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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2h

Let’s be clear:

Republicans are 💯 responsible for the government shutdown. They don’t need a single vote from Democrats to reopen.

Republicans are 💯 responsible for firing thousands of federal workers. They don’t need a single layoff to offset the shutdown. It’s their Project 2025 playbook.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6h

Usually presidents don't have much of a direct impact on the economy. But in 2025, the downturn is ALL Trump. It's his tariffs, his shutdown, his ICE raids, his health care cuts.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6h

When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.

Pedal to the floor.

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Joe Puterbaugh @jrputerbaugh.bsky.social · 1d

Making Argentina Great Again

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Joe Puterbaugh @jrputerbaugh.bsky.social · 1d

Outrageous. A small portion of this money could help fund health care subsidies

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Joe Puterbaugh @jrputerbaugh.bsky.social · 1d

And I came across an article in the NYT in Oct 1999, when Trump was first toying w/ the idea of running for president, and he’s quoted as saying he favored “health care for all”

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 1d

This cannot be allowed to be normalized. The president demanding his perceived opponents be indicted and using his power to ensure it happens is deeply dangerous.

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Joe Puterbaugh @jrputerbaugh.bsky.social · 5d

The Liar In Chief

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

After shutting down the federal government and voting to do nothing about an imminent health insurance premium spike, House Republicans have now gone on a multi-week vacation.

Donald Trump and the GOP just aren't for the American people.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6d

MORE: Immergut issued a stark warning that the efforts by Trump to make a bad-faith justification to call up the guard risked plunging the country into a form of unconstitutional military rule.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 9d

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Commentary: The GOP says the Obamacare subsidies at the center of the shutdown are unimportant. Millions of Americans would disagree

The ACA subsidies made healthcare affordable for millions of low-income households. In the shutdown debate, the GOP is lying about them.

www.latimes.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10d

Swear her in.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14d

This is a declaration of war against United States citizens

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Joe Puterbaugh @jrputerbaugh.bsky.social · 14d

The Republicans in congress are the “enemy within” b/c they are allowing these un-American EOs that send US troops into American cities

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14d

For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15d

We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15d

FOX is reporting James Comey has been indicted by a grand jury.

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Joe Puterbaugh @jrputerbaugh.bsky.social · 16d

My bad - recorded in 1962.

Joe Puterbaugh @jrputerbaugh.bsky.social · 16d

Listen to what he’s doing w/ “Fleurette Africaine” in 1960 w/ Max Roach and Mingus. Mind-blowing. Pushing himself. Searching.

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Joe Puterbaugh @jrputerbaugh.bsky.social · 17d

Also strange: the shooting took place in San Francisco on 9/22/1975, almost exactly 50 years ago

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Joe Puterbaugh @jrputerbaugh.bsky.social · 18d

Look at the expressions of the delegates. You can tell they are exasperated w/ this man-child.

Joe Puterbaugh @jrputerbaugh.bsky.social · 18d

That “press conference” was a firehose of lies & distortions. Trump is deranged.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19d

the sycophancy for trump aside, very hard to overstate the arrogance of this majority in dispensing with a precedent that has served this country and both of its political parties well for nearly a century.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 19d

#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20d

Checking in on that “Make America Great Again” thing

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20d

A mix of high borrowing costs, dwindling job openings and growing economic and political uncertainty have left many U.S. households at a standstill, with many Americans saying they feel unable to buy new homes, take new jobs or move to new cities.

Many Americans can’t buy homes, get jobs or move in this stuck economy

Many Americans feel stuck economically due to high borrowing costs, fewer job openings and uncertainty.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20d

It’s really all we should be talking about today.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

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Joe Puterbaugh @jrputerbaugh.bsky.social · 21d

He doesn’t engage w/ questions or respond to them - his addled brain jumps onto mental tracks and he repeats the same lies and distortions and exaggerations over and over again. It’s painful to listen to.

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