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Rainforest @pitbullmtkerr.bsky.social · 7h

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.
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Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

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David W. @tatersquid.bsky.social · 7h

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 7h

Please understand that This is Trump regime explaining how they will use the government to prosecute Democrats. Page 1 of the fascist playbook is imprison political opponents so that the fascist has one party rule.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

“The law does not permit this kind of prolonged deprivation of an individual’s liberty without any allegations or charges of violating the law,” said Jean Elizabeth Reisz, an attorney representing Marin, who is also a USC law professor.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump is fighting for his life to stay awake during Andy Ngo's speech

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 17h

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 1d

Pam Bondi is simply no match - intellectually or ethically - for Adam Schiff.

Watch this must-see clip as he dissects and exposes her pathetic performance today.

When she realizes how badly he is rolling her, she tries to interrupt. But it’s to no avail. She knows that he has her dead to rights.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 10h

The right loves cancel culture now.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 16h

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The Minister of flagstone @jahiggins.bsky.social · 6h

Every accusation........

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump on Pritzker and Brandon Johnson: "I believe they're scared. They are actually frightened for their lives."

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Charles Beaudoin💙🇨🇦🇺🇸😎 @charlesbeaudoin.bsky.social · 7h

These are not "Criminals"
They are Hispanic people
Being Brown doesn't make you a Criminal
Stop Destroying OUR Freedoms
with YOUR Paranoia
Tell us the Truth
You are Preparing for a Holocaust
of Non-Whites and that's NOT why
They Elected YOU
#VoteBlueNoMatterWho

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

NEW: Comey is going to file selective and vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss AND he will challenge the legality of Halligan’s appointment! There’s more, too… so glad @annabower.bsky.social is there to bring us the whole story! Thread below with details:

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 12h

The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions.

The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney

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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 7h

Across the country, hospitals are vanishing and doctors and paramedics tell ABC News they’ve already seen conditions worsen in irreversible ways — even deaths — because of shuttered hospitals in rural areas. #TrumpShutUSDown

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'It can be a loss of life': First responders detail the deadly cost of rural hospital closures

Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.

abcnews.go.com

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Jennїe Jonzen🖖LLAP🤟😈 🍀 ⭐️🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻💙💛☘️✴️✳️✡️🌟🧿유 @astartiel.substack.com · 7h

When you lose MTG on both pedophilia & healthcare:

Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · 8h

And the cracks begin to show.

HOLD THE LINE.

Resist.

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Tricia @breashay.bsky.social · 7h

www.rawstory.com/trump-jb-pri... this wouldn't go well for the felon! This man has money too! That's why Trump's afraid of him! He knows he can make it come back and bite him in the ass!

'Come and get me': Dem gov dares Trump to make good on arrest threat

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) spoke to an MSNBC reporter on the ground in Chicago for protests around the deployment of federal agents to raid the city. President Donald Trump issued a Wednesday mor...

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Phil Limerick @lummy1949.bsky.social · 7h

She is pathetic… 😡😡
(See my comment…)

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Bondi Torches Justice For Trump

Pam Bondi didn’t testify; she detonated. Oversight collapsed into insults, lies, and theater, while Republicans clapped like seals and democracy sank one more rung into the abyss.

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The Welsh Daffodil @thewelshtaffy24.bsky.social · 7h

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Eric Phares @ewpthecollective.bsky.social · 7h

He's either lying and knows it, or he's being lied to and thinks he's telling the truth. Either way, he's lying about Portland.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

WATCH: “No. 1 issue I hear about”

Democrats need to keep going hard for
affordable healthcare if MTG is torching the Republican Party for ignoring crushing insurance costs. People’s economic future is on the line.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 9h

ICE has bought access to an “all-in-one” surveillance tool that gives it updated location data from hundreds of millions of phones, putting us all at risk of being tracked.

The government can’t be allowed to surveil us simply for having a cell phone.

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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