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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h
Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 13h
The complete demolition of the East Wing has occurred in days.  

Hundreds of thousands are without work and pay, millions are threatened to have food assistance cut off—and the President is bulldozing the White House to build a $300 million ballroom for himself.

Americans will not forget.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h
When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d
Quid quo pro in plain sight. Not ethical. Not Democracy. Get them TF out of our government. Now.
just-jack-1.bsky.social Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h
Can we continue to follow up on this $130 million donation Trump says his anonymous friend donated to pay troops until we see actual proof of the money coming in and where it went?
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 2d
The committee that handles our nation's health is ignoring a HUGE elephant in the room—they haven't even held a hearing to discuss the expiring ACA tax credits.

So today I made sure to bring attention to the millions of families that are getting priced out of their health care.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Jeffries: "He's found time to demolish the East Wing in the most horrific way possible bc he wants to erect a ballroom so he can be celebrated like a king. He's found time for all of these different things, but somehow can't be bothered to find a dime to extend the ACA tax credits."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
Linkin Park releases their iconic “Hybrid Theory” album 25 years ago today.

Chester Bennington and the band led a singalong of “In The End” in the NYC subway, in 2017. #RIP

@albumism.com
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pdx law grrrl @pdxlawgrrrl.bsky.social · 2d
Federal agents raided the WRONG HOME in Portland—no warrant, guns drawn on a family with a baby. ICE still arrested 2 people after realizing the mistake. ICE official on the aggressive tactics: "If people interpret that as aggressive, so be it."
ICE official defends agency's tactics amid fallout from raid on wrong home in Portland, Oregon
In footage shared widely on social media last week, federal immigration agents​ were seen breaking into a home Portland, Oregon — but the person they were looking for doesn't live there.
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Jeffery 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 2d
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d
Wait till MAGA realizes SNAP and food stamps are the same thing.

Their heads are going to explode like when they found out the ACA and Obamacare are the same.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d
“If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart.”

- former First Lady Betty Ford

The East Wing is gone.

Over a century of American history, reduced to rubble.

All to appease the vanity of a corrupt authoritarian.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d
Our national parks are increasingly stressed because of the government shutdown. With a large portion of National Park Service staff furloughed, there are fewer personnel available to enforce rules or care for the land. Across parks, reports are emerging of trash accumulating,
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d
One of Zhao’s lawyers also represents Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff’s son Zach, who co-founded Trump’s crypto company with him and got UAE to put in $2 billion. Zhao’s other lawyer is Donald Trump, Jr’s longtime hunting companion. bsky.app/profile/atru...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
COLLINS: Today you pardoned the founded of Binance. Can you explain why you did that?

TRUMP: Which one was that?

COLLINS: The founder of Binance

TRUMP: I believe we're talking about the same person, because I do pardon a lot of people. I don't know. He was recommended by a lot of people.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 2d
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d
I joined my colleague, Senator Jeff Merkley, on the floor yesterday to help him explain how democracies die. There isn't one explosive moment - it is a slow consistent attack on opposition political speech until the rules are so rigged, only the regime can win elections.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d
“That’s what we’re seeing with the disparity in how the C-suite is treated in the courts, and how regular people are treated in the streets.”

Former FTC Commissioner @bedoyausa.bsky.social exposes Trump’s two-tiered justice system.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d
The Sun-Times is reporting Border Patrol took at least two teenage boys today when they hit Little Village, again.

One is said to be a 16-year old student, U.S. citizen, and student at Benito Juarez Community Academy.
Federal agents detain Little Village high school student, deploy tear gas in faceoff with protesters
Feds wearing military-style camouflage gear and gas masks were seen tear-gassing and pepper-spraying protesters during the confrontation near a discount mall.
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Jason Wippich @wipps.bsky.social · 2d
a man with a beard is looking up with the words here we go again behind him .
Alt: a man with a beard is looking up with the words here we go again behind him .
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d
See that red X off the Pacific coast of Colombia? That’s where the US military recently blew up a boat, thousands of miles from the United States. There’s virtually no chance the boat was smuggling drugs into America, if it was even carrying drugs at all.
r5-to-philly.bsky.social R5_to_philly / R5Philly @r5-to-philly.bsky.social · 2d
And saying "In the Pacific" hides how many thousands of miles south of the US the boat was. A boat 2 miles from Los Angeles is also "in the pacific" but it takes you to the end of the third paragraph to get "off the coast of Colombia" after repeating DOD claims it was heading to the US
Map of "eastern pacific" you would never get from the fucking NYT
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Whyldflower ☮️ @whyldflower.bsky.social · 2d
What did I miss?
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Brazil is paying a tax so American consumers eat cheaper beef. Don't you know Maganomics?
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Sharon Parrott @sharonparrott.bsky.social · 2d
The Administration is legally required to use contingency reserves to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 Americans who need #SNAP to afford groceries, despite USDA Sec. Rollins’ claim that the Administration is unable to do so. My statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
Trump Administration Is Legally Required to Provide SNAP in Shutdown, Contrary to Its Claims
Secretary Rollins’ claim that the Trump Administration is unable to deliver November SNAP benefits during a shutdown is unequivocally false. The Administration is legally required to use contingency r...
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Whyldflower ☮️ @whyldflower.bsky.social · 2d
No proof whatsoever.
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Whyldflower ☮️ @whyldflower.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you. Also, #jeffhurd CO-03 responsible and unwilling to stand up for his constituents/fight the corruption. There’s more to this Argentina deal that’s not being reported.