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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Massive protests taking place right now in Chicago against Trump this evening.

Keep it up!

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Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 1d

"the best rent control is a thirty year mortgage" is a hell of a thing to say in a ward that's majority renter.

if i could buy a house, i wouldn't need rent stabilization, LYDIA.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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Kat Melanson @katmelanart.bsky.social · 3h

She really showed her true colors, didn’t she?

Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 7h

Pam Bondi’s testimony in front of the Senate was both contemptuous and dismissive. She is supposed to work for the country not just the President.

Kat Melanson @katmelanart.bsky.social · 3h

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

I keep hearing from people who say they bought my book on Amazon but received something with empty pages or with what appears to be filled with AI crap.

I don’t want you to be defrauded, so please read this for more info. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/because-amazon-wont-police-its-offerings

Because Amazon won’t police its offerings, you’re getting shafted (and so am I)

Here’s direct evidence

robertreich.substack.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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Kat Melanson @katmelanart.bsky.social · 6h

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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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Kat Melanson @katmelanart.bsky.social · 6h

And Johnson is making sure they stay out of session, now isn’t he?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 8h

He finally got the election-denying MAGA A.G. he always dreamed of. Bondi was openly partisan, scornful & highly combative, her non-answers dripping with disdain. Very telling when she was asked if she'd seen the photos of her boss "with half-naked young women." PATHETIC
#ProtectingHerPedophilePrez

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Kat Melanson @katmelanart.bsky.social · 7h

Her non-transparentcy is very transparent and telling.
She only has one loyalty and that is to Trump. She apparently hasn't noticed that those who are loyal to him don't last very long.

Crafty Bondi (Probably) Avoids Perjury by Simply Refusing to Answer Questions whowhatwhy.org/politics/us-...

Crafty Bondi (Probably) Avoids Perjury by Simply Refusing to Answer Questions - WhoWhatWhy

Pam Bondi did the equivalent of

whowhatwhy.org

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 12h

Canada vs. America

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Kat Melanson @katmelanart.bsky.social · 9h

Kat Melanson @katmelanart.bsky.social · 12h

This 👇🏼 Proof the Republicans are ignorant to the facts that surround their own talking points.

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 13h

Kat Melanson @katmelanart.bsky.social · 12h

A very serious question, now answer it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

CUOMO: Why would you put yourself in a situation where you get involved with crypto and have the UAE as one of your big customers, and then they get AI clearance for chips from the US government? You know how that's gonna look

ERIC TRUMP: That can't be a serious question

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Kat Melanson @katmelanart.bsky.social · 12h

Can you imagine, you’re a hard working person providing for your family and then you get furloughed and the person responsible for the government shutdown in which you were furloughed, the president of the United States, tells you that you don’t “deserve back pay” when the government reopens?

Kat Melanson @katmelanart.bsky.social · 12h

What a surprise that he mentioned Lee Greenwood, a Trump kiss but.

Frankly, Johnson’s opinion, as to who should preform, is racist and has nothing to do with “role models“.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Mike Johnson isn't happy that Bad Bunny is performing at the Super Bowl: It sounds like he's not someone who appeals to a broader audience. There's so many eyes on it. A lot of young, impressionable children. In my view, you would have Lee Greenwood or role models doing that. Not somebody like this.

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Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social · 1d

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 21h

Protect our children / future better

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

THIS is the energy we’ve been waiting for. Credit where credit is due.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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