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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 4d

Claims that the shutdown has forced their hand are false.

Nothing about a shutdown justifies these firings or makes them necessary. That’s why they haven’t happened in past shutdowns – including in the first Trump admin.

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Administration Plans for Mass Firings in a Shutdown Not Justified by Law or Prudent Management | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Raising the prospect of mass layoffs as direct retaliation if Democrats do not accede to the House Republicans’ short-term funding proposal is simply an Administration threat to hurt the American peop...

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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 4d

Firing federal employees during a shutdown is not only illegal but must be seen for what it is: blatant extortion.

The Trump Administration is using working people and their families as pawns in a power play with no concern for who gets hurt.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14h

A huge and consequential argument in the SCOTUS tomorrow. Is SCOTUS hell-bent in gutting the Voting Rights Act?

The Two Section Twos
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The Two Section Twos

The Protection Against Racial Gerrymandering in Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Constitutional. Just Read Section 2 of the 14th Amendment.

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 🇲🇽 🇨🇦 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 2h

All in favor?🙋🏻‍♀️

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 2h

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Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents: ‘Why are they targeting a clarinetist?’ - NewsBreak

A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the “Ghostbusters” theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility , which has rec

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 2h

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Poll: Majority of Americans Support Taxing the Rich - NewsBreak

Public Support for Raising Taxes on the Wealthy A majority of Americans believe the best way to tackle the nation’s soaring $37 trillion federal debt is by

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 2h

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Donald acts as if he thinks he's been elected Zeus. ?!?!?

Trump threatens to remove World Cup games from Boston - NewsBreak

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he could remove World Cup games from Massachusetts over "unsafe conditions."

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 2h

Wait. A girlfriend getting beaten isn't serious?!?!?!?

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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.bsky.social · 2h

Quite the party summary.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 2h

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Museum director fired after refusing to gift artifact to Trump - NewsBreak

Todd Arrington, the director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, was abruptly fired after he refused a request from the Trump admi

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 14h

5 Ways the Trump Administration Is Driving Up Health Care Costs for Families www.americanprogress.org/article/5-wa...

5 Ways the Trump Administration Is Driving Up Health Care Costs for Families

Recent legislation, regulation, tariffs, and other changes by the Trump administration are adding up to make coverage less affordable for millions of Americans.

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 14h

Why Cuts to Medicaid Will Raise Everyone’s Health Care Costs | US News Opinion share.google/TaE3kf1wTLJ2...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

Georgia Voter: I’m glad the Democrats are holding out for some of us—for the 20 million people who still need it and will only get insurance this way.

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 14h

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Federal agents delayed ambulance for protester at Portland ICE building - NewsBreak

Emergency dispatch records show that federal agents delayed medics from transferring an injured protester.

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 15h

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Judge rules Trump broke the law - NewsBreak

The best local & breaking news source in the US, featuring local weather, alerts, deals, events and more.

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 15h

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The Internet Is Slamming Donald Trump As He Pushes To Deploy The National Guard To Chicago And Threatens To Arrest Their Mayor: 'This Is Unconstitutional' - NewsBreak

It’s no secret that Donald Trump has been doing and saying things that some presidents have never done before, and in some more recent cases, numerous Amer

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 19h

Trump is saying the quiet part out loud: he sent a $20B taxpayer-financed bailout to help his far-right buddy Milei cling to power.

Meanwhile our government is shut down, public servants aren't getting paid & we're barreling toward a Trump-made health care crisis. Sounds like Argentina First to me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."

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Truthout @truthout.org · 19h

The Supreme Court rejected a request from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was seeking an appeal of a $1.4 billion judgment against him, ending the last avenue available to him to avoid having to pay the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting.

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Alex Jones’s Sandy Hook Defamation Challenges

In his legal filings, Jones vastly downplayed his blatant lies regarding the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting.

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 19h

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'Without precedent': Virtually all news outlets reject restrictive Pentagon press policy

The policy would force news organizations to refrain from publishing material not approved by the military. Media lawyers say it violates the 1st Amendment.

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 19h

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U.S. Approves Qatar’s Plan to Build Air Force Facility in Idaho - NewsBreak

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the U.S. will allow Qatar to construct an Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in

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Truthout @truthout.org · 21h

A new report suggests that the DHS blocked funding for Muslim organizations that were seeking federal grants for increased security to combat hate crimes at their centers. FEMA allocates hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds to religious organizations that require enhanced security.

Report: DHS Cut FEMA-Based Security Funds to Muslim Orgs

“I think they were worried about the optics of giving money to Muslim organizations,” one source suggested.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21h

The entire first two months of the Biden administration were taken up by obsessive complaining about how he wouldn't do press conferences & wasn't taking policy questions (bsky.app/profile/mcop...).

This? Gone tomorrow. Totally different set of standards applied to two totally different parties.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 21h

Now, why am I right to be concerned that Donald hasn't researched the issue before writing this?......

dgwoods.bsky.social @dgwoods.bsky.social · 21h

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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