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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11m

President Trump called Portland a war zone last week, and now state Republicans are trying to deliver one—by sharing a photo of “South American riot police” in 2008 from Getty Images. trib.al/UoWffPr

Republicans Caught Using Fake Image to Lie for Trump About Portland

The Oregon Republican Party used images of riots in South America.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29m

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24m

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 48m

Speaker Johnson: "People’s faith in the government is at an all time low"

Republicans control all 3 branches of the government.

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The Invisible Man ☢ @nepabum.bsky.social · 1h

Wait. Am I reading this wrong? Does the sitting vice president of the United States of America not know that Chicago is in Illinois?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1h

Baldwin: Our farmers are facing incredible headwinds. A lot of the fertilizer inputs come from Canada. Those have shot up because of tariffs. About a quarter of all farmers use the ACA for their health care coverage. This president is just contributing to the headwinds that our farmers are facing.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Jeffries: "If Republicans continue to refuse to extend the ACA tax credits, tens of millions of people are about to experience dramatically increased premiums ... including in the state represented by Speaker Mike Johnson. In fact, in his own district, I believe premiums may increase by about 380%."

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 1h

You were president on Jan 6th, Puddin’ Brain.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1h

Halligan is a deeply unqualified pawn whose only mission is to head these obviously politicized legal attacks on people Trump doesn’t like. She had literally never prosecuted anyone before Comey. trib.al/waFlZqQ

Trump Attorney Makes Embarrassing Error in Letitia James Indictment

Lindsey Halligan is out of her depth, but she’s carrying out Trump’s revenge crusade anyway.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

Gov. Pritzker: "The Insurrection Act is called the Insurrection Act for a reason — there has to be an insurrection in order for [Trump] to be allowed to invoke it. He can say anything he wants, but if the Constitution means anything...the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked."

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The Invisible Man ☢ @nepabum.bsky.social · 1h

History tells us what happens to Nazi and fascist sympathizers. It ain't good for them.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Kamala Harris: "I think he has a vengeance campaign, which is really exposing the petty nature of who he is and his deep level of insecurity."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

The reason Mike Johnson is able to keep the House closed and not pass bills to pay the military or fund the government is because Trump is going to circumvent congress and illegally steal that money from other government programs. All to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2h

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has indicated that he wants to do something about [ACA subsidies], and he wants the government open. Well, we want this fixed and we want the government open. So why is there a problem here?"

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2h

"The shortest path to authoritarian regime is a mass deportation regime."

@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social explains why this is the case, and how it's happening.

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The Trump Administration's Plan to Crush Dissent (w/ Tom Joscelyn)

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The Invisible Man ☢ @nepabum.bsky.social · 4h

Cutting trillions in spending on the least among us to give tax cuts to billionaires is not "fixing" healthcare.

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The Invisible Man ☢ @nepabum.bsky.social · 4h

They already put boots on the ground

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 4h

Donald Trump at just after midnight on Sunday morning released onto Truth Social a screed in which he claimed the "Biden FBI" placed "274" agents in the crowd on Jan. 6, 2021, when Trump himself was still president.

'Do something!': Trump makes bizarre claim about Biden and Jan. 6 in midnight rant

Donald Trump at just after midnight on Sunday morning released onto Truth Social a screed in which he claimed the "Biden FBI" placed "274" agents in the crowd on Jan. 6, 2021, when Trump himself was still president.The president took his social media site in the dead of night to write, "THE BIDEN FB...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4h

Portland, the lies vs. the reality.

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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised. #dailyshow

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

Asked by Kristen Welker on Meet the Press this morning whether the White House was seriously considering invoking the Insurrection Act, Vice President Vance said, "The president is looking at all his options."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

BREAM: Open enrollments starts in November. People are already getting notices about what they may pay. I mean, that's gotta be resolved.

MIKE JOHNSON: Yes, and they're eating up the clock in the month of October

(Johnson canceled the House in August to avoid taking votes on Epstein)

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h

Administration officials pile lie upon lie upon lie. When a president and his aides are doing that, it’s no longer America.

When masked government thugs take potshots at a priest, it’s no longer America.

State-sponsored mayhem starts at the top. trib.al/kEhMBeh

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14h

China signaled that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from President Donald Trump, urging the U.S. to resolve differences through negotiations instead of threats.

China vows to stand firm against Trump's 100% tariff threat

China is signaling that it won't back down in the face of the latest tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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