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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 6h

The same people who just gave billionaires tax breaks have shut down the government rather than keeping our healthcare premiums from spiking.

Tells you everything you need to know.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

I think Halligan is failing to give all the info. Which is why Comey has said he’s filing a motion to dismiss on abuse of the grand jury process. I’m guessing though.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

i know grand juries have a relatively low bar for bringing indictments but i find myself wondering WTF is up with some of these grand jurors

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Resistor Sister @sistergf.bsky.social · 7h

Linsey Halligan needs to lose her license to practice law ASAP

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Ms. M @msmalarkey24.bsky.social · 8m

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 12h

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 2h

You know what fascism looks like? Attorney General Letitia James getting criminally indicted on literal trumped-up charges by the criminal who she fought to hold accountable for the actual crimes he committed and is now using the full power of the US govt to seek vengeance.

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JoAnne @joakev.bsky.social · 19m

Oh but as we learned in 2008..making the banks whole is the only thing that matters.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 9h

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 8h

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 4h

“Baby in her placenta” is pretty bad for a HHS secretary but it’s arguably worse for a guy with six kids. It’s impossible to not learn this stuff as a dad if you’re even remotely paying attention just once.

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thewakan.bsky.social @thewakan.bsky.social · 1d

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JoAnne @joakev.bsky.social · 22m

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... "he was also drawn to the chance to take decisive action, as he did with June’s Iran bombings...“He can give the order and watch it explode. It’s clear-cut and simple" Sooo. He likes watching things go boom. People die but so what. My God.

The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning

What the Trump administration is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more.

www.theatlantic.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 57m

Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7h

Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Letitia James being indicted: "It's part of a bigger trend of the President of the United States using the Department of Justice, using the legal system, to go after political adversaries."

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JoAnne @joakev.bsky.social · 46m

I repeat-- Where the hell is Kathy Hochul? Jeez Kathy can't you even manage a strong letter--even Chuck can do that...

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ

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OldDudeFella @olddudefella.bsky.social · 7h

Russia must be defeated

#NAFO

Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 7h

‼️Kyiv is under attack right now
The main target - energy infrastructure

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h

Important discovery fight taking shape in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal case.

The question: Can the government assert privilege to avoid handing over documents that may be relevant to a defendant's vindictive prosecution claim?

Abrego's counsel says no.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

www.documentcloud.org

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Resistor Sister @sistergf.bsky.social · 2h

@repmikejohnson.bsky.social
Hey Mike - we looked it up and the FACTS are that .004% immigrants use Medicaid.

Saw you on C -Span LYING

Good chat

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JoAnne @joakev.bsky.social · 1h

Republicans are causing this... They want this... While Trump et al are getting ready to make sure you can't vote.

Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 13h

Healthcare premiums are about to double across America.

Georgia 📈 +$2,064
Idaho 📈 +$1,472
Maryland📈 +$1,089
Nevada📈 +$1,425
New York📈 +$1,111
Virginia📈 +$1,342

In these same states, billionaires are set to get six-figure tax breaks.

THIS is what the shutdown is about.

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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 13h

Healthcare premiums are about to double across America.

Georgia 📈 +$2,064
Idaho 📈 +$1,472
Maryland📈 +$1,089
Nevada📈 +$1,425
New York📈 +$1,111
Virginia📈 +$1,342

In these same states, billionaires are set to get six-figure tax breaks.

THIS is what the shutdown is about.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 1h

Shit is so bad that the best American news of the week is that Dolly Parton didn't die.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1h

Inside Portland’s War Zone (Spoiler: It’s a Farmers Market

Inside Portland’s War Zone (Spoiler: It’s a Farmers Market)

YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko

youtube.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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Derrick ♎ 🟧 🟦#BLM 🏳️‍🌈 @spawn03.bsky.social · 12h

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 1h

Real security is funding for hospitals and health centers.

Real security is making sure that Americans can see a doctor when they’re sick without worrying whether they can make rent.

Real security is paying our military AND protecting health care.

This isn’t real security.

Screenshot of headline reading: Senate passes mammoth annual defense policy bill

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