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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · Feb 1

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 7h

CNN: The judge presiding over the prosecution of Jim Comey has agreed to Comey’s request to schedule a near term trial. Comey asked for a Jan 12 trial date. The judge went with Jan 5. Comey is counting on the gov’t not being ready for trial. A good bet.

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 6h

Former Trump WH Lawyer Says Pam Bondi Is More ‘Reprehensible’ Than Nixon’s Corrupt AG.

“I think today she achieved one thing. She knocked John Mitchell off the perch of reprehensible attorney generals as number one, despite his guilty plea and time in jail.”

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Former Trump White House Lawyer Says Pam Bondi Is More ‘Reprehensible’ Than Nixon’s Corrupt Attorney General

A lawyer who worked in the White House during President Donald Trump's first term said Attorney General Pam Bondi is now the most "reprehensible" person ever to hold that post.

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 6h

Pope Leo tweet: "No one should be forced to flee, nor exploited or mistreated because of their situation as foreigners or people in need! Human dignity must always come first!"

And, of course, people have THOUGHTS about this.

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This Tweet By The Pope Has Conservatives Absolutely Fuming

The Rapture didn't happen, but it seems like the second coming of #WokePope is upon us.

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 6h

Trump Reportedly Perplexed by Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Recent Rebuffs: ‘What’s Going On’ With Her?

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Trump Reportedly Perplexed by Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Recent Rebuffs: ‘What’s Going On’ With Her?

Trump is reportedly “perplexed” by MTG's breaking ranks with both party and president on several major issues, including Gaza and the government shutdown.

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@RuadhMairi.blusky.social 📎🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇷FuckICE @ruadhmairi.bsky.social · 7h

YES on 50!!!

#VoteCA!

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 7h

A new poll of Californians likely to vote in November 4th’s special election shows the majority support Prop. 50, the state’s redistricting measure.

Fifty-four percent said they support the measure, compared to 36% who oppose it and 10% who said they’re unsure.

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New poll shows majority of California voters support Prop. 50

The poll also asked likely voters how swayed they were by arguments on either side of the campaign

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 7h

A new poll of Californians likely to vote in November 4th’s special election shows the majority support Prop. 50, the state’s redistricting measure.

Fifty-four percent said they support the measure, compared to 36% who oppose it and 10% who said they’re unsure.

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New poll shows majority of California voters support Prop. 50

The poll also asked likely voters how swayed they were by arguments on either side of the campaign

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 7h

Republicans bite their tongues as Trump cancels projects in their districts.

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Republicans bite their tongues as Trump cancels projects in their districts

The Trump administration cut more than 300 grants for energy projects across the country last week, but it wasn't just projects in Democratic districts.

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 7h

A suburb outside Chicago has sued Trump administration for erecting an 8-foot fence around an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility, alleging that the barrier blocks emergency services and patrons from accessing the site and surrounding businesses.

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Chicago suburb sues over fence around ICE facility

A suburb outside Chicago has sued the Trump administration for erecting an 8-foot fence around an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility, alleging that the barrier blocks emerge...

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 7h

Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue.

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Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline polici...

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 7h

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to two charges — one count of making false statements to Congress and one count of obstruction of justice.

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James Comey arraignment: Former FBI director pleads not guilty to federal charges. Why Trump's new prosecutor indicted him — and what's next

Comey was arraigned in federal court in Virginia on Wednesday.

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 21h

The ruling is a victory for three Planned Parenthood affiliates — in California, Iowa and New York — that sued to try to block enforcement of a DHS policy document issued in July that they contend contradict the requirements of the grants as established by Congress.

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A judge has blocked a Trump administration effort to change teen pregnancy prevention programs

A judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from requiring recipients of federal teen pregnancy prevention grants to comply with Trump's orders aimed at curtailing “radical indoctr...

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 21h

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to raise money for public TV after cuts.

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Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to raise money for public TV after cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations after federal funding cuts.

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 21h

The Hopi were approved for a $25 million grant to install solar panels and battery storage for around 600 homes through a program called Solar for All.

But in August, the Trump administration terminated the Solar for All program, calling it wasteful.

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A tribe in Arizona planned to connect 600 homes to electricity. Then the funding was cut

The Hopi Tribe received a multimillion-dollar federal grant to install solar panels and battery storage systems for hundreds of homes. But the Trump administration has canceled the funding.

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s administration is warning Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been longstanding policy for some 750,000 furloughed employees, according to a memo being circulated by the White House.

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The Latest: Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown

President Donald Trump’s administration is warning Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been longstanding policy for some 750,000 furl...

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 1d

Six former US surgeons general – the top medical posting in Washington – warned in an opinion column published on Tuesday that policy changes enacted by the health and human services secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, are “endangering the health of the nation”.

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Six former US surgeons general warn RFK Jr is ‘endangering nation’s health’

Former top doctors condemn health secretary’s vaccine, research policies, saying ideology replaced science at HHS

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi was chosen as Attorney General because of her long experience covering up for pedophiles.As Florida AG she did nothing about Epstein. No one knows more about covering up Epstein Gang crimes than Bondi. Trump knew Epstein would haunt his presidency and Bondi would protect him #ProudBlue

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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

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 1d

A Los Angeles jury late on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma, finding the company liable in the latest lawsuit alleging its baby powder products cause cancer.

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Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $966 million after jury finds company liable in talc cancer case

(Reuters) -A Los Angeles jury late on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma, finding the company liable in the latest lawsuit allegin...

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 1d

A former Department of Homeland Security official who wrote under the pseudonym “Anonymous” claimed that the Trump administration’s deployment of troops to U.S. cities is a “false flag” operation meant to provide a rationale for ”harsh crackdowns.”

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Former Trump official ‘Anonymous’ warns troops in cities are ‘false flag’

A former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official who wrote under the pseudonym “Anonymous” claimed that the Trump administration’s deployment of troops to U.S. cities is a “false flag” operatio...

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 1d

Texas National Guard arrives in Illinois, as Pritzker decries 'authoritarian march'.

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Texas National Guard arrives in Illinois, as Pritzker decries 'authoritarian march'

Gov. JB Pritzker accused the president of using troops for political gain.

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 1d

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are informing some Medicare patients that they will be unable to schedule telehealth appointments due to the federal government shutdown.

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Hospitals, health systems stop Medicare telehealth visits amid government shutdown

Medicare pandemic-era telehealth waivers expired when the government shut down.

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 1d

A group of Chicago press associations, journalists, nonprofits and unions sued the Trump administration and its top officials Monday, saying federal agents had used “extreme brutality” at local protests to silence both the press and civilians.

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Chicago journalists, protesters sue Trump administration, alleging ‘extreme brutality’

The organizations are urging the court to protect the First Amendment rights of protesters to peacefully protest and journalists to “observe, record, and report on the federal agents’ activities and t...

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Maj @valkyrry.bsky.social · 1d

He didn’t hear the bulk of that, especially after she said “G-d.”

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 1d

"I strongly advise AGAINST anyone lobbying the Trump admin and the DOJ to Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.

Do not do it.

I repeat. Do not do it.

There will be no coming back from that.

I repeat again. For the love of God.

Do

Not

Do

It"

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Laura Loomer Issues Stern Warning to Trump After Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Remark: ‘No Coming Back from That’

Loomer issued a unequivocal warning to Trump to not entertain the notion of pardoning convicted Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 1d

House Democrats are criticizing Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., for failing to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva amid the government shutdown, accusing the top Republican of stonewalling her support to release the Epstein files.

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House Republicans continue blocking Arizona Democrat from being sworn in during government shutdown

Once Grijalva is sworn in, she is expected to sign on to a petition compelling the DOJ to publish all its investigative materials related to Esptein.