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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 16h

there is a government shutdown with no end in sight and it’s not even really the lead story rn because the president can’t stop invading American cities for no reason other than spite

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 15h

🚨 This is protecting the American people. “Full force” is not defined by the military. More of this!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

Merrick Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago. It happened in August 2022 three months before Jack Smith was appointed. Jack Smith was in the Netherlands at the Hauge prosecuting Kosovo war crimes when Mar-a-Lago was searched. Eric should have listened to my podcast.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15h

The face of Evil.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 12h

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 8h

Squeaker of the House Mike Johnson is a spineless, mealy-mouthed lapdog.

Seat Adelita, loser!
Do your job or lose your job!

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 1d

www.commondreams.org/news/rfk-jr-...
“Science and expertise have taken a back seat to ideology and misinformation,” the former surgeons general warned.

Former Surgeons General Say It's Their Duty to Warn of 'Profound' Threat RFK Jr. Poses to Americans | Common Dreams

Former US surgeons general warn that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses a threat to public health with anti-vaccine views and misinformation.

www.commondreams.org

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 8h

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.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dan Wuori @danwuori.bsky.social · 19h

How fascinating is this video from youngchelsmarie (IG)?

Alongside expressive language itself, young children are internalizing lessons about the gestures and tones of voice that can help make their messages convincing.

She may not have the all the right words, but she’s already making her case!

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7h

🚨There goes the last of Governor Pritzker’s fucks. 🪦
He took that threat of being arrested to heart… and the people of Chicago are marching in the streets because the Chicago mayor and their governor have their backs. ✊🏼
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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 9h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 9h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16h

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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God @thegodpodcast.com · 12h

No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”

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Carolyn Barthel ❌👑 @carolyncbarthel.bsky.social · 7h

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 9h

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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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 9h

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Carolyn Barthel ❌👑 @carolyncbarthel.bsky.social · 7h

“If you execute an unlawful order, you will go to jail. You cld go to jail for the rest of your life.”
Yet we shld do everything we can to let our military know that if they risk their careers & even their freedom to protect the Constitution, we'll stand w them.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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