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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7h

“It’s true, all of it… it’s all true.”

Daily Beast: lol Republicans’ polls suck

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7h

“Even President Trump has conceded that he and his party could face political pain from rising premiums”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

NYT: Health Care Politics Bolster Democrats In Shutdown Fight

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 8h

This is why we take screenshots of our favorite headlines!

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 9h

It's.... it's beautiful

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 9h

Politico says Republicans have "lost the plot" !

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 9h

Disarray!
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Politico: Republicans are in disarray 1 week into the shutdown

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 4d

Remembering that crazy Tuesday two years ago on this date when the House removed the Speaker for the first and only time in American history.

A hell of a day, I'll never forget it

My real-time commentary on the 2023 vote to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his position

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

Trying to make it fit the meter like a psycho

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent news: Trump just withdrew the nomination of EJ Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics
www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/p...

White House withdraws Antoni’s nomination to lead BLS | CNN Politics

The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three sources told CNN.

www.cnn.com

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 7d

Trump: A lot of good can come down from shutdowns. We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn't want, and they'd be Democrat things

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ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 7d

As expected ⬇️

(For some reason, it wouldn’t let me upload this clip directly onto here. 🤷‍♂️)

2025-09-30-1

YouTube video by ringwiss

www.youtube.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 7d

House Republicans are in recess and the White House’s official position on government funding deals is that the “process has to be less bipartisan.”

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

House Republicans just ignored the Democrats in the Chamber seeking recognition and gaveled the House back into recess. Shutdown is 12 hours away

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

They didn't allow anything except the prayer and the pledge

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

two men are standing next to each other on a sidewalk and one of them is wearing a baseball jersey .

ALT: two men are standing next to each other on a sidewalk and one of them is wearing a baseball jersey .

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

I have video but Bluesky not loading it for whatever reason

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

House Republicans just ignored the Democrats in the Chamber seeking recognition and gaveled the House back into recess. Shutdown is 12 hours away

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

Sorry but this is naive, it's already spreading here and will continue to do so with or without me. What I can provide is context and facts, and I'm gonna do that. If you don't want that though unfollowing me makes sense

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

This isn't to pick on @purrtah.bsky.social who is just bringing to Bluesky a post that is doing huge numbers at the other place, my beef is with the perception that this is some kind of widely held secret Democratic discussion or belief, which it absolutely is not

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

You want something on this topic? Here's an elected Democrat saying something in public with their name attached. Get mad at that if you will, but in my humble opinion we have better uses of our emotional energy than supposed anonymous sayings of random unidentified staffers
bsky.app/profile/beye...

Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 7d

Donald Trump's "special military operation" in Venezuela is a terrible idea.

He's going from murdering people on boats without charges or due process to what sounds like regime change by military force.

A "President of peace" doesn't start new, unwise, and unnecessary wars.

Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: Sec. Rubio is leading a push to try to oust Maduro. The Pentagon has put 6,500 troops in the region and is drawing up possible operations against crime gangs in Venezuela. Opposition figures say they're talking to the US about plans. Gift link to our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

A day later I haven't found anyone who had even heard of this before she posted it. She didn't identify who said that, who they said it to, where/when/how they said it, or if there was any response. Plenty of elected Dems are on record publicly criticizing Trump on Venezuela. What are we doing here?

Ben McAdams Memorial Act. but on BlueSky @purrtah.bsky.social · 8d

Yea this party needs major slash and burn

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 7d

America’s military leadership has more important things to do than listen to lectures on character from an unqualified drunk who assaults women.

Any soldier who was as careless as Hegseth was with war plans would be fired if not prosecuted.

And everyone in that room knows it.

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 7d

Republican congressional leaders and JD Vance managed to both keep Trump from speaking much during yesterday’s White House meeting and from appearing in public afterwards, so he took to Twitter to post a racist AI-generated video.

Solid response from the Democratic Leader here:

Trump posts a racist, AI-generated video depicting Jeffries and Schumer outside the White House

Jeffries: “this one’s real” with a picture of Trump and his friend Jeffrey Epstein

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 8d

was w/r/t a question about gun violence

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 8d

I just called him on this and he said "I screwed it up but it's a great headline." We appreciate you extending him this grace

S. guidry-white @sguidry.bsky.social · 8d

Don Beyer just misquoted @theonion.com on gun violence in a town hall, but his heart was in the right place - sounds like someone needs a print subscription at their congressional office

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11d

you have been invoked
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

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