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Zonker Harris

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Dancin to the music in my head. Laugher, Husband, Dad, Blue through & through. Retired Corporate Media Manager. Full-time Dog Dad No DMs please 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 💙 I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal. - Groucho Marx

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Zonker Harris @zonkerharris.bsky.social · Feb 24

You've listed two of these.
If you keep focusing on the visible chaos & those who make the most noise, then you ignore the covert problems we face that DOGE & its supporters want you to focus on.
Outside of Musk & Thiel look at these figures. They pose a Clear & Present Danger to America.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 6h

I have the same question for Tomi

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

“.. it's every day, some new excuse why he won't sign, right? Look at the core. He knows that, that is the deciding signature on the discharge petition," Gallego added.

@nbcnews.com #AZ07
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 6h

YES! MORE OF THIS! Thank you Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold from Oregon’s National Guard 🙏

Source: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

#Oregon #Portland #50501Movement

@WinterPolitics1
The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE.

And a photo of the Oregon National Guard General

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Zonker Harris @zonkerharris.bsky.social · 4h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 7h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

🤞 @ericswalwell.bsky.social

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

America is barreling toward one of three outcomes before the midterm elections. Today’s Office Hours discussion question is which of the three do you think is the most probable? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-where-are-we-headed

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Zonker Harris @zonkerharris.bsky.social · 4h

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 15h

Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority.”

… but what is plenary authority?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

"For the first time since the civil rights era, the president of the United States is sending in troops over the objection of a local state. The big difference between now and the civil rights era is that the president is doing that based on their desire for power only."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Zonker Harris @zonkerharris.bsky.social · 4h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

Our government is shut down but nobody is paying attention because our president is an idiotic cunt who is sending troops to invade our cities for fraudulent reasons because he’s a pedophile.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Zonker Harris @zonkerharris.bsky.social · 4h

Talk about lamestream media...

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13h

You have got to be joking hahaha

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12h

it’s all just a grift

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 10h

California is the first state to define ultra-processed foods and phase them out of school meals.

DC politicians can talk all day about "Making America Healthy Again," but we've been walking the walk on boosting nutrition and removing toxic additives and dyes for decades.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 12h

Interesting dynamic in NYC where Zohran Mamdani is blunting opposition from patrol officers by taking their poor job conditions seriously. Bob Kuttner has this one:
prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

Mamdani Courts the Cops

He is doing a lot better than you might think.

prospect.org

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 8h

Make no mistake. This nonsense about Antifa is directly tied to the 2026 and 2028 elections. It’s the “crisis” they will use as justification to shut down key voting centers.

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Zonker Harris @zonkerharris.bsky.social · 6h

ANTIFA is Trump's enemy from abroad. It's an "enemy" with no physical establishment, his Babayaga.

He can attach the label to anything he or the Kakistocracy Klown Kabinet & their minions don't like, Comey, Chicago, Democrats, Immigrants, Biden, JB Pritzker, Obama... anyone on his enemies list.

Zonker Harris @zonkerharris.bsky.social · 6h

It's a smokescreen. She's up for reelection in a district filled with people who will be highly damaged by the Republicans killing the ACA subsidies.
If she gets reelected, she'll be back on her standard MAGA shitwheel in no time.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10h

Seriously, is this a trick? It’s everyday now.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 11h

Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 12h

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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