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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11h

it’s all just a grift

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Fast Fingers Audit @fastfingersaudit.bsky.social · 11h

Where is Kash and Pam on this?

kevin464.bsky.social @kevin464.bsky.social · 1d

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 8h

We are not at war with Venezuela and NO President can go to war without Congress.

Trump's illegal strikes in the Caribbean have already killed 21 people, with no evidence that they are who Trump says.

This puts us all at risk, so I voted to END these dangerous abuses of power.

Democrats to force vote to limit Trump war powers after strikes on Venezuelan boats

Democratic Senators will force vote on a war powers resolution seeking to limit President Trump's unprecedented use of military strikes against suspected drug traffickers

www.npr.org

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 13h

“We all swore an oath to the Constitution, and I am honestly scared… he’s going through with these authoritarian actions.”
Sen. Brian Schatz

It’s political terrorism on Americans.
And too many Republicans are enabling it.

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Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · 1d

Since the Speaker refuses to swear in Grijalva, a duly elected Member, the House can & must act:

1. Pass a resolution authorizing another Member to swear her in

2. File a Motion to Compel or censure Speaker for dereliction of duty

3. Apply public & political pressure

🔊 RELEASE EPSTEIN FILES.

🆘🇺🇸

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12h

EFF and 20 other organizations urge Congress: General counsels play too important of a role in the intelligence community to be appointed unilaterally. Maintain Senate confirmation and accountability for these roles.

EFF and Other Organizations: Keep Key Intelligence Positions Senate Confirmed

In a joint letter to the ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, EFF has joined with 20 other organizations, including the ACLU, Brennan Center, CDT, Asian Americans Advancing...

www.eff.org

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 12h

I know I know but good god imagine what the GOP would do with a Biden or Obama "we took the freedom of speech away" sound bite

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

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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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 14h

This right here is Trump's ultimate goal: staying in power

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Resist Oligarchy @nokingsordoge.bsky.social · 13h

duh

#FAFO

share.newsbreak.com/fd28jpby

Fox News employees privately admit their content has made the country 'a worse place' - NewsBreak

Private communications between rank-and-file employees at Fox News show that the conservative news network has a significant image problem — even among its

share.newsbreak.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13h

This is a key talking points that should be echoed everyday by Democrats and ties directly to the Epstein Files, which is Trump's Achillese Cankle.

Why aren't Republicans swearing Rep Grijalva???

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 13h

Jeffries says Dems "have made clear privately and publicly" to Mike Johnson that Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) must be sworn in.

"Why the delay?" he asks. "Does it have anything to do with Republicans continuing effort to hide the Epstein files from the American people?"

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Jeffries: This is the second time it's been shut down under Donald Trump, and he's nowhere to be found. He's got time to be on the golf course, but apparently doesn't have time to sit down with Democrats to reopen the government.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 13h

I cannot emphasize enough how badly these fires terrorized our city.

Everyone in LA knows someone who lost everything.

To find out it wasn’t a dumb fireworks accident but the work of another angry young white man who set it intentionally?

Rage.

Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 15h

When investigators recovered the phone of the man suspected of starting the Palisades fire they found an image of a burning city he generated on ChatGPT www.latimes.com/california/s...

Uber driver accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

Authorities will announce an arrest in connection with the devastating Palisades fire, law enforcement sources said, and are expected to announce a cause of the blaze.

www.latimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 14h

CNN: The elephant graveyard where breaking news goes to die.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 14h

My New One at MSNBC Opinion on How the Supreme Court Seems Poised to Kill Off What Remains of the Voting Rights Act While Few Pay Attention–With Implications for 2026 Redistricting www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... @msnbc.com

How the Supreme Court could aid the GOP's redistricting games

If the court rules quickly enough in a key voting rights case, it could allow yet another round of partisan redistricting before the 2026 midterms.

www.msnbc.com

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Ron Hacker @ronhacker.bsky.social · 14h

This is just the tip of the iceberg, Ice, fucked up white supremacist.

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Mary Cahalane @mcahalane.bsky.social · 14h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Gift link

Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It

www.nytimes.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Libra on Fire 🔥 ⚖️ @libraonfire.bsky.social · 1d

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Morning!

Epstein files. 🥱

#Epstein

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 17h

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

jessica.substack.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19h

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 17h

This is not only amazingly racist but deeply anti-Christian. Fuck this shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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