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TheCynicalOptimist

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 9h

"Residents in the apartment building across from Portland’s ICE facility have found themselves in the middle of a confrontation they didn’t ask for. They say it’s not the protesters that are the problem"

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'I can taste the tear gas': Living across the street from Portland's ICE facility - The Portland Tribune

Living amid the protests, Ocon is a frequent sight each night, using a megaphone from her balcony to talk to ICE agents or support the protesters.

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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 9h

Bro should be in hospice.

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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 10h

Hurdle 1: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
If speaker is bypassed, the rest of the process can't be followed:
Hurdle 2: www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
More: "The speaker’s office sent the AP a statement saying Johnson intends to schedule the swearing-in next week."

U.S. Code: Table Of Contents

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Atticus @atticuspund.bsky.social · 15h

Foreign troops on US soil. Another first for making America Great Again.

WTF!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

At least Trump got a free jet and a $5.5 billion golf resort in Qatar, so there’s that.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.

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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 16h

Her term doesn’t technically start until next week. So for now only the speaker can swear her in; but starting next week any federal judge can do it.

The Epstein Train is gonna go full steam ahead in only a matter of time ⏰ Delaying the inevitable.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

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Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton

Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

You know who takes a cognitive test? People whose family members suspect their loved one is suffering from dementia. If he kept getting “perfect” scores…they wouldn’t keep administering them. My take? He blew the first one he ever took. Now, they’re tracking the decline. I’d bet my hot coffee on it.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 21h

Shareholders should never be mentioned as part of a health care system. They are the broken piece.

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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 1d

Because y’all chopped up the original ACA bill so bad it wasn’t remotely close to what it was designed to be because y’all couldn’t shut the fuck up about it being socialism. It couldn’t do what was promised because of Mitch Fucking McConnell and his band of idiots. So please fuck all the way off 🤬🤬

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d

It sure can! I’m trying to figure out if I can play my saxophone in an inflatable costume 🧐🎉😂

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Lee-in-Iowa 💙 @lee-in-iowa.bsky.social · 1d

And rebuilding Gaza does NOT include handing over seafront property to Donald freaking Trump for his resort!

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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d

Atheist dropping some scripture:

We’ve always been warned that standing up for what is right is usually not easy.

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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d

If I thought religion made people better, I would still be engaging with it.

But it doesn't and I'm atheist.

God is either not all good or not all powerful.

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

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

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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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d

I really don’t care 🤷🏻‍♀️

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d

Marge is a squeaky wheel isn’t she?

TheCynicalOptimist @thecynicaloptimist.bsky.social · 1d

Is Massie getting tired of his own party yet?

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