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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22d

Y’all. Republicans are FINE with poking holes in the filibuster. They did it ten days ago so they could confirm 48
Trump appointees at once. Don’t let them tell you they can’t pass a CR without Dems. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Senate Republicans poke holes in the filibuster despite vowing to protect it

Facing Democratic opposition, the GOP has discarded a series of precedents and weakened minority power in order to vote through Trump's nominees and legislation.

www.nbcnews.com

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 21d

WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22d

Erasing history.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 26d

Outrageous.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Jul 23

If by “torn cornea” you mean “the hypocritical optics of teaming up with convicted sex trafficker Gislaine Maxwell to alleviate the Epstein files saga”, then sure.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 12

Senator @campbell4tn.bsky.social is correct. Senator @MarshaBlackburn is lying.

Never has cutting $1 Trillion from a program “strengthened” it. She thinks we are all
idiots.

People will lose coverage. Hospitals will close. All for a tax cut for herself and her donors.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Jul 11

He’s right.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · Jul 11

A disabled US veteran and citizen is still missing after ICE raided Camarillo yesterday. The family can’t get answers from authorities.

Article in next post/

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Jul 11

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jul 12

oh, we have some straightforward gutter racism. “the blacks and the browns are the reason white people can’t get ahead” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jul 8

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · Jul 4

This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better.

But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.

Vice President Harris and Douglas Emhoff watch fireworks at the White House on July 4, 2024.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jul 4

Can’t make this up.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Jul 3

The fiscal conservatives in the GOP just added $4 trillion to the deficit to give the wealthiest people on earth a tax cut. The pro-family party just took healthcare away from 17 million Americans to give ICE a bigger budget than Brazil’s military. The single most inhumane bill ever passed.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jul 3

Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.

This is Washington at its worst.

We need to ban Congressional stock trading.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Jul 3

My god

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 4

ICYMI — after following up his Islamophobia towards Zohran with some racism towards Jeffries (no TN media will ask him about), Pinocchiogles wrote a letter pushing for Trump to be added to Mt Rushmore… presumably for having the FBI investigation into him dropped?

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

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The Weeknight on MSNBC @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social · Jul 3

First on MSNBC: Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries will use the “magic minute,” a procedural rule that allows leaders unlimited speaking time, as Democrats unite to prevent the passage of Trump tax bill – Democratic @whipkclark.bsky.social tells The Weeknight.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Jul 2

I love how she immediately pivots to the golden dome missile defense system

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 2

Bartiromo: "We are waiting any moment now to get the jobs number for the month of June. The expectations call for the numbers to be up 95,000. Right now seeing the number -- actually, uh, showing a decline in jobs, uh, down 33,000, uh."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 2

Bartiromo: "We are waiting any moment now to get the jobs number for the month of June. The expectations call for the numbers to be up 95,000. Right now seeing the number -- actually, uh, showing a decline in jobs, uh, down 33,000, uh."

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · Jul 2

Reading this … it is just nauseating. And clear why they didn’t want Abrego Garcia to return or be free - to tell this story.

Thinking about the men there - including Andry Hernandez Romero, who Michelle Goldberg wrote about months ago: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Jul 2

This is more like it.

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Jason GeorgeSoros Paul @jasonpaul.bsky.social · Jul 2

America.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Jul 2

A man who helped save a 9-year-old during a shark attack in Florida last month is now facing deportation after being taken into custody for driving without a license.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jul 2

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

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