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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 28m

G. Elliott the boss.

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FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news · 1h

new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 16h

Ever since @joshtpm.bsky.social coined "Trump's Razor" in 2016, it's never steered me wrong.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 16h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 18h

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

Good lord.

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 18h

Goose chase meme that says "Which fascists were they against, Jack?"

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

At this inflection point for Trump's authoritarian project, the democratic resistance has a chance to rise to the occasion by linking together its legal prong (lawsuits), its political prong (the government shutdown fight), and its popular prong (No Kings). A moment of challenge and opportunity.

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Definitely Danny @semperwry.bsky.social · 2d

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 2d

Garland blockade was indeed court-packing by omission. Roberts and Alioto were appointed by the guy who was picked by the 5-4 GOP court majority. Etc.

But yeah that's also why we're even talking about it.

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 3d

Buttigieg (and Warren) was also notably out front re court expansion. He and Warren said yes in early 2019 IIRC.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 3d

History has shown us what happens when leaders declare diversity a weakness and demand conformity as strength. That rhetoric never ends well.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen miller is actively calling for a civil war right now on Twitter.

I really do not think Americans are taking in the reality that the federal government is openly admitting to waging war against democratically held cities and states and what comes now that this is being openly said.

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Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide).
This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.
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@JoyceWhiteVance • 3h
1/ Judge Immergut just granted a restraining order that prevents Trump's mobilization of the Oregon National Guard in Portland.
IMMERGUT, District Judge.
This case involves the intersection of three of the most fundamental principles in our
constitutional democracy. The first concerns the relationship between the federal government
and the states. The second concerns the relationship between the United States armed forces and
domestic law enforcement. The third concerns the proper role of the judicial branch in ensuring
that the executive branch complies with the laws and limitations imposed by the legislative
branch. Whether we choose to follow what the Constitution mandates with respect to these three
relationships goes to the heart of what it means to live under the rule of law in the United States.

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 4d

Patriot.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 4d

19-year-old Leilani Payne who got sprayed directly in the eyes by federal police yesterday is back out at the Ice facility tonight.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 6d

So tragic: Alberta baby born with congenital #measles (mother contracted measles late in pregnancy) died shortly after birth.
The province, which has had a massive measles outbreak this year, says this is the 7th case of congenital measles in 2025. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death | CBC News

Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother became sick, died shor...

www.cbc.ca

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 6d

Took my 10YO to his first show in July. DKM and Bad Religion. Very intentional.

It's unfortunate that they aren't more popular than they are right now. Because the message is what the country needs to hear.

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 6d

Did TCW come back for a minute or...?

Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 6d

Back in 2016, I signed up a buddy for his campaign emails as a joke. His venting to our WhatsApp groupchat was pretty amusing.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 7d

Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 7d

The government shut down last night and House Republicans were on vacation.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8d

Let’s open our eyes. This isn’t a functioning democracy any longer when - in the middle of a high stakes funding fight - the President illegally suspends federal projects in states run by Democrats as a way to punish the political opposition.

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 8d

WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.

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