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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 1d

"The U.S. should not be blowing up boats without even knowing who’s on them. There’s no due process in that — no names, no evidence, no oversight."... No shit, Rand Paul is right

Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 1d

From that commie-pinko Rand Paul: No debate. No vote. Just endless war. That’s what they’re pushing—again.

I took to the Senate floor to say not this time. The American people deserve a voice before we're dragged into another forever war.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 1d

how many kids did Trump kill today? Here is a tracker: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter

Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.

www.impactcounter.com

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 1d

Fucking awful headline

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.

The Bad Blood Between Trump and Pritzker Goes Back Decades

President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 20h

In abusing the shadow docket and overruling lower courts’ detailed fact-finding, MAGA justices give Trump leeway to lie, encourage more outrageous conduct, and incentivize him to hurl threats. The deference offered should be to the lower courts as finders of fact. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Trump Takes Judges for Fools

Rejecting unwarranted deference means preserving judicial review

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 16h

incredibly important-- why not so much attention? BIG restraint on ICE: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Federal judge further limits ICE ability to arrest without warrants, probable cause

A federal judge's ruling is a legal win for people wrongfully arrested in recent ICE and Border Patrol sweeps.

www.cbsnews.com

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 4h

Notice of appeal has arrived in Illinois v Trump.

The fight over the National Guard is officially headed to the 7th Circuit.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 4h

New study shows COVID vaccines:
💉Reduced people’s risk of ER by 29%
💉Reduced risk of hospitalizations by 39%
💉Reduced the risk of death by 64%
💉Vaccination was effective in all age groups and “in persons with or without major chronic conditions.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 4h

Arrest her?

ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 5h

ANTIFA:

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 11h

someone should tell Trump they don't give the Peace Prize to people who blow up boats and murder those on high seas nor to those who deploy military against their own people. NEVER.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4h

Sabotaging America's economic competitiveness and technological advancement to make the past the future

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 4h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4h

Weird how offended Christians get about the teachings of Christ.

Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 5h

Lol

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 4h

@AAUP.org President @ProfTWolf.bsky.social is right. Trump's higher ed compact would create a draconian era of thought policing and corruption. It would hurt our ability to innovate and chip away at our democracy. #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone truthout.org/articles/cam...

Campus Leaders Mobilize Against Trump’s Proposed “Compact” for Higher Education

One professor wrote that “it is a test case for whether Trumpists can get away with demanding loyalty oaths.”…

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 5h

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7h

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h

A good example of Dems not adapting to MAGA war mindset is that they keep telling reporters they can't engage on Trump's military occupations because it's a "trap" to entice them into a losing debate about crime. That concedes too much up front and plays by old rules.
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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James McGuire @gozermac.bsky.social · 17h

This is great strategy. Creating the illusion of a “trap” sets conditions for compliance. The issue is dictatorship and tyranny. The solution isn’t handwringing about their narrative.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h

A good example of Dems not adapting to MAGA war mindset is that they keep telling reporters they can't engage on Trump's military occupations because it's a "trap" to entice them into a losing debate about crime. That concedes too much up front and plays by old rules.
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 17h

I might end up talking about this graph all day.

I think one thing Dems need to realize is that "Americans" are not buying into the "cities on fire" lies of this admin.

It's JUST Republicans. So if you're a governor of a solidly blue state, or a blue-city mayor, the national story is NOT YOURS.

Gallup poll showing a wild divergence in "is crime rising" over the past two years, w GOP at 90, independents at 68, Dems at 29.

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Kat Denise @katpic57.bsky.social · 16h

Get with it, D’s! Must change your strategy.

@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @daveminca.bsky.social @pelosi.house.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social @reptedlieu.bsky.social @klobuchar.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h

A good example of Dems not adapting to MAGA war mindset is that they keep telling reporters they can't engage on Trump's military occupations because it's a "trap" to entice them into a losing debate about crime. That concedes too much up front and plays by old rules.
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 14h

jfc they are just so completely not up to this, they all have to fucking go

At this point I’d argue that they are actively endangering all of us by refusing to accept the nature of the situation

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h

A good example of Dems not adapting to MAGA war mindset is that they keep telling reporters they can't engage on Trump's military occupations because it's a "trap" to entice them into a losing debate about crime. That concedes too much up front and plays by old rules.
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h

Trump just got Letitia James indicted despite insiders leaking that the case against her is incredibly weak. He had to get his handpicked stooge to do it. This only shows how corrupt the whole thing truly is:

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Chris Lennard @cklennard.bsky.social · 10h

Very good article Re: Qn: who wins when you bounce voters out of their apathy rut to take sides? …. and the value of liberal democracy messaging this moment needs to win that fight

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This powerful JB Pritzker response to Trump's lawless threats is another reminder of what I tried to argue this morning: Pritzker understands Stephen Miller's theory of this moment, and he's responding accordingly:

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

Yup. Now.

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 11h

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11h

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 9h

this is table stakes for anyone who enjoys seeing themselves as a leader of a political party or movement

you do not want to be running in a Democratic primary as the guy who was like "sure Trump has his flaws but let's not go overboard with our criticism." Not next year, not in 2028, not ever.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5h

It's even worse than this. The subhed will leave the casual reader with the vague impression that he actually has a legitimate claim to it.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 5h

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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