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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 7h

My statement with @markwarner.bsky.social on the Trump Administration’s malicious prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James:

"A few weeks ago, Trump forced Erik Siebert, a highly-qualified prosecutor with a sterling reputation, to resign as interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia because he refused to bring trumped-up charges against James. Then, Trump installed to lead the Eastern District his personal lawyer Lindsey Halligan—a Florida insurance lawyer who is not licensed to practice law in Virginia and had prosecuted exactly zero cases in her life. By putting someone so unqualified in charge of one of the most important law enforcement offices in the country, Trump has made clear that he doesn’t care about keeping Virginians safe, only about weaponizing the justice system to punish his political opponents..."

"...To prosecutors across America: the integrity of our justice system depends on your courage to resist political interference. History will remember those who stood firm in defense of the rule of law, and those who allowed themselves to be complicit in corrupt, politically-motivated prosecutions."

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 11h

Worser and worser. Impeachment time please?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

RFK Jr now making a connection between circumcision and autism. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 11h

"[A] three-way race shows 46% of likely voters support Democrat Zohran Mamdani, 33% support independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, and 15% support Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa....likely voters 54% – 34% say Cuomo is not ethical." poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 1d

The documentary "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink," about how Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is gobbling up newspapers across America and gutting them, is available to watch on PBS.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 13h

This should be interesting.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

We need MUCH more thinking like this: @grahamformaine.bsky.social doesn't want to be "a 'reform candidate.' Even the politicians he likes he doesn’t believe are thinking big enough. He’s pitching a return to a Democratic Party that backs major structural change." mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/06/i...

In Collins’ hometown, Platner brings his grassroots pitch to The County • Maine Morning Star

Graham Platner, the progressive, union-backed oysterman challenging longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, has been making national headlines and turning out large crowds at town halls in southe...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

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.

apnews.com

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

in the Bible it says to help people only if they have papers and a Cigna plan

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

@lollardfish.bsky.social with a 🧵that pretty much says it all. Key point:

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

Why are your healthcare costs higher?
Why is your electricity bill tripled?
Why is everything you buy so much more expensive?
Why are your neighbors gone?
Why can’t your mom get a cancer treatment?

Republicans.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2d

Justice Dept has 10 days left to respond to civil lawsuit filed by Jan 6 police responders who are seeking court order to require display of Jan 6 law enforcement honorary plaque at US Capitol

Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law

It hasn’t been hung

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

The headline alone is terrifying.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

Grim @radiofreetom.bsky.social assessment of Trump's march to authoritarianism: He's muzzled intelligence and purged lawyers and cops. "Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip...But for how long?" He's on the brink, and so are we. 🎁
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

Can't disagree with this @economist.com take on our dismal MAGA future: "Closing the borders could end up being the most significant of all Donald Trump’s economic moves. It is likely to make the country smaller, poorer and less innovative." view.e.economist.com?qs=f6418aacd...

The Economist

view.e.economist.com

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

@schiff.senate.gov v Bondi, and he's got all the cards, to coin a phrase. What a mess we're in.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

Only two years and three or four months until the first 2028 presidential primary. Will New Hampshire be #FITN? Will @chrismurphyct.bsky.social be a candidate?

Tom Dudchik @ctcapitolreport.bsky.social · 2d

MURPHY Headed To MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE Nov. 12 For 'Stand Up New Hampshire' Town Hall... https://go.ctcapitolreport.com/3VTa1kZ

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

Why is a top medical official giving dumb, harmful, “nonsensical” advice? @vinguptamd.bsky.social says no and we should, too.

Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 2d

Do we need to split the MMR vaccine into 3 shots?

No.

-No medical reason. Current vax has no safety issues and works very well
-Kids don’t like needles. Why give them 3x the shots?
-Peds office already have limited bandwidth. Who staffs 3x the visits?

Another nonsensical, unserious “policy”

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

apnews.com/article/chic...

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

Neither Clara Jeffrey nor I are talking about breaking up California. Read further if you haven’t already. She’s got great ideas that can be done right now.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 3d

Yes to every single idea in this @clarajeffery.bsky.social story on soft secession. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s time for soft secession

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

www.motherjones.com

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 3d

Bill Lueders reviews a book by a wonderful man who was tragically wronged. Inspirational, and we sure do need that right now. progressive.org/latest/livin...

Living with Injustice

Gary Tyler had his life taken away, yet managed to claw it back.

progressive.org

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 3d

I would think the author of the Miami Herald politics newsletter is paying attention. And the county went for Trump last year.

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