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Michele

@shelmes.bsky.social

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Hands Off Stop The Cuts Tax the Rich 💙Blue dot in a blue state 🌊 Pro-Choice, Resist, Equal rights for all 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 🟧,Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid My posts are my opinions, my voice, and ideas

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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 5h

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(Reuters) -A group of U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, is hesitant to lend $20 billion to Argentina without guarantees or collateral, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

US banks hunting for collateral to back $20 billion Argentina bailout, WSJ reports (Reuters)

(Reuters) -A group of U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, is hesitant to lend $20 billion to Argentina without guarantee...

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 stuffed into a takeout bag from undercover F.B.I. agents. We must continue to ask where the money went, @ruthmarcus.bsky.social writes.

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 21h

This is so obscene

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 6h

The NYT is reporting that Donald Trump is demanding $230 Million from the DOJ for past cases against him.

That means...he's suing us. Because that's who would pay for it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 8h

Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.

During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.

Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

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Michele @shelmes.bsky.social · 1d

What the hell?!

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Actor John Cusack attended “No Kings” in Chicago, Illinois. ✊
@johncusack.bsky.social

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Leigh G @yogaleigh.bsky.social · 9d

Can I tell you a secret? I don't care if there are undocumented immigrants in this country. I think it's a non-issue. Without social security numbers they're not getting the welfare people claim they're getting, the vast majority of them are normal people trying to live a better life.
This whole wall deport-the-illegals bullshit is just the one percent convincing the working poor to blame a subset of the working poor for the fact that they're all poor, instead of realizing they're all poor due to vast income inequality and resource price inflation in combination with wage stagnation.
The existence of another poor person is not why you're poor. It's because the people who control everything refuse to increase your wages.
Jessie Memer

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10d

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 12d

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

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12d

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 13d

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

"I'm attacked every time I do my job" -- it's the victimhood olympics today at the White House

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 13d

DEVELOPING: Convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and financial fraudster calls for the imprisonment of Chicago’s mayor and Illinois’ governor because they will not help him turn their home into a war zone.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 13d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13d

Sickening.

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Lisa the Antifascist “Leftist”🇦🇺 @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 14d

how good is aspiration …..

🪜 🙉 💰 ✈️ 🛥️ 🎥 ✝️

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14d

Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13d

there is a government shutdown with no end in sight and it’s not even really the lead story rn because the president can’t stop invading American cities for no reason other than spite

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 13d

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15d

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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