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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 11d

The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11d

DOJ has sued 8 states for refusing to turn over their full, unreacted voter files. My team has now filed motions to defend those states against this attack on federalism in 6 of those states: ME, MI, MN, NH, OR and PA.

I suggest that tomorrow DOJ monitor the docket in the remaining two: CA and NY.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Elizabeth Warren: "If fighting to reduce the cost of healthcare and avoid a coming catastrophe is not worth fighting for, then I don't know what is."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11d

How is this sustainable?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Sue A @enoughnonsense.bsky.social · 11d

This is dictator trump getting his troops ready to move against American as he told his generals “We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military,” the president of the United States said.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 18d

Think dark money in politics is unstoppable? Think again. CAP's @thmoore.bsky.social explains how states have the power to make Citizens United irrelevant: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17d

The DOJ is intensifying its bid to wrangle private voter data from states, even going as far as suing Maine and Oregon for not turning over the information.

But why is the administration so hard pressed on acquiring this data? We break it down👇

The Trump Administration Wants Your Voter Registration Data. Why?

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 18d

As I was saying…

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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💙 MaryH 💙 @maryh58.bsky.social · 21d

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 21d

One time, the Missouri Ethics Committee investigated me over a $30 donation…

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21d

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21d

Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying.

We ALL need to step up for the first amendment.

By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 21d

There’s no hiding the political retaliation and weaponization.

It’s all out in the open.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20d

If Tom Homan did nothing wrong, the Department of Justice should have no issue releasing the Homan files and the video of the alleged bribery to clear this up.

And while they’re at it, go ahead and release the Epstein files and clear Trump’s name.

Shouldn’t be hard!

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We Are Saners @wearesaners.bsky.social · 25d

United States Senators who protect child abusers are unfit to serve. They must resign.
#Epstein
#popsen

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24d

this doesn't look like a normal distribution

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 24d

What a travesty to have an FBI director who’s so belligerent, hot-headed and unprofessional. The country should expect someone in this role who makes Americans safer, not create more volatility.

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Sue A @enoughnonsense.bsky.social · 24d

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24d

Dr. Susan Monarez: “I could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly eroded…I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24d

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

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ThePrincessPea @theprincesspea.bsky.social · 28d

Why hasn’t Fox fired Kilmeade for his awful comment live on TV?

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28d

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RobinMKR @robinmkr.bsky.social · 28d

This is straight up nazi talk. This man is advocating murder of innocent people. Full stop. While MSNBC fires a commentator for speaking the uncomfortable truth, how does Kilmeade still have a job? People should be in the streets over this comment.

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Audrey @parickards.bsky.social · 27d

Apology Not Accepted: Brian Kilmeade Should Be Fired For Suggesting Euthanizing The Homeless

Brian Kilmeade tried to walk back his Nazi-like comment that the homeless should be euthanized, but if people can get fired for speaking truth about Charlie Kirk, Kilmeade should be booted from Fox.

Apology Not Accepted: Brian Kilmeade Must Be Fired For Suggesting Euthanizing The Homeless

Brian Kilmeade tried to walk back his Nazi-like comment that the homeless should be euthanized, but if people can get fired for speaking truth about Charlie Kirk, Kilmeade should be booted from Fox.

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