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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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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11h

it’s all just a grift

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine that.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 16h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

#WarRavagedPortland

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 21h

Not soon enough.....

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Marilyn 🇨🇦 @mlauriat.bsky.social · 10h

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'Nightmare scenario': Analysis warns Supreme Court may 'clear path' for one-party rule

A Democratic voting rights group was "sounding the alarm" Wednesday, warning of a "nightmare scenario" wherein the U.S. Supreme Court could "clear the path for a one-party system" and give Republicans...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

Good lord.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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Lizzy For Democracy @lizzy2016.bsky.social · 10h

If you are not taking a stand yet, NOW is the time! Make phone calls, attend rallies, join economic boycotts, talk politics with family and friends...start today.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 22h

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 22h

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h

This morning, Trump declared that the mayor of Chicago, Democrat Brandon Johnson, “should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!”

“Governor Pritzker also!” Trump added.

If you think these threats are just bluster, consider that Comey was arraigned today—a longtime dream of Trump’s.

As troops invade Chicago, Trump threatens to jail the mayor and governor

"What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?"

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19h

Attorney General Pam Bondi hurled insults at Democrats when testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, accusing Sen. Whitehouse of “taking money from one of Epstein’s confidants” and Sen. Hirono of being a member of antifa.

At Oversight Hearing, AG Bondi Responds to Questions With Attacks Instead of Answers

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 16h

Kristi Noem praised for ‘staring down’ Antifa. It was a dozen reporters and a guy in a chicken suit

Kristi Noem ‘stares down’ Antifa. It was reporters and a guy in a chicken costume

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21h

NEW: Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools.

It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.

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404 Media @404media.co · 13h

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

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Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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NPR @npr.org · 21h

Democrats and a federal union argue that Trump administration language posted on federal agency websites and some emails blaming a shutdown on the "Radical Left Democrats" violates a 1939 federal law.

Democrats take legal aim at 'the Radical Left' language during shutdown

Democrats and a federal union argue that Trump administration language posted on federal agency websites and some emails blaming a shutdown on the "Radical Left Democrats" violates a 1939 federal law.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21h

I will be the first to admit: I am scared. I am scared of what Trump is doing to our country, our communities, and our neighbors. But just because I am scared does not mean I am helpless. Instead, I will stand up and speak out, Marc Elias writes.

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

When people are hired, not for their honesty or competency, but for their ability to be snarling trolls on TV for the delight of their immature and unpleasant boss, you get an AG like Pamela Jo Bondi.

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Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social · 20h

charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-war-on...
Since the first days of Trump’s reign, he has waged a full-on war on the elite education institutions in the United States. Call it the Bebelplatz principle.

The War on Ideas

In mid-September, I was invited to speak at the University of Regina about the threat posed by MAGA gangsters to higher education.

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Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social · 1d

Seems our judges are taking their marching orders from SCOTUS now...

Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

And there it is ... Ontario's legal system bends over and spreads for the organizers of the Freedom Convoy, which terrorized downtown Ottawa for three weeks.

Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 1d

‘Freedom Convoy’ leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber given conditional sentences

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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 1d

Is ICE Today’s Klan?
hartmannreport.com/p/is-ice-tod...

Is ICE Today’s Klan?

From concealed identities to sanctioned violence, the echoes between ICE raids and Klan terror are too loud to ignore…

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