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Kyle I, PhD 🕊️🇺🇦
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Kyle I, PhD 🕊️🇺🇦 @kyleiphd.bsky.social · Apr 16
The turnout for AOC & Bernie was absolutely insane in Folsom, CA We were in line for over 1.5 hrs and we still never got in!! People set up on the road above the arena just to get a view. Here are some photos from when we got close enough to see.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 6h
Trump Grifts and Rewards Criminals as the Country Collapses

Trump pardons his criminal Crypto buddies, bails out Argentina, attacks his critics, and demonizes Americans, all while destroying the White House and the US in his bid for money and forever power.

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13h
NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
www.nbcnews.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12h
New poll: UNH finds that November’s ballot measure in Maine that would greatly restrict mail voting, and impose voter ID, is *very* tight.

It’s 49% no, 48% yes. scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...

One of the most suspenseful elections on November 4.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d
Corruption goes courtside.
A screenshot of a post on X from Andrew Cuomo showing him sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden next to Mayor Eric Adams. The tweet says: "No better way to celebrate winning tonight's debate than making it to the @nyknicks game in time for the 2nd half."
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Kyle I, PhD 🕊️🇺🇦 @kyleiphd.bsky.social · 1d
More abject stupidity
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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 1d
Fuck. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area
More than 100 federal agents, including some from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Alameda base.
www.sfchronicle.com
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Zeke Tayler @drzeketayler.bsky.social · 1d
Vote YES for Justice Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty & David Wecht

Vote YES for Judge Alice Beck Dubow & Michael Wojcik

Vote for Brandon Neuman & Stella Tsai

Turn your ballot over!

Vote by November 4th, Pennsylvania!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Adelita Grijalva: "There is so much that cannot be done until I'm sworn in. So every moment that passes that I'm not able to provide constituent services or be a voice for Arizona, I cannot bring the issues forward that they send me here to do."
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d
Important to note that it's New York STATE that brought charges against the J6er that threatened Hakeem Jeffries. Not the DOJ.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
> @newyorker.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."
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Kevin 🚀🤠 @astro-cowboy.bsky.social · 1d
"How would you describe the impact these departures are having on NASA?"

"Cataclysmic. Stage five hurricane."
4,000 gone: Inside NASA’s brain drain
In exclusive interviews, ex-NASA scientists speak out on the impact of the agency's mass departures.
www.planetary.org
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Total Lowlife Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d
I’m skeptical that a court can or will do this, but i think it has to be tried, because the GOP has descended to full lawlessness, and we don’t have any kind of government if the majority party can just refuse to recognize others.
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d
NEW: The State of Arizona sues the House of Representatives, demanding that Speaker Mike Johnson seat Adelita Grijalva or that someone else be allowed to swear her in. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
PRAYER FOR RELIEF Because there is no dispute as to Ms. Grijalva's election or qualifications, the Court should: A. Issue a declaratory judgment stating that Ms. Grijalva shall be deemed a Member of the House of Representatives once she has taken the oath prescribed by law, see 5 U.S.C. § 3331; B. Issue a declaratory judgment stating that if Speaker Johnson has not administered the oath, the oath may be administered to Ms. Grijalva by any person authorized by law to administer oaths under the law of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the State of Arizona; and C. Award other relief as the Court deems just and proper. Dated: October 21, 2025 Respectfully submitted, KRISTIN K. MAYES Attorney General for the State of Arizona By: /s/ Joshua D. Bendor Joshua D. Bendor D.D.C. Bar ID 031908 Solicitor General Joshua A. Katz Assistant Attorney General
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d
We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d
NEW: AZ AG Kris Mayes and Adelita Grijalva have filed suit asking the court to declare Grijalva a member of the House once she's sworn in, and if Johnson won't do it, to allow someone else to. www.abc15.com/news/state/a...
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 2d
As promised, Arizona AG Kris Mayes and Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva have sued House Speaker Mike Johnson over his refusal to seat Grijalva, who won a special election a month ago. www.azag.gov/press-releas...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d
🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.
News Alerts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d
Arizona announces they are suing Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva.

She is the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d
NEWS: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva have SUED the U.S. House of Representatives in federal court in Washington, D.C. over Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to swear in Grijalva.

Grijalva would be the 218th vote for the Epstein Files discharge petition.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2d
This lawsuit, which demands that the House of Representatives finally seat Rep. Adelita Grijalva, has, um, fairly major implications for our democracy's survival in 2026 and beyond. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This case is about whether someone duly elected to the House – who indisputably meets the constitutional qualifications of the office – may be denied her rightful office simply because the Speaker has decided to keep the House out of “regular session.” 2. If the Speaker were granted that authority, he could thwart the peoples’ choice of who should represent them in Congress by denying them representation for a significant portion of the two-year term provided by the Constitution. 3. Fortunately, the Constitution does not give that authority to the Speaker—or anyone else
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d
Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄
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