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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Greene on the Epstein files: "I can't conclusively say that's why the House isn't in session, but the House should be in session...there is a new Democrat that's been elected that deserves to be sworn in...if it's to avoid the discharge petition, why drag this out? It's going to have 218 signatures"

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 2h

If Trump can do this to Comey and Letitia James, he can do it to anyone. This is authoritarianism. We cannot be silent.

Screenshot of headline reading: New York Attorney General Letitia James charged in fraud case after pressure campaign by Trump

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2h

A grand jury in Virginia indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday. James was charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of making false statements to a financial institution.

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 4h

A Top MAGA Fascist Is In Full "Flee The Country" Panic Mode
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A Top MAGA Fascist Is In Full "Flee The Country" Panic Mode

No one thinks the regime is winning and they're eyeing the exits.

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 9h

Gov. warns Trump will have military seize ballot boxes so he can 'count the votes himself'

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Gov. warns Trump will have military seize ballot boxes so he can 'count the votes himself'

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker issued a new warning on Wednesday about President Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy the American military in US cities against the wishes of local elected officials.Hours afte...

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 9h

'5 alarm fire': Legal experts warn Trump may be about to commit an 'impeachable offense'

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'5 alarm fire': Legal experts warn Trump may be about to commit an 'impeachable offense'

White House advisers are now seriously weighing whether President Donald Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act — an obscure law from the early 1800s that permits the use of active-duty military troo...

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 9h

'This is not a drill': Trump buried for bragging that he 'took the freedom of speech away'

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'This is not a drill': Trump buried for bragging that he 'took the freedom of speech away'

President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration took action against people who burned the American flag, adding, “We took the freedom of speech away.”While speaking at a roundtable held to di...

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 9h

Trump on a coin? When Julius Caesar tried that, the Roman republic crumbled soon after
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Trump on a coin? When Julius Caesar tried that, the Roman republic crumbled soon after

More than 2,000 years ago, the depiction of living leaders on Roman coins caused similar ructions. It came at a time when the Roman republic was in trouble.

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The Get More Smarter Podcast @getmoresmarter.com · 9h

Absolutely despicable embarrassment. Shame on every one of these monsters and everyone cheering them on or allowing them to do this.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 9h

For Trump’s perceived enemies, the process may be the punishment
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For Trump’s perceived enemies, the process may be the punishment

Even when a prosecution fails to convict someone, the process of defending against charges can itself can be a form of punishment.

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 10h

'Unrelenting': Trump turning off Nobel committee with 'brazen' campaign for peace prize
Trump’s campaign to secure a Nobel Peace Prize is being greeted with widespread skepticism in Europe,

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'Unrelenting': Trump turning off Nobel committee with 'brazen' campaign for peace prize

President Donald Trump’s campaign to secure a Nobel Peace Prize is being greeted with widespread skepticism in Europe, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. "Nobody has campaigned for a Nobel Peace ...

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 10h

Trump officials can't hide 'collective grin' over inflicting pain on Americans: columnist

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Trump officials can't hide 'collective grin' over inflicting pain on Americans: columnist

House and Senate Republicans may agonize over the pain inflicted by the ongoing government shutdown, but MSNBC opinion writer Hayes Brown said there’s no hiding the glee from the White House.President...

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 10h

'Can't just flip a switch': Ex-Trump economist warns farmers won't forget admin's betrayal

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'Can't just flip a switch': Ex-Trump economist warns farmers won't forget admin's betrayal

Joe Glauber, former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) during President Donald Trump’s first term, told Fortune that the president's latest bailout of farmers affected by his...

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EvilBunny Pottymouth Resists The Cultists every day! @mrsquirrel.bsky.social · 14h

Colombia's president says boat struck by US was carrying Colombians

Petro added that "indications show that the last boat bombed was Colombian with Colombian citizens inside it".

🚨Trump & Hegseth should be charged with Murder by the International Court of Justice! - EB

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Colombia's president says boat struck by US was carrying Colombians

The White House calls the allegation "baseless" as the US Senate rejected a measure to bar Trump from using force against the boats.

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 10h

Preznit Fuckwit’s gonna fight all the antifas, if he can manage to stay awake
this is going to be the dumbest civil war ever
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Preznit Fuckwit’s gonna fight all the antifas, if he can manage to stay awake

this is going to be the dumbest civil war ever

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t usually write about my law firm, but I’m going to make an exception. With fewer than 60 lawyers, we are currently litigating 63 voting and election cases in 30 states — a number that will almost certainly rise in the weeks to come. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

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Maggie @sbh08mae.bsky.social · 12h

#ProudBlue

Trump has “true believer voters” and the “price of eggs voters” - The latter hate “the pig” because he played them

Even if his voters are racists, they don't like the rabid racism laced with hate, the arrest of legal immigrants, the increasing costs, or the failing economy

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 10h

These brutal firings and closures mean Trump is flying blind — and heading for a crash
Flying blind is dangerous, but it’s what Trump and his lackeys are forcing America to do.

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These brutal firings and closures mean Trump is flying blind — and heading for a crash

Flying blind is dangerous, but it’s what Trump and his lackeys are forcing America to do.For starters, the current government shutdown means that critical economic statistics — such as job numbers fro...

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 10h

Trump's 5-point plan to 'rule forever' exposed by senator

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Trump's 5-point plan to 'rule forever' exposed by senator

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, one of the most outspoken members of the Democratic Party, took to the Senate floor to explain what he says is President Donald Trump “enacting a well thought out plan so he an...

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Debby Williams 💙♐️ @dwilliams1210.com · 13h

Trump accidentally posted an incendiary private message to Attorney General Pam Bondi on his public Truth Social account, according to a report.

Trump, 79, Posted Private Bondi Message About Indicting Enemy

The president was “surprised to learn” the message to his attorney general went out to 10 million people.

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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 10h

'Nightmare scenario': Analysis warns Supreme Court may 'clear path' for one-party rule

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'Nightmare scenario': Analysis warns Supreme Court may 'clear path' for one-party rule

A Democratic voting rights group was "sounding the alarm" Wednesday, warning of a "nightmare scenario" wherein the U.S. Supreme Court could "clear the path for a one-party system" and give Republicans...

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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 22h

SETH MEYERS IS BRILLIANT, such a national treasure. THAT is why criminal/corrupt, Putin-owned, anti-American, anti-Free-Speech, child-raping pedophile traitor Trump is trying to get him, and ALL other brilliant USA Satirists FIRED, CANCELLED, taken OFF THE AIR. All Fascists since Hitler do the same.

Trump Shutdown Causes Flight Delays & Travel Chaos; Bernie Responds to Trump's Barbs: A Closer Look

YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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Mar Vista Writer @marvistawriter.bsky.social · 1d

The wealthy don’t need those tax cuts.
They have more than they can ever spend.
This is VANITY greed.
A sickness we have indulged for far too long.

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Ed Lynch @goatburgler.bsky.social · 10h

Brandi Kruse used to “suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome” but, since she changed sides, “I’m happier, I’m more healthy, I think I’m even a bit more attractive.”

Posobiec: Antifa is so clearly real that it “has been going on for almost 100 years ... going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany.”

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got rid...

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