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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18h

Mike Johnson said he would swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva "as soon as she wants." His office then backtracked — saying Johnson would only swear in the duly elected Grijalva once the government reopens. Grijalva won her special election more than two weeks ago.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 20h

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16h

It Was So Nice Having A Functioning Government, and With
Sleepy Joe, Yeah,We Could Sleep
At Night.......

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angelusmerula.bsky.social @angelusmerula.bsky.social · 16h

Yet it appears to have become it

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Itsm3j3ss @itsm3j3ss.bsky.social · 1d

It's interesting that Bondi can release records of former special counsel Jack Smith, but can't release the Epstein files. It's interesting how Bondi can indict Comey for a "supposed" lie, but not indict Homan for taking $50,000. DISBAR BONDI!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Pelosi: "Democrats who created Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, all of that, are now being asked to reject that so we can give a tax cut to the rich. We're not doing it. It isn't a question of, 'let's come back together so we can discuss it.' That isn't going to happen."

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Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 1d

🥺 He met his son for the first time.
A baby born during the September 7 attack — while his parents burned under russian fire.

The mother, Tetyana, fought for two weeks but didn’t make it.
The father, Vadym, is still fighting — with 85% burns.

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Lois Cusick @bellalfc.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi is such a bitch. Several podcasters called out that she had notes that she was reading to insult each Senator. She is incompetent and corrupt at her job so all she could do is insult the Senators. She needs to be removed from the DOJ.

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Congresswoman Valerie Foushee @foushee.house.gov · 1d

The GOP won't swear-in Adelita Grijalva, leaving AZ-07 without a federal representative during a government shutdown.

She will also be the 218th and final signature to force a vote to release the Epstein files—I'm sure that's just a coincidence, right?

time.com/7323800/adel...

What to Know About Adelita Grijalva and Her Stalled Swearing-In to Congress

Speaker Mike Johnson is blaming the shutdown. Others think it may have to do with the Epstein files.

time.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 22h

Every, single hour in Chicago there are more and more reports of acts of violence committed against civilians, citizens and peaceful protesters by federal agents. THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 22h

Goniatite fossils packed throughout this piece of shale. The shells of these ancient relatives of Squid and Octopus must have littered the sea floor that covered this part of the earths surface over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland

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angelusmerula.bsky.social @angelusmerula.bsky.social · 19h

Pleni-potentiary, perhaps?

angelusmerula.bsky.social @angelusmerula.bsky.social · 19h

Who' the 'they' he's referring to?

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Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · 1d

TX Gov. Abbott sending TX troops to “invade” or operate in other states is a CLEAR contit’l violation.

Infringes 10thAM (state sovereignty), 14thAM (equal protection), & directly defies the Insurrection Act & Posse Comitatus principles.

This is not federalism.

It is treason against the Union.

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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 20h

Overweight, too. Didn't read the Hegseth memo.

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 1d

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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Jesse Blue Hayes @secularjesse.bsky.social · 1d

#atheism

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1d

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 20h

Jack Smith wasn’t the special counsel when the FBI obtained a court order to search Mar-a-lago for classified documents.

He was in the Netherlands working at the ICC.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 19h

James Comey is not a GNAT to be gotten rid of.

Trump’s turned the DOJ into a revenge machine — staging show trials through Pam Bondi and a beauty-pageant lawyer. This isn’t law & order. It’s a dictator auditioning for absolute power. ⬇️

Trump’s Political Persecution of Comey is Flagrant Criminal Abuse of Power

CALLING DEMS "GNATS" TO BE "GOTTEN RID OF" IS A DANGEROUS NATIONAL DISGRACE

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angelusmerula.bsky.social @angelusmerula.bsky.social · 19h

Thought Elon cooked the books?