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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 9h

(Pronounced MAMES)

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 9h

John Maynard Memes

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 11h

People are not pawns. The latest CDC layoffs are another example of this Administration going after our health—this time by firing scientists working to prevent chronic & respiratory disease.

I’m working to reopen the gvt, reverse these reckless cuts, & fund health care.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11h

these guys haaaaaaate free speech

Politico @politico.com · 1d

Johnson slams the No Kings protest march scheduled to take place in DC next week as the “hate America rally” that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.”

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 11h

I hope generations of children someday are taught about the cowardice of men like Buddy Carter during this time

GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social · 11h

# gapol New legislation or amendment from Carter, Earl L. "Buddy": Recognizing President Donald J. Trump's Role as a Transformational Peacemaker Whose Achievements in International Diplomacy Merit the Nobel Peace Priz https://www.congress

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

News footage from Portland shows a calm, tranquil city. But an AI video that Stephen Miller texted to Donald Trump shows the city as a burning hellhole. The truth may lie somewhere in between.

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

Sanity: a question of fact

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 2d

As someone who has lost a civil fraud claim at summary judgment because I couldn’t show scienter at the time of the representation, I find this reply triggering

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 2d

Could not be more clear the president wishes he had unilateral power to imprison people, like in an absolute monarchy

He doesn’t so instead he’s forcing the govt to bring charges against his enemies because he wants vengeance

Nakedly corrupt, the sort of thing that necessitates removal from office

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna be up to judges and juries to hold the line.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted by the US Department of Justice.

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 2d

This very morning on Newsmax, I heard a Republican elected say: 1) requiring transparency in hospital costs (not even a bill to regulate those costs!) and 2) regulating pharmacy benefit managers.

That’s the big R plan on healthcare! Doesn’t do much for people who can’t afford 4-figure premiums

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

CNN: Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans have no healthcare solutions. What do you say to her?

REP. PETE SESSIONS: She needs a couple more years in office and she would learn that we do have ideas on the table

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 3d

The fruits of moral compromise are measured in Scaramuccis

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 3d

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 3d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 3d

Like are you hearing what I’m saying?

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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 4d

Tom Nichols on the situation in Chicago: “This story really isn’t about immigration… It’s about getting the American people used to idea that Donald Trump is an absolute ruler who can put the military in streets at will, and intimidate everyone, including citizens.”

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 4d

I refuse to act like this is business as usual.

A million Georgians will see health care payments double if DC Republicans get their way.

Georgians sent me here to fight for them and that’s exactly what I intend to do.

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 4d

Another chapter in the book of:

if and when we get out of this, the cleanup will take a generation

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 5d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 5d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

"AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed" so succinct! so good!

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 5d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 5d

soap bubbles are floating in the air in front of a sunset

ALT: soap bubbles are floating in the air in front of a sunset

media.tenor.com

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Maryland Matters @marylandmatters.org · 5d

A federal district judge said Kilmar Abrego Garcia can proceed with his claim that human smuggling charges filed against him in Tennessee were done in retaliation for successfully challenging his deportation in another court and should be dismissed.
marylandmatters.org/2025/10/06/c...

Court allows Abrego Garcia's claim of vindictive prosecution to proceed - Maryland Matters

A federal district judge said Kilmar Abrego Garcia can proceed with his claim that human smuggling charges filed against him in Tennessee were done in retaliation for successfully challenging his depo...

marylandmatters.org

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 5d

The government should not reopen until Trump agrees to stop trying to deploy troops to American cities

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 5d

Every crisis is an opportunity. This is the moment for Dems on Capitol Hill to call a news conference and make clear: Not one dime to fund the federal government until Trump withdraws his unlawful orders and agrees not to send troops to occupy Democratic-run cities

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social · 5d

MAGA’s main talking point on FBI crime data is that their chosen culprits under-report

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