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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 9h

OUR tax dollars are being used to bail out Argentina, OUR troops are being put on the ground in Israel & OUR soil is being used by Qatar for a military base of their own.
While OUR government is shutdown.
Anyone who believes OUR so-called “president” when he says he is “America first”, is an idiot.

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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 9h

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Jan 27

Today we launched a website to track how much orange assface plays golf. We’re guessing this thing is gonna get a workout! Bookmark it. Enjoy! More: TrumpGolfTrack.com

Trump Golf Track

Tracking the number of days President Donald Trump spends his second term playing golf.

TrumpGolfTrack.com

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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 9h

And a psychopathic puppy killer who loves to dress up for sex with a sexual assaulter is Secretary of Homeland Security.

And a white Christian Nationalist pedophile who likes little boys and singing in the church choirs is Speaker of the House, second in line to succession.

Shall we continue?

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10h

The great actress Diane Keaton has left us at the age of 79. Too soon to say good-bye to the woman who made us smile at the quirky Annie Hall, and who broke our hearts in Reds. Your charm and talent will be sorely missed.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

and regularly having reckless traffic accidents from which they speed away without identifying themselves. They act not like law enforcement officers, but like gangsters.

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

Seventh Circuit to the Texas National Guard: hang tight, but do nothing. We'll tell you soon whether your garbage collecting and gardening duties can begin soon.

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Jane Feldman @jtfdenver.bsky.social · 9h

This is outrageous. If she never charged her niece any rent it
is not "a rental property." If one Grand Jury voted no true bill, presenting it to another GJ is unethical.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h

Some reason to suspect based on accounts furnished here that the Virginia grand jury no-true-billed charges against Leticia James, so Lindsey Halligan decided simply to impanel another grand jury and withhold from them what happened and the evidence that was taken before the other grand jury.

In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

www.nytimes.com

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Jane Feldman @jtfdenver.bsky.social · 9h

More fascism. Are birth control pills next?

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

The function of the EPA is to prepare the way for the coming Christian Nationalist theocracy.

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larrylecloshard.bsky.social @larrylecloshard.bsky.social · 12h

Fact

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Anne Grete (GoogeliArt) 🦋💙PD @googeliart.bsky.social · 12h

‘War zone’: Multiple federal judges unite in blistering Supreme Court warning

www.rawstory.com/supreme-cour...

‘War zone’: Multiple federal judges unite in blistering Supreme Court warning

A majority of federal judges who spoke with The New York Times recently – many of them appointed by Republican presidents – are sounding the alarm on the Supreme Court’s increased use of its emergency...

www.rawstory.com

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Jean on the Left Coast @jeaninparadise.bsky.social · 12h

We will need a lot of thoughts and prayers when the next pandemic happens.

Trump Budget Goon’s Firings ‘Eviscerate’ Vital CDC Departments

Russ Vought’s extreme RIFs hit the CDC.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Cheeto Voodoo @cheetovoodo.bsky.social · 12h

📈FAFO, MAGA! It's the Trump Economy, stupid!📈

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12h

HUD staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination received layoff notices at field offices across the US.

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

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We Royally Screwed Up - Now What @public-service1.bsky.social · Mar 15

The @GOPHatesVets because it costs money to fulfill promises you made to people that put their lives on the line.

Phuck every one who votes @GOP.

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · Mar 14

Democrats didn’t write this bill, but if we did—we would have protected public schools. We'd put veterans first.

We would have protected our public lands, your health care, and lifesaving cancer research, for god’s sake!

I am voting NO on cloture, final passage—all of it.

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Jane Feldman @jtfdenver.bsky.social · 12h

What will happen if there is another pandemic? Kennedy and Trump are killing us all.

Anne Grete (GoogeliArt) 🦋💙PD @googeliart.bsky.social · 12h

Horror as 'Friday night massacre' lays off entire DC office of disease experts

www.rawstory.com/layoffs/

Horror as 'Friday night massacre' lays off entire DC office of disease experts

The Trump administration has carried out mass layoffs of federal public health officials that experts warn will leave the US dangerously unprepared to handle disease outbreaks.As reported by The New Y...

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 18h

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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 1d

Gavin Newsom:

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 13h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 14h

The thing about this is that:

1) it is a righteous fight on Dems’ favored ground

2) if Republicans cave they did so after already fighting hard against subsidies

3) if Republicans cave, people start to touch a very specific stove that Democrats have been trying to keep them from touching

CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 16h

What comes through loud and clear here is Congressional Rs are adamantly opposed to an extension.

Shutdown fight puts Republicans on healthcare defense share.google/vQ9O3RIE7rTo...

Republicans, playing defense on health care, uncertain of path forward

Republicans are on the defensive as Democrats have successfully made the shutdown fight about health care. Most Republicans said they don’t want to see insurance premiums spike, but neither…

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Jane Feldman @jtfdenver.bsky.social · 14h

I was a federal and state prosecutor and I have known some great cops and agents. So I disagree. I have never met a good ICE agent, or a good detention center guard, however.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14h

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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Jane Feldman @jtfdenver.bsky.social · 14h

As a Jewish American, this scares me. Christian Evangelicals are only pro-Israel because they are basically anti-semitic and they want us all to move there and/or convert.