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Outdoor Solace @outdoorsolace.bsky.social · 7h

The GOP is abetting the fascist takeover over our country by madmen in the executive bent on immoral authoritarian power.

They use the self-created and sustained chaos & pain to divide Americans in the center to gain support. The GOP majority in both houses of Congress could stop it, but won’t.

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🇨🇦Greg Stefan aka Fella Dogfather 🇨🇦 @ih8handles.bsky.social · 7h

Repubs are simply doing what they’re good at. Doing little to no work for the American people. Then assigning blame to Democrats. Letting time pass by in the hope that enough people will blame Democrats for the shutdown.

When was the last time Republicans had a policy that would make life easier ?

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Corrupt AF. Just like Trump.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

Banana republic shit.

If the reported facts are accurately, this is going to be a colossal embarrassment for DOJ.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

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

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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mk2005.bsky.social @mk2005.bsky.social · 1d

Vote them all out in 2026!!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ.

OLD NEWS: Donald Trump is intimidated by strong women, especially women of color.

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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 2d

A man who has declared war on American cities is not deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 2d

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Impeach and remove.
Impeach and remove.
Impeach and remove.
Impeach and remove.
Impeach and remove.
Impeach and remove.
Impeach and remove.
Impeach and remove.
Impeach and remove.
Impeach and remove.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 3d

As alarmed as people may be, they aren't alarmed enough. Trump just escalated this crisis from a fight between the federal government and a state, to a situation where one state is deploying armed forces to impose its will on another state. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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mk2005.bsky.social @mk2005.bsky.social · 3d

Will they uphold the Constitution against a lawless Commander in Chief?

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 4d

Let me be clear: It’s ILLEGAL to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown.

There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law.

You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Kash was begging for a Community Note

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Durbin: "What has taken place since January 20, 2025, would make even President Nixon recoil. This is your legacy, AG Bondi."

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 4d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 3d

If Republicans don’t pass our bill to reopen the government and extend ACA tax credits, millions of families will see their health care costs soar.

Here's just one example of a MD couple who would see their costs nearly TRIPLE — a health catastrophe and another Trump betrayal:

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 4d

"The broader goal is the militarization of major cities before 2026 elections... Next year, I fear that what they're gonna do is deploy these folks to polling places & say they're protecting the vote. Trump knows without these breaches of the Constitution, he's gonna lose Congress." - Gov. Pritzker

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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mk2005.bsky.social @mk2005.bsky.social · 4d

He’s going to hell.

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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 6d

A federal judge just ruled that Donald Trump is trying "to deny Americans their birthright." Trump is a serial violator of the Constitution. But Congress CAN STOP HIM & save the republic. Call your elected officials early and often. Red states, blue states, it doesn't matter.
Pressure bursts pipes.

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Imup2late @imup2late.bsky.social · 19d

Hitler didn't start with death camps. He started with Making Germany Great Again, demonizing immigrants, targeting the press, blaming educators, defunding the arts, and stoking fears of outsiders.

This is why we're waving our arms and screaming at y'all to just STOP!

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Natalee @natalee53.bsky.social · Sep 9

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