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We are not locked in here with them. They are locked in here with us.

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adepsis @adepsis.bsky.social · Mar 26

The news media *in particular* needs to remember this and report on them accordingly instead of like some royal edict that becomes objective reality before the ink dries.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Mar 25

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 1d

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

it’s all just a grift

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Labradog @labradog.bsky.social · 17h

When do we get nightly coverage of what we're told is war-ravaged Portland? Video from downtown , where the windows are boarded up. Or not.
IT'S NEWS EITHER WAY!!

This Will Hold @thiswillhold.bsky.social · 4d

ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN have left the building.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 1h

Exactly 💯

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adepsis @adepsis.bsky.social · 1h

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Kercher @kercher.bsky.social · 1h

That’s a shame

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1d

Funny how the media turns on the GOP riiiigghhhtt about the time they detonate safe flights.

Suzanne Kelleher @srkelleher.bsky.social · 1d

“The air traffic system, in general, is stressed to the max,” a veteran air traffic controller working at a major East Coast airport told Forbes on Tuesday, adding “sick outs will continue to happen because the [controllers] aren’t fit for duty.”

www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

Overstressed, Unpaid Air Traffic Controllers ‘Aren’t Fit For Duty,’ Says Agency Veteran

Cracks in the air travel system are widening, as air traffic controllers bear the strain of an understaffed system and no pay until the government shutdown ends.

www.forbes.com

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1d

Also the overhaul of drug sales is meaningless and doesn't target any of the actual things that make drugs expensive

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that.

www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

I'm not one for the "Trump is just doing a distraction!!" bit, but this is absolutely 100% the admin knowing they're getting creamed in the polls about the shutdown and healthcare and trying to change the subject.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 18h

Welcome to the resistance.. *checks notes* The NFL?

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 18h

wouldn’t have predicted we were going to get all of non-evangelical christianity, along with all sports, movies, music and culture in the divorce, but we will find the space

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 19h

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 19h

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE PEOPLE I PARDONED, ACCUSE THEM OF BEING ANTIFA, AND PUTTHEM BACK IN JAIL

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 16h

i am not sure mike johnson’s plan of abandoning the capitol to a bunch of snarky house dems (of which there are many) with nothing to do was a smart strategic move

Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 17h

We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

I'm about to vote on the SAME Republican budget proposal for the 6th time.

Why?

Instead of working with Democrats to lower health care costs, Republicans are forcing us to vote over and over again on a budget that would let 15 million Americans lose their coverage.

youtube.com/shorts/FoV3B...

I'm about to vote on the SAME Republican budget proposal for the 6th time.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Comey is going to file selective and vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss AND he will challenge the legality of Halligan’s appointment! There’s more, too… so glad @annabower.bsky.social is there to bring us the whole story! Thread below with details:

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions.

The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 23h

Does he know the story of the birth of Jesus or nah?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22h

I’ve lived in rural America long enough to know that the entire point was to bankrupt farmers…

We are all about to find out.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"To the extent Republicans have managed to settle on a single talking point, it’s that Dems want taxpayer $ to pay for healthcare for undocumented people — a lie so egregious even the mainstream media is balking at repeating it. It’s almost self-parodic messaging & polling suggests it’s not working"

Democrats are winning the shutdown

Republicans, meanwhile, are bumbling and stumbling.

www.publicnotice.co

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 1d

🎶Thicker than
A deep dish pie
Joints are sore
Blood pressure high
Pudding, flan
And crème brûlée
None are safe
From the Green Beignets🎶

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adepsis @adepsis.bsky.social · 1d

"The political news these days seems quite scary, and the worst is likely yet to come. On the bright side, one of the main architects of neo-fascism believes the project is doomed, and he is plotting his exit."
www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

www.thenerdreich.com

adepsis @adepsis.bsky.social · 1d

Good.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Jack Smith tracked private communications, calls of nearly a dozen GOP senators during J6 probe, FBI says

EXCLUSIVE: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith allegedly was tracking the private communications and phone calls of nearly a dozen Republican Senators as part of his investigation into Jan. 6, Fox News ...