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“So long as I have five dollars in my pocket and some spaghetti, I’m all right” - Fiorello LaGuardia Long Island -> Florida -> Bronx -> Brooklyn

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Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · Jan 22

There’s a lot of bullshit happening right now, and I can tell you from experience the best way to not fall into a pit of despair is by doing something.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2h

This is the President not only purporting to arrogate unto himself the ability to “take away free speech rights,” but also to do so for speech because it “aggravates and irritates.”

The bottom line is these people running our country are literally foreigners to the concept of democracy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 3h

This is depressingly low

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3h

New Reuters/Ipsos poll: Around 58% of Americans — including seven in 10 Democrats and half of Republicans — feel that the president should only deploy armed troops to "face external threats."

Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 5h

Using Twitter to find Liverpool FC fans, brought me Matt Cox, which brought me the Rowdies, which brought me Kacy. Social media can be great.

Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 5h

Personally? Yes. It brought me into a fun, vibrant soccer community. That community brought me a friend who helped with the loss of my father, who convinced me to start a soccer podcast with him that gave me so many great experiences, that lead to me meeting my now wife and living in NYC.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 18h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

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

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 6h

Republicans cut funding to Medicaid so deep it will close rural hospitals making wait times longer. It will force people to Emergency rooms instead of primary care physicians.

It’s not immigrants fucking our healthcare, it’s Mike Johnson and his party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

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."

Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 6h

I want a book like Team of Rivals but of the radical republicans in Congress during the end of the civil war and into Reconstruction.

Unless there is one. If history people can point me there

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 7h

That's an unbelievably insane thing to punt on.

The fact that he can't say 'no' to what would be a clear authoritarian act is terrifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 10h

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 —
apnews.com/article/vati...

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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21h

This made me laugh so hard. Second screenshot is of the video posted by Benny Johnson of the event.

Benny Johnson « @bennyjohnson
X.com
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stares down army of Antifa and a guy in a chicken suit from the rooftop of the ICE facility here in Portland.
Noem says:
"Hey; Guy in the chicken suit. You can do better.
Too bad they are uneducated and ill-informed."
Noem isn't chicken: [chicken emoji]

A view from the roof of the building. There are about 15-20 people visible in total, several of whom appear to be reporters. Most are holding signs. They aren’t even taking up the whole sidewalk. One guy is wearing a chicken suit.

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Ray Long @raylongchicago.bsky.social · 21h

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to 'dementia' and obsessive fixations www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/g...

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 21h

"It's hard to come up with someone else who's done more damage to the Department of Justice, to the rule of law and the constitutional order in such a short time," says Chris Hayes on Trump Attorney General Pam Bondi.

‘Trump’s lawyer, not America’s’: Hayes BLASTS Bondi as worst AG in modern history

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 22h

Midterms are next year. Hoping dem candidates either in a primary or not are preparing to be more than just anti Trump. I want an agenda that includes structural reforms. Supreme Court reforms, abolishing the electoral college, etc etc.

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murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 1d

"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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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Just go ahead and delete article 1 entirely while you’re at it.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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VT Commons @vtcommons.bsky.social · 1d

These ICE agents aren’t actual trained law enforcement professionals. They are deputized thugs. Violent scum pulled from the J6ers,Three Percenters, and Oath Keepers. They are already so repellent that giving them the chance to physically attack people they already hate is a gift to them.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

There are now two Americas when it comes to housing:

In one, people work multiple jobs and still can't afford a home.

In the other, housing isn't a place to live but a portfolio to grow.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Real estate investors bought one-third of all single-family residential homes sold in the second quarter of 2025.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning.

The government is shutdown and Republicans are hiding. They aren't even in Washington.

Why? Because Trump thinks he's king. He's told his sycophants to boycott budget talks so he can act lawlessly and steal people's health care to pay for his billionaire tax cut.

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 1d

@nelini.bsky.social's role in organizing the Disney/ABC boycott was something I was already aware of.

@getfree-mvmt.bsky.social's role is something I was unaware of. They're doing some really interesting cultural organizing.

Waging Nonviolence @wagingnonviolence.org · 1d

As the Disney/ABC boycott took off, youth activist group Get Free mobilized its “Star Wars” fan community, showing the potential of cultural organizing.

Why fandom organizing is a powerful strategy for movement building

As the Disney/ABC boycott took off, youth activist group Get Free mobilized its “Andor” fan community to amp up the pressure.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

Notice her non-answer.

This is explosive. Should be explosive. The US AG who said she had the Epstein files on her desk cannot say whether or not the FBI has pix of Trump with half-naked women, which one witness who knew Epstein has said he has seen.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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nycbikelanes @nycbikelanes.bsky.social · 1d

A scary incident occurred at the Jay St Metrotech Station when a track fire caused the station to fill with smoke.

The @fdny.bsky.social response was delayed due to illegally parked vehicles on Jay St. They couldn't even access the curb due to @nypdnews.bsky.social vehicles parked at a bus stop.

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Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 1d

The cover up of the Epstein shit by Mike Johnson and the Republican Party is so…spineless and gross.

They are so committed to it, you can make the argument that MAGA would rather have a pedo at the helm over JD Vance.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away