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guycharles.bsky.social @guycharles.bsky.social · Feb 22
@kenmartin.bsky.social How about organizing daily Dem press briefings? Give a summary of developments daily; take questions; and bring guests (eg, people or groups affected by loss of Federal programs; experts in health / security). Hire press secretary? Rotate Democratic lawmakers? Focus & urgency!
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sistergf.bsky.social
Exactly
September 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
In the midpoint of the decade, it is crazy that my law firm is currently involved in eight redistricting cases. Even worse, as of today, I expect that will grow to twelve in the next month or so.

Republicans want to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat.
September 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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muellershewrote.com
I really like Van Hollen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
Van Hollen Criticizes Democratic Leaders for Delay in Endorsing Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
I presume, based on what conservatives have said and institutions have done this week, that Brian Kilmeade is going to be fired if he hasn't already, right?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 13
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
One thing that has become really clear since yesterday is that we live in at least two different realities. Talking to a friend who only knew Charlie as a Christian motivational speaker because that's all that ever came across her feed. Showed me videos I've never seen before of him saying perfectly reasonable and empowering things. I showed her videos she'd never seen before of his racism, misogyny, homophobia, advocating for violence against specific groups of people. She was horrified by his remarks about Pelosi's husband's attacker being bailed out and celebrated for his violent act. She was horrified by a number of things that he said, but she had never seen or heard them before, the same as I had never seen or heard the generalized clips of him sounding like a perfectly nice loving man and father. Neither of us had a whole picture of this man. I mentioned he was a known white supremacist and she thought I was joking. She talked about him giving a speech about finding your purpose and doing good in the world and I thought she was joking. I saw why this friend was mourning the loss of a person she thought was a good person. My friend, bless her, saw why I feel the way I do about him. We understood each other better. In spite of a multi-billion dollar internet machine specifically focused on keeping us apart. Because we talked to each other with the desire to listen and to learn rather than the desire to change someone else's mind or to be "right". None of those motivational things he said change my opinion about him because they don't erase the negativity, the subtle calls for violence, the belittling and denigrating of other races religions genders etc. His negative and blaming comments about homeless people, the poor, and victims of domestic violence. His comments about rounding up people who didn't think like him and putting them in camps where their behavior could be corrected. That time he said empathy was a made-up word he didnt believe in. That other time he said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. The time he said most people are afraid when they get on a plane and see that there's a black pilot. His anti-vaccination rhetoric and his active campaigning against people being allowed to wear masks for their own health. His open support of fascism and white supremacy. To me, all of those are fully unchristian sentiments. Those are undeniable and just one of them would be a deal-breaker for me. All of them together are a picture of a man who was polarizing, enraged a lot of people and rightly so, but even with all of that I would never wish upon him or especially his children the end that he got. Oh, and my friend had never heard, and God help me I don't know how she escaped the news, but she had never heard of the Minnesota legislators who were shot in June. The husband and wife and dog who were killed, one after throwing themselves over their child to protect the child. The other couple who somehow survived. Politically motivated attacks specifically because they were democrats. She learned about those shootings that happened months ago because I showed her Charlie Kirk's comments about them. The kidnapping plot against a female Midwestern Democratic governor. The assassination attempt against Pennsylvania's democratic governor. All things Charlie had plenty to say about while supporting the Second Amendment and bashing the Democratic party. She didn't know about any of it because we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story.
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
Kirk also called for reinstating public executions and said they should be televised. He thought it would be good for children to watch them though he wasn't entirely sure at what age that would be appropriate. www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk...
Trump ally Charlie Kirk suggests children should watch pu...
"Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised," Kirk recently said.
www.newsweek.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
So there it is. They finally managed to kill someone in one of their Rambo cosplay events. Stephen Miller is responsible for this needless death. Theses thugs who in many cases were able to get legit police jobs think they’re doing a bin Laden compound raid or something.
July 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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lizzieohreally.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
On July 5, as floodwaters were starting to recede, FEMA received 3,027 calls from disaster survivors and answered 3,018, or roughly 99.7 percent, the documents show. Contractors with four call center companies answered the vast majority of the calls. That evening, however, Ms. Noem did not renew the contracts with the four companies and hundreds of contractors were fired, according to the documents and the person briefed on the matter. The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or roughly 35.8 percent, according to the documents. And on Monday, July 7, the agency fielded 16,419 calls and answered 2,613, or around 15.9 percent, the documents sho
July 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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rweingarten.bsky.social
The headline says it all. They are running a con on the American people.
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Project 2025 architect helped pull megabill over the line
Russ Vought, one of the most conservative budget minds in Trump’s White House, helped sell skeptical House Republicans on the president’s massive economic package.
www.politico.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
guycharles.bsky.social
@nbcnews.com is this “Cease Fire” Trump’s “Mission Accomplished” moment??
June 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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ezralevin.bsky.social
Ahead of No Kings Day, a couple trainings we have coming up that might be useful:

Safety and Deescalation: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Know Your Rights (w/ACLU): act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
No Kings: Safety and Deescalation Training for Hosts & Core Teams · No Kings
_**Gather in-person with your planning and safety team to participate in this virtual training.**_ Get together a team of fellow No Kings organizers IN PERSON and dial in as a group for this virtual ...
www.mobilize.us
June 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Cannot stress enough that this is a pitiful action by a weak, scared, pathetic group of insecure, wannabe authoritarians, and they should be mocked until the end of time for wanting to bring in the military over some people protesting them at a Home Depot.
qjurecic.bsky.social Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · Jun 8
they're doing this because the Insurrection Act sounds cool and edgy but they can't actually justify using the Insurrection Act. it's a silly action by an insecure administration desperately to seem manly and powerful. it should be criticized relentlessly, but it should also be laughed at.
evanbernick.bsky.social Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · Jun 8
Which makes me think that this is an effort to claim the insurrection act’s power without invoking the insurrection act’s authority. None of this is necessary, at all, and the governor should say so.
June 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
This seems like a great day to remind Bluesky that Stephen Miller lived four doors down from me freshman year

And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor

And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”
June 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people
May 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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kenmartin.bsky.social
In their latest budget move, the White House wants to:

-cut support for preschools and homeless kids
-end programs that keep pesticides and toxic chemicals away from our families.
-take money away from farmers.

All so mega-rich Republicans can upgrade their yachts with tax handouts.
May 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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ianbassin.bsky.social
This is an excellent and important interview. I urge people to listen.

The threat to a free press from Trump is real.
May 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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protectdemocracy.org
Our lawsuit challenging Trump's slashing of NIH grants impacts real research and real people. We highlight four scientists whose research is on the line and the implications for us all. “I’m a scientist. I work to keep people healthy.” www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-faces-...
The faces of the NIH cuts
What sort of research is being slashed?
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
May 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
guycharles.bsky.social
@texasdemocrats.bsky.social Beth van Duyne hosting a town hall via phone tonight. Good time to raise your questions and concerns.
April 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
guycharles.bsky.social
@ntxdems.bsky.social Beth van Duyne hosting a phone town hall tonight. Good time to raise your questions & concerns
April 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
Since Trump took office:

Dow: DOWN 13.8%
Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5%
S&P: DOWN 15.5%
April 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their child without him after ICE denied their request to let him be present.

“This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer,” Dr. Abdalla said. “My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud."
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth (Gift Article)
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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normative.bsky.social
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 22
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Carefully chosen instance to defy the courts. But if they get away with it, anything goes.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration ta...
apnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM