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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a landmark case on conversion therapy. The case centers on a challenge to Colorado’s law that bans therapists from promising young people they can change their sexual orientation or gender identity if they just “try hard enough.”

FACT: Every major medical and mental health association in the country condemns conversion therapy and supports efforts to protect youth from the practice.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 1d

Your constant reminder that bribe for hire Pam Bondi isn’t an attorney general by any means, she’s a criminal who was installed by a criminal to cover up his crimes and the crimes of other powerful rich criminals. Any testimony she gives is a complete bullshit perjury rant.

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blackskin6.bsky.social @blackskin6.bsky.social · 1d

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 2d

Portland isn’t on fire but Judge Goodstein’s home is.

A child rapist has the nuke codes while children are zip-tied in Chicago.

The we need guns to fight tyranny guys are doing the tyranny.

The freedom of speech guys are stomping on free speech.

The pro-life party is only aroused by death.

#GOP

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Jessica Shortall 🧂🥴 @jessicashortall.bsky.social · 1d

“My Administration will not tolerate anti-Christian weaponization of government or unlawful conduct targeting Christians.” - 2/6/25

9/20/25 Photo by Ashlee Rezin, Chicago Sun-Times

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Piyush Mittal @piyushmittal.bsky.social · 1d

Italians want their country to recognize Palestine

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Morgan Meneses-Sheets @morgmeneshets.bsky.social · 1d

Haters gonna hate, but they better be quiet in my presence. She is still a poet. Damn she can sing! And she is allowed to be happy. I love TTPD and I needed it at that time and now I’m so happy to hear joy and healing. Back off. This album is fire. 🔥

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Morgan Meneses-Sheets @morgmeneshets.bsky.social · 1d

AMEN! “Do the Showgirl haters know that instead of being down and out about the liars and the dirty dirty cheats of the world, they could be listening to the sick beat that is Opalite?” Lindsay Stoker 🫶

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Blue Freedom Quest 💙🌊💙🌊 @bluefreedomquest.bsky.social · 1d

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Her contempt is extraordinary.

Trump thinks he's a king. He believes he's accountable to no one. Not Congress. Not the American people.

And so when his people testify before the Senate, they act like they are bound by no rules and no laws.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 1d

"Thousands of federal agents once tasked with investigating drug smuggling, sexual exploitation and organized crime have been redirected to immigration enforcement under President Trump’s second-term push to accelerate deportations..." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: You talked about Schumer's record. But you voted against clear CRs in the past, including when McCarthy was Speaker. How do you explain your stance?

MIKE JOHNSON: Yeah. Different circumstances, different times.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Portland PD pumped tear gas into a peaceful protestor’s inflatable cartoon frog costume because ICE was scared of him

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"

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Jeff-Palmer Report Reader @milamjeff.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s see what happens, when they are no longer in power

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

So far, the only thing of note in this pathetic Pam Bondi judiciary hearing is that she has absolutely no fear of ever being held accountable for lying under oath to the Senate and the American people, or doing whatever is necessary to protect Trump and his rich pedophile friends.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: I talked to scholars who study political contagion about how America’s freefall could affect the rest of the world. They are… concerned. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious?

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

www.motherjones.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah cool. Pull even more federal agents off counterterrorism, child porn, sex trafficking, drug trafficking, and fraud investigations to do absolutely nothing.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 1d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

A draft White House memo suggests that furloughed federal employees need not be paid for time they didn’t work during the government shutdown, an administration official told CNN. https://cnn.it/4gZtBpu

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

KLOBUCHAR: Has the DOJ issued any subpoenas to journalists under the updated guidance?

BONDI: ...

KLOBUCHAR: You can respond

BONDI: ... ... I can't comment

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: For the last several months, I have written and spoken regularly about the rise of authoritarianism in the United States. This is not something I ever envisioned for myself — and it is certainly not something my ancestors envisioned for their great grandchildren.

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Morgan Meneses-Sheets @morgmeneshets.bsky.social · 1d

CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS! No pardons for sex traffickers and pedophiles (including the president)! 202-224-3121 - no pardon for Maxwell and RELEASE THE FILES!!

Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent, for now. Pressure on Trump to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell will amp up.

#Epstein

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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell

www.nytimes.com

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2d

Ghislaine Maxwell reminder:

Republicans covering up Trump and pedophiles on the Epstein list.

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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

My full statement on Ghislaine Maxwell appeal:

Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 2d

Now that the Supreme Court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal, it’s time for her to testify in front of the Oversight Committee. We must end Trump’s coverup of the Epstein case.

Read Ranking Member Robert Garcia’s full statement.⬇️

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Morgan Meneses-Sheets @morgmeneshets.bsky.social · 1d

CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS! No pardons for sex traffickers and pedophiles (including the president)! 202-224-3121 - no pardon for Maxwell and RELEASE THE FILES!!

#Momsky

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

HOLY SH*T.

There it is.

Trump says he will speak to the DOJ about giving Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats to everyone who voted for a pardon for child rapist Ghislaine Maxwell.

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