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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 23h

I'm tired of hearing Republicans say they'll deal with the health care crisis they created "later."

Later is TOO LATE.

If Republicans could rush to give billionaires tax breaks this summer, we can save families from seeing their health care premiums more than double RIGHT NOW.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12h

Republicans are lying about the peaceful No Kings Day protests because they’re desperate — the GOP is losing the shutdown fight while Americans reject Trump’s authoritarian takeover in huge numbers.

“These are the threats of a regime that is not secure in their power.“ - @ezralevin.bsky.social

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 1d

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 20h

Oh, sure, let's have Qatar set up its military bases on American soil--because we're all about America First, amirite?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 21h

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 12h

I’m talking to Democrats and Republicans in the Senate every day, but the House is critical to solving this shutdown too. Mike Johnson needs to get House Republicans back to Washington so we can actually work together to stop health care costs from rising dramatically.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Pritzker to @gregsargent.bsky.social: "Trump says a lot of crazy things. I genuinely think there's something wrong with him. I wish his family would intervene... I don’t think anybody around is going to do it bc they’re benefiting from his dementia"

Full interview: newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump: Stop trying to incite Illinoisans into violence. Pack up and go home.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16h

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 14h

Someone gonna get fired …. @kenwhite.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

So I guess for MAGA when a Chinese balloon goes over US airspace it’s a week straight of apoplectic comments that WW3 is starting because Biden is weak, but when Trump allows the Qataris to have an airbase in the US and fly fighter jets over our country that is America First.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 17h

I've never seen a time when our country has been facing a true crisis, and the president & GOP leaders won't even TALK to Democrats about a solution.

Democrats are ready to work on a solution to reopen the gov & stop health care costs from skyrocketing. Where are Republicans?

White House declines to engage Democrats as shutdown drags into second week

The White House has yet to engage Democrats on ending the government shutdown, despite the potential political ramifications of the closure.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h

2017 TRUMP: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

2025 TRUMP: “Thank you, Qatar, for my free $400,000,000 personal jet!”

TRUMP, a few months later: “I'm letting Qatar be the first foreign nation to build a military base on US soil.”

www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...

President Calls on Qatar to Stop Supporting Terrorism

President Trump says the nation of Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level and that it's time to stop this funding, stop teaching hate, and stop the killing. "We ask Qatar and other ...

www.c-span.org

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19h

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 16h

We’re outside of the Broadview ICE facility.

It’s clearer than ever before.

What’s happening in Illinois is an unprecedented, unlawful abuse of power.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 18h

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17h

Fewer than 1 in 10 of our Congressional races are considered competitive - in a country that's politically more or less 50-50.

This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson has had the House adjourned for weeks to avoid a vote on the Epstein files.

Is it really too much to ask to simply have House Republicans show up to work once in a while?

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Ron Hacker @ronhacker.bsky.social · 2d

Some day this snake will have to pay for his cruelty.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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