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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18h

So not for cause, or to address fraud, waste & abuse.

For partisan political pain.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 21h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h

Joe Biden receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Former president was diagnosed in May with ‘aggressive form’ of cancer and was already taking hormone medication Joe Biden is receiving radiation therapy for his prostate cancer that was diagnosed in May, NBC News has reported on Saturday, citing a spokesperson for the former US president. “As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” NBC News quoted a spokesperson for Biden as saying, the Reuters news agency said. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 26m

His late night post came after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday became the first university in the country to reject White House proposals tying federal funding to a set of demands from the MAGA administration.

Republican Praises School For Turning Down Trump 'Bribe'

Renegade Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie applauded MIT for standing fast against the MAGA administration’s demands over federal funding.

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 39m

A reminder these are HIGH SCHOOL football functions

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 39m

A reminder these are HIGH SCHOOL football functions

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 39m

"Blue states are burning and violent."

3 shootings in Mississippi related to football events leave multiple dead and injured share.google/vCM5zQPAbXv5...

3 shootings in Mississippi related to football events leave multiple dead and injured

Three high schools across Mississippi were the scenes of shootings on Friday night.

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 39m

"Blue states are burning and violent."

3 shootings in Mississippi related to football events leave multiple dead and injured share.google/vCM5zQPAbXv5...

3 shootings in Mississippi related to football events leave multiple dead and injured

Three high schools across Mississippi were the scenes of shootings on Friday night.

share.google

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Elizabeth @adrianelizabeth.bsky.social · 45m

We have to actually physically survive his reign because he wants us to die. He doesn't care how we die or how many of us die or who kills us. It doesn't even enter his thought process. Oligarchs are his constituency.

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 1h

Damn near everything Trump is doing is unconstitutional and we will pay dearly for it.

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@dpc1zspeaking @dpc1zspeaking.bsky.social · 1h

We already are, shipmate. 🥺

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 1h

More is coming

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 1h

Damn near everything Trump is doing is unconstitutional and we will pay dearly for it.

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@dpc1zspeaking @dpc1zspeaking.bsky.social · 1h

They are totally DISfunctional..

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 1h

Congress does not function under Republican presidents as it should. This is a story. Someone should write about it

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 1h

Congress does not function under Republican presidents as it should. This is a story. Someone should write about it

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Pragmatic Politic @pragmaticpolitic.bsky.social · 1h

He's doing exactly what I said he was going to do, turn Congress into a vestigial arm of govt with no real purpose. He's gotten all the way to appropriating money. If Congress doesn't make the laws, they don't hold anyone accountable, and they don't make appropriations, why do we have them anymore?

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 1h

Do not start pushing dumb ass shit and not explain why this is bad.

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 1h

Do not start pushing dumb ass shit and not explain why this is bad.

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 1h

*one*

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 1h

Okay, the President pyshing for troops to get paid is good right?

How he is doing it is the bad shit that needs to be not overlooked. Its unconstitutional. He is continuing hos assault on the Constitution when he amd his party are at fault for the troops not being fucking paid in the beginning

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 1h

Okay, the President pyshing for troops to get paid is good right?

How he is doing it is the bad shit that needs to be not overlooked. Its unconstitutional. He is continuing hos assault on the Constitution when he amd his party are at fault for the troops not being fucking paid in the beginning

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 1h

Some of these are accounts I mostly like (Kruse is, Novak is not). But getting pushback when you post stuff like that is an important feedback mechanism, if you keep yourself in a place where you can be open to it when it’s constructive.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 2h

I had called this out obliquely in a reply to my other post but I thought it was worth quoting specifically and directly because the incentives to not piss off a Big Account are stupid and when people are saying something stupid they deserve to hear the pushback.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 2h

“Dems are terrible at messaging. They need to be more like me, who proclaims that Trump is the true voice of the Volk and definitionally cannot lose.”

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