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Paulley Ticks @tomadelsbach.bsky.social · 15h

Sen. Whitehouse: Did the FBI find pictures of Donald Trump with half-naked young girls?

Pam Bondi: No, absolutely not!

Sen. Whitehouse: Did the FBI find pictures of Donald Trump with FULLY-naked young girls?

Pam Bondi: I plead the 5th.

#PamBondi #EpsteinFiles

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Paulley Ticks @tomadelsbach.bsky.social · 12h

If "Roofies" were a person.

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 18h

It is insane to not pay our troops.

Democrats are here. Republicans need to come back from their vacation, work with us, and we need to pay our troops.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 19h

Fail

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 19h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 17h

The Emperor's new war. A complete fantasy presented in a room full of nodding sycophants who don't question a thing he says.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 17h

He truly might as well be saying that there are herds of big green cows grazing on the moon.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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The DSR Network @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social · 15h

It’s Extreme Make-Over: Military Edition here in the United States. @rosabrooks.bsky.social, David Sanger, and @kschake.bsky.social join @djrothkopf.bsky.social to shine a light on the actions of this administration and why the fallout could be calamitous. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14h

We should also be wary when Israeli govt is still talking about ethnic cleansing, Netanyahu & the far right are still in charge and Trump still has visions of a Gaza Riviera dancing in his head. That said, we should all be grateful for anything that saves a life, heals a family, reduces suffering,

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14h

There are many contentious issues remaining to be resolved. Neither side trusts the other. Furthermore, let's be careful about calling people who enabled the mass slaughter of Palestinians "peacemakers." Even if some them invoke scripture with their blessed are the peacemakers self-congratulation.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14h

We should all be happy for any progress toward a cessation of hostilities in Gaza and especially for the release of the surviving hostages. That said: editors and writers need to be clear a temporary ceasefire is not a "peace" deal. What we're talking about is phase one of a multiphase plan.

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 18h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

I’m shocked.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 20h

Republicans are fighting to ensure that Americans in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a raft of other red states pay DOUBLE what they paid before for healthcare.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17h

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 1d

It was fun seeing bribe for hire Pam Bondi get annihilated in her bullshit perjury-filled Senate hearing today, but I would’ve much preferred seeing her sent to prison for fraud, corruption and bribery.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 19h

In a few days, you may be notified that your health insurance premiums will double, because of Republican cuts to health care. Democrats are fighting to change that before it's too late.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 22h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 15h

Trump’s “plan” to lower drug prices? Let his son cash in.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14h

This is a real post from Dinesh D'Souza. 🥴

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

As a reminder, when Jack Posobiec was in the US Navy, they assessed his full capabilities and concluded that he was best suited to collecting samples for urinalysis

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Beth @bethpdx.bsky.social · 8h

Cc @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 14h

Most of Dem Senators did not attack Bondi yesterday as they should have. Among other things they should have said, "You're lying again, Ms. Bondi" and "That's a bald-faced lie, Ms. Bondi."

The rapid rise of authoritarianism is no place for etiquette.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

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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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13h

Donald Trump has cut heath and human services in the US to give this lunatic, Argentine President Javier Milei $20 billion dollars while he pretends to he a rock star.

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