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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

Couldn't be clearer. MAGA-GOP is just fine with their shutdown.

So much for blaming Dems.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Sen. Jim Banks: "I hear from hoosiers every day who understand that the government in Washington is way too big, and they think about all the wasteful bureaucracy and bureaucrats in Washington DC, so in that case a government shutdown means less government and in many ways we're okay with that."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Republican C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party,and I'm very disappointed in you, because you have the power to call the House back. You refuse to do that just for a show."

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mariena91.bsky.social @mariena91.bsky.social · 8m

Do do we think sending 288 men without trial to an off shore torture prison without trial, racial profiling and violent ICE abductions, bombing random fishing boats will be overlooked? We’ll see.

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 49m

I was proud to vote yesterday to stop Trump from bombing random boats in the Caribbean and provoking war with Venezuela. These strikes are illegal, unconstitutional, and dangerous. This is not self-defense—it is murder. It must stop.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 48m

Ten years, more than ten-tupled.

Bar chart depicting India’s solar electricity generation increasing exponentially from 2014 to 2024.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 47m

Idaho families could see premiums jump from $611 to $2,083 a month if Republicans refuse to work with Democrats to save the health care tax credits. That's an increase of $1,472 a month for the SAME plan.

Republicans won’t talk about it but Democrats refuse to let that happen.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 46m

Context matters

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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 51m

“As a Republican, I am very disappointed in my party . . . You have the power to call the House back. You refuse to do that just for a show.”

If you watch one video today, hope it’ll be this one. Powerful words from a military spouse this morning to Speaker Johnson — he must reopen the House!

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 42m

Donald Trump just floated using the Insurrection Act if courts block his National Guard deployments.

The Insurrection Act does NOT allow him to use the military for whatever purpose he wants regardless of the law—and it's dangerous for him to suggest it.

Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act

The comments came a day after a federal judge blocked the president from sending National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.

www.politico.com

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mariena91.bsky.social @mariena91.bsky.social · 14m

So we’re all proud of this?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25m

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18h

it’s all just a grift

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 22m

Our farmers want trade, not aid.

This is a band-aid solution to a problem Trump caused single handedly.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops

www.nytimes.com

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mariena91.bsky.social @mariena91.bsky.social · 16m

They had a whole lotta time to consider how to become an authoritarian regime via P2025 900+ pages but nothing oh there about how the government helps us? Admittedly I read the “cliff note” version but didn’t see anything about healthcare.

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 21h

What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.

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

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 21h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

😕

Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 18h

The FBI keeps insisting it’s “restoring integrity.” That’s adorable. Integrity isn’t a slogan, boys...it’s what you demonstrate before you get caught trying to clean up your own Watergate X 10,000.

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mariena91.bsky.social @mariena91.bsky.social · 11h

Who is filing defamation for calling them a domestic terrorist?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

The counterterrorism experts have arrived at the White House..

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mariena91.bsky.social @mariena91.bsky.social · 12h

Not that I’m
complaining but I don’t think I’ve seen Tom Homan on camera as much lately. He on vacation?

mariena91.bsky.social @mariena91.bsky.social · 12h

Not that I’m
complaining but I don’t think I’ve seen Tom Homan on camera as much lately. He on vacation?