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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 5d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 9d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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phil-stone.bsky.social @phil-stone.bsky.social · 8h

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Seann with two Ns @jinglespigtails.bsky.social · 9h

went out on my patio to document the hellscape

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

REPORTER: US law already prohibits giving healthcare to illegal immigrants

LEAVITT: Are you denying that Medicaid money has never gone to illegal aliens?

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 9h

I was born and raised in CAs Central Valley and I'm voting #YesOnProp50. Farm workers and people of color are suffering under this administration's racial profiling. Prop 50 gives us the opportunity to fight back on the power grab that TX Republicans and Trump are attempting.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 7d

I just signed legislation allowing the 800,000 rideshare workers in California to unionize.

California is determined to give working people a voice, to give them choice, give them dignity, and give them a say about their future.

Governor Newsom signs legislation allowing for rideshare workers in California to unionize.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Meiselas: So if this 17 trillion he keeps talking about exists, what account is it in? Did he steal the 17 trillion?

Subramanyam: I’d love to see his math on that. I’d love to know why it’s not being returned to the American people if that’s the case.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 15h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 8d

GOP

Last Week: "We control everything."

Today: "The shutdown was out of our control."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

Fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution.

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phil-stone.bsky.social @phil-stone.bsky.social · 8h

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 10h

New Orwellianism just dropped

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d

Some of us were talking about both subjects before it was cool.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 8d

A quick note about money and comedy and power.

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

On a more serious note, Collins thinks the Riyadh lineup reflects something dire about both American politics and the bifurcated woke-versus-anti-woke comedy scene. Collins says there’s “a lot of money” behind enticing anti-woke comics to shill for the political project on the right. “I also like money, but I think getting hundreds of thousands of dollars to tell jokes for 10 minutes about ‘airline food is bad’ is actually illustrative of a much larger thing: The stuff that’s getting greenlit is not necessarily popular with the populace. It’s popular with rich people who are sick of being yelled at in the media. They are using some of these people as vehicles for whatever the comedy equivalent of greenwashing is.”

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phil-stone.bsky.social @phil-stone.bsky.social · 8h

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 8d

This is an Epstein shutdown.

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phil-stone.bsky.social @phil-stone.bsky.social · 8h

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Chicken Puppet @chickenpuppet.online · 8d

I know these guys are all dumber than a sack of hammers, but it is fascinating to see the military decide “logistics are gay” in real time

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

The Democratic Attorneys General Association established a Legal Defense Fund for exactly this moment: when its members — including AG Tish James—are targeted by the Trump administration for political prosecution.

Donate here.

Donate to DAGA's Legal Defense Fund

The Democratic Attorneys General Association has launched a defense fund to help defend Democratic attorneys general and their staff who are targeted for political retribution by the Trump administrat...

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 14h

Censoring the press isn't enough for the Trump administration. Now they're even trying to censor court records that discuss the press's reporting.

This is unheard of.