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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13m

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21h

Mike Johnson says he'll swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social as soon as she wants. Okay, so how about today?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

"That's why I shut down the House and sent all our members home to their districts for three weeks. See? Nothing to hide!"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "When the simple truth is on your side, you have nothing to hide from."

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17h

By all means, indict Jack Smith on bullshit allegations and give him the trial that SCOTUS denied him.

Poke the bear, Donnie. See what happens.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21h

Notice how they’re now calling everyone else an “insurrectionist.” Pure projection.

A screenshot of an X.com post by House Homeland Security Committee (@HouseHomelandSecCo) stating, "We're drawing a blank, let us get back to you," with an image of a crowd storming a government building, featuring individuals in red caps and carrying flags. Below, a reply from @Acyn
, Acyn, posted 5 hours earlier, quotes Stephen Miller asking, "when in our history have we tolerated unlawful, riotous assemblies around government buildings," accompanied by a video thumbnail of Miller speaking on a news program, labeled "OANN 0:13" with text identifying him as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22h

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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Ruth Holleman @rholleman.bsky.social · 15h

I think she's ready right now, Mikey.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

Ruth Holleman @rholleman.bsky.social · 15h

I'm 80 and I like Bad Bunny. I generally don't watch the Super Bowl but might make an exception this time.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h

Mike Johnson isn't happy that Bad Bunny is performing at the Super Bowl: It sounds like he's not someone who appeals to a broader audience. There's so many eyes on it. A lot of young, impressionable children. In my view, you would have Lee Greenwood or role models doing that. Not somebody like this.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20h

This is the Epstein files shutdown.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @AdelitaForAZ
, Adelita Grijalva, stating, "The people of Southern Arizona deserve representation and I'm ready to get to work. Swear me in NOW! @SpeakerJohnson
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, Gavin Newsom, saying, "It's not even November and the GOP are already rigging elections." Below, a news headline from McClatchy by Nikki McCann Ramirez dated September 30, 2025, reads, "DEM SAYS MIKE JOHNSON IS DELAYING HER SWEARING-IN TO PREVENT EPSTEIN VOTE," with a photo of Adelita Grijalva smiling at an event in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18h

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Ruth Holleman @rholleman.bsky.social · 16h

Bondi has anger issues when it comes to Democrats.

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

WATCH — @whitehouse.senate.gov : “What became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?”

AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* 🤷🏼‍♀️

Ruth Holleman @rholleman.bsky.social · 22h

Notice how much nicer Pam Bondi is to the Republican senators than to the Democrat senators. She is shamefully partisan.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Sen. Kennedy with another set of probing questions about Epstein 👇

KENNEDY: Have you interviewed Secretary Lutnick?

BONDI: No senator

K: Do you plan to?

B: If he wants to talk to the FBI--

K: Don't you think you ought to talk to him after this interview? Maybe we ought to get Lutnick in here

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Sen. Kennedy with another set of probing questions about Epstein 👇

KENNEDY: Have you interviewed Secretary Lutnick?

BONDI: No senator

K: Do you plan to?

B: If he wants to talk to the FBI--

K: Don't you think you ought to talk to him after this interview? Maybe we ought to get Lutnick in here

Ruth Holleman @rholleman.bsky.social · 22h

Pam Bondi is a disgrace.

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

282 Ex DOJ officials open letter: “We believe it’s our duty to sound the alarm about this administration’s degradation of DoJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Durbin: "What's happening in Illinois is outrageous. To think they're going to federalize the Texas National Guard and send them into my state is not only necessary, it's almost criminal."

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Ruth Holleman @rholleman.bsky.social · 22h

I find it astounding that Pam Bondi has a law degree.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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

Update on the greatest coverup in the history of coverups:

SCOTUS would not consider Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal.

Now it’s up to Jeffrey Epstein’s BFF to pardon her.

He’s currently pretending this isn’t the only thing he thinks about.

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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Ruth Holleman @rholleman.bsky.social · 23h

What a pathetic "man."

Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson says Republicans may not pay back federal workers after Trump’s shutdown.

They stand with billionaires and turn their backs on the workers who keep this country running. 😡

Ruth Holleman @rholleman.bsky.social · 23h

Trying to picture what Pam Bondi will look like in a jail uniform.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

Ruth Holleman @rholleman.bsky.social · 23h

UGLY - just like the man who "works" there.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It needs more gold.

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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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