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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 6h

Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 8h

Trump handed over $20 billion of your tax dollars to bail out Argentina’s president while cutting health care for millions of Americans. #AmericaFirst

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 6h

Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 6h

I’m about to take the debate stage at Norfolk State University against my opponent, Winsome Earle-Sears.

Tune in and watch the debate at the link below:

www.wavy.com/video-center...

www.wavy.com

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 6h

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14h

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 6h

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 7h

Show of hands if you’re a Portlander dog-tired from dealing with the fables spun by this Trump disciple

Kristi Noem calls Oregon leaders liars, says feds will ‘double down’ in Portland

The remarks came two days after Noem made an appearance Tuesday at South Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, the site of protests since June.

www.oregonlive.com

tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 9h

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

Next month, voters will head to the polls for a contest that could have huge implications for the future of fair elections in the Keystone State — which means for the next presidential election, too. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/why...

Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 9h

Rep. Brendan Boyle @congressmanboyle.bsky.social · 9h

The proud working people of Philadelphia, of Pennsylvania, and across the nation are loud and clear: don't let Republicans steal our health care.

I won't back down in this fight. We must save health care for millions of Americans and end this Republican shutdown.

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 10h

House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 13h

Health care costs are going up because of Republican policies.

While Republicans are making life more expensive for Americans, Democrats are fighting to lower costs across the board.

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 10h

Democrats @democrats.org · 13h

Earlier this year, Speaker Johnson swore in two Republicans less than 24 hours after their elections.

It’s been 17 days since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her election, and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

She would be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 13h

Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 14h

Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."

Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.

In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.

nokings.org

USA Today: 'We took the freedom of speech away:' Trump on flag burning protection, First Amendment

Reuters: Trump's war on the left: inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 14h

Sure, welcome us there so they can get our damn heads chopped off. But there are members of our community who will use this statement as proof that people un that region are fine with homosexuality.

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 14h

He did the same thing last time he was in office and a majority of farmers voted for him again. It makes no sense.

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 15h

🤣

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 15h

You posted this about Obama giving up on lower level elections.

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And I replied that Obama didn't make people not vote.

Where did I say McConnell had shit to do with PA court? I said SCOTUS.

prunesqualler.bsky.social @prunesqualler.bsky.social · 1d

No. It is all about ALL elections EVERYTIME. Obama pretty much gave up on the lower level elections and that’s why we are here now.

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 16h

It is highly misleading though. That statement gives the impression that the charging was bogus from the start. It wasn't. It was SCOTUS that changed everything as you note.

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 16h

I think they did that in order to distinguish between trump the president and trump the citizen for prosectution. But SCOTUS muddied that water.

tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 16h

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 16h

Virginia resident calls out Speaker Johnson on air:

As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party, and I'm very disappointed in you. You do have the power to call the House back. You refused to do that just for a show.

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 16h

Medical report? Also, makeup.

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 17h

What a load of shit. Obama didn't make people not vote. PEOPLE decided they either didn't want to vote or they voted in a way that gave power to Rs like Mitch McConnell. Mitch then fucking gave trump the opening for the SCOTUS we have now. Stop making shit.

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 17h

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

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 2d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 17h

Again.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

“.. Foreclosure rates have surged across the country and are up almost 20% from this time last year.”

www.realtor.com/news/trends/...

tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 17h

CNN trying to shift the narrative to one they and Rs think is less favorable for Dems. 😒 worthless fucks

CNN @cnn.com · 18h

Inside the party, anxiety is rising among vulnerable Democrats about active-duty military service members missing a paycheck on October 15 — something that hasn’t happened on a large scale in modern times. https://cnn.it/3WhjgMd

Democrats say even missed paychecks for US troops won’t be enough to end shutdown alone | CNN Politics

Congressional Democrats are privately preparing to hold their position in the shutdown standoff for several more weeks if Republicans do not agree to their health care demands – and not even a missed ...

www.cnn.com

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 17h

So you're trying to shift the discussion from healthcare to one that might push Dems to cave to Rs? Don't think you're being slick with this.

This is a REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN and REPUBLICANS NEED TO END IT.

tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 17h

"random Republican" 🤣🤣🤣 Hakeem still dragging that guy's ass.

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 1d

Some random Republican tried to come for me in the Halls of Congress.

Things didn’t work out well for him.

#SaveHealthcare

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 17h

Wapo remains absolute trump fluffing garbage.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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tachi @tachimine.bsky.social · 17h

Make up your damn mind. My reply was to your comment about curtailing "this activity". "This Activity" being the topic of the OPs post about some RX company that pos is forming. ffs

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donisapedo.bsky.social @donisapedo.bsky.social · 1d

Gee, if only there were people in positions of power who could do something to curtail this activity. 🤔

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