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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 2d

Watching videos of Māori MPs and the hakas in the New Zealand parliament is exactly the sort of energy I want Democrats to bring to Congress.

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 3d

Trump could leave Walter Reed in a wheelchair, wearing a defibrillator vest, escorted by a couple of people pushing IV stands to which he is connected, and he, his cabinet, and his base would still proclaim him the most healthy best president.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: You're going to Walter Reed tomorrow. What are you having done?

TRUMP: I'm meeting with the troops and I'm also going to do sort of a semi-annual physical, which I do. I think I'm in great shape but I'll let you know.

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 3d

An evergreen tweet until the day that it isn't.

A tweet from Kumail Nanjiani that says:
"He's just so stupid.
He's so breathtakingly stupid that the above statement is all it takes for every person reading this to know exactly who I'm talking about."

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 3d

They are desperate to find out who is funding Antifa, because to them it is unfathomable that someone could do something they care about without financial incentive. They do everything they do for money, and they project that motive on to everyone who opposes them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Antifa is out of control in Portland and other places ... we're looking for the people that are funding them and those people are gonna be just as guilty as the people that smack people over the head with a baseball bat."

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 3d

I see this at the hospital twice a week, and it makes me happy and sad every time.

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 3d

"make the proof"
"make"
Not "find". Not "discover". Not "learn". They already have their answer, and now they just have to "make" the evidence to support it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 4d

Just about every time he speaks at length, we are reminded that he doesn't know that there are multiple definitions to the word "asylum".

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 4d

Some cum loudly. Or something like that.

Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 5d

While the Democrats are currently stalling the funding bill for healthcare concessions, it is important to remember that Republicans control the government and can end the shutdown at any time by a) negotiating a better bill, or b) ending the filibuster so that it can pass the Senate without Dems.

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 5d

At some point in the future (maybe nearer than we think) one of these social media companies (probably Meta) is going to replace your actual feed with an AI generated feed based on your engagement history. They'll move from steering you towards outrage to just generating it custom for you.

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 6d

The whole thread is worth it, but I'm in Georgia and too many people in this state aren't aware. The Republicans are going to make health care unobtainable for a lot of folks.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6d

A warning for those in Mike Collins' (R-GA) district:

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 6d

"Quick follow up, why are you lying?"

This is what needs to happen until they've banned every reputable reporter from the press briefings.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

COLLINS: The police chief of Portland says the president's claims don't match up with what's happening on the ground

LEAVITT: You're probably talking to partisan Democrat officials who are opposed to everything this president does

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 7d

He should stop watching this stuff on the videos Stephen Miller is showing him and go lead from the front lines.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 8d

wizard frog is insane

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 7d

I'm just curious why Jesse Watters keeps an ex-gang member and former antifa member on staff. He seems to hate them, but I suppose it is very convenient for moments like this.

A juxtaposition of two screenshots from Fox News shows host Jesse Watters interviewing a masked guest who appears to be the same person in both images. In the top image, the guest is labeled “Former Antifa Member Speaks Out” and wears a green cap and black patterned face covering. In the lower image, the same man, now identified as “Ramon ‘Mundo’ Mendoza, Mexican Mafia Encyclopedia Author,” wears a black cap and balaclava. The caption beneath the second screenshot reads: “Ex-gang member says Chauvin attacker’s story doesn’t add up — AlphaNews.org.”

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9d

This is important. The GOP can open the government literally today with zero Democrats. Just ditch the filibuster. Go ahead. Why won’t they do it?

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 9d

Good to see resolve/resilience from rank and file and House Democrats. Good on @rephuffman.bsky.social daring the republicans to abolish the filibuster ▶️ "[L]et them proceed with GOP votes and let the country see with perfect clarity who owns all the damage and destruction they're fomenting." (1/2)

"🩺 Zoom in: Some Democrats openly acknowledge that, while health care is extremely important to them, it's not the only thing at stake.

🛑 "People want this to be a sort of reckoning, where people finally said, 'No,'" Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) told us.
"We're going to start with these ACA subsidies because it's the most urgent," Landsman told us.
"But ... you're creating a really important moment where sh*t didn't fly."
The bottom line: "I marvel at the naivete of any Democrat who thinks we should give them Dem votes so they can just turn around and ignore us, crash the health care system, and dismantle what's left of our democracy," Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) told us.

"The filibuster is toast anyway," he added, effectively daring Republicans to ignore the Senate's requirement for 60 votes and pass a party-line funding bill.
"So let them proceed with GOP votes and let the country see with perfect clarity who owns all the damage and destruction they're fomenting.""

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 9d

One reason the One Special Boy thinks he can just issue Executive Orders to do whatever he wants is because he keeps issuing Executive Orders & doing whatever he wants - in obvious violation of the law & Constitution - & no one who swore oaths to country & Constitution is doing anything about it.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 9d

I learned something new: Medicaid is called Dr. Dynasaur in Vermont.

Maybe you didn't know that either — or maybe you don't know you're even on Medicaid because it's called something else.

Either way, Republicans cut your care, and Democrats are fighting to restore it.

I learned something new: Medicaid is called Dr. Dynasaur in Vermont.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 9d

Leave politics to the politicians, the news should be concerned with facts and merit, and address the politics only in how they obscure the facts and merit.

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 9d

The lying liars who constantly lie have yet again lied, and also have lied about lying.

Why do we still have so many journalists who refuse to call it what it is? Is it because it is too blatant and obvious? Just call the lies lies.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 9d

The new compilation has five years worth of cartoons because over the past five years no publisher I approached was interested. Admittedly I mostly gave up, I had some other stuff I was dealing with. Still, I do love waking up in the morning and seeing all the support this thing is getting.

Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow

Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.

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Jase @thatjasonpace.com · 9d

Nazi gets punched.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 10d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 10d

Speaking of things we should be fuming about, how about the 15 bomb threats targeting college and university libraries this week alone?

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A Rash of Bomb Threats Hit College and University Libraries

At least 15 US colleges and universities received bomb threats targeting the library since Sunday as part of a nationwide swatting event.

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