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Susie Roberts @moongirlsusie.bsky.social · 57m

Guardian Reports Israel Has Violated Ceasefire 47 Times
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Guardian Reports Israel Has Violated Ceasefire 47 Times

This Is Why Netanyahu and Trump Cannot Be Trusted

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Susie Roberts @moongirlsusie.bsky.social · 58m

You mean tacky gold-painted wooden crap.

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Susie Roberts @moongirlsusie.bsky.social · 58m

And reinstall the rose garden.

Fuck Trump.

We will ensure Trump leaves no legacy.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

ICE fired shots again, hitting a civilian and a U.S. marshal. DHS, once again, is claiming the man rammed ICE with his car. Let’s see how long before that version of events unravels. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Shooting by ICE officer in Los Angeles wounds motorist, U.S. marshal

Federal authorities said the driver had threatened officers with a vehicle while trying to flee an arrest.

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Mark Welch @markwelch.bsky.social · 8h

This is terrifying.

‘instead of paying us with cash for the land, you pay us in compute’

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 11h

Nothing says "stripping America for parts" like putting the military in hock to private equity.
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US army taps private equity groups to help fund $150bn revamp

Apollo, KKR, Carlyle and Cerberus among investors that held talks with federal government

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1h

The Trump administration is adamant that people not take or share photos of the White House destruction, so please keep this photo amongst us.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1h

Just a reminder that — in the middle of a shutdown — House Republicans are on a paid vacation solely to avoid releasing the Epstein files and lowering your health care costs.

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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 1h

Democrat Adelita Grijalva won the special election more than a month ago and STILL isn't sworn in.

‘Disgraceful’: House Democrat rips GOP for Epstein shenanigans

On Tuesday, Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland called out House Speaker Mike Johnson and fellow Republicans for refusing to swear in Democrat Adelita Grijalva—...

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1h

The Republican health care plan is to do NOTHING while people get priced out of their insurance.

Stop telling us to deal with it "later."

Republicans spent all year focusing on tax cuts for billionaires, so they need to focus on health care for millions of Americans NOW.

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 1h

POTENTIAL?! He’s LITERALLY stealing from us.

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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 1h

GOP logic: “Starve the people, then enjoy caviar.”

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'That's why they're about to lose': Top Democrat warns GOP

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries condemned the GOP for making everything more expensive and gutting support ...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1h

📽️ VIDEO: Donald Trump wants to be king, and @ericswalwell.bsky.social (D-CA) is leading the opposition. In our latest podcast episode, Swalwell sounds the alarm on Trump’s strategy to protect himself and undermine American democracy ahead of the 2026 election.
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The "Epstein Shutdown" Cover-Up | Rep. Eric Swalwell

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

North Carolina moved closer Tuesday to dismantling a historically Black congressional district in a move one of its former representatives described as “blatant discrimination.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘Blatant Discrimination’: North Carolina Advances GOP Gerrymander at the Expense of Black Voters

Read more here.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1h

If US Mayors and Governors were actually serious about confronting ICE they’d call for the creation of a citizen’s self-defence force or order riot police to intervene to block the raids.

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Susie Roberts @moongirlsusie.bsky.social · 1h

Rural Hospitals in the United States Face Collapse
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Rural Hospitals in the United States Face Collapse

As Medicaid cuts deepen, small-town hospitals across Republican states are closing, leaving millions without access to emergency care.

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Susie Roberts @moongirlsusie.bsky.social · 2h

Makes that Kathy Griffin performance art rather mild, eh?
The question remains: How can the GOP function now that they've spread their brains all over the countryside?
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Speaker Johnson defends Trump posting AI video in which he drops excrement on Americans

The GOP leader said the president “is using satire to make a point.” He did not, however, explain what that point was.

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Susie Roberts @moongirlsusie.bsky.social · 2h

GOP desperation on full display.
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Tom Emmer continues his smear campaign, offering a case study in modern GOP politics

Two years ago this week, Donald Trump derailed the Minnesotan’s House speaker bid. Now, however, Emmer’s MAGA transformation appears complete.

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Susie Roberts @moongirlsusie.bsky.social · 2h

The message is "RESIGN NOW ASSHOLE"
You are a disgrace.
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Maddow: 'No Kings' protests send message to Trump from EVERY state in the nation

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Susie Roberts @moongirlsusie.bsky.social · 2h

Some criminals insist on being imprisoned.
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Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter charged with threatening Hakeem Jeffries, adding to pattern

With his Jan. 6 pardons, the president let a bunch of criminals back out onto American streets. Quite a few of them have ended up in legal trouble again.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 2h

Read the full exclusive story at bit.ly/3L6mpMe

#AlexandriaJacobson #RawStory #SupremeCourt #VotingRightsAct #Louisiana #CivilRights #SCOTUS #InvestigativeReporting

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Susie Roberts @moongirlsusie.bsky.social · 2h

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Sarkozy’s prison sentence proves that former presidents can be held accountable

The French case offers a lesson for those who insisted that the criminal cases against Donald Trump were somehow evidence of an inherent abuse.

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Susie Roberts @moongirlsusie.bsky.social · 2h

Today the Baby Huey award goes to Trump et al for being totally stupid assholes.

Duh, which way did he go?

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3h

For years, the right has invented threats and crises to scare the public, but that strategy is losing its power. Trump and MAGA can no longer make their monsters appear real, and the American people are noticing. Could we be at a turning point?

Trump And MAGA Have Lost The Plot

Americans are no longer buying the fear-mongering and lies the right is selling

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3h

Once again, trigger discipline of a guy playing a video game in an arcade. These rejects are playing Call of Duty on our streets.

Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 5h

Earlier on Canal Street, as agents attempted to disperse, one who I recognize from the courts pulled out a taser and threatened protester with it. @thecity.nyc

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3h

Anonymous has been laying waste to Russia's cyber infrastructure all month in solidarity with Ukraine. #OpRussia

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