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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 8h

She’s certified. She was elected. Swear her in!

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 16h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 8h

Take him (Johnson) to Court! Yes.
Swear in Ms. Grijalva!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 22h

The Frogs will win, eventually. 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 1d

Where is The Los Angeles Times? Is the publisher’s South African buddy, mollusk, still calling the shots there?

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 1d

Did he get rid of FEMA?

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 5d

And she’s got her DOJ prosecuting Jim Comey for allegedly lying to Congress?

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 5d

And…she’s Black.

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 5d

Yes! Vote yes on Proposition 50.

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5d

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10d

“Hello. You have reached the voicemail for the FBI. All our agents are currently busy redacting names from the Epstein files, doctoring evidence to politicize mass shootings and investigating anyone the President does not like. Please leave your contact info and someone will call you back soon.”

Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 11d

Reuters: FBI has fired an an agent who refused to arrange a media “perp walk” for Comey to turn himself in: www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

FBI agent relieved of duty over refusing Comey perp walk, four people familiar say

An FBI agent was relieved of duty for declining to arrange a "perp walk" of the bureau's former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras after Comey was federally charged last month, four people briefed on the matter said on Friday.

www.reuters.com

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 10d

Sec of War glorified violence in his speech to the military brass last week….so, yes, chilling, but seems like we are to expect more.
Where is John Roberts? !!!

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 12d

A Governor (New Hampshire) correcting the someone (a television station) masquerading as a journalist (news outlet.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to Fox & Friends host Lawrence Jones: "In New Hampshire we do not provide health insurance for illegal immigrants, we have never done that, and you are just wrong."

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 12d

“Let them eat cake” comes to mind.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 13d

They’re loving it. Your health care is not on their minds.

Screenshot from Politico: SPOTTED: Thune, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso and other GOP pals dining last night at swanky Capitol Hill hotspot Bistro Cacao — where filet mignon and magret de canard go for $45 a head and the cabernet sauvignon list ranges from $60 to $750 a bottle, per Playbook’s Adam Wren. Fine dining on the first night of a government shutdown?

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 12d

DOCTOR Goodall. 💖

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14d

"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"

That's it. That's the whole story.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 14d

Yes. (And still getting "standoff" BS and "who will blink first" and "who will voters blame" from news.)

Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency

They're in command. It's on them.

OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 14d

I do not understand why they cannot get the headlines right.

Just follow the gop playbook!

“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”

As nauseum.

Don’t lead with the nuance.

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 14d

Is that the VP of the United States of America 🇺🇸? (jd Vance)

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 14d

In other words, they are lying.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14d

Word from the meeting last night is that Speaker kept bringing up “health care for illegal aliens,” seemingly unaware that Medicaid and Medicare and Affordable Care coverage are by law NOT available to anyone here illegally.

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 14d

The latest from the US Senate. GOP “leadership” is not nice to the ***majority*** of Americans.

Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 14d

Republicans just REJECTED our attempt to keep the government funded & stop your health care costs from skyrocketing.

They have the White House, House, and Senate. They could have just kept costs stable – they refused.

Don’t let them gaslight you. This is a Republican shutdown.

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 14d

What’s happening in the Judiciary..an important 🧵.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14d

The latest shadow docket decision moves the Supreme Court further down a submissive pattern of wins given up to Trump: the pattern is 10:1.

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 14d

Secretary of War - no beards policy - targeting Blacks. More racism.

dragonflyfarm.bsky.social @dragonflyfarm.bsky.social · 15d

And of course we all know that the "no beards" rule is aimed at getting as many black men out of the ranks as possible.

www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...

Dermatologists say Marines' tightened shaving waiver could hurt Black members' careers

Marines and airmen with pseudofolliculitis barbae, the skin condition more commonly known as razor bumps, could be expelled from the service if the condition persists.

www.nbcnews.com

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 15d

I keep asking, “who is ‘they’?”

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19d

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 19d

AND because we need Patriots who will leak and watchdog things.

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 21d

Jesse Watters just called for the bombing of the UN on national television. FCC? Nothing? Crickets? Got it.

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