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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 6h

How many felons do you think are working for ICE at this point? I definitely think it's a a non-zero number. If they weren't a felon when they started, I suspect many of them are...now.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 17h

UNREAL there were no air traffic controllers at Burbank Airport amid the government shutdown.

Republicans would rather protect child predators & deny you healthcare than staff our airports 🥴

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

With fewer than 60 lawyers, we are currently litigating 63 voting and election cases in 30 states — a number that will almost certainly rise in the weeks to come. The only thing that could cause it to fall anytime soon would be court closures resulting from the Republican-caused government shutdown.

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

When is the round table on the tooth fairy?

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14h

there is a government shutdown with no end in sight and it’s not even really the lead story rn because the president can’t stop invading American cities for no reason other than spite

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Joseph Young @jayoung3292.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣

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Rick Garrett @ricksrambles.bsky.social · 10h

He was asleep in the other room and he heard me cursing my computer cuz it wouldn't do what I needed it to do ... He came in and jumped up in my lap to calm me down a little bit.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6h

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia said his government believed one of the boats recently bombed by the United States in its campaign against alleged drug traffickers had been carrying Colombian citizens, not drug traffickers.

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Rebecca E ❌👑 @spoutiblegirl.bsky.social · 7h

Hakeem Jeffries came to play today as Lawler tries to confront him: "You’re not going to talk over me because you don’t want to hear what I have to say so why don’t you just keep your mouth shut."

More 👏🏼Of👏🏼This👏🏼

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 5h

I went live today with one of my favorites Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social of @meidastouch.com to break down the latest headlines, the spin, and what really matters.

Our democracy is on the line, and conversations like this are why we fight back. Love y’all!

Meidas Goes LIVE with Adam Parkhomenko on Today's BREAKING NEWS

Watch as we break down the latest headlines

www.meidasplus.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 5h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
1/2

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 15h

You’ll never be able to convince me ripping an American citizen out of their Chicago apartment in the dead of night, zip tying their hands and refusing to let them call their lawyer is ‘America First’

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

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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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

"For the first time since the civil rights era, the president of the United States is sending in troops over the objection of a local state. The big difference between now and the civil rights era is that the president is doing that based on their desire for power only."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

Last night, my team filed a motion to defend voters in California.

DOJ sued 8 states. My firm has filed to protect voters in all 8 states.

We will never back down from the fight to protect free and fair elections.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7d

DOJ has sued 8 states for refusing to turn over their full, unreacted voter files.

My team has now filed motions to defend voters in 7 of those cases in ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, OR and PA.

I suggest that DOJ monitor the docket in the remaining one in CA.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if the prosecution is just getting its hands around the evidence *after* it criminally charged the former FBI director?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

I’m pretty sure if we designed an assisted living facility to look like the WH and put lots of gold all over it and a ballroom with his late 70s playlist on a loop we could coax him in there and he wouldn’t know the difference. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

NEW: The 9th Circuit has lifted Judge Immergut’s FIRST restraining order, but NOT her second one. So the national Guard still can’t be deployed to Portland despite this 9th circuit administrative stay because the SECOND TRO is still in place.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

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)