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scarletbegonia

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Get up! Stand up! Stand up for your right! -Bob Marley #Kamala2028 💙 #OppositionParty #Indivisible #TruthBrigade #50501 #DEMCAST #DemocracyDocket #RESIST #ProDemocracyMovement #SlavaUkraini Follow #SherrilynIfill #RuthBenGhiat #SayLove 🎶💕

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scarletbegonia @scarletbegonia67.bsky.social · Jan 24

Hey #RESISTERS!
I am here solely to fight the fascist takeover of America by Donald-dump & his MAGA-Nazi-cult.
1. Dismantle the #PropagandaMachine #FoxNews #ConservativeRadio #ConservativePodCasts
2. #Boycott
3. #Indivisible
4. #Demcast
5. Amplify #FACTS; vet everything
6. #Repost all Action items

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7h

it’s all just a grift

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 4h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Jeffries to Lawler: "You're a complete and total embarrassment. You're embarrassing yourself and your district right now. And you're going down to defeat next year."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 9h

just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 6h

Nice to see Sen. Gallego and Kelly going to bat for Adelita Grijalva, as they and everyone else should be.
Speaker Johnson is stalling her swearing-in because her vote would help finally reveal the Epstein files.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 6h

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 17h

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Rep. Linda Sánchez @replindasanchez.bsky.social · 10h

Ignoring the ongoing shutdown by claiming the work is finished is an insult to Americans who rely on government services.

House Republicans need to end their vacation, return to Washington and do their job.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 18h

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Craig Sicknick @jan6risingvoice.bsky.social · 1d

He should have never been. Confirmed in the first place but Congress, once again, failed to do their job. Remember this during primaries and kick out the dead wood.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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Polarsprite 🧚‍♂️ @polarsprite.bsky.social · 1d

To those who Kamala just wasn't progressive enough to get your vote. So, how y'all liking the full-blown authoritarian regime we got now instead.

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scarletbegonia @scarletbegonia67.bsky.social · 21h

Keep this one going around…

#EpsteinFiles

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 7d

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick breaks from Trump administration, says pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was "the greatest blackmailer ever” and had clients getting “massages” from young girls.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Woman shot by ICE has been released from custody, body cam footage revealed an agent saying
"do something bitch" while holding his rifle at her

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

www.wbez.org

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Wow 👇

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

A leaked White House draft memo suggests that the Trump administration is actively considering stiffing as many as 750,000 federal workers by denying them compensation while furloughed amid the ongoing government shutdown.

How to win friends and influence people.

www.rawstory.com/trump-267416...

Leaked memo shows Trump plans to stiff 750k shutdown workers

A leaked White House draft memo suggests that the Trump administration is actively considering stiffing as many as 750,000 federal workers and denying them compensation while furloughed amid the ongoi...

www.rawstory.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

This guy is such a dumb dipshit. How do you have “plenary authority” when you are using authority under power delegated by a statute (which you just cited) that contains specific conditions and limitations?? I am guessing he realized how idiotic he sounded the minute it came out of his mouth

Blanche Devereaux @gingerkap23.bsky.social · 1d

Miller oopsie doodled and said the quiet part out loud, talking about DT aka himself having “plenary authority”:

A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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scarletbegonia @scarletbegonia67.bsky.social · 1d

Heather Cox Richardson reminds us that Musk had the power 3 months ago.

We The People ran him out w/ relentless pressure & the #TeslaTakedown.

Let’s do the same to Miller.
Where does his $ come from? Pressure points?

He didn’t like AOC’s @aoc.bsky.social “short” remark. Thin skin? 🦇

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

Herschel Walker has been confirmed as the U.S. Bahamas Ambassador. It’s been reported that just as soon as Herschel learns to to tie his own shoes without help, he will begin a program teaching young people to tie theirs.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 2d

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brownchubbybear @brownchubbybear.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s what is NOT being discussed. The daily cost of a single soldier is $530/day.

Based on available estimates, Trump has spent approximately $150 BILLION deploying #ICE, the National Guard, Marine Corps, and other federal officers in cities and states from January to October.

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brownchubbybear @brownchubbybear.bsky.social · 2d

5-tour military vet calls #ICE agents traitors and tells them to prepare for a one-way mission if they come to his neighborhood #chicago #portland

Now THAT’S true patriotism 🇺🇸

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