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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 12h

Thought experiment, how much of the White House could the president tear down before anyone in power did anything meaningful to stop it? Like if he just kept going?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

Absolutely outrageous!! 😡

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.

News Alerts

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 16h

#WolffBites: Thanks to Trump and Kennedy...........................
x.com/dr_andrealov...

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12h

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Feenix @sdfeenix.bsky.social · 1d

The reason that ICE keeps their faces concealed is because if they could be identified, it would show that A LOT of them are part of far right wing militias and hate groups that participated in the J6 Capitol Riots.

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ Sen. @warnock.senate.gov:

“I’m a preacher, but I have to say this: what the hell?”

Families are being torn apart. Blackhawk helicopters in our cities. An American president calling his own people "the enemy within."

This is not normal — it’s abuse of power.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19h

Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅

#Ugh🤢✅

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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Sexual Assault Survivors for Democracy @sasurvivors.bsky.social · 12d

Donald J. Trump killed my friend Kwame Jermaine Stephens, age 41, talented musician and loving father of 4. We just lost him to lymphoma. Trump is killing people with his 2.7 billion dollar cuts to cancer research. I wrote a song about how it feels to needlessly lose a friend this way.

ÁNRÉALT Kwame

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“They’re wrecking it,” said Martha Joynt Kumar, a political scientist and professor emeritus at Towson University in Maryland.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 13h

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

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

We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

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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smartgrownup.bsky.social @smartgrownup.bsky.social · 12h

EVERY SINGLE JOURNALIST, LATE NIGHT HOST, PODCASTER -- TIME TO INTERVIEW TARA PALMERI ABOUT Virginia Roberts Giuffre's personal story "Nobody's Girl". EVERY WOMAN SHOULD BE FURIOUS AND VOCAL.
#Epstein #Billionaires #Celebrities #HighFlyers #MoneyMen #WallStreet #Bankers #GhislaineMaxwell #Trump

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Georgia’s Sweeping Anti-Voting Law Suppressed Black Votes, New Data Shows

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 1d

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 1d

Lindsey Halligan comes off as a rube, a bully, and maybe a rogue here. She asked after conversing to be off the record.— everyone knows it doesn’t work that way. she browbeats Bower w/o explaining what’s wrong, and she sure seems to be hinting about GJ info.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”

My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Frogs in slowly heating water is a popular allegory for being unaware that you are being destroyed in an incrementally worsening situation.

But I'm drawing hope from the past week that we frogs may be a bit more aware of our situation than those allegorical frogs. #Hop

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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

Literally

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 23h

We got some Dem action. Reps Garcia & Sen. Blumenthal have opened an investigation into Kristi Noem & the ILLEGAL arrests of citizens.
FINALLY!!

NOW SOME “SHOCK & AWE” PLEASE.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22h

Wanna get my support for the addition to the White House? Call it the “ball-less room” and dedicate it to the house GOP and I’m in

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 21h

We're hosting an important community conversation in Kansas with @slotkin.senate.gov on Nov 12 for our #VoteVetsTownHall. We want to hear from Veterans, Military Families, and neighbors about the economy and the real-world impact of current policies.

Join us! www.mobilize.us/votevets/eve...

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