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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21h

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 8h

"He charged Trump for official acts he took as president." is straightforwardly false with respect to the classified documents case in any event; it was charged in FL as retention, not in DC as removal or mishandling precisely because it was charging his personal, not his official acts

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 8h

With respect to the J6 case too, the prosecution went to considerable effort to disentangle Trump's acts *as candidate* vs his acts *as president* along the same lines

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 8h

This is correct. Also, the Supreme Court is illegitimate.

(It's a big problem!)

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 7h

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 7h

DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 256

It’s nice watching people amplifying more and more Dems fighting back, but I still get comments asking why they aren’t talking about this thing or that thing, and I just sight and say “they are, it’s just not being amplified.
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KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 8h

Goose meme with text of “Who were the Antifascists fighting in Weimar Germany?”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7h

Johnson and Lauer are stalling.

If Grijalva isn’t sworn in, it gives them time to pressure one of the 4 Republicans who signed the discharge petition to flip.

The reason they’re working this hard to shield the Epstein files is because Trump’s name is all over them.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 14h

I am canceling tonight's antifa pot luck due to the tumor I got from taking the measles vaccine. I appreciate privacy during this difficult time and whatnot.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 7h

The Antifa capitol of the world ... funded by George Soros and probably some other bad people with money. Everyone should be very very afraid.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 8h

Trump: “I don’t know what could be worse than Portland. They don’t even have stores anymore”.

Portland: Busts out the inflatable frog, raccoon, bear and unicorn for a late night dance party.

This isn’t a city of dangerous criminals.

It’s a city of artists. Of writers. Of weirdos. Of resisters.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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First Wordle Problems @fwordleproblems.bsky.social · 20h

I mean look I get that this is rhetoric and I get what she's saying but ACTUALLY most paid mercenaries are in fact human beings. That's typically who's available.

people running major media are not human beings

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 10h

It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 8h

“Congress”

Not _Republicans_

“Congress”

Paul Rieckhoff is horrible.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 8h

It is good that they name the relevant party explicitly; it would be better if they noted that it wasn’t just the GOP refusing to bar Trump from doing this, as though he has the presumed right to do so, it was the GOP senate refusing to assert/defend its own proper oversight role in the process.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 9h

Actually naming the relevant party rather than just saying “the Senate”? Is our Sulzbergers learning?

Trump's War Powers
Republican senators blocked an effort to bar President Trump from using military force against boats in the Caribbean Sea.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 8h

Trump today said he "took freedom of speech away." Two-thirds of Americans (including 2 in 5 Republicans!) were already aware. www.pbump.net/o/even-2-in-...

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Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 8h

"I hold myself and my staff to a high standard," is certainly one way to describe cussing at your staffers

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10h

It was only a matter of time before these stories started to come out
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘Get out of my f--king shot’: Katie Porter tears into staffer in newly released video

The former member of Congress, who is now running for California governor, also vented that she was snubbed by the Biden White House, complaining she raised the president “a shit ton of money.”

www.politico.com

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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 8h

I'll never let people forget this.

We ran an entire campaign on "Trump is bad for America, Trump is bad for democracy, Trump is bad for *you*" and people went "yeah but how bad could he *actually be*?"

Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 9h

The great irony of blueskys political hobbyists demanding that Ds talk about nothing but this issue now is that Harris actually made "Trumps an existential threat to our democracy" a pretty central campaign focus. Voters shrugged! The online left said she had to be more than just "anti-Trump"!

Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 21h

Sorry but if there is one single US political proposition that we have tested to destruction in recent years, it’s the idea that a critical mass of swing voters see democracy vs authoritarianism as a crucial and salient issue in judging Trump. They simply do not! I don’t like it either

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 20h

the flipside to this, though, is that the majority of voters also don't see "I'm against democracy and I hate it" as a reason to vote. So as long as the Republicans are all arrayed behind "we have no principles beyond owning the libs" they're still screwed

Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 21h

Sorry but if there is one single US political proposition that we have tested to destruction in recent years, it’s the idea that a critical mass of swing voters see democracy vs authoritarianism as a crucial and salient issue in judging Trump. They simply do not! I don’t like it either

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

have said this before but i am very skeptical about weiss’s vaunted charisma

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 9h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10h

FWIW, not all female bosses on the Hill have bad reputations. Plenty of them inspire loyalty because they treat their staff well. Every Warren campaign staffer I know loves her. Patty Murray has a deep alumni team that admires her. AOC treats her staff well. Same with Tina Smith

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 10h

you can’t even occupy an american city without getting laughed at anymore, because of croak

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 10h

Also fuck you Texas for doing this, invading another state with armed troops; lone star Republic my ass

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 10h

This is absolutely enraging. They can and will beat and detain US citizens for the crime of being Hispanic and then they’ll dump them unceremoniously hours later with no recompense.

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 10h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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