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ArizonaDemocrat 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini 🇨🇦 Elbows Up @literateliberal.bsky.social · 1d

What is Constitutional?

It's NOT what the Constitution says is Constitutional.

It's what at least 5 Supreme Court Justices SAY is Constitutional.

The Left has focused on the document. The Right has focused on bending the Justices.

#HowWeGotHere

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 15h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

Letitia James is being indicted for saving $50/month on a loan?

Gee, I wonder how much loan money Donald Trump saved when he got more than $270 million in debt forgiven after he failed to repay loans on his Chicago skyscraper development . . .

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

The grand jury indictment against New York AG Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased.

James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, the indictment alleges.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Letitia James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, indictment alleges

The grand jury indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased in Norfolk, Virgini

www.nbcnews.com

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 21h

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 23h

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 20h

Done! And counted! ✅ ✅✊🏻

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 20h

I mean it’s just silly.

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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 1d

The highest concentration of people who have lied to Congress is in the White House and the Supreme Court.
The DOJ can start there and work its way down to themselves.

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 20h

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Filmin @filmin.es · 21h

Nos deja a los 79 años una de las actrices de nuestra vida.

Hasta siempre, Diane Keaton.
Hasta siemmpre, Annie Hall.

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 1d

The museums are being shutdown.
Are we great yet?
Everyone’s being fired.
Are we great yet?
Food is rotting in our fields.
Are we great yet?
The market’s crashing greatly.
Diseases are now running rampant.
At what point aren’t we great?
Our military’s in line at food banks.
So super great.

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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 1d

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

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Michael D. Baker @mikebakerlaw.bsky.social · 21h

The court sided with Illinois: the federal government cannot override a state’s control over its own National Guard without meeting extraordinarily high legal standards. acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

Adobe Acrobat

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 21h

It is always going on somewhere forever.

Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 23h

Is the Mariners game still going on

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 21h

Well, that’s just unacceptable. 😢

Navin Pokala 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @navinpokala.bsky.social · 22h

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a woman is standing in front of a bulletin board with a sign on it that says ' where can i help you '

ALT: a woman is standing in front of a bulletin board with a sign on it that says ' where can i help you '

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 22h

For non-US folks: IDEA is the rule that dictates that disabled kids are to have equal opportunities for a public education. Taking away the people who fund and enforce it is basically leaving disabled kids and their families to fend for themselves.

Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 23h

Vought’s daughter has cerebral palsy, and while she may not require “special” education, she would need adjustments if she attended any school.

Obviously, he is evil and does not care about hypocrisy, but I want people to remember: they’re taking this away from US, not themselves.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 22h

I tuned in after the WNBA Final. So I guess I’m only a half sicko. That was wild.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 22h

came to D.C. to do book research at the Library of Congress and check out an exhibit at the National Archives but now everything’s closed because some rich dickheads are refusing to work

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 22h

Oh yeah. I call them evangelical atheists, but they sort of crack me up. Mostly because they’re so comically un self-aware about the parallels.

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 22h

Oops.

Charlotte Crist @touchesky.bsky.social · 1d

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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 22h

Well, how about that. This administration cannot think two steps ahead.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
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Nina Jo Smith @njsmith.bsky.social · 22h

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Lypse @lypse.bsky.social · 1d

🏳️‍🌈 Día Internacional para Salir del Armario 🗣️

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