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

This is the guy who looked in the mirror and called himself “David Duke without the baggage”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Scalise: "When a good day for you is defined by how much suffering you can impose on other people, maybe you need to look in the mirror and check yourself at the door and wonder what it is you're up here trying to accomplish."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

The guy who seems to be setting the GOP shutdown position, Russ Vought, promised to put federal employees in trauma, and to use the shutdown to fire them and block their backpay.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Scalise: "When a good day for you is defined by how much suffering you can impose on other people, maybe you need to look in the mirror and check yourself at the door and wonder what it is you're up here trying to accomplish."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1h

Kash Patel's FBI just fired special agents who worked on Jack Smith's investigation of Trump.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referred to.

www.nbcnews.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

the latest effort to try to find the switch to turn off liberalism (also these people hate the idea of a free society)

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 4h

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

www.reuters.com

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1h

Remember, Posobiec co-wrote a book that declared progressives were "unhumans" and that praised Franco and Pinochet for their murderous war on leftists. That is, the guy who promoted Pizzagate essentially endorsed political violence. I wrote about that here:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 1h

Kristi Noem should never have been confirmed after this. It ended up being a perfect representation of what she would do.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 1h

It’s never about healthcare. It’s about insurance plans.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1h

Trump promised a health care plan TEN YEARS AGO and has never come up with one. Unless you consider it a "health care plan" when you cut health care and use the savings to give rich people a tax cut.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 11h

Kimmel referred to Miller as a “sick, bald individual,” among other things.

Jimmy Kimmel Compares Stephen Miller to a Sex Toy After Bizarre Interview

Kimmel referred to Miller as a “sick, bald individual,” among other things.

trib.al

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 15h

Also fuck you Texas for doing this, invading another state with armed troops; lone star Republic my ass

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16h

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

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19h

Jack Posobiec speaks at the "Antifa Roundtable" and immediately references the Weimar Republic. He's a nazi.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 16h

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16h

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20h

You have got to be joking hahaha

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 16h

Most of Dem Senators did not attack Bondi yesterday as they should have. Among other things they should have said, "You're lying again, Ms. Bondi" and "That's a bald-faced lie, Ms. Bondi."

The rapid rise of authoritarianism is no place for etiquette.

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 16h

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

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17h

Not how I remember it

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19h

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Wow

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 17h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on extending ACA credits: It is hurting so many people... let's take off our Democrat jerseys, let's take off our Republican jerseys, and we should do something responsible for the American people and fix this.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19h

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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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 18h

Calling for elected officials to be jailed for disagreeing w/ the national leader happens in dictatorships not democracies. I’m glad to be in Chicago visiting schools & working w/ Mayor Johnson to stand up for the city’s children, teachers & communities. www.aft.org/press-releas...

AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Call for Gov. Pritzker, Mayor Johnson to be Jailed

CHICAGO—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after President Donald Trump demanded the incarceration of senior Illinois political leaders following the deployment of the Texas...

www.aft.org

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

More and more Democrats are calling out the Mad King, you love to see it

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 17h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 22h

The WIC government-assistance program will only accept applications from pregnant women, breastfeeding women and high-risk infants during the federal government shutdown, the Mississippi State Department of Health announced.
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WIC Stops Accepting Some Applicants Amid Government Shutdown

The WIC program will only accept applications from pregnant women, breastfeeding women and high-risk infants during the federal government shutdown.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 18h

No wealthy person has ever sat on death row in the United States.

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