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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h

Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly confronted Mike Johnson outside his office for delaying the swearing in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

"You just don't want her to be in the Epstein discharge petition."

Gallego told reporters Johnson was 'cover[ing] up for pedophiles on the Epstein list.'

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15h

Wray could've made sure Trump was locked up in early 2021 if he had wanted to. Not replacing him was a huge error by Biden and, as it turns out, for Wray too.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 20h

incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Other prosecutors are investigating former CIA director John Brennan, another prominent Trump critic, and former FBI director Christopher Wray, who was originally appointed by Trump but enraged conservatives who came to believe he had wielded the bureau’s powers against them. Former officials have received subpoenas in recent days in the Wray inquiry, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 18h

Holding aside everything—everything—else, the President conducting very sensitive conversations with his Attorney General on an unencrypted social media platform would have been a major scandal any time before 2016. Is he DMing the CIA Director on there? The Secretary of Defense? We don’t know.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 20h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 20h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 19h

Hate playing this game but can you literally imagine what would have happened if President Obama said this exact line. At minimum he would have been impeached in a vote of like 95-5 before the month was over.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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1 million Portlanders by 2045 🌲🌧️🦫🚲🚇 @bradleybondy.com · 21h

When Portland and Metro leadership finally decide to get to work on the downtown MAX tunnel, we're gonna have to be careful to not let them excavate to the and center of the earth in an effort to coddle a couple dozen whiney business owners.

This is so unbelievably wasteful.

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 21h

I just can't get over the differences in scale between Ballard Link's Westlake Station as proposed and the original Westlake Station, off to the left.

Ballard Link's Westlake has two separate entrances underneath separate buildings, with one showing a long tunnel to get to the train guideway. They are at least five stories deeper than the original Westlake, which is tiny and only around 10-15% of the size

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 21h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 20h

Old line in reporting. "If one side says it is raining and the other says it is sunny you don't print what they say you look at the window" never has that been more true and more important.

This is pure delusional brain melt if you take a camera crew almost anywhere here in #Portland.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h

Didn't Trump already have his annual check up in April?

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 20h

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think it will be 2008 bad but "regular" bad recession with 7% unemployment seems very possible.

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like the AI human centipede money cycling at the top end and the "buy now pay later" trend at the bottom end could be setting up a real double bubble burst.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

It is why it’s so funny that trump is so obsessed with scaling way up the use of polygraph and surprise polygraph testing across the federal government, it underscores how much he thinks fantasy and things he sees on tv are Real

Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 1d

You beat it by knowing that they are not real. Polygraphs are fake science more like a ouija or a magic amulet than a real test. They only "work" by tricking people into thinking they do so you confess.

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

“Pentagon Leakers Practice Beating Polygraphs Amid Trump's 'Idiotic' Leak Crackdown”

New, for @zeteo.com tonight, via @andrewperez.bsky.social and me:

zeteo.com/p/trump-hegs...

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 1d

You beat it by knowing that they are not real. Polygraphs are fake science more like a ouija or a magic amulet than a real test. They only "work" by tricking people into thinking they do so you confess.

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

“Pentagon Leakers Practice Beating Polygraphs Amid Trump's 'Idiotic' Leak Crackdown”

New, for @zeteo.com tonight, via @andrewperez.bsky.social and me:

zeteo.com/p/trump-hegs...

Pentagon Leakers Practice Beating Polygraphs Amid Trump's 'Idiotic' Leak Crackdown

The president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are waging a war on leakers – but ‘this stuff only works if you let it get to you,’ says one Pentagon official.

zeteo.com

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Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 1d

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...

Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law

A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.

heatmap.news

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 2d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

This is remarkable. It could suggest a level of political sophistication we rarely see in mass electorates

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

Cook Political poll find Prop 50 up 50% to 34% among registered voters in California: www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 1d

There is by definition no such thing as a "private" official. An "official" means someone who is part of the public sector.

Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 1d

So 100 private and public officials went to the twin cities on a STUDY TRIP with the Metro Chamber and there's no media outrage? No "junket" articles? Or what about the state legislators who went to Vietnam? No?

Hmmm 🤔