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Bill Ed @excharger.bsky.social · 20h

Listen to Robert De Niro “King Donald The First. F*ck that.”

In 8 days we RISE to say #NoKings

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 2d

Remember how ICE claimed they were rammed by 10 vehicles and had to shoot a woman 7 times? Turns out, her lawyer has footage of a federal SUV slamming into the woman's vehicle, getting out, yelling "do something, bitch!" and opening fire.

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller wants to spend $27 billion to deport 1 million immigrants, who currently contribute $89 billion in taxes each year.

Do the math: that's $106 billion
net loss for America.

Tell us again how it's not about racism and xenophobia.

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Bill Ed @excharger.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry William, not sure what mean but maybe cut back on the coffee 😉

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Bill Ed @excharger.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for providing a more thorough and complete portrait of Russ Vought that identifies the threat he poses to democratic governance glossed over by other profiles.

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Bill Ed @excharger.bsky.social · 2d

Vought is likely the most dangerous person in the regime. Miller is focused on his white supremacist agenda to purify the nation. Trump is greedily doing everything to monetize his office. While Vought is quietly, systematically replacing "We the people..." with a Christian oligarchy.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Bill Ed @excharger.bsky.social · 2d

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Let’s Stop Pretending Politics Is the Reason People Are Angry About Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Set

Bad Bunny as the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show performer has upset many. Billboard's Leila Cobo discusses the real reason why people are angry.

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Bill Ed @excharger.bsky.social · 2d

Racist says what?
'“Well it sounds like he’s not someone who appeals to a broader audience,” said Johnson of Benito, 31, who ... has tied Taylor Swift for having the most No. 1s on the Billboard Global 200 of any solo artist.'
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House Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Bad Bunny Super Bowl Slot a ‘Terrible Decision,’ Offers 82-Year-Old 1980s Country Star As Better Option

The GOP leader said his pick would appeal to a "broader audience."

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 2d

“The rule change amounts to an immediate transfer of income from poor farm workers to the very rich, very large agribusinesses which dominate US farms.“
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Trump’s new farm rule betrays American workers

Last week, the Trump administration pushed through a rule change that went largely unnoticed by the mainstream press. Under the new rules, H-2A workers — the only uncapped guest worker programme in th...

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 2d

Marco Rubio not just a liar. Accessory to mass murder of children.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Bill Ed @excharger.bsky.social · 2d

In other words, Bondi believes she has the authority to preemptively murder, without due process, anyone the regime decides to arbitrarily label antifa with only the flimsiest of circumstantial evidence. The crime of the "cartel" members has been to be on a boat in the Caribbean near Venezuela.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Jeffries: "The streets are hot right now on Capitol Hill because the Republicans are just falling apart. They cannot justify their position having shut the government down. They cannot justify their position in terms of hiding the Epstein files from the American people."

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Bill Ed @excharger.bsky.social · 2d

More of this energy Rep. Jeffries!!!! You can be a little more animated in these confrontations but calling out his refusal to let you speak and his vote for the Big Biilionaire Bribe are excellent starts. Now finish what you and Sen. Schumer started. No budget until healthcare is restored.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries get into it outside a news conference at the Capitol

(video via Rachel Schilke)

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benfranklinskite.bsky.social @benfranklinskite.bsky.social · 4d

Badger your rep

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Bill Ed @excharger.bsky.social · 2d

I doubt FORMER superintendent Walters, had the sense to destroy documents on his way out. So, I'm hopeful the state AG will find evidence of his self-serving malfeasance, if not enough to convict, at least enough to drag him through court for the foreseeable future.

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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 2d

Former Oklahoma state superintendent of education Ryan Walters says that his new mission is to "destroy the teachers union." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

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Bill Ed @excharger.bsky.social · 3d

This well researched, fully documented, and clearly analyzed case study is representative of what people intuitively know, that the U.S.A.'s dogmatic support of the market capitalism has led unconscionable concentrations of wealth while the bottom half of the population suffer needlessly.

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Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 3d

🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

River or sankey diagram showing the allocation of profits from global oil and gas companies to quantiles of the US wealth size distribution via financial system intermediaries, such as asset managers, and categories of ultimate beneficiaries, such as business owners, pension funds and shareholders in listed companies. The scale is hundreds of billions of US dollars, and ultimately 50.4% of profits reaching the US personal wealth distribution go to the richest 1% of households.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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