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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 2h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

WEST VIRGINIAN: “If the subsidies go away I won’t have health insurance. I won’t go to the doctor. This really is a life or death situation.” #TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

(This shutdown is making the case for #MedicareForAll better than we ever could)

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TallyAnnaE ☮️🌊 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💙🦋 @tallyannae.bsky.social · 1h

Trump and reality parted ways a long time ago.
He's getting worse now.
Trump is unfit to serve.

Release the Epstein files.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

McGovern: Republicans love to advocate for more work requirements for poor people… Let's have a work requirement for Republicans to show up to congress and do your god damn job.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 3h

The Dude has spoken:

"ICE? Let's get ICE off our streets and into our beverages. This aggression will not stand. Let's just abide together"

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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 1h

stateline.org/2025/01/01/l...

Louisiana miscarriage patient who had to cross state lines for a D&C wants answers • Stateline

Increasingly, women say they are being denied routine miscarriage care in states such as Louisiana, where doctors face imprisonment if they perform an abortion unless a woman is at risk of dying.

stateline.org

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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 1h

They'll let any pregnant woman having a miscarriage die in Mike's state of Louisiana, citizen or not.

progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 1h

If I was a young pregnant woman in Mike Johnson's state of Louisiana having a miscarriage, they would let me die rather than treat me at all.

#MikeJohnson💩

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

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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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 1h

If I was a young pregnant American woman having a miscarriage they would let me die in Johnson's state of Louisiana.

Louisiana miscarriage patient who had to cross state lines for a D&C wants answers • Stateline

Increasingly, women say they are being denied routine miscarriage care in states such as Louisiana, where doctors face imprisonment if they perform an abortion unless a woman is at risk of dying.

stateline.org

progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 1h

Save that footage in a very secure place.

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Congresswoman Nanette Barragán @repbarragan.bsky.social · 1h

Last year, Latinas on average made 54¢ for every $1 earned by white, non-Hispanic men.

Today is #LatinaEqualPay Day, an important reminder of the wage gap that Latinas face in the United States. It is time to close the Latina wage gap and demand that everyone is paid equal wages for equal work.

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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 1h

He won't be "counting" the votes, of course.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

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"

progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 1h

"Count"

progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 2h

Maybe!

progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 2h

This isn't Portland. Their uniforms say Polizei. Post real things from the Portland protest, like this: bsky.app/profile/carl...

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

#WarRavagedPortland

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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 2h

Remember when Greg Abbot endangered people by putting up razor wire on the border? And the Supreme Court said the Feds could take it down? And people wanted Biden to federalize the Texas National Guard to order them to take it down? And Abbott put up more even more razor wire?

#hypocrites

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 2h

"This is how the Trump administration treats the public witness of Christian faith. This and worse has been happening every day in Broadview,” he wrote."

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 6h

“ICE Sued After Videos Capture Pastor Shot With ‘Chemical Pellets’ at Peaceful Protest” 10/8/25 www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...

WATCH: ICE Sued After Videos Capture Pastor Shot With ‘Chemical Pellets’ at Peaceful Protest

Rev. David Black is among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against ICE that accuses agents of using "violent force" on peaceful protesters in Chicago.

www.mediaite.com

progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 2h

"The Reuters/Ipsos survey released on Wednesday found that 58% of Americans believe that the president should only send in armed forces to areas with external threats. Meanwhile, 25% said that they believed the US military could be used for other purposes and 18% said that they were not sure."

Military should only be used for external threats, more than half of Americans say

Survey finds 58% backing restricting armed forces to external threats amid Trump deployments to US cities

www.theguardian.com

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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 4h

"Daniel Richman -- a law professor who prosecutors allege Comey authorized to leak information to the press -- told investigators that the former FBI director instructed him not to engage with the media on at least two occasions and unequivocally..."

Trump still loves his junk lawsuits.

#DumpTrump

Nita Cosby @5-2blue.bsky.social · 7h

Federal prosecutors investigating former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly making false statements to Congress determined that a central witness in their probe would prove "problematic" and likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury. abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...

Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources

Ex-FBI Director James Comey faces federal charges, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness in the case would prove "problematic," sources say.

abcnews.go.com

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 9h

so we are clear
NVDA handed xAI $2 billion to help create a "special purpose vehicle" that will then buy NVDA processors and rent them to xAI.

We are all supposed to pretend this is not the same vendor financing cycle that's blown up repeatedly in history.

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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 4h

He just posted a pedophilic fantasy...

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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 5h

On this episode of "Tweets That Aged Like Month-Old Milk Left In The Sun'...

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 7h

There it is...Trump calls for the arrest of the mayor of Chicago and Governor Pritzker.

So, for all the incrementalists in denial...are we there yet? 🤔
- Did we cross the line into authoritarianism yet?
- Is it fascism yet?
- Is he "joking"?

He & Stephen Miller want civil war.
🧾 trib.al/pXoPcwu

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115338509988551290

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progressivebeat.bsky.social @progressivebeat.bsky.social · 5h

"Merchan said that, if Donald Trump had been a regular citizen, a regular defendant, that he would have likely have faced much harsher punishment for those crimes."

We really need to reform the entire system.