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Collaboration, Consensus, Compromise, and Capitulation @colconcomcap.bsky.social · Jul 10

If voting didn't make a difference and both parties were the same, one party wouldn't actively try to re-write the rules to rig things in their favor.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Jul 9

🚨BREAKING: The Texas Legislature will redraw its congressional maps beginning this summer, after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced he added mid-decade redistricting to the state’s upcoming special session agenda.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Texas Plans Mid-Decade Redistricting After Pressure from White House

Read more here.

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · Jul 9

NYT: "...instead of a targeted, smart and strategic intervention, DOGE brought a chain saw to vital government services, pushing large, indiscriminate cuts with little consideration for the expertise that longtime employees offered or the importance of the functions they performed."

Opinion | As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · Jul 9

"The parts of NOAA, the parts of the parent of the National Weather Service, that have been cut the most are the researchers. So the people that are working to make our science, moving it forward, those positions are being cut." Watch Rachel's interview with @ericholthaus.com : youtu.be/gLKE45W6Jqc

Devastating Texas floods highlight stakes of vital weather services amid reckless Trump cuts

YouTube video by MSNBC

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · Jul 8

How is that "90 deals in 90 days" goal working out for Donald Trump?
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Trump sets himself up for another round of embarrassment by restarting tariff brinksmanship

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Collaboration, Consensus, Compromise, and Capitulation @colconcomcap.bsky.social · Jul 8

Collaboration, Consensus, Compromise, and Capitulation @colconcomcap.bsky.social · Jun 28

@luriedanielfavors.bsky.social did you watch?

Nazitown USA: An American Experience
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Nazi Town, USA | American Experience | PBS

Nazi Town, USA tells the unknown story of the German American Bund, a 1930s pro-Nazi group with chapters in suburbs and big cities across the country. Many believe the Bund represented a real threat o...

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Collaboration, Consensus, Compromise, and Capitulation @colconcomcap.bsky.social · Jun 28

Nazitown USA: An American Experience
www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...

Nazi Town, USA | American Experience | PBS

Nazi Town, USA tells the unknown story of the German American Bund, a 1930s pro-Nazi group with chapters in suburbs and big cities across the country. Many believe the Bund represented a real threat o...

www.pbs.org

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · Jun 27

President Trump actually said that he let a foreign adversary bomb an American military installation.
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Trump Says He Gave Iran Permission to Bomb U.S. Base in Qatar and…Well, Mostly Crickets?

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · Jun 13

Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference in Los Angeles

@karenhunter.bsky.social @rodimusprime.bsky.social @kevinfrazier.bsky.social #KarenRebels

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Sen. Alex Padilla is forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference in Los Angeles

Noem was in L.A. to address the ongoing protests against President Donald Trump's immigration policies. Federal agents handcuffed Padilla after his removal.

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Gil Freeman @gilforgeorgia.bsky.social · Jun 9

@luriedanielfavors.bsky.social puts a foot up 50+ rappers @$$e$.
www.youtube.com/live/WfWDtWw...

Job Corps Cuts Are Devastating & It All Could've Been Avoided at the Voting Booth

YouTube video by Lurie Daniel Favors

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Collaboration, Consensus, Compromise, and Capitulation @colconcomcap.bsky.social · Jun 7

If the goal was to stop "illegal imigration" the answer is simple. Stop hiring them and arrest anyone who does.

If we invest in improvements to their countries it would be much cheaper than the money spent incarcerating them.

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Gil Freeman @gilforgeorgia.bsky.social · May 26

For many, the freedoms they fought to secure remained out of reach. We must fiercely guard the freedoms for which they laid down their lives, ensuring the liberties they envisioned endure for generations. Their sacrifice is a charge to us all, a call to vigilance and a pledge to uphold justice.