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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 16h

But there is nothing noble or respectable about what Vought is doing, about his vision for the country. He is a fully competent, utterly committed radical ideologue. He lusts for counter-revolution and radical measures. There is no line he doesn’t feel justified to cross.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 16h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

Help me out here. When did Biden take office? Who was the FBI director on January 6th? Who appointed that FBI director?

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15h

"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 14h

If you don’t know, through the history of America, who the most violent Americans are, you are most certainly a sheep.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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SharonR_MECFS 🇨🇦 @sharonrmecfs.bsky.social · 6h

Trump arms the Confederate States to go after the rest of USA.

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Lisa Nicole @lisa7nicole.bsky.social · 12h

My home state has the best Governor ever.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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Erich w/ an h @erichwanh.bsky.social · 14h

I'm surprisingly 100% on board with this. My friend's younger sister was fooled in '16, and though I still side-eye her sometimes, we've all moved on.

I broke up a 20y friendship for the '24 vote. You don't get to vote for the "kill my family" party and still reap the benefits of knowing who I am.

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Agent53.bsky.social @agent53.bsky.social · 15h

I dunno about the rest of you, but the litmus test for the rest of my life will be "how many times did you vote for Trump?" And if the answer isn't zero, I'm open to forgiving 1 vote if it was 2016. Beyond that? We don't need to be friends.

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Lisa Nicole @lisa7nicole.bsky.social · 1d

an 🤦🏽‍♀️

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Lisa Nicole @lisa7nicole.bsky.social · 1d

I kept saying dictators do not like and armed population....🤷🏽‍♀️ oh well

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Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · 1d

Source: BBC
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Burkina Faso refuses to take deportees as US stops issuing visas

The West African nation's foreign minister asks if the decision led to the US suspending issuing visas.

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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 1d

You have no idea how bad it's going to get until it's too late

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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LizNWillTradeCandyCornForAlmondJoys @liznisherenow.bsky.social · 1d

"How we tell the story matters."

This isn't to bring down TS. It's to point out a thing that white women do:

Why Black Women Don’t Trust Us The Taylor Swift Conversation That Says It All

YouTube video by Knitting Cult Lady

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 1d

Look I’ll admit I know close to nothing about this stuff. However, the fact that Republicans love it so much will always have me side eyeing it.

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Crypto spent millions to defeat Sherrod Brown and elect allies. It's ready for a repeat in 2026

The cryptocurrency industry spent millions last year to unseat a longtime critic, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, and install its allies in Washington.

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LizNWillTradeCandyCornForAlmondJoys @liznisherenow.bsky.social · 1d

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MorbidAnjel @morbidanjel.bsky.social · 1d

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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 1d

AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 1d

#Pinks #ProudBlue
I’m confused about JD Vance and Leonard Leo’s version of Catholicism. All Catholics are supposed to follow the Pope but this new sect is disregarding Pope Leo XIV’s calls to help and protect immigrants. Anybody with info or articles please post.
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We Need to Have a Talk About Leonard Leo’s Version of Catholicism

Leo’s speech at the Catholic Information Center is worth listening to in its entirety.

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B R A N D O N @sirbrandonthomas.com · 1d

Every 100•ish years, history repeats itself. Go read about the 1920s and how the GOP allowed businessmen to take over the government, which led to the Great Crash (1929) and the Great Depression that followed. I’m hoping we get to the part where an FDR-like figure emerges to correct the corruption.

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Lisa Nicole @lisa7nicole.bsky.social · 1d

It's disgusting that people voted for this... the horrors we will see in about 4-6 months, if not sooner...😒

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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