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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 9h

It takes courage to stand up for what’s right — something Republicans clearly don’t have.

Kudos to my friend Jeff for doing the damn thing!

Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 10h

This is really what it comes down to.

I'm holding the Senate floor to say HELL NO to Trump destroying our We the People government.

🔗 www.youtube.com/live/bE37g0m...

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 12h

Mike Johnson’s refusal to seat Adelita Grijalva is bigger than just Epstein files. He’s laying groundwork to attempt to prevent winning Dems from taking office if House majority up for grabs in Nov 2026, as I told @briantylercohen.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSRY...

🚨 Trump caught in INSANE scheme to RIG next election

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

www.youtube.com

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Andy Ostroy @andyostroy.bsky.social · 11h

JFC...it's like a terrorist attack...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h

NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.

The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.

Details:

I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Minnesota Man @minnesotaman.bsky.social · 11h

Destroying the United States of America. He's done something none of our enemies ever achieved but all dreamed of.

And a third of the country is helping him do it.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

christ almighty what is this guy doing

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

I don’t understand why anyone’s debating this — a Nazi tattoo is a non starter, full stop.

This is a race for a U.S. Senate seat. The bar for candidates to clear doesn’t have to be insanely high, but it should at least be off the ground

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Tony Michaels 🎙 @thetonymichaels.bsky.social · 1d

From: "Donald Trump is America's H!tler" -JD Vance To:

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom: "Masked men. Jumping out of unmarked vehicles. People disappearing. No due process. No oversight. No accountability. People say I'm being hyperbolic. Bullshit. This is happening in America today."

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"At every step along the way, I rationalized, compartmentalized, and found excuses to stay tethered to the party, even as I grew to believe it was undermining the foundations of our constitutional republic. ...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party

Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

www.thebulwark.com

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Minnesota Man @minnesotaman.bsky.social · 1d

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 3d

MAGA man eats pavement after shouting slurs at No Kings protesters

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 3d

MAGA man eats pavement after shouting slurs at No Kings protesters

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ArizonaTerry.bsky.social @arizonaterry.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Kristi Noem is now under Congressional investigation. Rep Garcia and Senator Blumenthal are demanding records from her for detaining 170 American citizens without warrants, charge, or lawyers.

Get her. 😡

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Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 1d

centrist: Where do we go from here? We have to find common ground. We can't just call the other group "Nazis." At the end of the day, we're all just rich white men with podcasts.

Republican lawmaker: Welcome to Hitler Chat. I'm Hitler

Republican lawmaker 2: Hello. I am Hitler as well.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Oooh this is juicy. This is from Jim Comey's response to Lindsay Halligan's motion to disqualify defense counsel Pat Fitzgerald, and to set up filter protocols over old warrants. THE DEFENSE HAS REASON TO BELIEVE WHAT? lol

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

🎯🎯

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

WTAF? What did I just read @swin24.bsky.social?

This. Cannot. Be. Real? Can it? 🤢 open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

☕ What’s the Tea?
Trump kept trying to get his ‘Project 2025’ architect laid!
Over the weekend, Zeteo’s newest political reporter, Swin Suebsaeng, sent me the latest scoop he’s got from inside the weird Trump administration and, well, wait for it:

By mid-2024, Donald Trump and Project 2025 architect Russell Vought were talking on the phone fairly regularly. But it often wasn’t about policy. Trump – when he had downtime from campaigning and plotting his fascist presidency – appeared preoccupied with getting the recently divorced Vought laid, two knowledgeable sources tell me. Trump spoke to Vought, a self-described Christian nationalist who’s now one of the president’s most hardline enforcers, about the “gorgeous” and “beautiful ladies” who roam Trump’s club, Mar-a-Lago, so often that it “weirded out” some of his advisers, in one source’s words. Trump offered to be Vought’s wingman. And Trump spoke crudely of all the “pussy” that Vought would surely get as the president’s favorite “bachelor.”

OK, now I need to go take a shower. Ugh!

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

We couldn't find anyone among the 7 million+ No Kings attendees who says they were paid to protest. But X user @crypto4u1488 says each attendee was paid $750 by George Soros and bused in from other states. The truth may lie somewhere in between.

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I have so many names...🇧🇬🇯🇵🇵🇱🇺🇦🇺🇲🇪🇺 @o10tam.bsky.social · 1d

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Lord Guardian of Gastown @darkdementus.bsky.social · 2d

I looked at 38 papers. The NYT was one of only a few not to have it as the top story and photo

The handful of exceptions were pretty much all places with a big D1 football game

I genuinely don't understand why the NYT is so reticent to give coverage to one of the largest protests in history

NYT on the protests: sixth headline and third photo down. This is Saturday at 8pm

WSJ: protests are the top story and photo

Wapo: protests are the top story and photo

Chicago Tribune: protests are the top story and photo

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2d

Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago No Kings

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.

If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

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Laura @le1971.bsky.social · 2d

Wanted to leave this here

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Pete Hegseth conducted a live fire exercise over I-5 as part of a made-for-Fox stunt for him and Vance which had a misfire that struck a Highway Patrol vehicle and could have killed people?

Who could have foreseen this?

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Minnesota Man @minnesotaman.bsky.social · 1d

They are specifically going after certain populations to take away their rights. Much like Nixon, they're targeting the young, the poor, and minorities.

Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 1d

Show us some statistics on gun violence after regular marijuana use vs regular alcohol use. This is a violation of our 2nd amendment rights…

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