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NPR @npr.org · 17d

Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. n.pr/48AUON2

The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom

Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22d

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid," JD Vance. We checked.

By scanning public records and media reports, Mother Jones determined the ages of eight of the 11 participants in the abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday: They appear to range from 24 to 35.

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Sam @very-simple.com · Oct 4

Russ Vought has literally been dreaming about the day he gets to do this for at least a decade. He’s like a pig in shit right now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 2

Johnson: "Russ does this reluctantly. He takes no pleasure in this. Russ has to sit down and decide which policies, personnel, & programs are essential & which are not. That's not a fun task and he's not enjoying that responsibility...if they keep the govt closed, it's gonna get more & more painful"

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · Sep 30

The President has made his position clear: He’d rather shut down the government than prevent the GOP health care crisis.

Republicans need to decide: Will they be rubber stamps for the Trump shutdown or work with us to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health care.

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · Sep 30

NEWS: Mike Johnson just refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva AGAIN, leaving Arizona's 7th without a Congresswoman during the shutdown, and preventing the 218th signature to force the vote on the Epstein Files.

Just over 6 hours until we shutdown. I have the latest.

NEWS: Republicans Refuse to Swear in Adelita Grijalva Fearing Epstein Files Vote as Government Shutdown Nears

Good evening, everyone.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Sep 26

Now being served by South Park: Wednesday nights on Comedy Central.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 26

Even in his most fevered, drunken dreams, Richard Milhous Nixon couldn't possibly have even imagined doing a tenth of this shit.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 26

Ossoff: "We have a president who's completely out of control, a crook engaged in unprecedented corruption, who's passing one of the most unpopular agendas in history. The public is turning against him. The opposition is motivated. We can win & we have to win, but we don't have the luxury of despair"

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Cailin Heinze @cailinh.bsky.social · Sep 24

"illegals" - seriously? The rest of the headline is great but then you had to use a word that's basically become a slur?
#wordsmatter

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💙Christine Slemmer💙 @slem63.bsky.social · Sep 11

U.S. companies announced in August plans to add 1,494 jobs, the fewest since the Great Recession. We had the world's greatest economy—it took one man only 7 months to destroy it.

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handle.invalid @handle.invalid · Sep 8

Vaccines.
I missed 22 days in 1st grade with whooping cough, pre-vaccine. My younger sister and 6-month old brother had it. It's amazing my brother survived. I had measles. My great grandmother lost 4 of her children to diphtheria. Experiences like these give you a different perspective on vaccines.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you're a reporter, please stop referring to RFK Jr and his cronies as "vaccine skeptics." They're not skeptical. Skepticism would be fine. Skeptics look at evidence and can be persuaded.

These people are extremist anti-vaccine cranks, and that's how news organizations should describe them.

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Cailin Heinze @cailinh.bsky.social · Sep 8

They're pretending this is all about "personal choice" yet why should parents have choice about vaccines when women don't have any choices about their own bodies in FL?

Also ironic that you have to have your kid in a seat belt but you're not going to have to vaccinate them. #FloridaMan

Politico @politico.com · Sep 7

The Florida Surgeon General said that his team did not need to do any studies on the effects of removing state vaccine mandates before making his public appeal.

Florida surgeon general denies need for study ahead of end to vaccine mandates in the state

Joseph Ladapo insisted that his position was a principled defense of parents' rights.

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spateroni.bsky.social @spateroni.bsky.social · Sep 7

Mallory McMorrow would be an awesome Senator & would benefit people in every state, not just MI. Please volunteer & donate if you can.
www.mcmorrowformichigan.com

Mallory McMorrow for U.S. Senate

Mallory McMorrow is a Democrat with a backbone. She knows that we need new leadership in Washington – and the fight will come from communities across the country, not from the same tired act in DC. In...

www.mcmorrowformichigan.com

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Forbes @forbes.com · Sep 5

Florida’s move on vaccine mandates will lead to avoidable illnesses and deaths.

What Florida Is Doing To Vaccine Mandates Is Sick

Florida’s move on vaccine mandates will lead to avoidable illnesses and deaths.

www.forbes.com

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G. Burris @gburris1.bsky.social · Sep 5

Senator Warnock is on 🔥🔥🔥

We AGREE! RFK is a hazard to the health of the American people and needs to resign!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 6

Big Tech CEOs took turns lavishing praise on Trump at a White House dinner this week.

Fascism backed by Big Money is one of the most dangerous of all political alliances.

It happened in 1930s Germany, and it’s happening again today. https://youtu.be/0LEnI9THvLA?feature=shared

Why Big Money Supports Trump | Robert Reich

Robert Reich

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 6

The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.

In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job.

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · Sep 6

THIS DISGUSTING SCUM OF THE EARTH THUG IS WHO HE IS. HE IS NOW THREATENING TO GO TO WAR AGAINST AN AMERICAN CITY.

I am more interested in the enablers. Are you ok with this? Are you so weak that you will remain silent.

DON'T BE DISTRACTED. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 3

Dogs are getting vaccinated less and rabies rates are rising, in part because 37% of Americans think vaccines will give their dogs... pawtism.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs — and their owners — becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in a nationally representative sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.

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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · Sep 3

It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Sep 2

I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable

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