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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3h

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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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 35m

Right?🤷‍♀️

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2h

Kind of wonder what the media reaction would have been if Biden accidentally publicly ordered Garland to prosecute his enemies.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h

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

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 8h

Quiet part outloud

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 8h

“We took the freedom of speech away”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

John Fetterman, ladies and gentlemen

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h

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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アンディ @andymarkle.com · 1d

As someone who was subjected to conversion therapy, it doesn’t work. It won’t work. It’s torture. I was hooked up to an IV and made to vomit watching gay porn for two hours per week. I was prayed over. Bibles and the Book of Mormon were shoved in my face.

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Don't Wash Your Pits in the River of Sacred Tears @maestraoogway.bsky.social · 52m

I am so damn sorry.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5h

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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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 1h

this is an incredibly evil thing for fetterman to break party ranks on.

like...maybe worse than manchin or sinema?

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h

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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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 9h

YES!!!!

The Independent @the-independent.com · 9h

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues Trump administration over First Amendment threats in Chicago

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

www.independent.co.uk

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 4h

Goosebumps watching this. Chicagoans fighting for this country. Mass collective action is the only thing that can keep fascism away.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 4h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social · 3h

I am so tired of people calling things divisive when what they mean is that they were more comfortable when other people were just being silently oppressed and they didn’t have to hear about it or change anything

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AnnaMolly @anna-molly.bsky.social · 3h

Bluesky is basically a public record of your mental breakdown

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 4h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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AJL22 @ajl22.bsky.social · 3h

This is "EVIDENCE"!

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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 2h

Aside from the fascist totalitarian 34 count convicted felon, also a national security threat from dementia addled discretion.

bsky.app/profile/brad...

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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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 2h

Holding aside everything—everything—else, the President conducting very sensitive conversations with his Attorney General on an unencrypted social media platform would have been a major scandal any time before 2016. Is he DMing the CIA Director on there? The Secretary of Defense? We don’t know.

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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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 2h

“Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., because one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.”
Kafka, The Trial

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 4h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 11h

Kid Rock people think Bad Bunny is a dumb stage name.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
1/2

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Don't Wash Your Pits in the River of Sacred Tears @maestraoogway.bsky.social · 2h

wait, whut?

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 2h

Why indeed?

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3h

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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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 4h

is this real life?

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Mary Ruffin Hanbury @mrhanbury.bsky.social · 4h

This meme will live forever

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