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Anti Corruption Always Curious Arizona Politics Actually read the whole US and Arizona Constitution Agreements. I support. Open to discussion, if you have also bothered to read.

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erinkelleyaz.bsky.social @erinkelleyaz.bsky.social · Dec 15

Reminder of Arizonans who aided a coup attempt, because many are still in power.

coppercourier.com/2024/01/06/t...

A list of over 45 prominent Arizonans involved in the Jan. 6 Insurrection

Arizonans at all levels of government were involved in the most violent attack on the nation’s capitol since the War of 1812.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 47m

Judge Ellis, throughout this hearing, has repeatedly said that the version of the facts provided by DHS officers is not credible. She has cited video evidence and testimony in court that undermines what government officials have said publicly.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 56m

Ellis notes that the feds argue "plaintiffs have not been engaged in First Amendment protected activity" because they've "intermingled themselves with rioters."

"But as I've previously stated," Ellis says, "I don't find defendants' version of events credible."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25m

There is a compromise on the table to get this deal done and reopen the government while keeping health insurance premiums down. But the sole problem, plain and simple, is Mike Johnson.

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 1h

Up in the UP, a reporter informed me that at least one local Republican elected official said that claims of rising healthcare costs is “a myth.”

Nothing about the letter you’re receiving in your hands - or the price hikes you see as you navigate open enrollment - is a myth.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Jeffries: "This from a group of people who somehow found $40b to bail out their right-wing dictator friend in Argentina. Republicans put Argentina first. And they can't find a dime to extend ACA tax credits? That's part of the reason why Republicans were rejected all across the country, pummeled."

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1h

Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con.

Please.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1h

Reup: I've added quotes from the transcript in my summary of yesterday's tariff argument at SCOTUS.

We're on the Unfuck Stage of Trump's Abuse of Power

www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/05/w...

We're on the Unfuck Stage of Trump's Abuse of Power - emptywheel

The Supreme Court hearing on tariffs increases my optimism that at least five Justices will reverse the tariffs. A more interesting moment of the hearing, though, came when Amy Coney Barrett asked how...

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Ambassador (ret.) Janet Sanderson @jastucaz.bsky.social · 1h

As this administration plays its shitty politics, many of our neighbors are experiencing great hardship. If you are in a position to do so, please consider donating to your local food bank. I give to our Community Food Bank of Southern AZ and have just upped my monthly donation to help right now.

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Alissa McLean @alissakmclean.bsky.social · 1h

And this is really true! We are ready for young people to come in and do the work bsky.app/profile/henr...

Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 21h

when I was in my mid-20s I got elected to my State's Democratic Committee and got to vote on the budget of the whole state party after working literally one election cycle, like its amazingly easy

and you know who thirsts for young people in politics, the old people in local committees

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22h

If the sub didn’t split, you must acquit!

Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 22h

Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3h

Neither of my parents went to college. I graduated from Georgetown University without any debt and without paying a cent because of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which Nancy Pelosi got passed over opposition from the Bush administration and congressional Republicans. She fought for us. And she won.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 3h

When many other Democratic leaders in Congress were cravenly supporting the run-up to the Iraq War, Nancy Pelosi opposed it and whipped votes in the House against it.

She has many other career accomplishments but that brave and prescient stand is what I'll remember.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3h

It's so funny that the White House has decided, since Tuesday evening, that its big focus will be costs — after eight months of splattering gold paint all over the White House and after a big Roaring '20s party at the private club the president bought from a Post cereals heiress.

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 4h

Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.

I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...

Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment

The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Fox & Friends displays a graphic of the 40 airports where flights will be reduced starting today during interview with Sean Duffy

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”

@reuters.com #Chicago
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 20h

Lawyer: The Constitution, our framers, and 238 years of American history all say only Congress has the power to impose tariffs on the American people. Tariffs are nothing but taxes on the American people, paid by Americans. This case is about upholding the separation of powers.

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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 4h

Used car salesman without cars

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.

12 days of work in 106 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 4h

hahahaha new headline, likely after convincing Ross that he would be personally liable for a labor lawsuit that he was very, very likely to lose - bsky.app/profile/nytd...

Editing the Blue-Gray Lady @nytdiff.bsky.social · 4h

Change in Headline

Before: Did Women Ruin the Workplace?
After: Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 3h

Surprise

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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 4h

The emphasis on family policy is very evident in Heritage’s policy work.

One draft paper we obtained proposed a “Manhattan Project” for more babies.

A subsequent draft floats giving straight married couples an extra “half vote” in federal elections for each of their children.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h

Did the New York Times ruin journalism?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat: Did Women Ruin the Workplace?

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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 4h

When I tell you *a lot* went into this story, I mean it.

- Recordings of internal meetings
- Leaked audio from phone calls
- Internal chat logs
- Drafts of secret policy papers
- Interviews with nearly two dozen sources

Thank you for supporting journalism that does this kind of work.

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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 4h

Reporting this story, I heard near universal concern from Heritage staff of discrimination against unmarried women.

Then I obtained a letter to the Heritage board from anonymous staffers that alleged the same thing — and more.

Heritage is aware that alleged behavior could create legal trouble.

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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 5h

At a meeting yesterday, staff voiced deep concern about anti-Jewish sentiment at Heritage and on the right.

That was followed by a Heritage staffer complaining about attending a Shabbat dinner.

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