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Jackie Sentenne Pettit @sentenne.bsky.social · Aug 14

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JimChampion @jim-c.bsky.social · Aug 16

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👑Maricella Brooks🌊🦅 @fireeyebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

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👑Maricella Brooks🌊🦅 @fireeyebooks.bsky.social · Sep 2

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STEPHEN JAMES @stephen5150.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Climb To The Clouds @climbtotheclouds.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Jules1212💜🌎☀️ @jules1212.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Jules1212💜🌎☀️ @jules1212.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Jim Scott @jimscott061019.bsky.social · Aug 27

Trump loves to talk about jobs. But his stop-work order on Revolution Wind just fired 1,000 skilled construction workers mid-project.

Enough energy to power 350,000 homes. 80% complete. Thrown away by this admin.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Aug 17

There’s no longer any pretense this has anything to do with crime (there are cities or parts of cities in SC and Ohio that have higher crime rates than DC — send the troops there!). This is about establishing a precedent for Trump seizing control of the nation’s capital when he wants to.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 17

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Aug 17

“It’s a signal that identity, not ability or achievement, determines who stays in uniform and who gets a fair shot.”

Forget about merit or achievement. The Trump-Hegseth military is all in for identity politics.

www.military.com/daily-news/2...

New Air Force Policy Denies Transgender Troops Hearings Before They're Discharged

It is the second policy change the Air Force has taken in recent weeks to crack down on transgender service members.

www.military.com

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · Aug 17

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · Aug 17

Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is one of the most canonical examples of authoritarian takeovers.

Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial.

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · Aug 15

If Donald ‘actually’ won the last election in a ‘landslide’, why would he need to be pressuring so many states to redraw their maps before the midterms? Yes, this is rhetorical. We know why.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Aug 14

If you think Trump shouldn't be able to take over the power of the purse that the Constitution gives to Congress, you'll want to read about a new DC Circuit case that's letting him run off with it joycevance.substack.com/p/congress-m...

Congress may have the spending power, but Trump can usurp it if they won't protect it.

And they haven't

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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · Aug 15

BREAKING: Federal prosecutors said today they went to a grand jury twice to indict a D.C. woman for assaulting an FBI agent during an arrest by ICE — and were twice rejected.

Notably, she faces the same charge as the District's alleged sandwich thrower.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...

US Attorney Pirro's office admits grand jury refused ICE interference charges — twice

Federal prosecutors told a judge they had failed twice to secure an indictment against Sydney Lori Reid for allegedly assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest.

www.wusa9.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Aug 14

BREAKING: According to The Times, The US and Russia ‘propose West Bank-style occupation of Ukraine’

I have a better idea... I propose Ukraine occupies Moscow.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hoagie assault guy, if convicted, will be punished more strongly than J6 folks who beat police officers with poles and other objects and are now walking free (and probably joining CBP)

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Aug 15

California will not sit idle as Donald Trump and Republicans take a wrecking ball to our democracy.

This moment calls for urgency and action.

That's why we’re giving voters a way to fight back and nullify congressional gains in Texas or any state that tries to rig its maps.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 14

NEWSOM: “We are asking the voters for their consent to respond to what’s happening in Texas.”

There will be a special election this November in California.