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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 3d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6d

🚨NEW FROM TEXAS REDISTRICTING HEARING🚨

“They achieved those partisan objectives by focusing on race,” Matt Barreto, a political science professor with the UCLA Voting Rights Project, told the court Saturday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Texas Gerrymander Was Drawn ‘Focusing on Race,’ Expert Tells Court

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 6d

Hope Wins As Judge Blocks Trump’s Abuse Of Power In Portland and Newsom Signs Historic Labor Bill, While AOC Pushes For Epstein Files and Pete Calls Out GOP Chaos

Judge Blocks Trump’s Troop Deployment To Portland, Newsom Delivers Dignity For Workers, AOC Demands Epstein Truth, and Pete Calls Out GOP Chaos

The resistance holds the line

www.dworkinsubstack.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12d

Couldn’t Trump just use the $17 trillion he says he got from all these other countries to fund the government?

That should cover us for a while.

Where is that, by the way?

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12d

"I am proud to shut down the government .... I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down."

—Donald Trump, Dec. 11, 2018

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12d

Vance needs to tone down the rhetoric. This seems very inflammatory and inciting.

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Allie-gata #Resists @alliegata.bsky.social · 12d

For the first time, a private company will be able to provide global communications services that bypass national networks, government oversight and geographic boundaries.

No paywall link archive.today/5cMBh

Opinion | Elon Musk’s latest power grab points in a clear direction

His SpaceX deal could fundamentally alter the relationship between a state and its citizens.

www.washingtonpost.com

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KARE 11 @kare11.bsky.social · 12d

According court documents, $22 million will be contributed to the Trust for the National Mall to help pay for the construction of the White House State Ballroom.

YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Trump's account suspension after Jan. 6 attack

According court documents, $22 million will be contributed to the Trust for the National Mall to help pay for the construction of the White House State Ballroom.

www.kare11.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12d

The apple didn't fall far 🍎

Trump's Granddaughter Is Now Using Her Platform To Sell $130 Sweatshirts—And The Grift Is Strong With This One

www.comicsands.com

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 12d

Local grocery stores are lifelines for small towns. If the one in Greenbush closed, residents would have to travel 50 miles for other options.

Cuts to food assistance will hurt these grocers and rural Minnesotans.

www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

What happens when the rural Minnesota grocery store closes?

Small-town grocery store owners feel a strong sense of responsibility to their communities, but the threat of closure often looms.

www.minnpost.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Maxwell Frost: "To be honest, this is something Trump said he would do. We all knew it during the campaign. He said he would be a 'dictator on day one.' The only thing he lied about is he meant 'I want to be a dictator for the entire term.'"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Jeffries: "It appears, at least to me, that a decision has been made by House Republican leaders, perhaps blessed by the administration, to shut the govt down. Why did they they cancel votes? Why are they on vacation spread out across the country & world when we're on the brink of a govt shutdown?"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12d

I think it’s going to be a hard sell for Republicans to convince most people that the 22 million people who will see their health insurance premiums skyrocket if ACA premium subsidies go away are all trans migrants.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 12d

This is absolutely horrifying. Every Republican should condemn this immediately. newrepublic.com/post/201016/...

GOP Official Calls for Democratic Congresswoman to Be Executed

As the nation talks about the rise of political violence, a Republican official blatantly called for Representative Pramila Jayapal to be hanged.

newrepublic.com

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 12d

Judge Lamberth, a Reagan employee, slams the govt's "disrespect" for his orders.

He says contempt proceedings would be warranted, but he doesn't order them because nobody asked for them.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12d

Meiselas: One question I have is why do we even have a funding issue? If Trump brought in $17 trillion, why is there even an issue with funding? If we brought in $17 trillion, shouldn’t Trump just be making it rain on everybody and there’s so much money to go—oh, wait a minute.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12d

Stand strong, Portland.

Oregon Senators Slam Trump After He Announces He's Sending Military Troops To Portland

www.comicsands.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12d

In today’s completely unsurprising news, the ICE officer very briefly, taken off duty for shoving a woman to the ground in New York is back on the job not even a week later.

www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...

ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty

An ICE officer who was initially relieved of his duties after being captured on video pushing a woman to the ground has been returned to duty, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter told CBS News...

www.cbsnews.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12d

NEW: On behalf of the Democratic Party, today we filed our brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to defend a campaign finance law that has been on the books for more than 50 years from Republican attacks. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 12d

An impossible, unprecedented bind for Democrats. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12d

out of curiosity who made this

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12d

“Able-bodied” may sound like a medical determination, but, as disability activist @imanibarbarin.bsky.social says, it’s really just a vague way “to signal this idea that disability can be seen.”

The deceptive phrase behind Trump's Medicaid purge

How the idea of “able-bodied” is abused

www.motherjones.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12d

Wait. So he knew about the island and refused to go, but didn’t say anything to anyone about what he knew was going on there?

The image shows a social media exchange on X.com. @elonmusk (Elon Musk) posted 4 hours ago, criticizing Sky News for a "misleading headline" and a "false narrative," stating that Epstein tried to get him to visit his island but he refused, yet his name was mentioned before Prince Andrew, who did visit. The post includes a reply from @SkyNews (Sky News) from 1 day ago, stating "Elon Musk and Prince Andrew named in latest Epstein files release" with a link. The Musk post has 14.9K comments, 23.8K retweets, 173K likes, and 15.8M impressions.

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 12d

Chuck Schumer: They never talked to us. John Thune didn't talk to me, Mike Johnson didn't negotiate with Hakeem Jeffries.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 12d

"We are arresting the mayor right now, per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

— The court releases video exhibits in Rep. LaMonica McIver's case, including one apparently linking Todd Blanche to Newark Mayor Baraka's arrest www.njd.uscourts.gov/content/mciv...

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