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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote a little bit about the abuse DHS has inflicted on peaceful protesters and media, and the content creation the department is getting out of it.

I hope to return to Broadview asap. Unfortunately, I do not have an outlet to send me, and I doubt I can travel with Kristi Noem and Benny Johnson.

Creating Content in Broadview

Tear gas looks cool as hell on camera

www.turtlediaries.net

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 18h

That was IceBlock

Red-dot is probably still there

Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 2d

Yes

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 7d

Power of the purse. Like this

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 23d

See this is very sharp, but it's the kind of thing that should populate the budget bill. Any illegal impoundment should result in the immediate elimination of the presidential travel budget, for example.

Alsobrooks, Van Hollen Introduce Department of Defense’s Cost of War Act

This legislation will require the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to pay the cost of changing the name of the Department of Defense to the “Department of War” from his travel budget.

WASHINGTON, DC – As reported in Politico's Morning Defense, Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) introduced S.2848, the Department of Defense’s Cost of War Act (DoD COW), which, if passed, will require the costs for the renaming of the Department of Defense to be deducted from the Secretary of Defense’s travel budget.

The cost of changing the name from Department of Defense to Department of War in all internal and external communications could rise to hundreds of millions of dollars. Rather than appropriating millions of more dollars and wasting Americans’ taxpayer money, this bill would force the department to take the money from the Secretary’s travel budget first and then from the travel budgets of the military service secretaries.

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 2d

Ok this is amazing
www.themusicman.uk/ndlova-choir...?

Ndlova Youth Choir’s Glorious isiZulu Version of Bohemian Rhapsody Transforms Queen Classic

In luxurious gold and black costumes infused with traditional Pan-African influences, the Ndlovu Youth Choir created a stunning visual to go with their latest music video. Having brought their own…

www.themusicman.uk

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 7d

It's just absolutely terrible.
I was just listening to a discussion about the state of farms right now and it mentioned that probably a good deal of why a lot of farms survived after the last stupid tarrifs was covid stimulus: youtu.be/Haz3jo0YHD8

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 7d

Kristi Noem coming out and saying ICE will be at the Super Bowl and suggesting it's because of Bad Bunny is propaganda. CBP and ICE (DHS) work security at EVERY Super Bowl.

She is playing y'all.

This is what flooding the zone with bullshit looks like. Ignore what they say and watch what they do.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 7d

“the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections” is 🔥

Bolts @boltsmag.org · 9d

The Hawaii Constitution offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections,” Hawaii Justice Todd Eddins wrote in a recent ruling, taking a shot at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS

The justices ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaii residents—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 7d

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Was there a reason you pasted that so that it would not work as a link without a copy paste?

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Fascism

Silence is golden, and so was the generals’ reaction to Hegseth and Trump.

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah having any self-awareness does not seem to be part of this guy.

Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 7d

I guess my question is how do you enforce that?

Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 7d

I get the argument about stick to healthcare (omg I am afraid to look at my ACA options) but "Congress needs to make it so Trump stops illegally doing [all of the everything] especially in terms of funds Congress allocated and we otherwise can't trust any deal you make" is important.

Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 10d

“Dems could switch postures to the one I’ve advocated:
Sorry, we simply can’t vote for a deal that you will abrogate and use to violate the law.
Suddenly Democrats would be the ones on reasonable ground…” @brianbeutler.bsky.social

Michael Linden @MichaelSLinden - 20h
I was at OMB in 2021 when Dems controlled Congress.
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If we had insisted on a partisan approps bill, with no negotiations, that we knew Rs couldn't support, does anyone think for a second that Rachel Bade would have blamed Republicans for the ensuing shutdown.
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Thing is, DEMOCRATS shut the government down. Not Republicans.
Small technicality, I know.
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Liam Donovan ~ @LPDonovan • 17h
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what about a 7 week CR is partisan beyond Dems refusing to support it. be specific.
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Michael Linden @MichaelSLinden - 15h
I can answer that easily. If the CR included provisions to prevent partisan rescissions and unilateral cuts it would be clean.
Those are not provisions that would have been necessary for it to be clean in a previous time (even the last Trump admin). But they clearly are now.
Linden is completely correct about the real reason Democrats can't cave, but you'll notice it has nothing to do with health care. A thousand versions of this exchange are happening across the political elite this week, and if through that process of argumentation, Democrats belatedly recognize that they need to change the basis of their demands, then the ball will be in the GOP's court. It's getting pretty

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 11d

I thought Blue sky didn't do bots. Oh well.

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 11d

And that also contributed to the outcome. For f***** sake, we have a first past the post system.

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 11d

Have you learned nothing? Fucking hell.

Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 11d

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 11d

Move out and draw fire?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12d

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals!

Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 11d

I totally missed the advanced 48 Trump nominees at once bit.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11d

No. They don't need 60 votes. They can change that rule with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to advance 48 trump nominees at once. bsky.app/profile/muel...

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12d

Y’all. Republicans are FINE with poking holes in the filibuster. They did it ten days ago so they could confirm 48
Trump appointees at once. Don’t let them tell you they can’t pass a CR without Dems. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 13d

My dad used to say to me when I was a kid “let the director tell the story” and TO THIS DAY I repeat that phrase in more contexts than I probably should but it is perfect.

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 13d

I open blue sky and I see something about a shooter in Michigan so I end up having to look up Sanford and shoot her and apparently there was a mass shooting at an LDS church by a Trump supporter.
abcnews.go.com/US/gunman-mi...

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 16d

I'm kind of pleasantly surprised to meet the Press would go so far as to actually do a compilation

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d

Meet the Press put together a clip of Trump vowing in January to "bring back free speech to America," followed by him saying last Friday that negative coverage of him is "no longer free speech"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d

Meet the Press put together a clip of Trump vowing in January to "bring back free speech to America," followed by him saying last Friday that negative coverage of him is "no longer free speech"

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19d

Elon got the message, he's back in the open again, he never left Trump he just needed to remove himself so people would stop sinking Tesla with protests.

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 16d

That reporting of international reaction to the UN speech ...

Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 16d

here's today's post, in which I answer an ambassador's question: "yes, we all know he’s fucking nuts" — and we’re all embarrassed.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

yes, we all know he’s fucking nuts

and we’re all embarrassed

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Vvalkyri @vvalkyri.bsky.social · 16d

Oh holy hell, do the Dems learn nothing?
@freedcproject.bsky.social is on the Hill on Monday the 29th.

I unfortunately have a dentist appointment

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 17d

Shaheen sends out signal for surrender from Schumer Dems. She will vote 4 blank checks to fund the Trump regime as long as she gets a “promise” that there will be vote on healthcare.

This is probably how Schumer’s caucus will surrender bc he doesn’t hold his member accountable 4 surrendering.

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“Shutdown off-ramp still intact in Senate
Jeanne Shaheen
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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., is declining to rule out supporting Republicans’ short-term spending bill if leaders promise a vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies later this year. “There are a number of ways to get this done that should satisfy both sides,” Shaheen, a longtime sponsor of related legislation, told Semafor on Wednesday, following a roundtable with small business owners who rely on the subsidies. “I’m not going to draw a line in the sand and say it’s got to be this way or that way.” Her comments point to an off-ramp for lawmakers seeking to avert a government shutdown next week: Senate Majority Leader John Thune told CNN the GOP’s proposal “enables us … to have discussions about other issues, like the premium tax credit issue.” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., predicted 10 Senate Democrats would vote for the funding bill on Monday. Meanwhile, the Office of Management and Budget ordered federal agencies to prepare mass layoff plans in the event the government shuts down.

— Eleanor Mueller and Burgess Everett”

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