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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 19h

so it goes... another day, another example of elon musk being inexplicably let off the hook for crimes

ProPublica @propublica.org · 20h

NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 4h

My comment was more about the reporting than the people affected. There seems to be this media tendency to show the people harmed by this trash administration as dispirited victims.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 5h

When they are pissed off instead of demoralized, I want to read about it, until then I'm not interested in demoralized people.

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 6h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 6h

The ones who dump Trump aren't coming to their senses, they are leaving for more overtly fascist factions.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7h

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 7h

And the longer you wait, the riskier it becomes.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 7h

Part of the problem is that Schumer and Jeffries are there because they are good at herding cats, not because they are inspiring leaders and it is/was a disservice to them and a blunder on the part of the national party to allow them to become the de facto face of the party.

Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you. And it's going to involve personal risk. There is also no risk free way to fight authoritarianism.

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Foghorn Leghorn 🇺🇸♨️ @foghorn453.bsky.social · Mar 7

People are starting to realize that their One Weird Trick isn't going to fix what's ailing the country, but rather than try something more productive, they're getting angry at elected officials who know that there is no secret button that will take them to before the 2024 election.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

Incredible Congressional hearing opportunity here which is to ask Oz if he knows how numbers work.
Like, Katie Porter whiteboard stuff: "Ok, if the drug was $100 per month, and it was reduced by 650%, what would the price be?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Foghorn Leghorn 🇺🇸♨️ @foghorn453.bsky.social · 10h

"run RELENTLESS coverage"

Hopefully this guy knows that Dems don't actually run the news; that was just stupid GOP bullshit

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 7h

You win today.

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Peter @peterc3k.bsky.social · 9h

This week on Face the Nation: Ro Khanna, John Fetterman, and a toy that says "Fuck Democrats" when you pull the string.

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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 8h

Okay,

So our troops will be working but not getting paid.

While the Republican House Members will be away from work but getting paid.

Allrighty then.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 14h

Speaker Johnson just declared the House will remain in recess all next week. This will mark a full month off; the chamber has not been in session since September 19.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 7h

This should produce some interesting outcomes.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 8h

While Trump violates international law to murder innocent Venezuelan fisherman on the high seas, even as he complains that he didn’t get the peace prize