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BardRaelyn (Gales of November) @bardraelyn.bsky.social · 5h

IT’S NOT OUR FAULT YOU SACKED THE LLAMAS!
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Also, where is our catnip allotment?!?
How are we supposed to run a team-building event WITHOUT CATNIP?
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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15h

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 15h

The CFPB once clawed back $21 billion for Americans cheated by banks, lenders, and scammers.
The GOP dismantled it—fired its director, gutted its staff, and told them to “stop working.”
Now the foxes run the henhouse, and they’re wearing MAGA pins.
#GOPCorruption #CFPB

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 15h

They didn’t “cut red tape.” They cut your wallet open.

Republicans killed a rule capping overdraft fees at $5, letting banks keep gouging $27 a hit. That’s $5 billion a year stolen from working Americans — by design.

#GOPCorruption #CFPB

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BardRaelyn (Gales of November) @bardraelyn.bsky.social · 8h

Trim it. Drop nuggets in what you keep that allude to the stuff you cut out. Now if you find the talk is too short, you have extra time for Q&A, and you’ve primed your audience to ask about the cut pieces and are prepared to answer from writing those bits to begin with. 😁

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14h

This you, Kristi?

A screenshot of a post from X (formerly Twitter). The top tweet is from user @covie_93 with the caption: “This tweet aged like Stephen Miller…..”. Below it is a tweet from Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) that reads:
“If Joe Biden federalizes the National Guard, that would be a direct attack on states' rights.
Over the last several years, we've seen Democrats try to take away our Freedoms of religion, assembly, and speech. We can't let them take away our right to defend ourselves, too.
South Dakota defends the Constitution.”

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 14h

They call it “deregulation.” It’s theft with a pen.

Republicans erased $49 billion in medical debt relief for 15 million people — so corporations could keep punishing the sick.

#GOPCorruption #CFPB

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 13h

Zelle scams exploded. Millions defrauded. The CFPB had the banks cornered.

Then Trump’s cronies walked in and dropped the case.

Corporate crime paid off - literally.

#GOPCorruption #CFPB

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 13h

Veterans and military families were cheated out $95 million in overdraft scams.

The CFPB made them whole, until Republicans voided the refunds and handed the banks their winnings back.

This is what “supporting the troops” looks like to the GOP.

#GOPCorruption #CFPB

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 13h

Capital One robbed Americans of $2 billion in savings interest.

The Biden CFPB sued to get it back.

Trump’s puppets killed the case and called it “pro-business.”

No, it’s pro-corruption.

#GOPCorruption #CFPB

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13h

1. AG Ken Paxton of Texas has announced undercover operations into left leaning groups, citing "transgenderism" and "antifa."

It is the latest in a series of moves that indicates LGBTQ+ people and left-leaning orgs may be targets for domestic surveillance.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Undercover Operations Into "Antifa," Citing "Transgenderism"

The announcement comes after a flurry of reports that Trump would weaponize the FBI against groups supporting LGBTQ+ people.

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 13h

Delivery drivers got tricked into high-fee fintech accounts.

The CFPB tried to recover $10 million in stolen wages.

The GOP dropped the case.

“Law and order” doesn’t apply when the thieves wear ties & donate to GOP political campaigns

#GOPCorruption #CFPB

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 13h

Predatory lenders charging up to 1,000% interest were facing justice under the Biden Harris administration but…

Then Trump’s CFPB let them off the hook.

When billionaires steal, it’s “innovation.” When you struggle, it’s “bad choices.”

#GOPCorruption #CFPB

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

The Justice Department had 36 attorneys assigned full-time to investigate corrupt politicians when Trump took office in January.

Today it has two.

See how this works?

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 15h

1. On Monday, Trump delivered a $70 million windfall to his billionaire buddy, John Paulson.

Paulson hosted the biggest fundraiser of Trump's 2024 campaign, raising over $50 million.

This week, Trump returned the favor.

Follow along for details.

Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire

On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s…

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 13h

The CFPB sued Comerica Bank for exploiting elderly and disabled Americans.

Republicans killed the case. Surprising no one. GOP #ServeBillionaires .

Because cruelty isn’t a flaw in their system, it “is” the system.

#GOPCorruption #CFPB

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 17h

Why are your healthcare costs higher?
Why is your electricity bill tripled?
Why is everything you buy so much more expensive?
Why are your neighbors gone?
Why can’t your mom get a cancer treatment?

Republicans.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

It's clear by now that the Democrats won't press this case as aggressively as it needs to be pressed, and the media won't do that unless they have Democrats' quotes to use as a springboard either.

They won't do this work, so it's even more important that we circulate these stories ourselves.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 17h

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 17h

Unique IDs? Claimant types? Beneficial owners? You had questions and we’ve got answers! It’s your step-by-step guide to filing an Anthropic claim ✅

We’re covering everything you need to know and more: authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement

What You’ll Need: Important Deadline: All claims must be submitted by March 23, 2026. Step 1: Check Eligibility. Start at the main settlement website. Before filing a claim, you must confirm your book...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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

Jake Tapper, who eviscerated Biden for the sin of growing older, has done everything but help install a chair lift in the White House to cover up Trump's deepening dementia and utter feebleness.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president — not any of his aides — who authored the written responses to his questions.

He also did not explain whether he’d made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly.

The president’s purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phone’s text message capacity.

He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings.

Trump’s unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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BardRaelyn (Gales of November) @bardraelyn.bsky.social · 2d

It ought to be law that any duly elected member, if refused swearing-in by the body of government they were elected to, can immediately be sworn in by any member of their constituency over the age of 18, with the swearing-in observed and certified by a dozen witnesses also 18 or older.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

In the Third Reich, Hitler’s will replaced German law. Whatever he wanted, he did.

Life in the early months of Trump’s second presidency hews to this framework in important respects.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

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

Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

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