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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Apr 19

I want to take a moment to thank Drew for taking an interest in my work and putting together such an excellent profile.

Most of what I do focuses on highlighting prominent figures and their statements, so being the subject of a profile is a new experience—and a meaningful one.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Apr 19

New: Here's a chart of the top conservative / liberal accounts on X. See that small blue dot? That's @acyn.bsky.social. His fast-cut clips of political combat get hundreds of millions more views than major news sources - and basically no one knows who he is. So I profiled him. wapo.st/3RpEvJ7

Top 25 political & news accounts on X, dominated by conservatives

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

Trump: Everything we're doing is very lawful and what they're doing is not lawful.

And what the governor and mayor, as an example, you can say of Portland and certainly of Chicago, it's not lawful what they're doing. They have to be very careful.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

Jeffries: This is the second time it's been shut down under Donald Trump, and he's nowhere to be found. He's got time to be on the golf course, but apparently doesn't have time to sit down with Democrats to reopen the government.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

McGovern: Republicans love to advocate for more work requirements for poor people… Let's have a work requirement for Republicans to show up to congress and do your god damn job.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Ford on Tariffs: But there has to be a point that, if Prime Minister Carney can’t get a deal, we have to start hitting back.

We can’t just keep rolling over to President Trump. As he strengthens his case, we seem to be weakening our case by continuously pulling off tariffs.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Full interview and more from MeidasTouch here:

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MAGA Mike BLUFF GETS CALLED as Trump DARK SECRETS SURFACE

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Grijalva: The frustration for me is that it seems as if Speaker Johnson is not willing to swear me in because our politics are a little different, or because I’m going to be the 218th signer—he can just continue to drag this along with no end in sight.

That is not a foundation of our democracy.

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 1d

Big thank you to the great @murray.senate.gov for joining Meidas Health today with my great friend and physician leader @drkavitapatel.bsky.social to break down the terrible impacts of rhe government shutdown on our nations health.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Murray: I talked to a family that’s paying about $300 a month for their health insurance. It’s going to jump to over $1,800 per month.

Many people will turn away and not pay for it—obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Full video from Katie Phang’s YouTube channel here:

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MAGA Pastor PLEADS GUILTY After CAUGHT in SHOCKING SCANDAL

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Phang: How are these Epstein victims supposed to feel about closure when you see Blanche meeting with Maxwell and then giving her a minimum-security camp move?

And now, conversations allegedly that Trump is going to have with the DOJ about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. It is an abomination

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Soybean Farmer: So now I've got a tariff war that's killing my market. I don't have any money from grain we're sending to other countries for USAID. I mean, I've got a compound problem. I don't know how you plan for next year because we don't know where we're at.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Full interview and more from MeidasTouch here:

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Trump’s DARK PAST SURFACES as HELL BREAKS LOOSE in Capitol

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Gallego: If you’re a Republican in a swing district, why are you falling on this sword for a guy who’s checked out and probably needs to be put into some kind of treatment program for whatever dementia he has? Or for Johnson—who comes from one of the safest districts and is covering for pedophiles?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Schiff: This is supposed to be an oversight hearing when dozens of prosecutors have been fired simply because they worked on cases investigating the former president.

Bondi: What about the fires in California? Are the riots in LA serious?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Schiff: Was that true? What the white house press secretary said when she denied Homan took the money? Did he take the money?

Bondi Kash Patel said there was no evidence he committed a crime

Schiff: Did he take the money?

Bondi: I answered that question multiple times

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Schiff: Did Homan take the money?

Bondi: If you worked for me, you would have been fired because you were censured by congress.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Padilla: Do you believe government officials are obligated to follow court orders whether they agree with them or not?

Bondi: I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump.

Padilla: I asked a simple yes or no question

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Reporter: Canadians are refusing to go to the us. The numbers are down like 23% in the first seven months of the year. What do you say to Canadians that don't want to go to the US because of your 51st state talk

Trump: Americans don’t want to buy cars made in Canada.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: We’re the king of being screwed by tariffs

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Reporter: Is it the WH’s position that furloughed workers should be paid their back pay?

Trump: It depends on who we’re talking about. We're going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Carney: This is the most important—

Trump: The merger of Canada and the US

Carney: That wasn’t where I was going

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Cruz: I hope I test negative for stupid

Kennedy: I talk in the book about the tattoo of the backstreet boys on your back.

Cruz: Look, I can't help that you don't want to reach young people. I think young people are the future

Bondi: That would be on VP Vance's playlist

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