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Arizona 7th is not the only Democratic district in Congress that is not being represented due to GOP interference. Tx.18 Houston has been vacant since Sylvester Turner died in March. Gov Abbott refused to call a special election for months. Now Tx 18 will not be filled until March 2026. #ProudBlue
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"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"

* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say
A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.
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Bc he's not building a ballroom. The East Wing was added in 1942 to top a secure underground bunker for FDR during the war. He CLAIMS it's a "ballroom" but he's creating a super-bunker under it, and Congress better get wise.
The East Wing was added in 1942 to go on top of a secure underground bunker for FDR during the war. The space on top has traditionally been the First Lady's office, etc.. The structure he's building is 2x the size of the whole WH as it is; he's building a super-bunker.
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Trump is demanding his own administration give him $230 million.

He's cutting himself a taxpayer-funded check, and paying for it by cutting your healthcare and food assistance.

This is what corruption under authoritarianism looks like.
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Snap benefits, healthcare, utilities. Gonna hurt millions. Red and blue.
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CNBC: Is importing beef from Argentina a possibility?

BROOKE ROLLINS: Yes, the president has said he's in discussions with Argentina. It will not be very much. Argentina is also facing a foot and mouth disease issue.
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Nothing says “America First” like selling out U.S. beef and soybean farmers to buy Argentine beef instead. #ArgentinaFirst
WTF?
The NYT is reporting that Donald Trump is demanding $230 Million from the DOJ for past cases against him.

That means...he's suing us. Because that's who would pay for it.
The East Wing was added in 1942 to top a secure underground bunker built for FDR during WWII. I’d bet my life Trump’s not building a “ballroom” that’s 2x the size of the whole WH. He’s creating some kind of super bunker. He sounds off just saying the word “ballroom.”
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I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
The “ballroom “ plans call for a structure TWICE THE SIZE of the entire existing WH.
He isn’t building a ballroom. The East Wing was added in 1942 to top a secure underground bunker for FDR in WWII. The above ground bldg was used as The First Lady’s office, etc. He’s building some kind of mega bunker He doesn’t give a f about ballrooms, as he claims.
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Imagine being this afraid of an inflatable frog.

I wonder who they will target next? My money is on the rainbow unicorn since we know how they feel about rainbows….
Or anywhere.
“It’s not sunny in Philadelphia.” 😞

- RenMac
TRUMP IS NOT BUILDING A BALLROOM. The East Wing was added in 1942 to top an underground secure bunker for FDR. The "ballroom" plan is for a structure TWICE THE SIZE of the existing WH. He's building a super billionaire's bunker. A place he will never have to leave.
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"Every tyrant tries to convince the public that support for them is all but universal and opposition is both dangerous and futile. Trump will keep saying that. But after No Kings, it will be even harder to believe than it was before." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
No Kings was a huge success. Just look at Trump's response.
Turnout was enormous. There was no violence. And the wannabe king is triggered.
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Wow. We can look at this entire period as an inch by inch fight to determine if laws and norms hold, if enough judges, Supreme or otherwise, are honest.
There it is. Sua sponte.
Sua sponte call for en banc less than two hours after the 9th Cir decision to let loose the National Guard into Portland
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Sorry... what’s he “satirizing”?

First Amendment speech? The dozens of cases he’s lost because federal judges see him as a would-be dictator—as did the last Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? The failed F-47? His own infamous incontinence?

What’s your next sentence, Mike? What’s he satirizing?
Speaker Johnson defends Trump's AI video of him dumping feces on protesting Americans: “The president uses social media to make a point. You can argue he's probably the most effective person who's ever used social media for that. He is using satire to make a point.”
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ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own.

Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.
My hope is that people who share basic values on the Left UNITE to fight the actual Republican fascist coup. Perfect wrong moment to split into factions.