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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 9h

282 former DOJ officials signed a letter sounding the alarm about "this administration’s degradation of DOJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it."

The fact that hundreds felt compelled to say this speaks volumes.

Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm'

Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."

www.msnbc.com

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Puncheon @puncheon.bsky.social · 4h

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Monikita @monik222.bsky.social · 4h

Would make perfect sense given this is his tagline:
"I cover the rise of authoritarianism"

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AngelSil @angelsil.bsky.social · 7h

Hunter S. Thompson spent most of his RS years writing from Woody Creek or the road. You can't DO the kind of journalism they made their name on sitting in an NYC/LA/SF office.

Insanity.

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CUDDY @ptcontagion.bsky.social · 5h

SPOT ON!

Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · 1d

Another strong woman…. I approve this message

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h

Wow. New Economist poll finds only 34% of Americans say ICE's use of force has been justified, vs 51% who say it's been excessive. And they oppose agents wearing masks by 52-35.

Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13h

ICE's military raids and masked kidnappings are resonating deeply/negatively in the cultural spaces we keep hearing Dems need to reach: Manosphere, Joe Rogan, country music, disengaged voters. That's rare and it gives Dems a big opening to engage.

Thoughts on this:

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23h

AOC: Trump should be having congressional leaders in the WH. Do you see that every day? No, you don't because they're playing golf and they're going to mar-a-lago and the Republicans in the house have been on vacation for weeks now

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23h

Collins: Speaker Johnson that Republicans are actually the party that wants to fix health care by addressing issues with it, as he says they did in the one big beautiful bill.

Sanders: Did he really say that? They're trying to fix health care by throwing 15 million people off of it?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

AOC: I don't care if someone likes me or not. That will never change the fact that I'm going to fight for them to have health care. I want MAGA to have health care. I want MAGA to be paid a living wage.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Sanders: Saturday, millions of people are going to come out on a No Kings day. Speaker Johnson said this is a hate America rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns.. It’s not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Mockler: I have spent all my formative years watching the President talk about the opposition party like they should not exist. His claim to fame in politics was saying that Obama was not born in America.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Welch: Mike Johnson-If he's a big Christian, he should be fighting for the marginalized, fighting for the poor. But instead he weaponizes his faith to lure voters in and then dicks him over every chance he gets.

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Lynda Creedy - Leguminati 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @lafileuse.bsky.social · 19h

So after paying upwards of $70 for a Brazilian, you go buy a pair of hairy panties for that price or more? Crazy. Influencers have a lot to answer for.

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 13h

You don't find out until the 12th paragraph of this story that what Trump is doing is illegal. Just from a newsworthiness standpoint, how do you not lead with that? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump is opting some of the government out of the shutdown

The administration is finding ways to pay troops and for government work Trump favors while targeting “Democrat programs” for layoffs or closures.

www.washingtonpost.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13h

“His general demeanor was do not push things that upset Bukele — he is our No. 1 ally on migration,” a former U.S. official said about Johnson’s view of U.S. investigations into suspected Salvadoran corruption.

The Trump-Appointed Diplomat Accused of Shielding El Salvador’s President From Law Enforcement

A previously undisclosed State Department report and interviews reveal accusations that U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforc...

www.propublica.org

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Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 @lonsj.bsky.social · 21h

Necessary construction terminated!

New York, New Jersey existing tunnels were damaged during Super Storm Sandy

Construction has been going along

Vindictive, nasty f*er takes revenge on the states where he made & lost millions

Because we're Blue 💙🩵

We will survive this too

Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 22h

“Work has been underway at five sites in New York State and New Jersey for the construction of a new tunnel connecting New Jersey and Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, the busiest rail corridor in the country.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...

Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’

www.nytimes.com

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 14h

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Jim Carrey’s fresh out of fucks, and we are here for it!

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13h

" According to The Hechinger Report, there are only three people left to do the work of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP, which is the common measure of K-12 achievement through standardized tests. "

prospect.org/education/20...

The Republican Plot to Destroy Education Research

Elon Musk and the Trump administration have gutted the Institute of Education Science.

prospect.org

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Don Zeko @donzeko.bsky.social · 1d

This is almost literally what the English Civil War was fought over.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Under the Constitution and under the ADA, it is illegal to spend money without funding for that purpose. The president may not spend money to do something unless there's actually money to carry it out and that action is expressly allowed.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C7-1/ALDE_00001095/

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Feb 10

“Extinction Burst” as applied to MAGA.

This is worth the two minutes of your time. Trust me on this one…
(Part I)

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Monikita @monik222.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans controlled Congress by Clinton was President. The bill had bipartisan support and the Clinton administration, along with Congress, largely supported the act's primary goal of deregulating the telecommunications market.

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