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Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández @fernandez.house.gov · 1h

It’s been 31 days since Republicans showed up to work. Speaker Johnson, call us back into session—now.

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Bryan Dawson @bryandawsonusa.bsky.social · 5h

🚨The federal agency overseeing the US nuclear stockpile will furlough 78% of its workforce starting today with the #TrumpShutdown

But don't worry, Trump knows "more than the generals" and all about "nuclear things."

Trump and MAGA are a a clear and present danger to national security.

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 16h

It was a master class in restraint, self-control and discipline. Great job everyone. 🪶✨

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“.. struggling to put together a $20 billion loan to Argentina without leaving themselves on the hook to the virtually bankrupt South American country ..” 🤡

@wsj.com $ARGT
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

seems like you could be minimally fit, join ICE for the signing bonus, and then just not do the job

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 3h

Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

More than a third have failed so far, four officials told me, impeding the agency’s plan to hire, train, and deploy 10,000 deportation officers by January. To pass, recruits must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told me, adding that before now, a typical class of 40 recruits had only a couple of candidates fail, because the screening process was more rigorous.

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@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social @keepitbluedems.bsky.social · 1h

MAGA said ‘No Kings’ would turn violent — but the only violence came from Trump supporters
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MAGA said ‘No Kings’ would turn violent — but the only violence came from Trump supporters

For the past week, Republican leaders were practically salivating at the thought of chaos erupting at the No Kings demonstrations — mass marches held across the U.S.

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Lyn Ettinger-Harwell @lyneh1.bsky.social · 22h

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 9h

The enhanced premium tax credits are a thing Biden did to make the ACA better. They are in danger. If they expire a lot of people will be made a lot worse off.

People are defending the ACA because it actually has real material impacts not because of emotional commitment to institutions.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 9h

Not trying to add to the pile on, but this way of understanding politics is totally mysterious to me. What is the appropriate amount of emotion to dedicate to any given issue and how do we know when that threshold has been met or exceeded.

bluesky is an even weirder place than twitter. does my post say we should repeal Obamacare

no

does it say that the institutionalist instinct to devote so much emotion to defense of it rather than sympathizing with what it didnt/still has not fixed (for many) is misplaced?

yes. and i stand by that

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💙 MaryH 💙 @maryh58.bsky.social · 22h

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 3h

The president and his party want the American people to believe that the Republicans – and the Republicans alone – are the real arbiters of reality. They want us to believe that only Republicans have the true authority to define America.

With one voice, more than 7 million Americans said no.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 3h

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No Kings bloodied Trump’s nose

And now he’s furious.

www.editorialboard.com

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 19h

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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 1d

The shrapnel that hit CHP vehicles over the weekend from Trump and Vance’s military live-munitions demonstration came from this type of ordnance.

It’s no small thing.

This is what the White House thought was fine to fly over civilians on a major freeway. Thankfully, the Governor closed it.

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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 1h

He’s already started by knocking down part of your beloved White House.

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah. So The White House
is designated a National Historic Landmark.

That means:

It’s formally recognized as having exceptional national historical significance.

Any substantial changes, demolitions, or new construction affecting it are tightly restricted.

It’s not his house! WTF.

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 1h

PLEASE SHARE

blackoutthesystem.com

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 4h

All this cruelty and ugliness because these fuckers couldn't accept a country that elected a black president.

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 3h

Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8h

FAFO!!

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Pets Rule @eternalllyhopeful.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings protest under blue skies in my tiny little town of Summerville, GA! More than 70 people showed up & we got lots of love from passers-by. This is a big deal round these here parts ya'll 🇺🇸

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Fighting for Democracy Everyday @rhopper03.bsky.social · 2h

Dictator Trump has started demolishing portions of the White House structure so he can build his personally designed ballroom. No Congressional approval. No historical review. Using taxpayer funds. He does what he wants when he wants how he wants. It’s what dictators do.
#takeourdemocracyback

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3h

Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works

(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Screenshot of a text exchange via Signal between Anna Bower and Lindsay Halligan.

Halligan: By the way - everything I ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know.

Bower: I'm sorry, but that's not how this works.
You don't get to say that in retrospect.

Halligan: Yes I do. Off record.

Bower: I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked. But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?

Halligan: It's obvious the whole convo is off record.
There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never even told me about a story.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2h

Today former President Joe Biden got to ring the bell on this phase of his cancer treatment.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

Exclusive: Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised to betray MS-13 informants in exchange for access to El Salvador’s most notorious prison.

Justice Department officials say Rubio threatened to undercut years of work to secure the cooperation of high-ranking gang members. wapo.st/4qk3Hkn

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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 5h

Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.

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