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

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 10h

Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician.

Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

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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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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wazzuer.bsky.social @wazzuer.bsky.social · 1d

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone else remember that old SNL sketch in which Jon Lovitz is playing Michael Dukakis and Dana Carvey is playing George H.W. Bush and they're debating and in mid-debate Dukakis turns to the camera and says, "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy"?

Yeah, *that*

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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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wazzuer.bsky.social @wazzuer.bsky.social · 1d

💯💯💯 - such utter and total bullshit.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 1d

They’re targeting New York Attorney General Letitia James for one reason: she had the courage to hold Donald Trump accountable.

This is political weaponization of our courts, plain and simple—and proof that when you stand up to corruption, they come for you.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Jeffries to Lawler: "You're a complete and total embarrassment. You're embarrassing yourself and your district right now. And you're going down to defeat next year."

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 2d

Six former U.S. Surgeons General slap WARNING on RFK Jr. - he’s a serious threat to our nation’s health.

RFK Jr. isn’t leading HHS, he’s poisoning it.

Join our fight to impeach RFK Jr. here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-gram...

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

#impeachthequack

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

Like everyone, I hope this is a lasting peace deal.

That said, it's pretty disgusting to watch some political journalists trip over each other in competition to muse about a Nobel Peace Prize for a president who is currently deploying troops against American cities, violently weaponizing an apparently unaccountable police force against American citizens, suppressing freedom of the press, shutting down free speech for corporations and campuses to leverage bribery deals, openly threatening and cajoling federal judges, cutting many billions in foreign aid that will lead to millions of deaths globally, engaging in the extrajudicial murder of foreign citizens, placating dictatorial regimes with widely documented human rights abuses, and undermining global stability with third-rate mafia tactics.

It's tragic to witness how quickly informed journalists are folding to the fascism materializing in front of us because they don't want to be targeted next.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

The counterterrorism experts have arrived at the White House..

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3d

If this was a no, it would be really easy to say no.

Bondi’s ad hominem attack on Whitehouse is WAY more of an answer than she realizes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck this.

This is nothing but red meat for Trump’s base. A federal law that *Trump* signed into law guarantees backpay to furloughed workers. There’s no disputing this.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay.

This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Jonathan-FL #HumanRightsForEVERYONE @amerliberal.bsky.social · 3d

As Bondi Testifies to Senate, DOJ Alumni Blast ‘Appalling’ Leadership

“It is incumbent on all of us to fight for the Justice Department before it’s too late.”

www.commondreams.org/news/doj-pam...

As Bondi Testifies to Senate, DOJ Alumni Blast 'Appalling' Leadership | Common Dreams

"It is incumbent on all of us to fight for the Justice Department before it's too late."

www.commondreams.org

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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wazzuer.bsky.social @wazzuer.bsky.social · 3d

One question…who did you vote for?

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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