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God @thegodpodcast.com · 15h

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 14h

Republicans are scared AF about #NoKings Day -- calling it a "Hate America Rally" a bunch of "radical left terrorists" lol

So, let's be sure we show the communities we gather in that WE LOVE AMERICA and that's why we are taking it to the streets

Bring flags 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@indivisible.org

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Blythe Campbell @blythe.bsky.social · 19h

She didn’t draw the line at the airplane?

Blythe Campbell @blythe.bsky.social · 19h

Alaska’s Dan Sullivan, with a Trump endorsement he probably didn’t need in a fairly safe seat, and significant military and foreign policy experience that should inform his actions, has gone all in on ceding his authority and even excusing the lawlessness of the administration.

Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 20h

This is the piece I discussed last night with @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com

contrarian.substack.com/p/senate-shame

Senate Shame

Republicans’ abdication of responsibility betrays both an institutional legacy and the American people

contrarian.substack.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22h

"After a few moments of laughter..."

The No Kings organizers with a fun, tidy response to Mike Johnson's shenanigans.

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Blythe Campbell @blythe.bsky.social · 22h

They have to call the House back into session which it doesn’t appear is going to happen any time soon.

Blythe Campbell @blythe.bsky.social · 22h

First we were just “elderly white hippies” and now we are a dangerous web of arch criminals?

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22h

There are so many shocking, outrageous, unprecedented things going on, I think it's important to recognize when something's actually just normal and unremarkable. We have plenty of actual mountains to worry about, no need to make more of them out of molehills. Qatar is not invading Idaho.

BOO_Ron @aa-ron.bsky.social · 22h

I work in this field. And yes, this is nothing new. The freak out over this is driving me insane. There are foreign air force members/equipment all over in USAF bases.

We sell, train, and sustain aircraft and weapons to many different countries.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 23h

This is Hegseth trying to make it sound like a bigger deal than it is. We have friendly foreign air forces in the US for training exercises and the like all the time, especially ones that use US equipment. That's what this is. It's not like an operational deployment or giving them a whole airbase.

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Carrie Nash @carrieinfbx.bsky.social · 22h

More on Crum’s increasingly defensive justifications for his $50 million CBR investment in DigitalBridge. www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...

Reporting From Alaska- Don't worry about the $50 million, Crum says

Former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum claims to be amused that legislators are demanding details on the $50 million long-term investment he made with short-term public money right before he quit his s...

www.dermotcole.com

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 23h

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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Blythe Campbell @blythe.bsky.social · 1d

What was the vote? Comey's was barely a majority.

Blythe Campbell @blythe.bsky.social · 1d

Can we get a firm denial from those four people right away?

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Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · 1d

Absofuckinglutely💥💯

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Seth Caddy: spooky 👻 ginger 🎃 @gingercaddy.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting that KATU set up a 24/7 camera outside the ICE facility in Portland.

katu.com/news/local/2...

24 hours outside ICE: What is really going on in Portland

Starting Thursday, Oct. 9 at midnight, we will begin a 24-hour livestream outside of the Portland ICE Facility. Our aim is to show the public everything we see.

katu.com

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2d

It takes 67 Senators to impeach a SCOTUS justice but only 51 with sufficient will to add 6 more justices

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene on who's to blame for the government shutdown:

"I'm actually putting the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening. We control the House. We control the Senate. We have the White House."

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 1d

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3d

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

The obvious question here is how you can indict when you're "just getting your hands around" the evidence.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Blythe Campbell @blythe.bsky.social · 2d

This is the platform that will get independents like me to engage - with time and money. Everything else can wait until we secure our democracy, return to the rule of law, and claw back the grift.

mmorrin41.bsky.social @mmorrin41.bsky.social · Mar 12

The Democratic Party needs to begin their comeback right here. They need to make anti-corruption, a return to Constitutional self-government, and restricting the powers invested in the Executive Branch the cornerstones of their platform.

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Rep. Janelle Bynum @bynum.house.gov · 2d

It seems the President didn’t hear us the first, second, or third time, so I’ll say it again.

There will be no federal takeover of Portland.

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

it did not for one second occur to me that democrats are afraid to speak out about the troops invading our cities because they're worried it's a trap to make them look soft on crime. do these guys have working brains

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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 3d

Idk who needs to see this.

But the quicker we can get the House to come back in DC. The better.

Don't let up!!

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#SheShed

A screenshot of a Eric Swalwell tweet from Twitter.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans want to "own the libs"
How about you own your damn shutdown! Open the government!!!

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