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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 18h

Dear Speaker Mike Johnson,

We the PEOPLE think Congress, especially those of us you TARGET, should have WORK REQUIREMENTS. Since you have sent everyone home since 9/19 (last time House was in session) it should be retroactive for any member NOT in the chamber.

Fondly,
AMERICA

PS YOU WORK FOR US!😡

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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 1d

Today is a beautiful day for Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 16h

ICE Raids: Myth Vs. Fact https://theonion.com/ice-raids-myth-vs-fact/

MYTH: My grandmother was deported to El Salvador.

FACT: No one really knows where she was deported to.

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Meredith Martin @mmvty.bsky.social · 16h

Waiting for mine to stop growing so I can start buying sweaters.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 22h

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 16h

If the Dems bail out a guy who is firing furloughed workers while he has his ballroom built on the taxpayers dollar and is sending 20B to Argentina and constructing an air base for Qatar in Idaho during the shutdown

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 1d

lord have mercy. how out of touch are these folks? Bad Bunny has an audience more than 100 times larger than Lee Greenwood.

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 2d

Hahaha....Lee fucking Greenwood.

Mike Johnson is like an SNL parody of a youth minister.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

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Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

“We’re going to hold them fairly to account, and by that we mean we’ll use the propaganda term they invented and not the legal name for the department. In short, MAGA.”

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 2d

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 3d

New from me at The Dispatch: DHS says it's illegal to videotape ICE agents. That's not what the courts say. @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

thedispatch.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

Cause the algorithms are increasingly shady and I don’t see much promotion, let me Gift Link this:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 2d

I HAVE to grade but I WANT to write 1200-1500 words on Posobiec admitting the Trump administration are fascists and putting them in context of the 20th century American fascist movements.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

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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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2d

NEW: This year, Texas handed the keys to its congressional map over to Washington. The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified Wednesday he received directions only from the White House, as well as requests from the Texas GOP congressional delegation.

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Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington