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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 4h

This is a disgrace. Bezos and his publisher have turned the editorial page over to a Trumpist.

Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 4h

Word. I spent a few years there as well. The amnesia of the country about one of the most important & righteous prosecutions in our history is remarkable.Of course you had to try to figure out about the communications b/t Mark Meadows and members of Congress. It remains a terrible gap in the record.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 4h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 3h

BREAKING: I just forced a vote with Senator Kaine to block the unauthorized boat strikes in the Caribbean.

In an important step forward, the vote was bipartisan, even if it fell two votes short.

Bipartisan measure to restrict Trump’s war powers fails in Senate

A bipartisan Senate resolution to restrain Trump’s ability to wage war against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers failed in a 48-51 vote.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3h

Russia took less than 1% of Ukraine since Nov 2023. Only cost them at least half a million soldiers.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Jeffries: "Mike Johnson and this group continue to cover up for the pedophiles. That's crazy."

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 3h

I wrote legal editorials for the Post for a hot minute many years ago, and I was constantly anxious about making sure I got the details right. This editorial is just humiliating for everyone involved

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 4h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 4h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6h

This is well said. Trump and Noem need to back off before we have another Kent State tragedy.

Tweet from Aaron Reichlin-Melnick quoting Laura N. Rodríguez Presa.
Aaron’s comment: “DHS is an escalation spiral; the more they do things like this, the more people on the ground push back... and I'm deeply worried what the ultimate result will be.”
Laura’s tweet reads: “A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them... Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents ICE activity, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.”
Attached photo shows a federal agent inside a vehicle pointing a rifle out of the driver’s side window.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 6h

He unleashed a violent paramilitary force-ICE-which has killed civilians in our cities. He has deployed military troops without legal justification. His tariffs and other economic policies are causing businesses to shutter, workers to lose jobs and prices to soar.

Donald Trump is destroying America

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

Two stories about how Stephen Miller is drawing resources away from actually security to hunt down grannies.

First cybersecurity.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 6h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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lizzieeddy.bsky.social @lizzieeddy.bsky.social · 6h

Dems need to refuse to fund a gov’t that fires chemical munitions on its peaceful citizens. Demanding healthcare is not enough. Saving Democracy needs to be a unified demand.

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

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lizzieeddy.bsky.social @lizzieeddy.bsky.social · 7h

“her notes had nothing to do with her work as leader of the Department of Justice…Rather, Bondi had collected screenshots of social media posts, prewritten comebacks, and handwritten notes she hoped could give her a good “gotcha” moment.”

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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lizzieeddy.bsky.social @lizzieeddy.bsky.social · 7h

“It’s hard to suggest that the administration wants or is even trying to reopen the government when it is also gleefully boasting about its hatchet man running around firing people.”

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Russ Vought Is Going to Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did

Americans, and even many Republicans in Congress, don’t like it when an unelected bureaucrat makes huge cuts to the government.

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lizzieeddy.bsky.social @lizzieeddy.bsky.social · 7h

“Posobiec seems to think that comparing modern day antifascists opposing Trump’s reign to these groups opposing Hitler should demonstrate how terrible Antifa is—when in fact, it did just the opposite.”

newrepublic.com/post/201521/...

Pizzagate Guy Compares Trump Fighting Antifa to Rise of Hitler

Jack Posobiec’s comment was a little too on the nose.

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 9h

Coffee prices are up 22%. Why?

It's the tariffs, stupid.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 9h

A known sexual predator and adjudicated rapist, who bragged often about his predatory exploits, ordered Pam Bondi to protect pedophiles. She's following that order. The "following orders" defense didn't work at Nuremberg. Let's hope we get to the point where it doesn't work here either.

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 9h

These feds are out of control. Really stomping on what appear to be perfectly lawful protests. You can't use violence on people who are simply yelling stuff at you. It's illegal and wrong.

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

www.motherjones.com

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 9h

Donald Trump and Kristi Noem won’t let the American people see what is going on beyond this barricade at the Broadview ICE facility — even as ICE terrorizes our Illinois communities.

It’s absurd and it’s un-American. We demand transparency and accountability NOW.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9h

“If you have biased data going in, you will in all likelihood replicate the bias. And we see this again and again.”

The internet is skewing the reality of women (and men) in the workforce, a large new study confirms.

It's true: The internet skews the reality of women (and men) in the workforce

Age and gender biases are baked into what we see online, a large new study confirms.

www.motherjones.com

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Rep. Gregory Meeks @meeks.house.gov · 9h

Undocumented immigrants are NOT eligible for health care tax credits. Republicans are lying to justify taking away health care tax credits from hardworking Americans and causing health care premiums to skyrocket.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 8h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

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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