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vrextea.bsky.social @vrextea.bsky.social · 19h

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Government for the Few by the Fewer

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vrextea.bsky.social @vrextea.bsky.social · 2d

😦 $15k a month is the same as what you get paid working full time at federal minimum wage per YEAR ($7.25hourlyx2080h=$15,080)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

HAYES: “Let me be as clear as I can — Trump is arguing in court to let Americans go hungry so they don’t have to negotiate with Dems over stopping some of those same Americans health care costs from skyrocketing.”

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vrextea.bsky.social @vrextea.bsky.social · 3d

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Autistic Tylenol?!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d

There’s a name for this.

C O R R U P T I O N

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Gurpurab to the Sikh Community of NYC.

Thank you Baba Makhan Shah Lubana Gurdwara for having me at your beautiful Nagar Kirtan in Richmond Hill.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 6d

A federal judge in Boston on Thursday seemed skeptical of the Trump’s administration’s argument that SNAP benefits could be suspended for the first time in the food aid program’s history because of the government shutdown. https://to.pbs.org/47wCHFF

Judge questions the Trump administration's plan to suspend SNAP benefits for millions

During a hearing over a request by 25 Democratic-led states to keep the funding flowing, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani told lawyers that if the government can't afford to cover the cost, there's ...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8d

This is the third U.S. Attorney found to be unlawfully appointed. The other two are Sigal Chattah and Alina Habba. Their indictments stand because they were signed by other prosecutors. Not true for Lindsey Halligan.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: A federal judge says L.A.-based US attorney Bill ESSAYLI has been acting in the role unlawfully since July, declaring him disqualified from the position. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · 8d

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 7d

Note: This is me — I asked this question.

You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?

MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos

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vrextea.bsky.social @vrextea.bsky.social · 7d

So cool!!! 😍

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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 8d

California just gave medication abortion providers—including mail-order pharmacies—and patients a powerful new tool.

New California Shield Law Protects Abortion Pill Patients, Prescribers and Pharmacists

New California Shield Law Protects Abortion Pill Patients, Prescribers and Pharmacists From Using Their Real Names

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 10d

South Korea hates Taco, they don’t want him visiting! #southkorea #arresttrump

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 10d

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vrextea.bsky.social @vrextea.bsky.social · 10d

The shutdown is rolling out the red carpet. Congress and the Senate can’t be dissolved because that would be dissolving the Union. Rendering them into useless puppets is very convenient for a dictator.

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vrextea.bsky.social @vrextea.bsky.social · 11d

💜 thank you for sharing, you belong in the world, just like me, just like everyone else

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 11d

Zohran Mamdani’s comments on Islamophobia literally brought me to tears yesterday. He’s made so many people, including me, feel seen—and I’m not even Muslim. Whatever anyone thinks of him, that’s incredibly special.

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 14d

#releasethefiles

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 13d

Good morning.

It's been 30 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

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🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 14d

The way they pick on everybody that’s smaller than them in size elderly women
They are the epitome of not being able to fight somebody their own size cause that’s when they back down every time

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

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"

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Democratic Progressive Caucus Alachua County @acdpc.bsky.social · 15d

Today, protesting takes bravery that many didn’t realize they had in them considering the current regime. However, protesting alone takes huge courage! We don’t see this account here on Bluesky but thought they need exposure from TikTok.

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Martin @ampule2.bsky.social · 15d

How about opening the Hospitals first instead of pissing $40 billion of our money on a Country whose economy is continuing to go down the toilet. 🤬

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18d

Boston, bigger than the Tea Party.

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