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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

“America First.”

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 18h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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bethindallas.bsky.social @bethindallas.bsky.social · 19h

Ha ha ha

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h

They cannot talk about the shutdown without lying.

There is no connection between troop payments and federal employee layoffs. Zero.

They are paying the troops with multiyear R&D allocations within DOD. This is also illegal by the way! But completely disconnected to the layoffs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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bethindallas.bsky.social @bethindallas.bsky.social · 1d

Wait—it has windows?

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Make sure everyone knows: these mass firings are NOT because of the shutdown.

Trump doesn’t have to fire any of these people—he’s choosing to do it as an intimidation tactic.

Difficult to overstate how stupid and reckless this is.

Mass CDC cuts hit staff dealing with measles, Ebola and disease forecasting

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 1d

A real man of the people…

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bethindallas.bsky.social @bethindallas.bsky.social · 1d

Can Dems in DC set up donation links?

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bethindallas.bsky.social @bethindallas.bsky.social · 1d

Curious if the Republicans and donors will submit their mortgages and loans to this level of scrutiny? And did her lender ever complain? Seems like a house you can stay at and loan to relatives is a second home, given the choices.

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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bethindallas.bsky.social @bethindallas.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. And provide it to networks and Congress

bethindallas.bsky.social @bethindallas.bsky.social · 2d

Strongly?

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bethindallas.bsky.social @bethindallas.bsky.social · 2d

Fits the pattern

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required license plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.