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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Mr. Secretary, the president is on the phone. He sounds very angry and he keeps calling you Lil Marco.

Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 2h

No one should care about what you say about this. You had a chance to vote on him, and you put him in power. Your judgement sucks. I cannot wait for you to lose to Graham Platner.

Collins knocks Vought over firing of federal workers - Live Updates - POLITICO share.google/5uYwlyYUS0rC...

Collins knocks Vought over firing of federal workers

The Maine Republican has been a vocal critic of OMB’s plan to institute layoffs.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 3h

My inner child is terrified that none of Epstein's clients are in jail yet.

Release the #Epsteinfiles

Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 3h

I'm so worried that I agree with MTG. I feel like it's statistically more likely that I'm wrong than that she's right.

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 3h

Seriously. If she can bring ANY Republicans along on this new journey of speaking actual truth I'd be really happy about it.
Because right now, agreeing with MTG is making me very, very nervous.

Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 3h

Are we in the upside down?

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 6h

Marjorie Taylor Greene : "Prices have not come down at all. The job market is extremely difficult. Wages have not gone up. Health insurance premiums are going to go up. Homeowner's insurance goes up every year. Rent is going up. Young people have no hope of buying a home."

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 3h

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin encourages New Yorkers to vote for Mamdani ahead of general election share.google/Kk79aJm6P4wt...

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin encourages New Yorkers to vote for Mamdani ahead of general election

The Democratic National Committee chair has spoken positively about Mamdani's campaign in the past, saying Democrats are "better served" by a broad coalition.

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 3h

Moderate Ds have been saying "Vote blue no matter who" to Bernie supporters like me for years. And I've been ok with that, bc the D in the general is always better than the R.
But so many moderate Ds are having a hard time saying that now.

VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO YOU HYPOCRITES

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 5h

I have no notes. Exactly right.

Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 5h

It's not hard to figure out why he does what he does.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 21h

Chicago 8/24/25

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 1d

I love that Time said he "shamelessly campaigned for" the award. But he has no shame. He doesn't know what that word means.

Plus, release the damn #EpsteinFiles

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Trump has officially lost the Nobel Peace Prize.

Instead, the Nobel committee is awarding the leader of the opposition in Venezuela for supporting “democracy over dictatorship.”

Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize He Shamelessly Campaigned For

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday said the recognition would instead go to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 1d

This is a weak, weak man. Begging for the prize, pouting when he doesn't win (nom.'s closed on Jan. 31, he was barely President).

White House blasts Nobel Committee for not awarding Peace Prize to Trump search.app/M5eZB

White House blasts Nobel Committee for not awarding Peace Prize to Trump

A spokesman says the Nobel Committee placed "politics over peace" in awarding the coveted award to Venezuela's opposition leader.

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 1d

This is the guy I want representing me in the Senate!

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 1d

What the actual fuck is going on? They give Trump a plane and now we're on the hook for their defense AND they're building an airbase on our soil?

MAGA, wtf are you doing?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure they'll get paid 5x more for the increase in productivity.

Or maybe Meta will just fire 80% of them and make more money. Yeah, that's waaaaay more likely.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“Go 5x faster.”

@wired.com $META

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 4d

Liar.

Mike Johnson denies political reasons for Adelita Grijalva's swearing-in delay share.google/VOusOj817c4P...

Johnson: Not swearing in Democrat has ‘nothing to do’ with Epstein files

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said his delay in swearing in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (Ariz.) is not related to her looming signature on a petition to force a House vote compelling rele…

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 4d

What the actual f*ck?! Since when did MTG become the voice of reason in the GOP?

It's got to be one of the signs of the apocalypse, right?!

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with the GOP on Obamacare, calling to avoid premium hikes

Greene said she's "not a fan" of Obamacare but complained that her "own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE" if Congress ignores the issue.

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 4d

Regarding National Guardsmen and women being deployed in various cities, please don't demonize them. They can't be expected to know if their orders are legal or not. They aren't the problem, the people giving the orders are (Trump, Bondi,iller, Patel, etc).

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 4d

I'd laugh if they weren't set on terrorizing Democratically led cities.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 6d

It's a great point. Some days I'm too busy to scroll Bluesky or listen to the news and everything seems normal. This is how most Americans go through their lives, I think.

But we know what's actually going on, so we pay attention, fight back, and make ourselves miserable with our knowledge.

Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 6d

Suddenly the Trump team are a bunch of Red Sox fans circa the '90's. Good luck with that.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

“.. Their new mantra: Just wait until next year.”

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 7d

I want to go back to a world where I can disagree with @adamkinzinger.substack.com and @lizcheney.bsky.social. I obviously don't know them but I disagree, sometimes strongly, w/ their politics

Now we're allies bc none of us like fascism

Strange bedfellows, but I'm glad we're on the same side.

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Scott Cuddy @scottcuddy.bsky.social · 7d

The new Red Scare is here, folks. If you're young enough that you don't know who Joe McCarthy was, look him up. We're all about to get a dose of what he was all about.

Please release the #Epsteinfiles

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7d

Some of the nation’s largest law firms warn clients to prepare for politically motivated federal probes stemming from Trump’s domestic terrorism directive, which could be used to stifle dissent and revoke tax-exempt status from left-leaning nonprofits. https://bit.ly/4gXSqC8

‘Stakes Are High:’ Big Law Alerts Clients on Trump’s Domestic Terrorism Order

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

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