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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 6h

Putting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo in the Senate normalizes Naziism in our federal politics for a long ass time.

All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."

It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 6h

Now he's staying at home and I think a lot of his fellow panelists should be getting pret-ty nervous right about now.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 6h

So this is going to give quite a few people some sleepless nights.

The Senate stacked a whole bunch of nominees into one hearing so that each one would only get a few questions. Ingrassia was expected to suck up all the Dem questions.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 6h

over yonder

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Nonya Bidniss @nonyabidniss.bsky.social · 7h

Welp, nobody's doing anything about it so I guess he can do it. I wonder what the extremist SCOTUS would say about it.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 8h

it is weirdly shocking that he can just ... tear down a big chunk of the White House. Like, motherfucker, you don't *own* the place.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 7h

Lawsuit points out that if Johnson can delay swearing-ins indefinitely, he could essentially deny election outcomes by burning through a chunk of the newly elected lawmaker's term

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 8h

Breaking: AZ AG + Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva are suing the House to compel her swearing in. Mike Johnson has delayed it for weeks; Grijalva has promised to be the last member needed to force a vote on the Epstein files

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10h

Hilarious that Marj, of all people, has looked around, seen that the cost of living going up, and recognized that her party has absolutely nothing to offer in response.

Marjorie Taylor Greene delivers her harshest warning yet

The Georgia Republican predicts Republicans will lose the House if they can’t ‘get back to America First.’

www.semafor.com

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11h

I’m old enough to remember when Trump said he’d take a salary of $1 a year as president.

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11h

this is going to be a partisan take but i dont think the president should be allowed to give himself $230M in taxpayer money

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11h

Well-organized disease-spreading scam artists is who. apnews.com/article/maha...

Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?

Powerful anti-vaccine advocates and people selling potentially harmful goods such as raw milk are profiting from the push to write anti-science policies into law across the U.S.

apnews.com

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Cat music @yanygal.bsky.social · 11h

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

13 Senate Democrats Vote to Advance Trump Nominee During Shutdown

What are they thinking?

www.yahoo.com

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Nonya Bidniss @nonyabidniss.bsky.social · 11h

Mike Johnson is protecting pedophiles

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seekingjustice.bsky.social @seekingjustice.bsky.social · 12h

Please tell me why the Senate DEMS voted to confirm Trump nominees today?

Why should Americans continue to support a party that doesn't understand the current situation?

PLEASE EXPLAIN IT TO US

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 12h

Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.

During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.

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Nonya Bidniss @nonyabidniss.bsky.social · 11h

Found the answer here: Congressional Salaries and Allowances: In Brief

www.congress.gov

Nonya Bidniss @nonyabidniss.bsky.social · 12h

It's amazing how stupid people can be. How gullible, credulous, exploitable

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 12h

Monthly health care premiums doubling—or more—may not be "gut-wrenching" to Senators like Ron Johnson. But to most Americans, payments that used to be $772/month becoming $2,400/month is a BIG DEAL.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Ron Johnson: "I don't think this is going to be any kind of gut-wrenching problem if these enhanced subsidies just go away. We'll probably have the weather the lies told by the Democrats. Democrats say all sorts of things that are untrue."

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Nonya Bidniss @nonyabidniss.bsky.social · 12h

Do members of Congress get free healthcare? Serious question

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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 13h

As the old saying goes, "the poor are crazy, the rich just eccentric.” But Thiel is sure pegging out the eccentricity meter with his wild ravings about the antichrist.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

Someone went there:

"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"

via @futurism.com

futurism.com/future-socie...

It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It

He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.

futurism.com

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MollyG @mgishere.bsky.social · 13h

I just called ACECO Demolition 301-588-0707 and left msg with operations dept
Also Clark Construction 301-272-8100 left msg in main voicemail box
Couldn’t get a human on the phone in either case but hopefully they’re getting an earful

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 1d

Businesses choose what jobs they take. ACECO chose to take this one. They can choose not to. 2/
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White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com · 13h

No one is moving to fckn Mobile, Alabama, blue state governors and mayors. Just tax those millionaire pricks

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 14h

The surplus has been used to "fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit."

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 14h

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT

"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts

A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

www.bloomberg.com

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