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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 8h

Former Trump WH lawyer Ty Cobb just called AG Pamela Bondi “the most partisan attorney general ever,” comparing her to Nixon’s AG John Mitchell - who went to prison - and saying she’s even more “regrettable.”👇

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Jayne4Freedom @jayne4freedom.bsky.social · 7h

Giving Guilaine Maxwell a pardon, tells us all what we need to know.
Release the Epstein files.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 8h

Nothing to see here

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 14h

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7h

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 8h

Ahead of tomorrow’s storm:
California has pre-positioned resources — including dozers, hand crews, rescue swimmers, and helicopters — in Ventura, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties to respond to potential debris flows and mudslides.

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 8h

www.commondreams.org/opinion/medi...
...20,000 children murdered.
Reporters and editors are quite aware of more accurate casualty estimates appearing in The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal, and estimates provided by other academic and prominent international relief organizations like

Why Does US Media Continue to Undercount the Gaza Death Toll? | Common Dreams

It makes a difference in driving the greater intensity of political, diplomatic, and civic pressures to have a count of 600,000 rather than 67,000 or 200,000 children rather than 20,000 children murde...

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Rich @rrjrheau.bsky.social · 9h

President Stephen Miller, the puppet master!

ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 🌊 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 9h

That’s two very serious slips for Miller…(plenary authority)

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Stephen Miller Accidentally Says “I” When Discussing Trump’s Powers

Miller’s slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 8h

www.commondreams.org/opinion/mahm...
Khalil was arrested and seized — by unidentified men, without a warrant, at his home — this March. Snatched away from his pregnant wife he was transported in shackles to an ICE detention center in Louisiana, where he was held for 104 days until a New Jersey judge

Mahmoud Khalil and the Israelification of the US: Wake Up! | Common Dreams

Palestinian human rights advocate, Mahmoud Khalil, knows authoritarianism when he sees it. “I lived under the Assad regime [in Syria]. I know how that feels.”

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Enough!!!!!🦋 @ofthebs.bsky.social · 7h

"Those who rule through fear must eventually reckon with the accumulated rage of their victims and when that reckoning, when it comes, can be as swift and merciless as the oppression that provoked it." - Histoics

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13h

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 15h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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NPR @npr.org · 13h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 8h

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“I don’t want to see anybody treated inhumanely,” says a local resident who wears the costume to show that the narrative that demonstrators are “violent terrorists” is “ridiculous.”

'I Am Worried About My Community,' Says Frog Who Daily Confronts Federal Agents in Portland | Common Dreams

In Portland, a protester known for wearing a frog costume speaks out against the Trump administration's actions. Despite being targeted by federal agents, Todd remains committed to nonviolent resistan...

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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 7h

Us vs them

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 8h

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“These mass firings are illegal and will have devastating effects on the services millions of Americans rely on every day,” warned one labor leader.

Federal Worker Unions File Emergency Request to Block Trump-Vought Shutdown Layoffs | Common Dreams

Unions that are already suing President Donald Trump's administration to protect federal workers from mass firings during the government shutdown filed an emergency request for relief after a top offi...

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 11d

“They all said they wanted the Epstein files released, and then they had 1000 FBI agents working around the clock, and guess what they saw. Donald Trump’s name apparently all over the files and they came back and said ‘nothing to see here.’” @raskin.house.gov

Release ALL of the Epstein files.

Epstein files Meme: “Wow, a lot of distractions today. Don’t forget to release the Epstein files!”

Make corruption wrong again.

Make cover-ups wrong again.

Pam Bondi informed Donald Trump that he is in the Epstein files.

Representative Ro Khanna:
“We need full transparency.”

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 7h

Trump has little to insulate him now. Vought is not some temporary White House employee who’s dabbling in the art of sabotaging the government before he returns to his “job” as the world’s richest man.

According to the president himself, he is the Grim Reaper personified. trib.al/gB4mfCg

Russ Vought Is Going to Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did

Americans, and even many Republicans in Congress, don’t like it when an unelected bureaucrat makes huge cuts to the government.

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 8h

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“I never thought that renowned puppy-killer Kristi Noem would be so afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes and chicken costumes, but here we are,” said one local official.

Trump's 'Divorced From Reality' Depiction of Portland Ridiculed by Local Officials | Common Dreams

US President Donald Trump falsely claims Portland is a lawless wasteland. Local officials and residents debunk his lies.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

The joke is on Trump. The ethnic cleansing is simply being moved over to the West Bank.

Who in their right mind would believe the Israelis— under Benjamin Netanyahu—about *anything*?

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 8h

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Just plain fucking Cruel; that's the point of tRump's Brownshirts!

ICE is preparing to deport an exonerated man to a country he hasn’t set foot in since he was nine months old, his family alleges.

Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Decades Finally Freed—And Gets Immediately Nabbed by ICE | Common Dreams

Man wrongfully imprisoned for murder, freed only to be detained by ICE. Family fights for justice. Immigration courts urged to intervene.

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 11h

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Katharyn @britkatjane.bsky.social · 7h

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 9h

The indictment of the New York attorney general, Letitia James, serves only one fundamental interest: Donald Trump’s insatiable thirst for revenge, Ruth Marcus writes. http://nyer.cm/eAarofz

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Derik the Selfish Man @deriktheselfishman.bsky.social · 1d

My daughter was talking to my wife and I about lockdown drills at her school, and at one point she said

"It's like a game of hide and seek, but you can only play once if you die."

This broke my heart. We live in a sick society, and I dont know if their is a cure.

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 8h

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“Silence is supporting this abuse of these members of God’s family,” one Chicago pastor told his congregants on Saturday.

'Step Up and Speak Out': Chicago Pastors Lead the Charge Against ICE Detentions | Common Dreams

Local priests protest ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, calling for compassion and prayer for detainees.

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