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TheCynicalOptimist
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🇺🇸A Woman’s Place is in The Resistance 🇺🇸 Clarence Residents for Human Rights; Buffalo North Towns Married Momma of 2. George Carlin is my idol. No Bio-No Follow. DMs off. Creating art for my mental health --> https://cynnicaloptimist.etsy.com
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h
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Exceptional Product @unit-of-product.bsky.social · 1d
The only way #MAGA will learn is through personal pain and outrage, as exhibited by LL of all people, and MTG who was hard burned by Trump for a non-endorsement of a Senate run.

Plus soybean farmers, and pretty much anyone with brown skin who either sat out the election or voted Trump.
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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 15h
Love the wholesome energy of this one
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 1d
It may be the last legal protest you attend.
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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d
Happy Saturday ☺️🎉
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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d
Of course! This one is a complicated scenario and is unprecedented. I believe they are looking to every option available and don’t want to misstep and give republicans a platform to say her position is illegitimate.
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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d
Agree completely.
Once her term starts the people of Arizona can sue for not having representation. I believe they already have the lawsuit prepped to go through assuming Mike Johnson will continue to delay her swearing in.
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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

This article explains more but it’s paywalled.
How long can House speaker put off swearing in Adelita Grijalva? What House rules say
Johnson, R-Louisiana, must swear in Grijalva, D-Arizona, once the House returns to session, an expert said.
www.azcentral.com
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d
Hey Chumpster, The Governor has
Another message for you LOSER !
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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d
Sometimes when I need to reduce my stress levels I imagine that Harris won the presidency and I feel the stress melt away. At some point I have to come back to reality and that’s pretty soul crushing.
It’s really hard to be a kind, smart, emotionally intelligent human these days.
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ALMA SUONO BA.,CNS. @almasuono.bsky.social · 1d
Dawg its been chaos in this country every fuckin day since JANUARY
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 1d
. @repdangoldman.bsky.social to DOJ prosecutors: "You have to stand up for your oath of office. You have to stand up for the Constitution. It is daunting. You may get fired. But I promise you, the legal profession will reward you for doing the right thing."
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 1d
"Residents in the apartment building across from Portland’s ICE facility have found themselves in the middle of a confrontation they didn’t ask for. They say it’s not the protesters that are the problem"

portlandtribune.com/2025/10/10/i...
'I can taste the tear gas': Living across the street from Portland's ICE facility - The Portland Tribune
Living amid the protests, Ocon is a frequent sight each night, using a megaphone from her balcony to talk to ICE agents or support the protesters.
portlandtribune.com
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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d
Bro should be in hospice.
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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d
Hurdle 1: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
If speaker is bypassed, the rest of the process can't be followed:
Hurdle 2: www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
More: "The speaker’s office sent the AP a statement saying Johnson intends to schedule the swearing-in next week."
U.S. Code: Table Of Contents
www.law.cornell.edu
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Atticus @atticuspund.bsky.social · 1d
Foreign troops on US soil. Another first for making America Great Again.

WTF!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
At least Trump got a free jet and a $5.5 billion golf resort in Qatar, so there’s that.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.
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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d
Her term doesn’t technically start until next week. So for now only the speaker can swear her in; but starting next week any federal judge can do it.

The Epstein Train is gonna go full steam ahead in only a matter of time ⏰ Delaying the inevitable.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d
"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton
Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.
www.chicagotribune.com
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2d
You know who takes a cognitive test? People whose family members suspect their loved one is suffering from dementia. If he kept getting “perfect” scores…they wouldn’t keep administering them. My take? He blew the first one he ever took. Now, they’re tracking the decline. I’d bet my hot coffee on it.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d
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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 2d
Shareholders should never be mentioned as part of a health care system. They are the broken piece.