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Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 2h

(New Republic) Apparently, Bondi did not prepare answers to respond to Senators in her congressional testimony, but rather spent her time preparing attack lines to change the subject and attack Democratic Senators.
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Photographer Captures Pam Bondi’s Notes—and They’re a Doozy

Attorney General Pam Bondi came to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing armed with nothing more than lame canned attacks.

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 2h

New Wall Street Journal reporting reveals Trump accidentally posted what he thought was a private message to Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging her to prosecute James Comey and other perceived enemies.

New reporting CONFIRMS Trump accidentally posted DM to Bondi ordering prosecutions

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 2h

LOL... his funniest blunder ever

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2h

Know your rights. Guard your tone. Protect your neighbor. Panic is surrender in advance; knowledge is armor.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 2h

Not another word is needed.
Stop Trump now.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 4h

How many felons do you think are working for ICE at this point? I definitely think it's a a non-zero number. If they weren't a felon when they started, I suspect many of them are...now.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 4h

Mike Johnson is lying. Swear-in Rep elect Adelita Grijalva. Release the Epstein files.

Congresswoman-elect calls out Mike Johnson for REFUSING to swear her in

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 4h

Since Day One, Donald Trump has made it harder for families to get help from the IRS.

Now, he's using the Republican shutdown to gut the IRS even more.

Billionaires get tax breaks while families have their health care ripped away.

IRS sends furlough notices, sparks some confusion among staff: Sources

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

One thing @govpritzker.illinois.gov does here, which WE ALL need to do more often, is lead with Trump's crimes.

A sex assaulted fraudster serial felon who freed HUNDREDS of cop assailants--and some terrorists--on his first day is trying to claim Democrats are criminals.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10h

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

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

MAGA: We are a CHRISTIAN nation & based on the BIBLE—which is GREATER than the Constitution.

Me: "Do not mistreat foreigners living in your country. Treat them just as you treat your own citizens. Love foreigners as you love your-selves. I am your Lord God."

MAGA: No No Not that part of the Bible.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump is trying to create a police state. In this country. In America. Fuck that. Trump is trying to turn America into a police state. Most Americans will not accept that. Most Americans will not live in a police state. No fucking way.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

"For Wray, it’s about creating a narrative that the FBI — the so-called “Deep State” — orchestrated January 6th from within. Trump wants to erase the truth, to make it seem as though the chaos was an inside job rather than a MAGA-driven insurrection. For Jack Smith, it’s personal."

Lev Parnas @levparnas.bsky.social · 1d

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BREAKING: Trump’s Revenge Tour continues — Jack Smith and Christopher Wray in His Crosshairs

As Trump pressures Pam Bondi to indict his enemies and embraces Project 2025, rewrite January 6th, and turn the DOJ into his own reality-show court of vengeance.

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Master Elrond [he/him] @inuyasha1953.bsky.social · 1d

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Speaker Mike Johnson’s press conference was cut off the air by MSNBC, after he once again lied about Obamacare subsidies. Host Ana set the record straight: “Just to make sure we don’t offer misleading information ... There is no access for undocumented immigrants to get Obamacare....”

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

It's funny how the isolationists used to warn that war always comes home, when they're the ones literally declaring war on fellow Americans.

The “Department of War” Is Designed to Fight American Citizens

How to resolve the tension between “lethal war-fighting warriors” and “no more wars” isolationism.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Can presidents unleash the armed forces on their own people based on facts that they contrive?” Stephen Vladeck asks in a guest essay. “The text of the relevant statutes doesn’t answer that question. But our constitutional ideals, to say nothing of common sense, should.”

Opinion | No, Trump Can’t Order Troops to Wherever He Wants

The president’s claims about cities don’t hold up.

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm???

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TrueShu💙💙💙 @trueshu.bsky.social · 23h

www.yahoo.com/news/politic... Data shows that--
Detainees with no criminal record now outnumber those with prior convictions.

Is ICE really targeting the ‘worst of the worst?’ New data suggests otherwise.

Detainees with no criminal record now outnumber those with prior convictions.

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 1d

Is Trump disbursing his ICE Gestapo in anticipation of No Kings Day? Is he pushing violence so he can claim, as Stephen Miller kindly told us, he has plenary powers. Does he want to declare Martial Law? Does he want, above all else, to keep his complicity in the Epstein Files from being exposed?

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hajoty30.bsky.social @hajoty30.bsky.social · 1d

PLENARY AUTHORITY, DUMB ASS, LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG.

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ginya1.bsky.social @ginya1.bsky.social · 1d

I hope this gets Miller fired & forces SCOTUS to actually defend Constitution when first of these cases makes it there. Plenary authority seems like it is far outside official acts of the President. Heck, use it in all the SCOTUS cases involving Trump. Goes to Trump’s understanding of official acts.

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RhinestoneCanuck @rhinestonecanuck.bsky.social · 1d

‘Plenary Power: A subject has absolute, complete, and unqualified power or authority over a particular matter, leaving no room for further question or intervention.’ miller just stated on national tv that trump has plenary power, then stopped talking abruptly because he gave away the ending.

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Duncan @duncanives.bsky.social · 1d

Between her disastrous performance & Pee Wee German's plenary live tv freeze, what an amazing....I mean typical week during the Trump administration it has been. And it is only Tuesday!

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Betty S 💙💙🦋🦋 @betsj.bsky.social · 23h

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plenary...

Plenary power - Wikipedia

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