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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

"She said to me after that - Samantha, 21 years old - all my life I've prepared for this moment. All my life, my mom, 53 years old, who was just going to get meat for a stew, has told me one day this could come."

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social talks ICE with @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Pod

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1h

Is there really any doubt at this point who Acting President Miller thinks would be most impacted by a severely broken public health system?

Mr. Trump may not complain about Mr. Miller, but he does occasionally poke at his obsession with immigrants — a hostility that goes far beyond Mr. Trump’s. In one meeting during the 2024 campaign, Mr. Trump said that if it was up to Mr. Miller there would be only 100 million people in this country, and they would all look like Mr. Miller, according to a person with knowledge of the comment. Karoline Leavitt, Mr. Trump’s spokeswoman, denied the account

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1h

Does the administration ever attempt to justify its pro-epidemic policies? Or is this just Trump's "if you hide the numbers, it's not a crisis" theory of public health taken to the most dangerous extreme?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

There is a whole category of Milkshake Duck Nobel Prize winners

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1h

The Nobel *Peace* Prize winner is cool with murdering civilians on boats

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FactsStillMatter @goldengirlswhit.bsky.social · 1h

Right?

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FactsStillMatter @goldengirlswhit.bsky.social · 1h

Incase I wasn’t very clear, I’d fight until my death if this was my party being taken over.

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FactsStillMatter @goldengirlswhit.bsky.social · 1h

A lot of the normal gop jumped ship in the 90’s after newt took over and they jumping ship again now that Trump took over instead of fighting. I will vote for normal Dems if they would run during the primary if this was my party being taken over etc.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 2h

🤞🏼“Former President Joe Biden undergoing radiation therapy as cancer care enters new phase

The radiation treatment is expected to span five weeks and marks a new point in his care.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...

Former President Joe Biden undergoing radiation therapy as cancer care enters new phase

The radiation treatment is expected to span five weeks and marks a new point in his care.

www.nbcnews.com

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FactsStillMatter @goldengirlswhit.bsky.social · 2h

Honest question here, when did David switch party’s? Not that I’m complaining.

David Jolly @davidjolly.bsky.social · Jun 5

I’m Democrat David Jolly, and I’m launching my campaign today for Governor of Florida.

Our state is in crisis — not just a crisis of policy, not right versus left, but a crisis of right versus wrong.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

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David Jolly @davidjolly.bsky.social · 2h

Starting Saturday strong in SW Florida! Thanks to everyone building this coalition together. Join us!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Children that were kidnapped by invading Russian barbarians, not displaced.

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FactsStillMatter @goldengirlswhit.bsky.social · 2h

These folks from the consequences of their votes. We should have done that decades ago yet we didn’t so now we don’t have much choice.

FactsStillMatter @goldengirlswhit.bsky.social · 2h

My view, let them gut the executive branch agencies, touch the stove at this point. I can explain why. We always stop these fuvkers from touching the stove because yes it harms decent Americans(some of those Americans voted for this though) he also cares about his numbers. We have to stop saving

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h

The Dems' demands have to shift. They cannot accept ACA subsidies if that means also accepting the ouster of people who protect the people from virulent diseases. They cannot accept ACA subsidies if that means accepting Trump's lawlessness.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

RIFs can’t be done without agency leadership so this is RFK Jr extending his purge of CDC scientists to help Vought’s shutdown agenda. Genuine public health risks created by aggrieved men.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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FactsStillMatter @goldengirlswhit.bsky.social · 2h

Here’s the thing, Dems get bad press regardless(we used to that shit) gop ain’t. Bring it the fuvk on.

CA-NC-GA Lady @ca-nc-galady.bsky.social · 2h

This will come down to: which side has the spine to withstand the pressure and bad press.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h

13. I don’t know how this is going to end. Neither does Tiffany Carlock (@tify330.bsky.social). She’s an activist who uses her newsletter, Candidly Tiff, to educate people about civics, strategy and what’s really happening in politics.

candidlytiff.substack.com

Candidly Tiff | Tiffany Carlock | Substack

A Candid Perspective on Politics and Current Events. Click to read Candidly Tiff, by Tiffany Carlock, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

candidlytiff.substack.com

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FactsStillMatter @goldengirlswhit.bsky.social · 2h

He ain’t wrong here, both him and @schumer.senate.gov should by now know the damn games these fuvkers play.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h

12. Indeed, during a presser Friday, Hakeem Jeffries was asked: “If Republicans were to commit to putting forward a vote on extending the ACA subsidies, would that bring Democrats to the negotiating table?”

His reply: “Republicans have zero credibility, zero.”

thehill.com/video-clips/...

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FactsStillMatter @goldengirlswhit.bsky.social · 2h

Easy, 30day short terms CRs between now and midterms. Hold them by the balls.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h

11. Any deal involving the Democrats’ demands on healthcare must have reassurances that Trump and the GOP won’t go back on their word. I don’t see how that’s possible with the speaker of the House saying out loud that Hell will freeze over before the Democrats can trust him.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h

11. Any deal involving the Democrats’ demands on healthcare must have reassurances that Trump and the GOP won’t go back on their word. I don’t see how that’s possible with the speaker of the House saying out loud that Hell will freeze over before the Democrats can trust him.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h

10. (The Republicans on the US Supreme Court know impoundment is illegal but have occasionally ruled that it’s legal if a Republican does it.)

theconversation.com/the-supreme-...

The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power

Recent rulings indicate that the high court is leaning toward expanding the type of presidential power that is more emblematic of dictatorship than democracy.

theconversation.com

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h

9. The regime, even now, is impounding money intended for cities and states run by Democrats. It’s yet another bid to extort the Democrats in the Congress into accepting Trump’s terms.

(See Greg Sargent's interview with Chris Murphy for an example.) bsky.app/profile/greg...

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8d

Everyone should listen to Chris Murphy's extraordinary warning about Trump on our pod. First, he says the logic must be that the more lawless he gets, the stiffer the resistance.

"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h

8. The Democrats’ demands will also mean nothing if Donald Trump later finds a way to send some healthcare money to people who voted for him but not to people who didn’t. This is called impoundment and impoundment is illegal.

democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/fact-sh....

Background on Unlawful Impoundment in President Trump’s Executive Orders
January 29, 2025
Fact Sheets
Impoundment—unilateral action taken by the executive branch to delay or cancel appropriations enacted into law—has always been unlawful.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h

7. The Democrats are demanding a suite of concessions related to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid (namely, restoring cuts made to it under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act).

But their demands will mean nothing if the Republicans can steal back money that they promised.

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FactsStillMatter @goldengirlswhit.bsky.social · 2h

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov know this(I hope) therefore are standing ten toes down.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h

6. Translation: if Trump has to give in to the Dems’ demands on healthcare, don’t worry. We can come back later with clawbacks (“rescissions”) that require a simple majority (“reconciliation bill”) to pass a GOP-controlled Congress.

In other words, Johnson is announcing his intention to cheat.