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Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 1h

Mike Johnson makes me proud to be an atheist.

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Spudmonkey @spudmonkey.bsky.social · 1h

Seconded

Glad to have moved away from cedar season in Austin

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 1h

Violence against intimate partners IS very serious

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

I bet you’ll see a bunch of normal folks with patriotic signs and American flags whose collective protest embodies the foundational truths of this republic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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

WATCH: “This is not a both sides thing. Let’s not lie about what’s happening.”

- Senator @ericschmittmo 🤥 , lying about what’s happening as @senatordurbin calls for toning down the rhetoric

(Again: Right-wing violence has been far more prevalent)

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 19h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Spudmonkey @spudmonkey.bsky.social · 3h

This!

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Spudmonkey @spudmonkey.bsky.social · 3h

... but which, certainly, contain humans who received exactly zero due process. The accusation is a death penalty. That isn't following the law or administering justice in my opinion.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 3h

Good job Coast Guard. Interdiction takes drugs off the streets and gives us evidence to go after kingpins. That should be the strategy in the Caribbean rather than illegally bombing boats that may or may not contain drugs.
www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releas...

www.news.uscg.mil

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3h

A fence outside the Broadview ICE facility was taken down late Tuesday night, in accordance with a federal judicial order issued last week.

ICE facility fence in Broadview has been removed, in compliance with federal judge's order

U.S. District Judge LaShonda A. Hunt of the Northern District of Illinois had set a deadline for 11:59 p.m. Tuesday for the removal after finding that ICE had placed the fence on city property without permission, exceeding its authority.

trib.al

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: This politician was literally trading leveraged positions on companies they legislate on.

Representative Rob Bresnahan bought over $1750,00 in option positions in $SPY, $IWM, $QQQ all calls, on September 15th, expiring on the 19th.

They are literally day trading.

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Spudmonkey @spudmonkey.bsky.social · 3h

It is extra money out of citizen's pockets and into the government.

Screw your semantic BS.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h

U.S. TSY SECY BESSENT: TARIFFS ARE A SURCHARGE, NOT A TAX

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 3h

Tariffs are taxes

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Spudmonkey @spudmonkey.bsky.social · 3h

Piss off sir.

"Stupid slogans equals we all know you hold federal employees in contempt and we intend to do all we can to punish you for your hateful conduct."

Tax these fuckers.

Spudmonkey @spudmonkey.bsky.social · 3h

I'd have used wrong, although I understand your choice.

40 years on and they are still wrong, ignorant and hateful.

I'm not afraid to cast judgement on these folks at this point.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 3h

Hitlerite Occupied Government

Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.bsky.social · 14h

Just the Department of Homeland Security, using a term hijacked and popularised by the extreme-right Identitarian Movement.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 5h

I was told that Trump had achieved peace in the Middle East

Israel keeps Gaza border crossing closed while reducing aid deliveries

The ceasefire on Wednesday was largely holding, although Hamas described Israeli attacks in Gaza as violations of the agreement.

www.npr.org

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 5h

REMINDER: It's now 267 days since Trump was sworn in but he has still NOT released the complete Jeffrey Epstein file. What is Trump hiding?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

Legalise *and* regulate drugs.

This morning on @jeremyvine.bsky.social:

youtu.be/kBjqQAFdBRQ?...

Should we legalise all drugs? feat. Zack Polanski & Carole Malone | Jeremy Vine

YouTube video by Jeremy, Storm & Vanessa On 5

youtu.be

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 5h

Let’s gooooooooo!!!!!! 💃🏽

CNN @cnn.com · 5h

Texas state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, a Democrat and South Texas native, is launching a run for Texas governor. https://cnn.it/4hcgBg5

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Spudmonkey @spudmonkey.bsky.social · 5h

I knew some college republicans back in the 80s.

Malicious swine, each and every one. Just as sexist and possibly more racist than the most vile of the frat guys.

Hateful and without humor or, apparently, hope of any emotional life

Kind of sad really

Wanted to launch them into the sun...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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Spudmonkey @spudmonkey.bsky.social · 5h

Damn you!

Came here to say simillar, but as usual, you are first and better.

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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 5h

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 5h

What would you say if you saw it in another country? What would you say if you had been told in 2015 that this is where we would be?

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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