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Miss Verbal Not-Herbal Tea

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"You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do what’s right, even when everyone else just runs away.” -Rose Tyler Just a weird, sassy ass millennial tired of living through historic times.-M

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Miss Verbal Not-Herbal Tea @booksarelit.bsky.social · Aug 19

This is an important watch. This was after Newsom's announcement about redistricting. They were in Little Tokyo, & border patrol was there, where Japanese folks were picked up & interned in the 1940's. That stunt from the news conference was a scare tactic by the regime.
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A Conversation With California Governor Gavin Newsom

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Miss Verbal Not-Herbal Tea @booksarelit.bsky.social · 1m

Too late.

Every GOP member failed when they voted not to release them before.

They failed their constituents by passing the BBB in the dead of night without reading it & they refuse to work w/Dems to fix what THEY THEMSELVES broke.

They are cowards that history will 💩 on, which is well deserved.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14m

Jeffries: This is the second time it's been shut down under Donald Trump, and he's nowhere to be found. He's got time to be on the golf course, but apparently doesn't have time to sit down with Democrats to reopen the government.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1h

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 59m

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

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Miss Verbal Not-Herbal Tea @booksarelit.bsky.social · 7m

A message from the past worth sharing today.

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The Dictator’s Speech (Clip) | The Great Dictator (1940) | TCM

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

Check the timestamps. On CNN’s website, the uploaded interview starts at 2:52. On their YouTube page, the upload starts at 2:47. The “plenary authority” comment by Miller was at 2:41, as shown in my side-by-side video post. CNN should be reporting on what Miller said. It’s news!

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Miss Verbal Not-Herbal Tea @booksarelit.bsky.social · 4h

They sure did cut that out. Went to look for it last night, and the comments were filled w/them being called out.

@cnn.com Where's the journalistic integrity?

People should know what wannabe dictators are planning.

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Miss Verbal Not-Herbal Tea @booksarelit.bsky.social · 4h

CNN actually cut this from the interview they posted on their YouTube page, and folks are calling them out, as they should.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h

Their outrage always seems to skip the actual predators.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Kash was begging for a Community Note

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 20h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

I wouldn’t advise anyone in Portland to walk your dog near this building.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 16h

The House Speaker continues to spread falsehoods about the government shutdown. trib.al/2b8VnZs

In reality, the GOP's plan to “fix health care” leaves millions without it—the plan is projected to cut $1.1T from the Medicaid and ACA marketplace by 2034, as well as impose higher work requirements.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 15h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 22h

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

#WarRavagedPortland

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 8h

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