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madmike2024.bsky.social @madmike2024.bsky.social · 3h

I can't imagine growing up an American and your goal in life is to end democracy

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3h

"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

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DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 1h

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 3h

OMG. He REALLY said this today. The PRESIDENT of the USA has never heard of habeas corpus. Even 7th graders know that it’s a basic tenet of our constitution; that one cannot be detained without due process. Heaven help us!

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Michael Snyder @nuttincowboy.bsky.social · 56m

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 15h

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 13h

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TheresaKL @theresareloveution.bsky.social · 2h

If they’re suspected of carrying drugs, the U.S. Coast Guard should board them and seize the drugs. You do not murder suspects, you try suspects in a court of law.

This was unwarranted murder and those that carried out the unlawful order should be investigated and charged accordingly.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 4h

This is truly horrifying.

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach…with Antifa."

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 1h

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 2h

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

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1h

🚨There goes the last of Governor Pritzker’s fucks. 🪦
He took that threat of being arrested to heart… and the people of Chicago are marching in the streets because the Chicago mayor and their governor have their backs. ✊🏼
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Foresthiker @greatscott123.bsky.social · 1h

Actually, Trump is watching the assault in Chicago on a large TV and salivating that Americans will be killed.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

Jeffries: This is the second time it's been shut down under Donald Trump, and he's nowhere to be found. He's got time to be on the golf course, but apparently doesn't have time to sit down with Democrats to reopen the government.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

Jeffries: This is the second time it's been shut down under Donald Trump, and he's nowhere to be found. He's got time to be on the golf course, but apparently doesn't have time to sit down with Democrats to reopen the government.