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Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 8h

We are so fucked

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE raids Walgreens in Chicago—older white agent tackles Black man to the ground—arrests him for "running."

"He's a U.S. citizen! He's American!" a woman yells. "He's my brother-in-law!"

Store location was forced to close "because of everything with ICE"—manager told the rest of the customers.

Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 8h

We are so fucked

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 12h

In a stunning development, Donald Trump and JD Vance have allowed ICE to start targeting Catholic parishes during Mass.

In Anti-Catholic Crusade, Trump's ICE Targets Holy Mass in Chicago

Worshippers fled in fear as immigration agents appeared outside St. Jerome’s — part of Trump’s new campaign against Catholic parishes nationwide.

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Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 8h

We are so fucked

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

Just a deep, dark cesspool of corruption like we’ve never seen before in US history at every single agency and level of government. Republicans in Congress continue to ignore all of it and if people still care about having a Republic they will vote them out as soon as they can.

Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 8h

We are so fucked

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Dismantling the VRA is their plan. An all out attack on black/brown representation that would give Republicans a hammer-lock on power.

A potentially 20-plus house seat shift. Pay attention.

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Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 15h

Vote. Blue. Virginia!

Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 15h

Winsome Earle-Sears wants to ban abortion in Virginia — with no exceptions for rape or incest.

Women across Virginia deserve to know that their reproductive rights will remain intact — and as Governor, I will always protect reproductive freedom.

Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 15h

We are so fucked

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15h

No money for healthcare, no money for veterans, no money for farmers. But good news: Trump just doubled Argentina’s bailout to $40 billion.

Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 15h

We are so fucked

davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 15h

Trump's war within is failing. So he is going to expand it. Very Putinish.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "We're just at the start. We're going to go into other cities that we're not talking about purposely. We're getting ready to go in."

Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 15h

Vote. Blue. Virginia!

Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 15h

When you cast your vote think about the job of the Attorney General
- when confronting a potential surge in ICE raids in Virginia after November who do you think will protect the rights of immigrants, follow the law and the Constitution.
Jay Jones will.

Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 15h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Brooke Rollins: "Charlie Kirk is in a way the modern day Thomas Jefferson."

Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 15h

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James Walkinshaw @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social · 15h

For decades, the NRA has profited off of the pain of American families who are victims to gun violence (1/3).

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Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 15h

We are so fucked

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15h

Trump is DOUBLING the amount of the Argentina bailout, to $40 billion. Nothing's been done to lower your cost of living right here, in America. America last.

Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 15h

We are so fucked

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15h

The Supreme Court's Republican appointees sound ready to transform the 14th and 15th Amendments into a weapon against the very racial minorities they were meant to protect—handing Republicans 15-19 additional House seats in the process. A disaster for democracy.
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Is it racist to remedy racism? That’s the question at the heart of Callais v. Louisiana, which the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday. The case asks whether the Voting Rights Act gives Black Louisianans too much political power—and if so, whether the landmark law violates the Constitution. Unsurprisingly, the Republican-appointed justices seem eager to rule that it does. Throughout oral arguments, they suggested the VRA protects minority voters too effectively, dragging the government into race-conscious considerations that offend the equal protection rights of the white voters who sued in this case. And they floated various ways to gut what remains of the statute by twisting it beyond recognition or striking it down altogether. The result would be a windfall for Republicans, who stand to gain at least 19 seats in the House of Representatives if the Supreme Court frees them to gerrymander Black communities into oblivion. Such a decision would also devastate minority representation in Congress, eliminating up to 30 percent of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 17h

We are so fucked

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 17h

We are so fucked

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17h

Trump ICE regime troops assaulted and abducted a 15 year old American girl and two other US teens, a 250+ pound regime agent set his knee on her neck during the violent attack.

"They were telling them they were U.S. citizens, and they didn't care."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 20h

Bring as many American flags to No Kings as you can.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Scalise refers to No Kings as the "Hate America Rally"

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Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 17h

We are so fucked

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 18h

LATEST: Supreme Court seems likely to deliver another blow to the landmark Voting Rights Act: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Supreme Court weighs whether to gut key provision of landmark Voting Rights Act

The conservative majority is considering whether states are barred from considering race when they draw legislative districts aimed at complying with the 1965 law.

www.nbcnews.com

Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 17h

We are so fucked

Diane Ravitch🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🗽🇨🇱🏳️‍🌈✡️🇨🇦 @dianeravitch.bsky.social · 17h

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Does dissent=terrorism? Trump thinks so.

Inside Trump’s NSPM-7: The Secret Directive Targeting Americans as “Radical Threats”

A new national security memorandum quietly signed by Donald Trump is being used to surveil and label millions of Americans as potential terrorists for their political and religious beliefs.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

"Ultimately it’s not a question of 'someone else' deciding to defeat Trumpists. What is required is that a plurality of Republican voters needs to stop choosing authoritarianism." Is that a thing that can or will happen?

Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...

All the Pretty Little Nazis

The shape of things to come.

www.thebulwark.com

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Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 17h

We are so fucked

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 17h

Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 17h

So not “debunked”

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Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 17h

How hypocritical can one man be?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 19h

Why do @semperwry.bsky.social and I have an active lawsuit to simply get the plaque honoring officers who defended the Capitol on January 6th? Cut the bullshit virture signaling mike. You stand with donald... your actions are louder than your words.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Julie Votes Blue @juliededit.bsky.social · 17h

White males under the age of 50 = “kids/young men” who can get away with “stupid things.”

Black/brown males over the age of 10 = dangerous criminals who need to be punished as adults for the “stupid things” they say or do.

Talk about a double standard…

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Six people had their visas revoked due to their social media posts.

Six people are being deported because of what they said online.

Six people have had their freedom of speech suspended.

It won’t stop with these six people.

Either we all have freedom of speech or none of us do.

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 1d

Jack Smith on how the DOJ lacks process. I keep saying that somebody should be keeping a file on Bondi.

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