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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 17h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 2d

My constituents want me to get to work but House Republicans are more concerned about protecting the Epstein files.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition

www.nytimes.com

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eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social · 3h

It Should STOP
Senator
Chris Murphy

“This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.”

Chris Murphy

Photo of the face of Senator Chris Murphy

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 2h

A woman who was shot multiple times by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents did not ram them with her car and had her weapon stored in her purse at the time of the incident, according to her lawyer, contradicting accounts by the Department of Homeland Security.

www.reuters.com/world/us/bod...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

TAPPER: I don't understand why you're not calling the House back in session

MIKE JOHNSON: Members are doing important work in their districts right now

TAPPER: But the work legislating is also important work

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 54m

This is delusional. You can't support a hospital on only an ER - they're not the profit center of a hospital! ERs take enormous charity care losses due to EMTALA and have to be cross-subsidized by more profitable service areas.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, the incredibly competent and honest president promises that he's totally going to give us something that's much better and much cheaper than we already have? Golly, sign me up.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 53m

They’re getting exactly what they voted for in 2024.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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NPR @npr.org · 1h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

n.pr

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 20h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4h

FACT: Netflix’s market cap has gone UP $10 Billion since right wing, snowflake, bigots targeted them with a cancel culture boycott over a transgender character in a cartoon.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2h

Reminder: The guy demanding credit for a ceasefire in Gaza is the same guy instigating a civil war here at home.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21h

The face of Evil.

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 5h

The governors of Illinois and California, as well as a number of members of Congress, are jumping up and down, warning that our democracy is in peril.

As terrifying as that prospect is, it is heartening to see some opposition leaders get loud.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 52m

Um - that makes no sense. Those hospitals would lose even more money.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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Rep. Ro Khanna @khanna.house.gov · 20h

@democracynow.org had @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social and me on together to explain that she is not being sworn in because she is the 218th signatory for the release of the Epstein files. Swear her in today.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 2h

Even though New York, Washington, Colorado, and Maryland can’t redistrict in time for 2026 — they need to be laying the groundwork to draw new maps for ‘28.

SCOTUS could give the GOP up to 19 new seats by striking down the VRA. We can’t be caught off guard. We need to be ready to cancel them out.

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Chicago Will Win @confunctionist.bsky.social · 13h

#ChicagoWillWin
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#BoycottRepublicanBusiness

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/p...

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 53m

Trump’s yearning for a Nobel Peace Prize.
A Pentagon crackdown on free press.
An unsure peace deal for Gaza & more.

Ned Price @nedprice.bsky.social does a deep dive on it all during his interview
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-pentagon-handcuffs-free-press

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 17h

donald trump is a fascistic leader who has surrounded himself with people who are explicitely pro-fascistic that want to end democracy as we know it and punish anyone who dissents. pretending otherwise leads me to believe you agree with them doing this

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h

Didn't Trump already have his annual check up in April?

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