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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h

The US Government shutdown Has now cost $7 billion in GDP, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Jeffries on Fox: "In this great country, when you work hard & play by the rules, there should be no ceiling to the success you can achieve. At same time, as Ds we believe in a strong floor that includes Social Security, Medicare, & Medicaid- things unfortunately my Republican colleagues are cutting"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

Tuesday night, in an off-year election, a majority — yes, a goddamn majority — of eligible American voters agreed with me. These people spent eight months living in a woke-free America and collectively decided, “We don’t want this.” What we DO want is to be left the f—k alone. Contrary to what Ted Cruz might tell you, that’s what woke does. Woke lets you drive around town without the threat of a cop pulling you over to gun you down. Woke lets you be gender fluid without an emergency PTA meeting springing up outside your door. Woke lets you go to college without entering into a modern sharecropping agreement. It lets children read, lets every citizen be able to vote without a fuss, leaves the original recipe for Tylenol intact, and endeavors to keep our air and water clean. Woke, in other words, is good.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2h

I wrote about Trump's Gatsby party for the Daily Beast. SPOILER: I did not care for it. www.thedailybeast.com/why-im-never...

Why I’m Never Going to Stop Talking About Trump’s Perfectly Grotesque ‘Gatsby’ Party

Is there any better distillation of the tragedy that is Trump’s reign than these tacky, thoughtless festivities?

www.thedailybeast.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1h

Gov JB Pritzker says if Indiana redraws its congressional districts, Illinois may follow suit.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

this mf is on Fox damn near every day now

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Legal experts agree that the indictment against me and five others is politically-motivated. Thank you @legaleagle.tv @lizdye.bsky.social for bringing attention to this case.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is expected to announce a 10% reduction in scheduled flights at 40 major high-traffic airports starting on Friday.

This shutdown is about to start biting into the economy.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4h

It's been 43 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

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Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social · 21h

City of Sickos

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "I think if we got rid of the filibuster, we would approve so many good things -- common sense things, wonderful things -- that it would be hard to beat us."

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

“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”

Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "If I didn't have tariffs, the entire would be in a depression."

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Thought Slime @slimemildred.bsky.social · 7h

Every Centrist two days ago: *pushes up glasses* Actually the extremely handsome and popular guy cannot possibly defeat the hated sex criminal. It's impossible because in America people do not like it when you help them. If you don't believe this, you're not a serious thinker.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Gorsuch finally starting to understand what they have unleashed

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 5h

A ‘Mamdani Monitor’?? Zohran RESPONDS to the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt for vowing to “track” his admin for antisemitism.

“I have some doubts in Jonathan's ability to do so honestly, given that he previously said I had not visited any synagogues only to have to correct himself.”

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3h

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.

I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.

But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 10h

Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1h

The strong consensus of observers, random people in both states, journalists, and pollsters was that Spanberger was running a strong race against a bad candidate and Sherrill was running a lackluster race against a pretty good candidate, but the results don’t really seem to bear that out so much.

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Genderflux Superfluid @rewhan.bsky.social · 8h

Been a bit of a bad week for the illusion of absolute authoritarian power, huh?

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8h

Just left the latest hearing in Jim Comey's criminal case. It did not go well for DOJ

The magistrate judge scolded them for an "indict first, investigate second" posture and ordered them to turn over reams of material — including all grand jury info — to Comey's team

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 11h

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abc @thekitchentapes.bsky.social · 1d

My partner saw a giant black plume drifting over our neighborhood here in Louisville. Five minutes later, a shelter-in-place warning went off on our phones.

A UPS cargo plane crashed. At least 3 people are dead, if not more. The air smells horrible, and big pieces of ash are falling in my yard.

Screenshot of local news showing the Louisville airport with a giant burning plane and the burning buildings it hit.

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Lord Sparkinari @sparkcj.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t think grandpa can actually propel a ketchup packet three feet much less coat the walls. Maybe Stephen Miller is throwing it for him, but if Trump is ambulatory then it’s on the way to the bathroom.

Lord Sparkinari @sparkcj.bsky.social · 4h

Conservatives conflating socialism with corruption is why we have the most openly corrupt administration in our history, and there were some shockingly corrupt administrations between Lincoln and FDR.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 6h

Federal immigration cops are using "wellness checks" on minors as a ruse to get into homes and arrest people for alleged immigration violations. In this case, an alleged check on a 17-year-old let them arrest his 22-year-old brother, who was brought here at 11 and has protected status.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

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