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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10h

I have the same question for Tomi

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 20h

Wondering who’s at fault for the shutdown dragging on?

Take a look at who’s in DC and who’s not.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 12h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m Just a File (Classified Edition)”
Schoolhouse Rock parody by channelpoor

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 14h

We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.

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JP Collins @profjpc.bsky.social · 14h

“Who” is, objectively, the funniest possible response here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13h

This is well said. Trump and Noem need to back off before we have another Kent State tragedy.

Tweet from Aaron Reichlin-Melnick quoting Laura N. Rodríguez Presa.
Aaron’s comment: “DHS is an escalation spiral; the more they do things like this, the more people on the ground push back... and I'm deeply worried what the ultimate result will be.”
Laura’s tweet reads: “A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them... Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents ICE activity, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.”
Attached photo shows a federal agent inside a vehicle pointing a rifle out of the driver’s side window.

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 15h

This video made me not just smile, but grin ear to ear 😁

🦋 Remember to always be like Dolly— and take care of yourselves out there!

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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obxpirate.bsky.social @obxpirate.bsky.social · 15h

The dangerous streets of Portland

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump to a right-wing influencer: "Do you know the name of any of the funders? Because if you do, I'd like you to give them to Kash or Pam or Kristi as soon as you can. That's all of you. These are people that do not have good intentions for the country. That's treasonous, probably."

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obxpirate.bsky.social @obxpirate.bsky.social · 16h

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 16h

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

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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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 17h

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 16h

This is insane. And also, is Sortor...laying a damaged American flag on the ground?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

SORTOR: I took this flag from the man that was burning it in the street

TRUMP: Do you know who he is?

SORTOR: Oh yeah

TRUMP: So why don't you give it to Pam. Give it to the attorney general and we'll start prosecutions