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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2h

FFS.

This isn’t about saving lives for Trump, it’s about building a justification for an illegal third term.

He’s such a little gremlin.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 2h

A demented president going in for his annual physical...AGAIN...while ruminating on proving to god he's been good and changing the topic to his great weapons while he contemplates invoking the insurrection act

WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

New countdown podcast drops at midnight

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

"While ICE is invading immigrant neighborhoods and kidnapping people by the thousands, the fact that a hugely popular artist would sing in Spanish at the Super Bowl is a sign that America is still a polyglot nation. And that is unacceptable." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show

Songs in Spanish? In America?

www.publicnotice.co

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1h

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 6h

Trump’s Political Persecution of Comey is Flagrant Criminal Abuse of Power

CALLING DEMS "GNATS" TO BE "GOTTEN RID OF" IS A DANGEROUS NATIONAL DISGRACE

Trump’s Political Persecution of Comey is Flagrant Criminal Abuse of Power

CALLING DEMS "GNATS" TO BE "GOTTEN RID OF" IS A DANGEROUS NATIONAL DISGRACE

open.substack.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

As a reminder, when Jack Posobiec was in the US Navy, they assessed his full capabilities and concluded that he was best suited to collecting samples for urinalysis

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 6h

We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

Mayor Johnson lets it be known 👏

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

Trump wants to invoke the Insurrection Act to punish anyone who opposes him, and he’s following a four point plan to do it.

Here’s what you need to know about it — and some thoughts on how to respond. www.youtube.com/shorts/31X8v...

The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

YouTube video by Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h

Didn't Trump already have his annual check up in April?

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 5h

If "never leave your drink unattended" were a person.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

My latest: The fight for democracy is the defining battle of our generation. Within that struggle, protecting free and fair elections must be our top priority. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

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 · 7h

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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Tim Hannan @timhannan.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson is such a fake Christian piece of shit, it’s hard to articulate in words.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 5h

Christian minister attacked by ICE agents. Waiting for the outrage from MAGA. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents

www.independent.co.uk

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · 5h

Our 2007 class action lawsuit found the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office engaged in widespread racially discriminatory policing practices and immigration enforcement in Arizona.

Now, a new report revealed the department has deceived the public by inflating their costs of complying with the ruling.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5h

Marjorie Taylor Greene just said the Republican Party is “getting destroyed” during this government shutdown as they refuse to protect health care.

“Everyone’s just getting destroyed... Republicans, you have no solutions... It is hurting so many people.”

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 5h

Hi @cnn.com -

On behalf of the 2/3s of Americans who DID NOT VOTE for Trump, pls STOP reporting on what he SAYS (LIES) and start reporting on what he DOES (LIES).

Best,
The Majority

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5h

Reminder this is all happening because Republicans refuse to let you have affordable health care.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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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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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5h

This is well said. Trump and Noem need to back off before we have another Kent State tragedy.

Tweet from Aaron Reichlin-Melnick quoting Laura N. Rodríguez Presa.
Aaron’s comment: “DHS is an escalation spiral; the more they do things like this, the more people on the ground push back... and I'm deeply worried what the ultimate result will be.”
Laura’s tweet reads: “A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them... Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents ICE activity, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.”
Attached photo shows a federal agent inside a vehicle pointing a rifle out of the driver’s side window.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 5h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5h

@warnock.senate.gov: "You know that it's a critical moment any time Raphael Warnock and Marjorie Taylor Greene are essentially saying the same thing. That doesn't happen often... She saw that the premiums of her own adult children will go up so much in 2026 that their healthcare is unaffordable."

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