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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1h

Jeanine Pirro’s office tried three times to indict a woman on bogus felony charges of assaulting an ICE agent. A DC grand jury turned her down each time. So Pirro brought a misdemeanor charge instead. And now a trial jury has acquitted her of that. www.huffpost.com/entry/sidney...

Jeanine Pirro Strikes Out Yet Again In Federal Court

Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro failed to secure a felony indictment against the woman three times, then lost a jury trial on a misdemeanor charge. Ouch.

www.huffpost.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2h

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 2h

“Young adults aren’t having enough kids” bro I’m employed full-time with a damn PhD and I’m struggling to afford both groceries and rent.

I love kids but I can barely afford my pets.

Want us to have kids? Try UBI, rent control, universal healthcare, cheaper child care.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2h

“Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.“

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

80 percent of ACA tax credits go to people living in states Trump won.

As @aoc.bsky.social says, Republicans think this shutdown is about punishing Democrats. But in reality, it hurts everybody.

Watch.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1h

Price increases for "things" under Donald Trump:

Coffee is up 26%
Baby strollers are up 25%
Beef is up 14%
School supplies are up 7%
Electricity is up 5%

Car prices are at a RECORD high.

And thanks to Republicans in Congress, health insurance premiums are about to DOUBLE.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1h

“The facts do not justify the President’s actions.”

The federal courts continue confirming what we all know: there’s no need to deploy military troops in Illinois.

Appeals court denies Trump administration appeal of National Guard deployment ruling in Illinois

On Thursday, an appeals court denied the Trump administration's appeal to continue the deployment of National Guard troops from any U.S. state in Illinois.

abc7chicago.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 47m

Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1h

I dont think enough Americans realize Republicans are gearing up for permanent rule. I dont know if we will get to midterm elections. Even if we do, with gerrymandering, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and violent intimidation, they'll rig the elections for minority rule.

All hands on deck.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 2h

The president wants all the parts of government closed that he can't personally profit from. So he doesn't care about health care for your family. He wants to build a White House ballroom and promote bitcoin.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Eric Trump admits that Indonesian President Subianto was caught on a hot mic talking with his dad about Trump family business deals in Indonesia

(so much for the supposed firewall between Trump's business and the federal government ... )

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2h

Expect Trump to deploy outside agitators this Saturday who will throw bricks and try to incite violence.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina’s top elections official is pressing the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles for unprecedented access to voters’ full Social Security numbers — a move that could erode voter privacy protections and lay the groundwork for mass voter purges

North Carolina Elections Chief Demands Voters’ Full Social Security Numbers From DMV

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2h

I have read the Bolton indictment. I am thoroughly unimpressed by these allegations. If this manages to make it to trial and a conviction, DOJ just opened a Pandora’s Box for future Administrations to go all out after all senior officials’ handwritten notes every time there is a change in power.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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Abraxas @abrxs.bsky.social · 12m

Just stop by your local chapter of ANTIFA and ask at the front desk for the Protester Payment Processing Department. 😀

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 2h

I am planning on going to No Kings gathering this weekend in central Texas. And since I was terminated by MSNBC a few weeks ago, can someone let me know where to pick up paycheck that GOP keeps talking about. I have asked many folks going to No Kings, and none are getting paid.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

Trump is bailing out Argentina with $40 billion while leaving American farmers twisting in the wind. At this point, it’s obvious he doesn’t want them to succeed.

I’m calling it now: this is going to turn into a land grab for pennies on the dollar.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

On top of detaining U.S. citizens, ICE is now fining legal residents for not carrying their papers.

It was never about going after the “worst of the worst.” It was always about cruelty.

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a

www.chicagotribune.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

Clear and petty tyrant behavior on full display

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 3h

Don’t worry, Mitch McConnell, we haven’t forgotten that most of this is your fault.

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

Karoline Leavitt is a complete disgrace.

Her violent and unhinged rhetoric is going to get someone killed.

These extremists are sick people.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Jeffries: "House Republican leadership hasn't been given permission to talk to Democrats by their boss, Donald Trump. We know that throughout the entire presidency, Republicans in the Congress have chosen to functions like lapdogs of the Trump administration. A wholly owned subsidiary of Trump"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Jeffries: "All of these crisis events stem from Republican policies that are colliding at the same time, which is why Republicans are hiding, refusing to come back to Capitol Hill."

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