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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

I remain fascinated, purely as a matter of gossipy curiosity, about whatever MAGA world drama is going on behind the scenes with this one. she's always been out for #1 and among the worst team players the human mind can conceive, but everyone seems mad at her and she's mad at them in a fresh new way

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on polls showing Republicans are getting blamed for the shutdown: "I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening ... we control the House & Senate & have the WH."

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Cajsa @cajsa.bsky.social · 4h

@reichwingwatch.bsky.social
Hi, I wanted to offer my site goppredators.wordpress.com as a resource for your work. You can also use the google doc I made at tinyurl.com/yv67c7uu
Please do make use of it.

Republican Sexual Predators

Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party

goppredators.wordpress.com

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 4h

A tiny ray of abstract reasoning breaks through in the GOP.
A sign of the apocalypse, perhaps???

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 14h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 11h

I'd thought I'd seen every imaginable way to dismiss the importance of special elections, but this is a new one on me www.reuters.com/world/us/dem...

Mike Marinella, a spokesperson for the Republican Party’s congressional campaign arm, questioned the notion that low-turnout special elections signified future Democratic wins.

"If Democrats had a real message, beyond higher taxes, chaos, and fighting harder for illegal immigrants than for American families, they wouldn't need to spend money on special elections to pretend a blue wave is coming," he said.

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 11h

No one triggers Trump like Barack Obama. Just the seething look on his face after Obama's jokes at DJT's expense during the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner (youtu.be/zeGpLg0b3DE?...)

God, I miss NORMAL.

I imagine after the Nobel announcement a lot of ketchup was airborne at Mar-a-Lago.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 11h

Next, Elon Musk buys Comet Pizza and installs a dungeon.

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 13h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 11h

MAJOR SCANDAL ALERT: Trump just briefly spoke to the Attorney General on an airport tarmac www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/mali...

Malicious revenge prosecution du jour - Lawyers, Guns & Money

MAJOR SCANDAL ALERT: Trump just briefly spoke to the Attorney General on an airport tarmac. No wait, it was this: There are certain hypotheticals you simply never get to test out. This seems to be an ...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 11h

Democrats should be out there calling for the disbarment of any attorneys involved in a malicious, politically-motivated prosecution.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h

The Justice Department won an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday.

The indictment makes James the second of President Trump’s political foes to be charged in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general

Justice Department wins indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud in 2023.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 8h

You can dance to it. Case dismissed.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 11h

Drake’s lawsuit against UMG over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us" has been dismissed

"The Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in ‘Not Like Us’ are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is granted”

They also noted that the song had a ‘catchy beat and propulsive baseline’

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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 10h

I too feel like a broken record, but: if we’re going to compensate farmers, we need to compensate everyone who has been harmed by the Trump administration. We could start with damages for people abducted or held illegally.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13h

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 9h

Yeap! My buddy Bruce Wilson surfaced the tapes.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 9h

Well, if THIS doesn't deserve a Nobel Peace Prize, I don't know what does!

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 17h

Most Americans say Trump has improperly used his office to:
💠Punish those who say things he does not like (66%)
💠Encourage federal investigations of his political opponents (62%)
💠Enrich himself or his friends and family (61%)

new @pewresearch.org findings

Most Americans think Trump is trying to exercise more power than previous presidents

49% of U.S. adults say Trump is trying to exercise more presidential power than previous presidents and that this is bad for the country.

www.pewresearch.org

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 9h

Nice Nobel Peace Prize you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it... or the whole damn country!

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

What if the guy who inspires fear of reprisal for not winning does not actually deserve the Peace Prize?

headlines describing Norway shitting itself for when Trump does not win.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 9h

Trump's razzle-dazzle reverse-causality crime-fighting SURELY deserves a Nobel Prize... for Physics, if not for Peace!

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

In the cities Trump is targeting to “combat crime,” violent crime was down year-over-year by July. www.pbump.net/o/a-quick-re...

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 9h

If an Olympic-level war criminal like Henry Kissinger deserves it, but Mahatma Gandhi doesn't?
Well, you just might have a pointless point then!

Chris Cillizza @chriscillizza.bsky.social · 13h

What if...Donald Trump actually deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 9h

The NAR's practice of "spiritual warfare" is a not-so-thinly-veiled call for physical violence, as political opponents are identified with demons, or even identified AS demons. Hence their special spin on the story of Esther.

What’s usually left unsaid

Event organizers say that the Washington rally was just “the starting line. Now it’s time to mobilize.” And by mobilize, they mean going “global with this Esthers movement!”

As I noted last year, however, urging Christian women to reimagine themselves as the biblical figure of Esther is “an implied call for physical violence against perceived enemies.” While various Christian and Jewish traditions draw different meanings from the story of Esther (usually celebrating her role in saving her people), NAR leaders highlight the part about the annihilation of enemies, which is typically left out.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 10h

I write for a biweekly, @randomlengthsnews.bsky.social so our heads-up No Kings! story published today, alerting folks throughout the San Pedro Bay area. There are 60+ local events in the Southland w/ the big event in downtown LA. Local organizers spoke up:
www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/202...

“It’s shaping up to be even larger than the one we had in June, which was huge,” said Heather Rodriguez, with Lakewood Indivisible. “The resistance just keeps growing, and the more the Trump administration tips their hand towards fascism, the more obvious it is that this isn’t something you can just kick down the road till later,” she said. “It’s something that we need to oppose as strongly and peacefully as we can right now.”

“We’ve seen continuing authoritarianism, continuing breaking of the law and unconstitutionality, especially in like bigger cities like LA where we have masked, armed, masked men who don’t identify themselves and are kidnapping our neighbors off the streets,” said Kenny Johnson with Indivisible South Bay. “People are not okay with this.”

“What citizens have is their numbers and their voice. Those are our tools. So you’ve gotta employ those numbers and that voice,” said Melanie Jones with San Pedro Indivisible. “Courage begets courage, and we need a lot of courage right now. People need to push back. It’s essential.”

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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 10h

Surely this guy should be first in line for compensation from the Trump administration, not farmers.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 11h

Earlier today, prosecutors dismissed the felony charges against Paul Ivery, the man being arrested in this video.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12d

A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 10h

ROTTEN core principles, akshually!.

Conor Lamb @conorlambpa.bsky.social · 16h

Last night Fetterman voted to allow Trump to execute people at sea, today he wants to give him a Nobel Prize. Just no core principles.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

FOX: Do you think Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

FETTERMAN: If this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I will be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Prize Peace.

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 15h

Nice idea, if you operate under the assumption *there will be another Democratic president*.

Project 2025 specifically aims for permanent control of govt by Rs by any means necessary. And SCOTUS is right there.

The pro democracy side must operate under this assumption. 🤷‍♀️
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 17h

This is why I think the next Democratic president needs to use the EXACT tools that SCOTUS has handed Trump. Don't leave room for any distinctions.

Impound funds for deportation. Give ICE the USAID treatment. Refuse to collect government-backed debt. Purge MAGA loyalists from the executive branch.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 14h

Sadly no. They'd be deported by now if they did.

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 15h

Has one single reporter in the entire press corps pointed out that reducing drug prices by more than 100% is impossible? Even once?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "You never had anybody here that knew what the hell they were doing. I'll be honest with you. It makes me angry ... we're gonna get drug reductions of 500%."

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 14h

welcome to being a renter!

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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 15h

OK, which one of you radical-left, Antifa people made this?

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 14h

Reminder: Trump's 1st 2017 cabinet meeting was straight out of North Korea. Every single cabinet official praising Dear Leader as best POTUS EV-UH!, except for Sec Def, who ducked by praising troops.

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

all the weird cabinet meeting clips you're seeing will be distilled on mainstream media news broadcasts as a perfectly normal presidential cabinet meeting. i know because the msm has been sanewashing trump like this for over a decade now.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 14h

The GOP missed their off-ramp when Senators voted not to convict Trump. They had all the off-ramp in the world.
But no. They chose this hell. It's all theirs.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14h

Fascinating moment in the power of DC Think. Democrats are clearly *not* looking for an off ramp right now. They’re actually saying this. Which is a measure of how badly it’s going for the GOP. It’s the GOP that is actually looking for the offeamp.

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