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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 1h

For Republicans who proclaim to be die hard free market capitalists, they sure are manipulating the economy a lot.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Some of your Republican colleagues have raised concerns about Trump opening up the market to Argentinian beef. What are you doing to help American beef farmers?

MIKE JOHNSON: We had some discussion on that yesterday. I don't know the latest developments.

Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 1h

Well that's an analogy in itself!
Curious about the mention of the cane William McKinley had when he was assassinated.

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Rebecca Rauber @defeatthefascists.bsky.social · 15h

Well, the goddam commission should just let the debris smolder unchanged for the next 3-1/2 years. A destroyed White House is an apt metaphor for the lunatics who've taken it over. #NoFascistUSA

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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 1h

So Trump could bulldoze the whole thing, huh?

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 3h

Mamdani hasn’t been elected yet and he’s already driving criminals out of New York.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 4h

“That they’re so uptight about”

I’m guessing that if Cramer hadn’t been seated in his own office as U.S. Senator over a month after he was supposed to for no particular reason he’d have been a bit “uptight” about it as well.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Sen. Kevin Cramer on Mike Johnson: "It may be getting to be time for him to bring the House back into session, if for no other reason to start doing other legislation and perhaps to swear in the House member from Arizona that they're so uptight about."

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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 3h

He's never liked the White House when he first moved in 2017, he was overheard deriding it, calling it a "dump."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 3h

I think that's the whole point, to turn the public school system upside down and shake, whatever money they have in their pockets, out.
School daze: Rapid expansion of voucher program leaves public, private schools underpaid floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/22/s...

School daze: Rapid expansion of voucher program leaves public, private schools underpaid • Florida Phoenix

The rapid expansion of the state’s School Choice scholarship program burrowed a $47 million hole in the Florida Department of Education’s budget and left public and private schools complaining they ar...

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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 17h

ETTD

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

Donald has a history of demolishing buildings. He's demolishing the East Wing of the White House right now because he is a tacky bastard with the most vulgar tastes. His casino below was demolished because he's an incompetent businessman with the most vulgar tastes.
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Trump Plaza implosion: The Atlantic City casino came down this morning

YouTube video by NJ.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Markwayne like a kid with a new bicycle on Christmas with his 4 signed Trump hats in hand anxiously waiting for his Trump Coins.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 17h

As someone who's been through some renovations, feel like they got to the demo phase pretty fast for this project!

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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 17h

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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 1d

New risograph from Australian illustrator and unionist Sam Wallman in the shop! justseeds.org/product/what...

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17h

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 17h

Putting Reagan on a graft.

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 1d

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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 17h

Friendly fire?

Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 20h

"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"

* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window

US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say

A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.

www.kktv.com

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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 18h

Scurried...like a rat?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 1d

This Jill Stein - who is hobnobbing with convicted felon Mike Flynn and war criminal Vladimir Putin?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 1d

Trump falsely claims that 50% of presidents have used the Insurrection Act. If he invokes it for partisan reasons, it would allow him and Pam Bondi to order the military to begin arrests. For safer cities, restore the $71.7 million DOGE cut from policing and prosecution programs!

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

I have never seen such a perfect image

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.”

The cuts:

📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage)

📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage)

📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage)

📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)

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