
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Herb T (@herbtyson.bsky.social) 🔥 retweeted
“Let me die,” American photojournalist Heidi Levine repeats to journalists Jasper Nathaniel as they try to outrun masked Israeli settlers who attacked her on Friday while she covered the olive harvest in the West Bank village of Abu Falah, near Ramallah. Around 80 settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters in the village, AP reported. The Palestinian Red Crescent said it treated six people injured in two attacks in Abu Falah. Levine, a freelancer for the Washington Post, told the Committee to Protect Journalists that the settlers knocked her down and kicked her for at least 10 minutes, even after she identified herself as an American journalist. They stole her camera, phone and bag. She was eventually taken to a hospital in Ramallah. "The IDF provided cover, with tear gas and machine guns, while the settlers beat" Levine "nearly to death," Nathaniel wrote, adding that soldiers then shot a Palestinian bystander and aimed their guns at and shoved paramedics trying to treat him. AP photos and circulating videos show Israeli soldiers standing over a wounded Palestinian man after they shot him. Andrey X, an activist also at the scene, said a Palestinian man "saved our lives from the settler-terrorists who attacked the olive harvesters and journalists” armed only with a slingshot.
To be clear, the only reason I was able to reach Heidi was because young Palestinians provided cover with rocks against machine-gun- and tear-gas-wielding settlers and soldiers. It’s those kids, not the settler terrorists, who the IDF was hunting after the attack.
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Herb T (@herbtyson.bsky.social) 🔥 retweeted
I doubt that this is widely known by American voters.
Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski: "Since January of last year, the U.S. has not contributed a single cent to the defense of Ukraine. We are doing it, Europe."
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Herb T (@herbtyson.bsky.social) 🔥 retweeted
Trump says under his leadership republicans have created the highest ever poverty numbers Before someone says that’s not what he really meant, he goes on to explain it “poverty is higher than it’s ever been before, by a lot, by a record amount” What the hell is wrong with him?
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Herb T (@herbtyson.bsky.social) 🔥 retweeted
Bono on USAID: “General clues on evil, the abuse of children. I don’t know how many fatalities will eventually be attributed to the DOGE cuts. The Lancet, they suggest up to 2030, maybe 5M children under 5. Let’s say it’s only 20%, anyone of faith, anyone of conscience would allow the hemorrhaging of human life that is going to happen as a result of these DOGE cuts? It is unconscionable”
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Herb T (@herbtyson.bsky.social) 🔥 retweeted
This is a truly horrific response to a grieving widower, wow. May it haunt Vance for his career.
Vance is confronted by the emotional husband of a soldier killed in Iran War and acts like he had no idea anyone ever died: Q: It's a hard price to pay. There's a failure in the leadership. How will the leadership be held accountable? Vance: If there were failures... This is the first time I've heard of this.
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