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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 48m

And she’s got her DOJ prosecuting Jim Comey for allegedly lying to Congress?

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 9h

And…she’s Black.

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 10h

Yes! Vote yes on Proposition 50.

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12h

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 5d

“Hello. You have reached the voicemail for the FBI. All our agents are currently busy redacting names from the Epstein files, doctoring evidence to politicize mass shootings and investigating anyone the President does not like. Please leave your contact info and someone will call you back soon.”

Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 6d

Reuters: FBI has fired an an agent who refused to arrange a media “perp walk” for Comey to turn himself in: www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

FBI agent relieved of duty over refusing Comey perp walk, four people familiar say

An FBI agent was relieved of duty for declining to arrange a "perp walk" of the bureau's former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras after Comey was federally charged last month, four people briefed on the matter said on Friday.

www.reuters.com

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 5d

Sec of War glorified violence in his speech to the military brass last week….so, yes, chilling, but seems like we are to expect more.
Where is John Roberts? !!!

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 7d

A Governor (New Hampshire) correcting the someone (a television station) masquerading as a journalist (news outlet.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to Fox & Friends host Lawrence Jones: "In New Hampshire we do not provide health insurance for illegal immigrants, we have never done that, and you are just wrong."

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 7d

“Let them eat cake” comes to mind.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 7d

They’re loving it. Your health care is not on their minds.

Screenshot from Politico: SPOTTED: Thune, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso and other GOP pals dining last night at swanky Capitol Hill hotspot Bistro Cacao — where filet mignon and magret de canard go for $45 a head and the cabernet sauvignon list ranges from $60 to $750 a bottle, per Playbook’s Adam Wren. Fine dining on the first night of a government shutdown?

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 7d

DOCTOR Goodall. 💖

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9d

"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"

That's it. That's the whole story.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 9d

Yes. (And still getting "standoff" BS and "who will blink first" and "who will voters blame" from news.)

Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency

They're in command. It's on them.

OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 9d

I do not understand why they cannot get the headlines right.

Just follow the gop playbook!

“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”

As nauseum.

Don’t lead with the nuance.

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 9d

Is that the VP of the United States of America 🇺🇸? (jd Vance)

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 9d

In other words, they are lying.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 9d

Word from the meeting last night is that Speaker kept bringing up “health care for illegal aliens,” seemingly unaware that Medicaid and Medicare and Affordable Care coverage are by law NOT available to anyone here illegally.

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 9d

The latest from the US Senate. GOP “leadership” is not nice to the ***majority*** of Americans.

Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 9d

Republicans just REJECTED our attempt to keep the government funded & stop your health care costs from skyrocketing.

They have the White House, House, and Senate. They could have just kept costs stable – they refused.

Don’t let them gaslight you. This is a Republican shutdown.

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 9d

What’s happening in the Judiciary..an important 🧵.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 9d

The latest shadow docket decision moves the Supreme Court further down a submissive pattern of wins given up to Trump: the pattern is 10:1.

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 9d

Secretary of War - no beards policy - targeting Blacks. More racism.

dragonflyfarm.bsky.social @dragonflyfarm.bsky.social · 9d

And of course we all know that the "no beards" rule is aimed at getting as many black men out of the ranks as possible.

www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...

Dermatologists say Marines' tightened shaving waiver could hurt Black members' careers

Marines and airmen with pseudofolliculitis barbae, the skin condition more commonly known as razor bumps, could be expelled from the service if the condition persists.

www.nbcnews.com

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 10d

I keep asking, “who is ‘they’?”

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14d

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 14d

AND because we need Patriots who will leak and watchdog things.

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 16d

Jesse Watters just called for the bombing of the UN on national television. FCC? Nothing? Crickets? Got it.

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you!

Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 20d

I’m standing with Mark Hamill on all of these points! As usual, a succinct, brilliant post. @markhamillofficial.bsky.social

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21d

I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 20d

Governor Tim Walz ~ saying it clear as a bell.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21d

Walz: This is North Korea style stuff. And it's being done because this is a weak, thin skinned man who's failing as a president. All of the things he promised are not happening.

It's a it's our most cherished freedom to point out very clearly, this is a terrible president

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 24d

Maurene Comey, the lead prosecutor in the Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffery Epstein saga, is now suing Pam Bondi, the DOJ and the Office of the President for her unlawful firing.

Maurene has all the receipts.

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Marcia Hanscom @ballonawetlands.bsky.social · 28d

Charlatan.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 29d

I’d think what you’d want during a highly volatile, politically polarized time marked by violence is a president who can appeal to our common values and humanity and inspire calm and unity, rather than promising revenge.

If you cared about the collective well-being of the country, that is

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 29d

MAHA is all marketing and a distraction.

It wants to tackle poor air and water quality but the EPA just got defunded.

It wants to promote healthy eating, but the admin gutted SNAP benefits that would do just that.

Biggest killer of kids? Guns. Totally silent on that.

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