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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4h

Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 59m

“It is being claimed that we have a historic peace deal. That is absolutely fictitious.”

Why the US-brokered ceasefire between Hamas and Israel does not mean peace

“No actual plan”: Why the ceasefire does not mean peace

"It is also being claimed that we have a historic peace deal. That is absolutely fictitious.”

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tweedlez.bsky.social @tweedlez.bsky.social · 1h

tweedlez.bsky.social @tweedlez.bsky.social · 2h

The Constitutional Significance of the Santos Pardon
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The Constitutional Significance of the Santos Pardon

The threat to Congress’s checking function by a politicized justice system—and the need for reform.

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tweedlez.bsky.social @tweedlez.bsky.social · 2h

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Zelenskyy once again shows Trump what integrity looks like

President Donald Trump once again revealed his pettiness during a Q&A with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday. When Fox News' Peter Doocy asked Zelenskyy to compare ....

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tweedlez.bsky.social @tweedlez.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: Virginia Giuffre’s Book Drops Tomorrow — Trump’s Worst Nightmare Is About to Begin
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BREAKING: Virginia Giuffre’s Book Drops Tomorrow — Trump’s Worst Nightmare Is About to Begin

They thought they could bury the Epstein files. They tried to silence the survivors. But they can’t stop what’s coming — the truth is rising, and our voices will bring it into the light.

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tweedlez.bsky.social @tweedlez.bsky.social · 3h

Chicago Mayor Calls For General Strike Against Trump, Paid-Protester-Lie Debunked, New Epstein Revelations, and Mike Johnson Once Again Flails On Sunday TV
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Chicago Mayor Calls For General Strike Against Trump, Paid-Protester-Lie Debunked, New Epstein Revelations, and Mike Johnson Once Again Flails On Sunday TV

The Resistance rises to new heights

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

I guess they don’t think the images of Trump tearing apart the WH and grounds are helpful to them.

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tweedlez.bsky.social @tweedlez.bsky.social · 3h

Important Evening News Update
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Important Evening News Update

Congress only worked 20 days out of the last 112, Johnson tells Grijalva to serve constituents she does not have, top Trump official calls himself a Nazi in leaked texts, and much more

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tweedlez.bsky.social @tweedlez.bsky.social · 3h

A Potential Rights Sunset on the Horizon: Rick Hasen on Louisiana's Redistricting Supreme Court Case
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A Potential Rights Sunset on the Horizon: Rick Hasen on Louisiana's Redistricting Supreme Court Case

"The Supreme Court is being woefully blind."

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tweedlez.bsky.social @tweedlez.bsky.social · 3h

Trump Sends His Prosecutors to Their Demise in Court as They Defy Him
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Trump Sends His Prosecutors to Their Demise in Court as They Defy Him

For more access to expert legal analysis, official court documents and breaking news coverage only available here at the intersection of law and politics, please consider becoming a paid subscriber.Le...

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tweedlez.bsky.social @tweedlez.bsky.social · 3h

Trump's Worst Fear Comes True as Indictment Falls Apart
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Trump's Worst Fear Comes True as Indictment Falls Apart

For more access to expert legal analysis, official court documents and breaking news coverage only available here at the intersection of law and politics, please consider becoming a paid subscriber.Le...

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tweedlez.bsky.social @tweedlez.bsky.social · 3h

Comey Moves To Dismiss
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Comey Moves To Dismiss

You have choices about where you get your news and analysis.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 13h

Noem’s twin luxury jets cost taxpayers $170mil. What else could we have bought for that kind of cash?

💰The entire FY22 salary and benefits budget request for the Coast Guard (1)

💰Guaranteed loans for small businesses that are inaccessible during the shutdown. (2)

Kristi Noem defends $170M purchase of Gulfstream jets for DHS leaders

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended a contract to spend more than $170 million on new jets for the U.S. Coast Guard, including one that will be used for the secretary’s travel. The Dep…

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15h

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 12h

I LOVE this idea

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

OMG! In Comey's motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution, he points to others who have lied to Congress that were NOT prosecuted. Number one is JEFF SESSIONS when he said "I have been called a surrogate at a time or two, but I did not have contact with the Russians." 1/

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 23h

Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

STAY VIGILANTE OF THE COVER-UP

TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!!

I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Powerful, grubby men using their connections to cover their abuse of a trafficked teenage girl.

After all the revelations, it's never "not" shocking.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Oh wow

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NRDC @nrdc.org · 1d

People across the U.S. are raising concerns about new power-hungry AI data centers built near their homes that guzzle local water supplies, drive up electricity bills, and worsen climate change by relying on fossil fuels.

Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.

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