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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Rand Paul: "I think blowing up speedboats in the Caribbean isn't necessarily the answer."

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elle @hellecat.bsky.social · 11h

And literally no one is surprised.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12h

Stephen Miller accidentally blurted out that Trump had "plenary authority" on TV today.

They're going for full-scale dictatorship.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...

Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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elle @hellecat.bsky.social · 14h

If he thinks he can take the 1st amendment away, it is past time for the 25th.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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elle @hellecat.bsky.social · 14h

The wanna be king directs the attorney general of the united states to look into the no kings rally 🤦‍♀️

elle @hellecat.bsky.social · 17h

Tom Tuberville being vile on the floor again..

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23h

Donald Trump has finally found his Roy Cohn. Read the detaios & judge for yourself if this is how the people’s lawyer should do her job. joycevance.substack.com/p/oversight

Oversight

Attorney General Pam Bondi showed up for an oversight hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and she brought her best Scarlett O’Hara demeanor along with her.

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elle @hellecat.bsky.social · 1d

@mark-carney.bsky.social Really? Why are you sitting down with this man? You know what this is, right?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We call them the water drugs. The drugs that come in through water. They're not coming. There are no boats anymore. Frankly, there are no fishing boats. There are no boats out there period, if you want to know the truth. Does anybody go fishing anymore?"

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

The subhed here is a master class in corporate journalism rewarding malfeasance via semantics

Bondi didn't valiantly fend something off, she refused to answer legitimate questions before Congress because the answers would be horrifying and politically inconvenient

And that's a profile in cowardice

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elle @hellecat.bsky.social · 1d

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine believing this. They’ve refused to expand Medicaid in Tennessee costing us $30 billion and counting

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

As you read reports of 8 GOP senators reasonably suspected of being involved in a coup plot intended to violently overthrow our democracy being investigated by the FBI, do remember that the FBI they were investigated by was run by a man appointed by Donald Trump.

Biden had f*ck-all to do with it.

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elle @hellecat.bsky.social · 1d

People should be watching this, seriously everyone should be watching this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

DURBIN: Why did you publicly claim to have the Epstein client list waiting for your review and then produce nothing relevant to that claim?

BONDI: There was no client list

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 2d

You may not be paying attention to this story,

but a white police officer was caught on camera tampering with a witness and other evidence for the express purpose of framing LSU football player Kyren Lacy for a vehicular manslaughter he had NOTHING to do with.

Kyren took his own life in April.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

It's the first Monday in October which means the Supreme Court is back in session. Here's my preview of all the cruelty and evil they will visit upon us this term.
My *cover story* in @thenation.com :)

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Supreme Court v. Democracy

The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

www.thenation.com

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

DHS's Tricia McLaughlin: "It is a disgusting smear to say there is racial profiling going on."

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

This is fascism.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 5d

The fact that Donald Trump is having the time of his life during this shutdown is the only fact you need to confirm that he is the cause of it

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Trump doesn’t need a $1 coin with his face on it to feel loved. He needs a psychiatrist to deal with his raging narcissistic personality disorder.

WTF is this nonsense?!

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 5d

Your gentle reminder that Rep. Melissa Hortman was assassinated on June 14 and hardly anyone bothered to talk about it.

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