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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.

12 days of work in 103 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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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 13h

There was a time when a president with Trump’s record this year would’ve faced some tough questions from 60 minutes. That time has long since passed.

Even the once vaunted 60 minutes has bent the knee.

Support independent journalists and media.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

A SSRS/CNN poll showing 61% people think Trump has gone too far using the power of the presidency and 57% think he's gone too far deporting immigrants.

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 1d

Current Democratic leadership has long been part of the problem. But we never said much about it because they were on “our side.”

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 1d

Nah, call me when a small market team has a real chance to win it all.

A great series, yes. Turn me back into a fan of the sport, no.

Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 3d

Up next they’ll book a residency program featuring Ted Nugent, Lee Greenwood, and Kid Rock. I’m sure tickets will be sold out in minutes. (Sarcasm intended).

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 3d

Claiming something happened that didn’t (or blowing it wildly out of proportion) is just daily business for some folks.

Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 3d

The picture makes me lol. Musk has access to the world’s most sophisticated AI and computer visualizations.

Yet it captures him explaining the program with a model silver rocket that he’s likely accompanying with “whooshing” sound effects. And Trump stares at him with the attention of a toddler.

Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 3d

Um, what?!? So now he wants to start a war with Venezuela? If we had a functioning Congress there might be a way to check the madman. Unfortunately, we don’t.

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 4d

How arrogant do you have to be to even take the job with zero experience for the role?

This is the type of appointment you make when you don’t care at all about the results.

Folks, Trump (and his enablers) don’t care about the USA other than for how much money they can stuff in their bank.

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 5d

This pretty much sums it up. The House is on vacation rather than take action to assist in holding pedophiles accountable. And why? Because one of the possible culprits lives at (sans an East wing) 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

The Senate is still meeting and holding votes as normal despite the shutdown.

The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.

They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.

Jason Odell @luminescentphoto.com · 6d

A quick reminder that the House is not in session because Speaker Johnson CANCELED it, not because of the current shutdown.

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 6d

I think it’s wrong to say that people don’t care.

I think it’s that (in spite of everything) people still expect those with the actual power to do something (Knock , knock Congress. Anyone home?) will address the wrongdoing.

It’s hard for many to fathom that the system could be that broken.

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 6d

It’s past time to ask (as Will does) if the shut down isn’t indicative of something more sinister.

By not being in session Johnson can effectively say that the POTUS has to do things via executive order because the house isn’t in session.

It’s a kind of quiet power grab abetted by the House.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 6d

The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down

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Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 6d

It’s hard to have faith in a court where the decisions are nearly always predictable.

Never mind that six members seem to wake up daily and say, “Welp, the Constitution is whatever Trump says it is today.”

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 6d

Maybe all of these writers could stop acting like Trump has a choice. They could stop accepting the words of Representatives and Senators that there’s little they can do.

Any suggestion of a third term should be immediately rejected. Not jokes about or debated, rejected!

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 6d

New article! On the shutdown, a nation treated as prey, and the meaning of leverage: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-shutdown

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7d

We all need to fight Trump's plan for voter suppression and election subversion. We need to recognize that it has multiple dimensions. We need to educate ourselves and our communities and then take action.

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 7d

They’re probably mad that they were called a “liberal” arts college.

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 7d

It’s time for reporters to directly ask Mike Johnson if Trump has in effect suspended the House of Representatives.

Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 8d

Somehow I don’t think “Well, it’s better than Lucifer” is quite the cool comeback they think.

Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 8d

15. Not bad, I guess.

Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 8d

It’s more like a strategy of “Yeah, I did it. So what?”

Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 8d

This is emblematic of his entire presidency: hastily making or changing policies based on something he saw on television.

Trump threatens Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner

President Donald Trump says he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario.

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 8d

Sometimes I’m surprised that the folks doing these interviews don’t laugh out loud at these responses. It’s like “C’mon man, when was the last time you got dirt under your nails or broke a sweat?”

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Jason P. Chambers @jasonpchambers.bsky.social · 8d

Not the ringleader, not Nixon. Of course some folks went to jail. But by not sending the former POTUS to jail then nation missed an important opportunity.