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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h

Gov. Pritzker on Adelita Grijalva: "Mike Johnson won't swear her in. Why is that? … She'll be the 218th signature forcing a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files."

"Trump and Mike Johnson are working awfully damn hard to keep a sexual predator's files from being released. Makes you wonder why."

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 1h

John Oliver sounded the alarm this week on how secret donations to presidential libraries provide cover for bribery. We couldn’t agree more.

It’s time to close the library loophole — and you can help.

Read this story and much more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.

John Oliver rips presidential library loophole

Plus: There shouldn’t be secret law. Pam Bondi didn’t get the memo

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✊Larry Colvin✊ @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Mike Johnson Just Left Our Troops in the Cold
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BREAKING: Mike Johnson Just Left Our Troops in the Cold

This morning, Speaker Mike Johnson went on Fox News and said something truly astonishing: that it was “unnecessary” for Congress to come back into session to ensure our troops get paid during the gove...

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Toil And Trouble Media @toilandtroublemedia.com · 5h

Because if he did this, he'd have to swear in the new house member-which would initiate the release of the Epstein files.

Think about that while you are waiting out the shutdown.
TnT

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"The House is done": Johnson rules out stand-alone vote on paying troops during shutdown

"We already had that vote. It's called the CR, " Johnson said.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism and hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color.

Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to kn...

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 4h

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 4h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

The reason Mike Johnson is able to keep the House closed and not pass bills to pay the military or fund the government is because Trump is going to circumvent congress and illegally steal that money from other government programs. All to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Jeffries: "If Republicans continue to refuse to extend the ACA tax credits, tens of millions of people are about to experience dramatically increased premiums ... including in the state represented by Speaker Mike Johnson. In fact, in his own district, I believe premiums may increase by about 380%."

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4h

Last month, a Mainer found 250 missing ballots for a GOP-backed referendum in her Amazon package. Republicans quickly pointed to it as proof of election insecurity, but now some suspect the stunt may have been staged by the referendum's own backers. https://bit.ly/42DKdwZ

Mail Ballots Were Found in an Amazon Box in Maine. Some Suspect a Political Dirty Trick.

Read more here...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

Sounds familiar.

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 5h

"Bari Weiss’s first major move as CBS News chief has staffers on edge—ordering every journalist to submit a written memo justifying their work, in an apparent Elon Musk-style loyalty test." via @status.news

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

DANIELS: Should the next Democratic president be a little bit more involved with the DOJ than Democrats have been in the past?

KAMALA HARRIS: No president should think of the DOJ as being their personal attorney

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gl00mbrd.bsky.social @gl00mbrd.bsky.social · 5h

The court needs to be expanded, term limited and democratically voted it…theyve been awful

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5h

JD Vance indicates to NBC that Trump isn't opposed to invoking the Insurrection Act.

A key line from Vance: "The problem here is not the Insurrection Act or whether we actually invoke it or not."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."

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gl00mbrd.bsky.social @gl00mbrd.bsky.social · 5h

Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 6h

Now watergate was a hoax too.

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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 22h

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 11h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Trump fires Sergio Gor, as the revolving door of incompetent appointments continues AGAIN after the revolving door of term one.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

STEPHANOPOULOS: A federal judge blocked the effort to deploy troops in Chicago & said a lot of claims made in court filings lack credibility

JD VANCE: We're obviously gonna litigate this as much as we can. We think we have the authority to provide proper security to our citizens all over the US.

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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 6h

We have overwhelming evidence that this administration is filled with criminals. Criminals who are running our government.

Truth matters. We don’t live in a post-truth reality. Democracy is at stake. And the Epstein files need to be released!

What do you think?

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I love that @jimmykimmellive is on the air doing his thing! He’s got many more followers than he had before his attempted cancellation, which is a very positive message. Pam Bondi is not being honest ...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

WATCH — @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social : “Here’s a partial list of things Trump is choosing to no longer study — food insecurity, gun violence, toxic exposures etc… Just because you don't measure it doesn't mean the problem went away. Censoring science & data collection is scary in a democracy.”

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gl00mbrd.bsky.social @gl00mbrd.bsky.social · 6h

Lmao as if Vance cares about an oath he violates his daily

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