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DC Yankee @jjarlva.bsky.social · 5h

The best post you’ll see today, other than the one for Gus Walz’s birthday.

Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 17h

Someday we'll find it /
The Rainbow Connection /
The lovers, the dreamers and me

"Rainbow Connection" with Kermit the Frog, Choir! Choir! Choir!, and New Yorkers at Lincoln Center

YouTube video by Lincoln Center

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DC Yankee @jjarlva.bsky.social · 5h

This should have 100,000 likes.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12h

Happy birthday to a wonderful son!

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 10h

If Trump's laying off 'non essential' government employees, how the fuck is Stephen Miller still employed?

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DC Yankee @jjarlva.bsky.social · 6h

The whole show is a reboot.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 7h

“The sight of this man presenting himself as a great peacemaker, bathing in praise from other nation’s leaders, creates in me whiplash—a sickening level of cognitive dissonance.”

www.americaamerica.news/p/cognitive-...

Whiplash on A Day of Peace

Watch now | Got a Minute or Two? Mad Hattery and Other Outrages

www.americaamerica.news

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Rep. Morgan McGarvey @repmcgarvey.bsky.social · 3d

Kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance doesn't mean people won't get sick.

It makes health care more expensive for everyone.

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Rep. Morgan McGarvey @repmcgarvey.bsky.social · 3d

Trump and Vought campaigned on firing federal workers.

Now, they're following through on that promise.

This has nothing to do with the shutdown and everything to do with Trump inflicting "maximum pain" on American workers and their families.

CBS News | Breaking news, top stories & today's latest headlines @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy · 3d

Several federal agencies begin receiving layoff notices

The Trump administration is issuing reduction-in-force notices to several federal agencies. It comes as Congress remains deadlocked over a funding plan to end a government shutdown. CBS News' Nikole Killion reports from Capitol Hill and Kris Van Cleave reports on air travel delays amid the shutdown.

www.cbsnews.com

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Rep. Morgan McGarvey @repmcgarvey.bsky.social · 19h

The stories, struggles, and triumphs of Indigenous peoples are deeply rooted in our shared history.

Today is a celebration of Indigenous histories, cultures, and resilience, and a reminder of our responsibility to uphold promises made to tribal nations.

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 11h

There isn’t another side to the argument. Every actor in the system—from defense attorneys to Justices on the Supreme Court—recognizes what is happening. The only question is how the criminal justice system should respond.”

open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...

The Irredeemable DOJ

Why James has an even stronger case of selective prosecution than Comey.

open.substack.com

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Pesky Professor @peskyprofessor.bsky.social · 10h

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Patricia Kreger @patriciakreger.bsky.social · 8h

ICYM THIS 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Garcia: It’s really shocking for him to essentially lean into this possibility of a pardon. And we know why that’s the case, right? He wants to control what she says. He wants her—someone who has a ton of information on what actually happened—to perhaps… omit memories she might have of the president

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Rep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov · 17h

Long before explorers landed on the shores of North America, several distinct groups of Alqoquian, Siouan and Iroquoian-speaking people lived in what became Virginia.

This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we honor their history, culture and resilience.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 21h

Stephen Miller's comment on "plenary authority" was not a glitch. It's a key piece of Project 2025. I'll explain. youtube.com/shorts/-kqO8... @katiecouric.bsky.social

Plenary authority, explained

YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer

youtube.com

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 1d

How does kidnapping children without informing their parents make America great? How does this make us safer or help the economy or promote rule of law? This is intended only to intimidate and humiliate immigrant families who are doing their best to follow the rules. Shame on these immoral people.

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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DC Yankee @jjarlva.bsky.social · 7h

People have said he told her she reminded him of Ivanka. 😁

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DC Yankee @jjarlva.bsky.social · 7h

He told her she reminded him of Ivanka.

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Blanche Devereaux @gingerkap23.bsky.social · 8h

What is happening here? I’ve heard she’s far right herself but she doesn’t seem to be feelin this interaction?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

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DC Yankee @jjarlva.bsky.social · 7h

I stopped talking to my MAGAt sister and because of her, her four MAGAt kids.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 7h

This is why I could be friends with Reagan and Bush supporters ... but Trump is a different story.

I've ended a very close 17 year relationship because the former friend voted for Trump - and stuck with him through his endless horrors.

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