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"Americans Should Be Alarmed": 24 Of The Most Brutal, Brutal, Brutal Political Tweets Of The Week

"It sickens me to hear Spanish spoken on the streets of Los Angeles, San Diego, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Santa Ana, San Jose, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, El Cerrito, La Mirada, San Luis Obispo."

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American politics is chaos right now, but I find it comforting to know I'm not alone in thinking the world has gone bananas. So, here are 24 of the best, most relatable, and sometimes funny political tweets from the last week:

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Three officers restrain a person on the floor in a hallway

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They’re shooting yt people on live television in broad daylight we’re doomed https://t.co/5gDjgA8Wn4

β€” vanellaπŸ₯€ (@scarIetsirens) June 9, 2025
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Tweet by Natalie Wynn expresses discomfort hearing Spanish in various Californian cities

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Tweet by Dr. Allison Wiltz stating, "Slavery was legal. Jim Crow was legal. Never limit your sense of morality to America's legal system."

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This is dictator speak. https://t.co/g67L8dKbXX

β€” The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 10, 2025
Fox News / Twitter: @ProjectLincoln

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Twitter exchange: Eric Swalwell accuses someone of pardoning 1,600 who assaulted police. JD Vance defends administration's stance against lawlessness

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Heroin good. Vaccines bad https://t.co/s0io83YXx3

β€” Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) June 12, 2025
Shawn Ryan Show / Twitter: @EllenBarkin

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Tweet by Ashley Stevens discusses different forms of violence beyond the physical, like poverty, lack of healthcare, and pollution

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Tweet by Evan showing Jacob Shell's text: "There is more diversity of thought on the political Right than on the Left." With comments and interaction metrics

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There was no call. Not even a voicemail.

Americans should be alarmed that a President deploying Marines onto our streets doesn’t even know who he’s talking to. https://t.co/y7TJUhUZGI

β€” Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 10, 2025
Fox News / Twitter: @GavinNewsom

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Social media post questioning Kamala Harris's location, sarcastically implying she's at home due to voters' decisions, with an angry emoji

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Tweet showing an airport gate decorated with pride flags, captioned "Corporate pride is not gone, it has just all been absorbed by Southwest Airlines."

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A person in sunglasses is seated in a car. Text reads: "I didn’t recite 'with liberty and justice for all' every morning at 8am just to be called radical for wanting liberty and justice for all."

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Screenshot of a tweet by Victor Shi discussing Marjorie Taylor Greene's behavior during a State of the Union speech

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Social media post with two tweets: First about empathy being radical by helping with unrelated problems; second asks if issues must affect you to care

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Tweet exchanges criticizing comments about Mexicans speaking Spanish

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Tweet by Karly Kingsley criticizing inconsistencies in rights regarding healthcare and gun violence, implying selective government action and protest responses

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Tweet with meme stating "Liberals don’t know things" and criticizing their data interpretation, shared with commentary about false stories on Haitians

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Tweet by Symone D. Sanders Townsend disputing a government claim about a senator lunging at the Secretary. Video evidence mentioned

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Tweet about a diagram comparing open-mindedness on the political left and diversity on the political right

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Tweet by user @TheRealDon85: "We heard for over two years that 'we can't breathe with masks on' and now ICE can't seem to function without one."

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Tweet expressing disbelief about a plan being fully outlined and summarized by others, with significant engagement metrics

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Social media post by user vee highlighting hypocrisy between attitudes towards illegal activities

24. And finally:

Parody image mimicking a WWII poster, urging people to report "invaders" to ICE. The post critiques the message as "straight up Nazi shit."

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For more political tweets, check out our most recent roundup:

"He Torched His Entire Reputation For Nothing": 27 Of The Best Political Tweets From This Messy, Messy Week

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