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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

Susan Collins is the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which means she has considerable power to influence the administration but she prefers to mumble weak protestations to the media

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1h

Despite all of Susan Collins’s **concerns**, Russ Vought, who she voted to confirm, still went ahead and fired a boatload of hard-working Americans.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 23h

SUSAN COLLINS, Wednesday: "I've made very clear that I do not believe there should be firings of furloughed workers."

RUSS VOUGHT, Friday: "The RIFs have begun."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 3h

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💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 @cnice59.bsky.social · 2h

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ashoko.bsky.social @ashoko.bsky.social · 1h

Gestapo goons arresting American citizens.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

“We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close.”

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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ashoko.bsky.social @ashoko.bsky.social · 1h

Say the liars who have pledged their fealty to King Trump.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Clarissa O. Clemens @clarissaclemens.bsky.social · 1h

🚨They are stalling to bring the House back to DC
until AFTER the #NoKings protest

Are they counting on donald, to use the Insurrection Act to declare Martial Law saying our 1st amendment protests are “riots”?

Then Grijalva won’t be allowed 2b sworn in

They DO NOT want the #EpsteinFiles RELEASED!🚨

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 5h

He got the COVID and flu Vaccines like every 79 year old should this is a good thing.
"Cardiovascular age validated by by ECG and found to be 14 years younger than chronological age" is a nonsensical phrase.
I am an internist this is not something we do or write in medical reports.

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ashoko.bsky.social @ashoko.bsky.social · 1h

“This indicates to the court both bias and lack of objectivity,”. “Ultimately, this court must conclude that defendants’... perceptions are not reliable.”

dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 1h

Judge Shuts Down Trump's Chicago Troop Deployment And Questions Administration's Grasp on Reality www.commondreams.org/news/trump-c...

Judge Shuts Down Trump's Chicago Troop Deployment And Questions Administration's Grasp on Reality | Common Dreams

Federal judge questions Trump administration's rationale for deploying National Guard in Chicago, citing lack of rebellion or danger.

www.commondreams.org

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

If a pharmaceutical company could mass produce whatever compassion pills Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to have been taking lately, we could save the world

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1h

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸
#FuckICE

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

“Are these tariffs ‘Liberation Day 2’?” Or will we get another ‘TACO Tuesday?’

This is how we all talk now. Absurd. 🌮

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ashoko.bsky.social @ashoko.bsky.social · 2h

So SEC in his pocket too?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

Imagine that

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

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ashoko.bsky.social @ashoko.bsky.social · 2h

And HIS DoJ reads between the lines when he says he doesn’t like them to go prosecute them.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions

"It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”

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ashoko.bsky.social @ashoko.bsky.social · 2h

He thinks street bullying is art of negotiating with countries.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

“Is this the start of a Liberation Day Two?”

@nytimes.com $SPX
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

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Edward Fitzgerald ☘💙🗽⚖🌻 @eafitzgerald.bsky.social · 13h

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ashoko.bsky.social @ashoko.bsky.social · 12h

And Freedom of speech, and holding pathetic a*s kissers like you accountable for pain you are causing this country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 Do ICE have MRE provisions? Oh, no. That’s a damn shame. All that income and no place to buy a meal. Hey, I know what they can eat… 1/2

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Jeffrey Keese @jeffreykeese.bsky.social · 18h

“Can you show us a video of Portland in flames?”

Is a question someone needs to ask the frickin’ President of the United States.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

“.. Frank Miranda, 46, filmed ICE agents confronting him before work on Oct. 2, demanding that he answer questions about where he was born. When he refused, agents threatened him with a dog ..”

@davidjbier.bsky.social
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14h

Who are these ICE agents? Who are these masked federal agents acting like the dictator’s cruel, lawless thugs? No really, who are they? We took a deep dive. Have a read.👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

Who Is ICE?

That’s the problem—we don’t know.

open.substack.com

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastword.msnbc.com · 14h

Epstein survivor pressures Speaker Johnson on Epstein files vote: 'We have been through enough' www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

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