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David @david414.bsky.social · 6h

Why is she not being prosecuted for contempt?

Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 8h

(New Republic) Apparently, Bondi did not prepare answers to respond to Senators in her congressional testimony, but rather spent her time preparing attack lines to change the subject and attack Democratic Senators.
newrepublic.com/post/201475/...

Photographer Captures Pam Bondi’s Notes—and They’re a Doozy

Attorney General Pam Bondi came to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing armed with nothing more than lame canned attacks.

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 6h

The very same false flags the US regime is using in Portland, Chicago, LA, and Memphis. Putin is showing Trump the way, at the same time getting ready to start WWIII.

www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

Russia’s ‘false flag’ claims spark fears of pre-war posturing

In a series of escalating statements, Russia’s foreign intelligence service has accused Western countries of plotting “false flag” operations to discredit Moscow. While the claims lack evidence, analy...

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klia 🌻 @klia.bsky.social · 5h

Which means there's been a "bloodIess" coup.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

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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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 6h

MTG finally trying to represent her constituents is great, but don’t mistake it for her seeing the light. Running cover for the Epstein files while stripping her district’s health care is a bad look, especially when Trump stops picking up the phone. Don’t forget who she is.

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klia 🌻 @klia.bsky.social · 7h

That sucks. Our area rehabbers go out and catch the critters if the person reporting them can't (and most can't, especially when they're critters like foxes).

Any chance SCDNR can trap him and take him to the rehab center, or give him to you to take?

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h

John Fetterman, ladies and gentlemen

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Marie Cerda @primalux.thedeadbird.club · 7h

More context for this, since I realized people might not recognize his name. This is this professor. I'm seriously crossing my fingers that it's just some internet assholes social engineering a fraud alert on his tickets and not something much more serious given that "roundtable" that happened today

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klia 🌻 @klia.bsky.social · 7h

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 11h

Unexpected sickness or injury is hard enough. But now, people are terrified that if something goes wrong, they won't be able to afford care because premiums are set to surge next year. I'm doing all I can to keep health care costs down.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 9h

My statement after Senate Republicans blocked my legislation with @heinrich.senate.gov to undo a key plank of Trump’s corrupt, cost-raising, job-killing energy agenda:

White background with the following statement: "For the second time, Senate Republicans blocked our legislation that would have repealed President Trump’s bogus energy emergency. Because Republicans refuse to stand up to Trump, Americans will continue to see energy prices go up, clean energy projects across the country canceled, and good-paying manufacturing jobs lost. When will my Republican colleagues choose the side of the American people and vote for policies that help working families, not just Trump’s donors and billionaires?"

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 8h

My statement after Senate Republicans blocked my legislation with @schiff.senate.gov to stop the continued use of U.S. Armed Forces in the southern Caribbean Sea without specific authorization by Congress:

Blue background with the following text: "Americans want fewer wars—not more—and our Constitution clearly grants Congress alone the power to declare one. Yet President Trump has repeatedly launched illegal military strikes in the Caribbean, and has refused to provide Congress with basic information about who was killed, why the strikes were necessary, and why a standard interdiction operation wasn’t conducted. Should this lawless Administration drag our servicemembers into an escalating conflict without a specific authorization by Congress, every American will be able to tell from today’s vote if their senators tried to stop it, or rolled over."

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klia 🌻 @klia.bsky.social · 8h

a man in a suit and tie is holding his hand to his chest .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding his hand to his chest .

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klia 🌻 @klia.bsky.social · 8h

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Yard Gone Wild @yardgonewild.bsky.social · 9h

A convincing cat face is not complete without whiskers😄
#Arachtober

A Red-femured Spotted Orbweaver hangs in the middle of her web. The pattern and setae on the dorsal surface of her abdomen look like a tiny cat face.

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Dave @opusworks.bsky.social · 9h

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klia 🌻 @klia.bsky.social · 8h

Goebbels 2.0.

suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 9h

Whadda snake.

Does CNN Sanitize Fascist Rhetoric?

Historians say Miller’s ‘plenary authority’ language echoes the legal framework Hitler used.

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klia 🌻 @klia.bsky.social · 8h

Can't tell if they're plastic or wood covered in gold paint?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

When is the round table on the tooth fairy?

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klia 🌻 @klia.bsky.social · 8h

Enough to bankrupt them and put them out of business.

Dave @opusworks.bsky.social · 8h

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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 8h

I am so so proud of these people. We're going to have to do this in many cities soon. ICE is purchasing rental space in many blue cities in order to stage their terrorism, including my hometown of Raleigh. We must stand up to them. That encourages others to stand up too! And that is how we win.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 9h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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MLB Scores @mlbscores.bsky.social · 9h

Final:
Brewers 3
Cubs 4

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it’s me, aubrey plaza accord @sellingtheta.bsky.social · 21h

the juxtaposition of the toxic, faux masculinity Trump and Hegseth speeches in front of the generals and these scenes being interpreted cities burning to the ground where they’re afraid to wear seatbelts so they can easily escape carjackers (Mullin) is so feebly performative

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

#WarRavagedPortland

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klia 🌻 @klia.bsky.social · 8h

klia 🌻 @klia.bsky.social · 9h

Eight months later they finally speak up? WTF? Were they waiting to see how catastrophic his decisions would be, like they somehow expected him to do something other than enact the BS he'd been spewing for years?

🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · 23h

Six surgeons general...are coming late to the fight.

No paywall: archive.ph/cW4yJ

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 10h

horror movie posters but with muppets: thread

Oscar the Grouch in the movie poster for Alien.

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