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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 21h

Republicans own this shutdown—every job lost, every family hurt, every service gutted is because of their decisions.

A tweet from Russ Vought reads: "The RIFs have begun."

Mary @glmary.bsky.social · 15h

It's not just those on medicaid but also government workers who need to know you have their backs. They want assurances. The Democrats will reverse firings and contest any illegal firings in court.

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Mary @glmary.bsky.social · 15h

Don't allow ICE to bait you. They want a reason to put down an insurrection they instigated. Some of these ICE could be from the group that maga pardoned for Jan 6.

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 20h

This is a direct link to No Kings rallies next Saturday the 18th across America.

Use it to find the one you are going to.

We need everyone to show up AND RT the link and post it in non political digital spaces.

It’s now our never, folks!!!

nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 19h

I was on the ground today in Broadview with Senator Durbin to conduct Congressional oversight on ICE’s processing facility.  As elected officials, we have a duty to ensure transparency within federal facilities. What is ICE hiding? Kristi Noem, what are you hiding?

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Mary @glmary.bsky.social · 16h

From the events that have been unfolding, it appears they planned projects (25) and agendas years in the making behind closed doors.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 17h

Don’t you love the way Trump can post violent AI videos of people attacking Joe Biden or Democrats and Republicans are fine with it. But if a Democrat has a private text message in which he says something similar, all hell breaks loose.

Democrats, don’t fall for it.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p...

A major police group says Democrat running for Virginia AG should decline to serve if he wins | CNN Politics

The embattled Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general returned to the campaign trail Wednesday as a major state police group called on him not to take office if he wins in November following ...

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Mary @glmary.bsky.social · 17h

Odd how deliberate maga wants others to think they are the wrong doers while they are committing the very thing they accuse others of.

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Mary @glmary.bsky.social · 23h

Narcissist struggle to give credit to others, accept their failures, the truth about their actions, and their true capacity for healthy relationships. Their inflated sense of self-importance, lack of empathy, and fragile ego, leading to defensive behaviors like lying, denial, blame, or gaslighting.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

I remember when the GOP & right-wing hacks accused all Muslims of being Qatari agents & anyone who worked at Al Jazeera English or AJAM of being terrorists and extremists.

So, what does that make Donald Trump, who accepted a $400 million jet from them & now is letting them build a base on US soil?

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Mary @glmary.bsky.social · 1d

Love? That's not love, that's physiological manipulation, bulling and intimidation.

Mary @glmary.bsky.social · 1d

Maga perfect is a fail.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

You know who takes a cognitive test? People whose family members suspect their loved one is suffering from dementia. If he kept getting “perfect” scores…they wouldn’t keep administering them. My take? He blew the first one he ever took. Now, they’re tracking the decline. I’d bet my hot coffee on it.

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Mary @glmary.bsky.social · 1d

We know who was on the grand jury, maga loyalist.

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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 @vero1986.bsky.social · 1d

Project 2026: Trump’s Plan to Rig the Next Election
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election

From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favo...

www.motherjones.com

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Mary @glmary.bsky.social · 1d

He wants the world to see him as a peace keeper while he attempts to end the Israel Hamas war. He wants the Nobel Peace Prize. Meanwhile, at home, he is trying to incite an insurrection.

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