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Virginia @vbarnett323.bsky.social · Feb 17

Please, please do a quick 2-5 minute daily rebuttal to the insanity of the day. You would be able to effectively communicate why the policies/ power grab is not good for 99.9% of Americans. We need you.
@mcuban.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 17h

Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works

(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Screenshot of a text exchange via Signal between Anna Bower and Lindsay Halligan.

Halligan: By the way - everything I ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know.

Bower: I'm sorry, but that's not how this works.
You don't get to say that in retrospect.

Halligan: Yes I do. Off record.

Bower: I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked. But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?

Halligan: It's obvious the whole convo is off record.
There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never even told me about a story.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 16h

Almost as many immigrants have died in ICE custody this year as in all four years of the Biden administration.
-Politico

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare.

And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20h

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

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Virginia @vbarnett323.bsky.social · 16h

I was thinking that, plus he probably threatened the contractor. Doesn’t mean he can’t be sued to return the building to the last approved.

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Alyssa Katz @alykatzz.bsky.social · 18h

Quite a bookkeeping error there: $301.24 from previous reports now restated as $301,238.97.

Eric Adams’ Unpaid Legal Bills Tied to Federal Indictment Climb to $4.5 Million

The mayor’s latest filing with the city’s ethics board shows $1.3 million in new attorneys’ fees owed — including a previously logged $301 bill restated at more than $301,000.

www.thecity.nyc

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 1d

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Virginia @vbarnett323.bsky.social · 17h

There are a ton of zoning and deed restrictions for historical buildings. Surprised this was approved.

Virginia @vbarnett323.bsky.social · 17h

Did the Society for Historical Preservation approve these plans?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

Literally

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Virginia @vbarnett323.bsky.social · 17h

The leaves were so beautiful this weekend!

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💙🐶🚴🏻🏊‍♂️♊️ Victoria🌈💥☀️ @victoriaswimcycle.bsky.social · 1d

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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 20h

Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

It’s “Colombia” YOU ABSOLUTE DUMBASS

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Robert Ellingsworth @by1959.bsky.social · 1d

Must Be.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20h

Frogs in slowly heating water is a popular allegory for being unaware that you are being destroyed in an incrementally worsening situation.

But I'm drawing hope from the past week that we frogs may be a bit more aware of our situation than those allegorical frogs. #Hop

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23h

Beyer: I don’t like to do ad hominem attacks, but I’ve served with four different speakers. This is the fifth one—by far the weakest speaker, I think, in American history.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

cc: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 3d

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

Rolling Stone excerpt about Montana’s ballot initiative to combat Citizens United

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

[checks calendar]

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2d

as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life

and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Jeffries: "They care about George Santos and freeing him than they do about providing healthcare to everyday Americans."

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Virginia @vbarnett323.bsky.social · 1d

Diarrhea Don

Virginia @vbarnett323.bsky.social · 1d

Diarrhea Don