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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 8h

It is not just Arizona that has this right, the whole country has a right that federal elections be respected.

Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 8h

Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.

During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 9h

Much legacy media commentary insists on the fact that Trump claimed he would do this, as if this made it transparent, while omitting or de-emphasizing that the photographs and videos of the destruction are hidden from public view and were not disclosed by the Trump WH as would have been expected.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 9h

Hillary Clinton on White House East Wing razing: It's not Trump's house, it's your house - and he is destroying it!

Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 22h

The public can legitimately ask if knocking down half the White House to build a ballroom is an essential government function that legally qualifies as an exception during the shutdown.

Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 1d

Behold: Republican permitting reform.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 10h

Content moderators at BlueSky, such as they are, have their work cut out for them given the industrial-strength propaganda, trolling, and Hatch Act violations put out by the Trump accounts on social media. Most impressive though is the White House ratio of only 12,000 followers to 120,000 blocks.

WIRED @wired.com · 11h

On Friday, after months of internal discussions, federal agencies began posting on the left-friendly social network. Within days, they dominated a list of the most-blocked accounts.

Inside the Trump Adminstration's Bluesky Invasion

On Friday, after months of internal discussions, federal agencies began posting on the left-friendly social network. Within days, they dominated a list of the most-blocked accounts.

wrd.cm

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 10h

Those farmers support Trump, have benefitted from farm subsidies, and fully expect Trump will bail them out and guarantee any claimed losses.

Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 11h

Remember when the Senate Republicans blocked anti-gerrymandering legislation (that would have prevented what recently happened in Texas) by using the filibuster, they urged Democrats to refrain from even carving out an anti-gerrymandering exception to the filibuster. Manchin and Sinema agreed.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 12h

www.notus.org/congress/fil...

Some Republican Senators Entertain Nuking the Filibuster to End the Shutdown

“Obviously I’ll look at any plan that anyone puts out in order to reopen the government,” Sen. Susan Collins told NOTUS, even as Republican leadership is firmly opposed to changing the filibuster rule...

www.notus.org

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 22h

The public can legitimately ask if knocking down half the White House to build a ballroom is an essential government function that legally qualifies as an exception during the shutdown.

Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 1d

Behold: Republican permitting reform.

The White House photographed from the driveway between it and the Treasury building, with the facade of the East Wing gutted. I don’t think the caretakers of the property pulled all the proper permits before starting work!

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 22h

In which Trump's one-time personal lawyer and aide, now turned personal prosecutor, attempts to bully a legal journalist to influence their tweets about the charges against Letitia James. The tweets explained how information in a NYT story about a key witness was likely.exculpatory.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 1d

In the next breath that same Trump appointee criticized Portland authorities for a decision they made on how to board up windows.

Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 1d

At oral argument one of the Trump appointees to the appellate court expounded on the near-impossibility of assessing whether Trump's declaration of Portland needing federal troops was tethered to reality due to its lack of knowledge. But the trial court had conducted a near full trial on this.

Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 1d

As indicated at oral argument the Trump appointees are conducting a de novo factual review, brushing aside any deference to the trial judge, who is herself a Trump appointee. Highly unusual but consistent with the Supreme Court's actions.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1d

Two Trump-appointed judges of the Ninth Circuit let Trump send the troops into Portland, pausing another Trump appointee's TRO.

The only non-Trump appointee denounces the "political theater" behind the deployment, calling for an en banc review to stop it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 1d

They always leave out that not infrequently the intermediate appellate courts reverse or limit those lower court rulings, narrowing the need for the almost inevitable reversal by the Supreme Court.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 1d

As indicated at oral argument the Trump appointees are conducting a de novo factual review, brushing aside any deference to the trial judge, who is herself a Trump appointee. Highly unusual but consistent with the Supreme Court's actions.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1d

Two Trump-appointed judges of the Ninth Circuit let Trump send the troops into Portland, pausing another Trump appointee's TRO.

The only non-Trump appointee denounces the "political theater" behind the deployment, calling for an en banc review to stop it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump's White House is already the second most-blocked account on Bluesky, just days after joining the platform. The only account ahead of it on the block list? It belongs to VP Vance. www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

The White House Is Already the 2nd-Most Blocked Account on BlueSky — After JD Vance

President Trump's White House is already the second most-blocked account on Bluesky, just days after joining the platform. The only account ahead of it? It belongs to Vice President JD Vance.

www.mediaite.com

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 1d

The government still benefits from that presumption where it matters most - the Supreme Court.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 2d

That's the difference between Gandalf and Saruman. Ultimately Gandalf was forced to confront Saruman in war.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is Putin's flying monkey.

www.ft.com/content/7960...

Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia

US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

www.ft.com

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 2d

The alleged dangerous drug smugglers who purportedly were menacing national security and were the target of lethal US military strikes but survived, are released because detaining them meant they could have challenged the legality of their attempted murder. The White House considered that a threat.

Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration has decided to return the two survivors of the recent US airstrike to their home countries, Colombia and Ecuador, instead of prosecuting them or holding them in detention.

But if they were so dangerous that Trump had to blow up their boat, why are they being released?

U.S. to Repatriate Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

www.nytimes.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

See the difference? 👀

#NoKings

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 2d

And they said Michael Dukakis looked ridiculous in a tank. And Obama in a tan suit.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 2d

CBS, the former network of Edward R. Murrow and icon of an independent American media institution, is following fellow oligarch-owned institution the Washington Post into the dustbin of history.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings. Striking how the last time a ruler imposed the exact conditions of today patriots drafted the foundational document of the United States - and literally went to war against that ruler in a true revolution.

Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 3d

The Declaration of Independence:

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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 3d

The Declaration of Independence:

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 2d

Johnson falls back on the House is not in session- because he has closed it though he blamed Democrats here unchallenged in his firehose of lies - so he can not swear in Grijalva. He is just making that up, and he swore in 2 Republicans himself when the House was not in session. Blatant lies.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 2d

Jonathan Karl follows up here on the absurd lying response to his question better than most of his mainstream colleague for sure, but ultimately stll lets Johnson off the hook. Grijalva has been eligible and present to be sworn in for weeks, seeking and demanding this. Arizona has filed a lawsuit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

KARL: I mean, you could swear in Adelita Grijalva tomorrow, right?

MIKE JOHNSON: No, not tomorrow. We couldn't. We wouldn't.

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Eric Lisann @ericlisann.bsky.social · 2d

Baseless Mike Lee

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