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debnicktom.bsky.social @debnicktom.bsky.social · 56m

It seems incredibly anti-democratic that the Speaker can delay the will of the people in this way.

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 58m

Arizona House Democrats press Mike Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva

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Arizona House Democrats press Mike Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva

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debnicktom.bsky.social @debnicktom.bsky.social · 1h

They're doing a damn good job of making Trump look guilty as hell, if that's their aim. Which presumably it isn't.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 3h

I’m don’t think there’s any doubt about this.

Republicans and Trump are absolutely shitting themselves over the evidence against Trump in the Epstein files.

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 4h

I think Trump would rather Congress never vote to reopen the government than let Adelrita Grijalva trigger the Epstein Files discharge. And I bet he doesn’t have a plan other than the Insurrection Act.

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debnicktom.bsky.social @debnicktom.bsky.social · 1h

Who's the handmaid?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 20h

As alarmed as people may be, they aren't alarmed enough. Trump just escalated this crisis from a fight between the federal government and a state, to a situation where one state is deploying armed forces to impose its will on another state. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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debnicktom.bsky.social @debnicktom.bsky.social · 3h

They have no idea full stop.

debnicktom.bsky.social @debnicktom.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, and it will get faster.

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DamselflyDiary @damselflydiary.bsky.social · 4h

The slow-moving coup to authoritarianism isn't so slow.

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Logic L1 @logicl1.bsky.social · 5h

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Uncle Mark 🇺🇸🦅 @unclemark.bsky.social · 5h

We've got a dead press, a nullified constitution and morality crisis across the Nation.

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debnicktom.bsky.social @debnicktom.bsky.social · 4h

100% Do these news outlets really believe they're going to survive if Trump and his pals continue? He'll have one tame 'news'network singing his praises and that will be it. Dictators want their victims placid and distracted.

debnicktom.bsky.social @debnicktom.bsky.social · 4h

Are you convinced it was Freudian, seems more like a saying the quiet stuff out loud too early slip.

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 5h

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Yesterday, Stephen Miller had one of the most terrifying Freudian slips I've ever heard.

He claimed Trump has plenary authority (absolute power)—before cutting himself off.

Today, Trump said Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson should be *jailed*.

This is how authoritarian regimes talk. (1/3)

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debnicktom.bsky.social @debnicktom.bsky.social · 4h

Is it possible the penny has finally dropped? And if it has, will all those idiots who ignored the obvious and voted for a few more bucks a week at least apologise?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

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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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 9h

As @marcelias.bsky.social notes, we must take seriously a White House occupant who is threatening our fellow citizens.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h

Donald Trump is calling for the jailing of his political opponents in Chicago. His DOJ lackeys have already indicted a NJ Congresswoman for conducting ICE facility oversight and James Comey. John Bolton's house was raided.

We must treat these latest threats seriously and all stand up against them.

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debnicktom.bsky.social @debnicktom.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah the timing is no accident but I can't see the Nobel committee whoring their much valued prize by awarding it to that piece of shit.

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dad2gacs.bsky.social @dad2gacs.bsky.social · 5h

Correct stance. Where are schumer, jefferies, et al? Get to Chicago and join the fight.

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DevonGreen @devongreen.bsky.social · 5h

Not one republican or the Supreme Court will support the constitution.

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debnicktom.bsky.social @debnicktom.bsky.social · 5h

Wannabe dictator? Das boot has sailed.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Colin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 5h

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 8h

Pritzker is offering the following at the moment:

1. Trust the courts. [not a viable strategy]
2. "Film the cops"
3. Vote in 2026
4. Protest [peacefully]

And he knows this is not sufficient. Everyone does.

He will not address the local cops angle because he might be deposed...

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debnicktom.bsky.social @debnicktom.bsky.social · 8h

Civil war ahoy.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Gov. Pritzker after Trump calls for him to be jailed: “I will not back down… what else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

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debnicktom.bsky.social @debnicktom.bsky.social · 10h

Exaggerations are problematic but they can be powerful persuaders. And they're not unusual, what child hasn't been terrified out of all sorts? Look, the Trump government is a hugely dangerous threat that must be recognized as such. Whatever it takes.