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Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 11d

The capitulation of universities in red states to trans erasure mirrors the capitulation of universities in blue states to Palestinian erasure.

Think on that. And then think about what you're going to do when this comes to your own campus.

Because it will.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 12h

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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Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 7h

No. Not "also...yes."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h

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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Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 7h

ID these fascist thugs.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 7h

File state charges. This is a crime.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 11h

Here’s video of the incident

Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 7h

This image *almost* captures his ugliness.

Almost.

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

Fear is all they have. They don’t have respect, or popular ideas, or the support of a majority of Americans. Deny them the power of fear and we win.

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Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 7h

Those MAGA motherf*ckers are misreading where the US armed forces are going to land in the coming conflict.

Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 9h

Oregon’s National Guard General: They’ll defend America and protect protesters.

That’s leadership we need more of. 🇺🇸

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Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 7h

It's like a twofer: BOTH hurts achievement AND stifles speech? "It's a dessert topping AND a floor wax!"

Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 7h

Grand Old Party of Pedophiles.

murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 14h

"Speaker Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House may have more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records."

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 18h

MAKE CRIME ILLEGAL AGAIN! --Criminal convicted of more felonies than Al Capone, Bernie Madoff and Charles Manson. Combined.

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Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 7h

No Ice.
No Noem.
No Nazis.

#VOTE

ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 7h

Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 7h

Just another smug hypocrite.

Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 14h

Mike Johnson doesn’t know who Bad Bunny is but he knows he doesn’t like him.

Translation: Too brown, too loud, too proud.

Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 17h

Nazi Barbie is crashing and burning.

Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18h

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 17h

Pam Bondi is incapable of answering simple questions.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Schiff gets Bondi so flustered that she starts blurting things out while he details what a farce this "oversight" hearing has been and the Republican members' lack of interest in doing their jobs

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

"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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Hirono: "I have to conclude that, since no wrongdoing was determined, that Homan kept the money. And I hope he will put that on his tax returns as income."

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Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 17h

Contact the Sergeant at Arms and arrest that cosplaying Nazi Barbie.

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Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 17h

Ain't ready to be a legislator, either.

Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 18h

Or "crowd."

Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 18h

Nazi Barbie is not landing with this crow.

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Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 18h

The Nazi Barbie act is not playing well.

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 18h

The political right's greatest project is discrediting experts. Only in a "do your own research" world can their cultural preferences - anti-abortion, anti-gender affirming care - claim equal legitimacy to the left's medically-backed positions on those issues. SCOTUS is a full partner in that effort

TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 18h

The Supreme Court's conservatives advanced the right's greater project of discrediting experts Tuesday, feigning that there is no medical consensus against conversion therapy.

The Medical Science Is Always ‘Uncertain’ When It Pushes Against Supreme Court’s Bias

If you came into Tuesday’s oral argument over Colorado’s conversion therapy ban...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20h

The GOP theory of the shutdown is if they hurt America even more than they're already doing the Democrats will rescue Republicans from themselves.

My suggestion to Democrats is to not do that.
(My suggestion to Republicans is to follow the Constitution and stop hurting the country. But they won't.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

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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Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah, she's toast. The billionaire r-wing oligarchs installed her, but as the ratings crater and the dividends tick down a few hundredths of a per cent, they'll definitely throw her under the milk train.

Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 18h

AGREED.

Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 18h

Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.