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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

The @washingtonpost.com is now no more than a tabloid. Absolute tripe from the editorial board here.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

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bennydiego @bennydiego.bsky.social · 2h

Then and now.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3h

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Deranged Trump Lawyer Pam Bondi Says Americans Who Oppose Fascism Will Be Treated Exactly Like Foreign Narcoterrorists—Meaning That Summary Execution Via Domestic Military Strike Is on the Table

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4h

"A rival petition began circulating Sunday, calling on the Rutgers chapter of TPUSA to be disbanded, accusing it of inciting violence. As of today, that petition had several hundred more signatures than the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s firing..."

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Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats

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bennydiego @bennydiego.bsky.social · 3h

Brazil's beef exports to China jump 38% in September amid US tariffs.

I can’t hardly stand all this winning!!!

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 4h

MUST WATCH: Senator Ruben Gallego calls Speaker Mike Johnson a "Pedo Protector" to his face.

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Grumpy Grandpa @beeba1.bsky.social · 4h

This is disgusting Haven’t seen it ANYWHERE but on here

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11h

Chicago Pastor Sues Trump Admin After Being Shot by ICE GOONS

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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 4h

Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned in support of U.S. public TV stations
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Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned in support of U.S. public TV stations | CBC News

Thirty paintings by Ross, whose TV show The Joy of Painting aired on public TV stations in the 1980s and 90s, will be auctioned off with proceeds going to stations that use content from distributor Am...

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 9h

it’s all just a grift

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bennydiego @bennydiego.bsky.social · 8h

Proud Boys = ICE

[Dave Whamond cartoons]

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bennydiego @bennydiego.bsky.social · 8h

Alaska Democrat Mindy O’Neall has won the Mayor’s race in Fairbanks, flipping the red city to blue for the first time in 12 years.

Mayor David Pruhs concedes mayoral race to Mindy O'Neall

City of Fairbanks Mayor David Pruhs conceded the mayoral race to candidate Mindy O’Neall Tuesday night during a watch party at Bobby’s Downtown Restaurant.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

Setting aside the absurdly xenophobic framing, once again, there is ZERO truth to any of this. Everyone qualifies for Emergency Medicaid equally. Hospitals do not receive more for treating undocumented immigrants in an emergency than Americans. Speaker Johnson is flatly wrong.

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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

Reverend David Black, other faith leaders, journalists, and protestors have joined a class action lawsuit alleging ICE violated their First Amendment rights during protests outside a detention center.

The brutality of this regime is on full display.

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bennydiego @bennydiego.bsky.social · 10h

Shop local and support small businesses. Buy direct. He doesn't need more of our money.

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bennydiego @bennydiego.bsky.social · 10h

Hold the line, boss! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

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

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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bennydiego @bennydiego.bsky.social · 11h

A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been moved to Florida after Trump deployed U.S. military forces to intimidate the Blue city for refusing to vote for him.

Soccer match between Argentina, Puerto Rico moved from Chicago to Florida amid immigration crackdown

A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated to Florida because of unrest linked to the immigration crackdown in the city, accord...

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bennydiego @bennydiego.bsky.social · 11h

'Tennessee Three' legislator Justin Pearson launches primary challenge against longtime House Democrat.

State Rep. Justin Pearson called for a change in leadership as he launched a primary against longtime Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen in Tennessee's deep-blue 9th District.

'Tennessee Three' legislator Justin Pearson launches primary challenge against longtime House Democrat

State Rep. Justin Pearson called for a change in leadership as he launched a primary against longtime Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen in Tennessee's deep-blue 9th District.

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bennydiego @bennydiego.bsky.social · 13h

Dangerous Portland.

Clowns to the Left of me, Jokers to the right...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13h

Today's arrest of 29-year-old Florida resident Jonathan Rinderknecht marks an important step toward determining how the horrific #PalisadesFire started and bringing closure to the thousands of survivors whose lives were upended.

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 13h

Authorities have made an arrest in connection with the deadly Palisades Fire that ravaged part of Los Angeles earlier this year, now believed to have been caused by arson, officials said.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 15h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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bennydiego @bennydiego.bsky.social · 13h

Dangerous Portland.

Clowns to the Left of me, Jokers to the right...

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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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