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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 22m

lindsey halligan, welcome to the rocket docket

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 32m

The judge, for his part, warned the government that the case shouldn't get off track because of classified information issues.

Either the information will be declassified or we'll go through the "fastest CIPA process you've ever seen in your life," he said.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 39m

The government's lack of a plan prompted Comey's counsel, Fitzgerald, to say that the prosecution "put the cart before the horse."

Usually, you figure out classified information issues in consultation w/ DOJ's national security division *before* bringing a case, he said.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 40m

One of the (many) legal gaps that needs to be filled after this nightmare is over is to prohibit federal law enforcement agencies from using federal funds to create propaganda videos with anyone in custody. This is all about spectacle and content creation, remove the incentive and the means

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 2h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 1h

Got to love being on the phone with my son in the military telling him we will cover his pay. These fools are failing us as a nation.

Johnson, in shift, signals no vote during shutdown for military pay

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5545001-mike-johnson-military-pay-bill-shutdown/

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1h

i'm telling you, they want to make him New Jesus, and that's going to include 'jews killed him'

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1h

The fact that Charlie Kirk was apparently complaining about facing pressure from Jewish donors in the days leading up to his murder is really not going to be good for the Jews.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

A Turning Point spokesman confirmed that Charlie Kirk's texts about Jewish donors are real.

"I'm not even gonna get into what the stereotypes are."

@willsommer.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social talk Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, and Israel:

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2h

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then this guy speaks again

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2h

Literally all they've got any more is KKK-style nativism, directed specifically at Latinos. Every single GOP message collapses back to this. They've become the Klan

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 2h

Child: What did you do during the rise of fascism

Me: I was the capybara

Child: What

Me: It's a rodent from South America

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 2h

This is not only amazingly racist but deeply anti-Christian. Fuck this shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 2h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h

I had the pleasure of talking with Bishop Seitz before an event we were both speaking at, and of listening to him speak on immigration. He's a true humanitarian who believes in the fundamental dignity of human beings. Also, really nice guy!

/and now I'm just two degrees of separation from the Pope!

Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: Texas Bishop Mark Seitz just met with Pope Leo XIV and brought him a packet of letters from migrants terrorized by the Trump administration —
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El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2h

This is what they have been preaching at MAGA churches for years, pastors invoking Trump as a prophet and king, indoctrinating the cult. This is the extent of MAGA "Christianity", they've successfully removed Christ and why they now openly attack Catholics and other denominations.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2h

Israel is preparing for the possibility that US President Donald Trump visits Israel if an agreement is reached on a hostage release deal and ending the war in Gaza.-Ynet

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2h

It's almost as if a movement that began with lusty chants of "lock her up" in regard to the opposition party's candidate for President in 2016...combined with a refusal to honor the results of the election...has morphed into a cult of unaccountable, authoritarian power.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2h

some thoughts on Pam Bondi and congressional oversight

Pam Bondi, Loyal Servant

At a congressional oversight hearing yesterday, the attorney general followed her north star: pleasing the president.

www.theatlantic.com

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2h

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 2h

It's not a distraction.
It's subjugation.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5h

Pritzker/Newsom see it as a defining fact of the moment that Trump is consolidating authoritarian power daily and using it to subjugate Blue America like an enemy nation within. Other Dems should stop the Beltway-speak about Trump laying "traps" for them and engage.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 14h

File state charges. This is a crime.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 17h

Here’s video of the incident

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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 2h

Here's the play:

1. Use the media to paint veterans as a "burden."

2. Turn the public against those who served.

3. Gut the VA for profit.

It's a vile attempt to fracture our country and betray a sacred promise. We're not falling for it.

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Common Defense Slams Washington Post’s Misleading Attack on Veterans’ Disability Benefits — Common Defense

After a misleading Washington Post article casts doubt on veterans’ disability claims, Common Defense calls out the harmful rhetoric and defends the VA from right-wing efforts to dismantle it. Read ou...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2h

The Trump regime's war on Christianity continues, as regime troops attacks Americans across the United States and rounds up majority Christian immigrants, they've also targeted religious leaders.

Here the Trump regime ICE forces shot a pastor in the head in the latest attack on civilians.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2h

One of my most contrarian poli sci takes is nonpartisan local elections are Good, Actually (that is, no party labels on the ballot, as this race was).

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 4h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Chris F @chrsfrmn.bsky.social · 3h

How … “Christian” of him. The lying and the dehumanization.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3h

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "Federal workers, it's my understanding that the law is that they would be paid. There is some other legal analysis floating around. I haven't yet had time to dig in and read that."

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