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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 9h

So is this Platner guy a plant?

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Barb: Bring Back Democracy! 💙 @bboptop.bsky.social · 7h

Is he another Fetterman? Manchin? Sinema?

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 13h

Snap benefits, healthcare, utilities. Gonna hurt millions. Red and blue.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

christ almighty what is this guy doing

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."

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Kordano @kordanoauthor.bsky.social · 1d

DOJ whistleblower says he witnessed government officials undermining the rule of law. DOJ Corruption

Erez Reuveni, an attorney in the Department of Justice, was fired after he claims to have witnessed government lawyers lying in court and evading a judge’s orders.

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Fired Justice Department lawyer blows the whistle on what he describes as abuses of power at the DOJ

YouTube video by 60 Minutes

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Barb: Bring Back Democracy! 💙 @bboptop.bsky.social · 7h

I'd normally would've watched 60 Minutes live but decided the only thing I'd watch on CBS is Stephen Colbert since the network announced his show will be gone in months. It was a good interview. Since they can stand up to trump's DOJ with this report, CBS should reverse their decision on Colbert.

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Politico @politico.com · 10h

NEW: Paul Ingrassia has withdrawn from his confirmation hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel after POLITICO's report of racist texts he made in a group chat with fellow Republicans.

Ingrassia withdraws from confirmation hearing after racist texts

The 30-year-old lawyer was slated to appear before senators on Thursday. His move comes after POLITICO reported comments he made in a text chat with fellow Republicans.

www.politico.com

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Aut. Stuart Miller 📖✍️🤓 @authorstuartmiller.bsky.social · 9h

@crockett.house.gov you're 💯🎯🗽

He is the REAL "enemy of the state" and "THE enemy within" and there is no argument that can prove otherwise.

M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely 💯 agree with Jasmine Crockett........

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Aut. Stuart Miller 📖✍️🤓 @authorstuartmiller.bsky.social · 9h

A man pardoned from the J6 insurrection is charged with death threats towards Representative Hakeem Jeffries

The political violence has been from the "extremist right" maga cult, not from the "radical left" as maga often claims

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Man pardoned after storming Capitol is charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries

A man whose convictions for storming the U.S. Capitol were erased by President Donald Trump’s mass pardons has been arrested on a charge he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 9h

Trump's get-out-of-jail-free card flops again: pardoned Jan. 6 thug Christopher Moynihan nabbed for texting death threats against Hakeem Jeffries, vowing to "eliminate" the "terrorist." #January6

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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 12h

Republicans are exploding the cost of YOUR health insurance.

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Barb: Bring Back Democracy! 💙 @bboptop.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you! Power to you, Senator Merkley.

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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 11h

TUNE IN: I’m holding the Senate floor to protest Trump’s grave threats to democracy. We cannot pretend this is normal.
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Merkley Holds Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy

YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

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We are all paying for this vanity project

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h

Breaking: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has just filed a lawsuit to try to force Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 9h

Mike Johnson’s refusal to seat Adelita Grijalva is bigger than just Epstein files. He’s laying groundwork to attempt to prevent winning Dems from taking office if House majority up for grabs in Nov 2026, as I told @briantylercohen.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSRY...

🚨 Trump caught in INSANE scheme to RIG next election

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Barb: Bring Back Democracy! 💙 @bboptop.bsky.social · 8h

Agree.🍊Mobster will say results are rigged if Dems win midterms. Repubs are gerrymandering multiple states to add seats while most Dem politicians are passive. NO! Act now!
Expect violence at the polls with ICE &Nat'l Guard seizing voting machines to change results.DOJ will intervene on his behalf.😡

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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 4d

Oversight is our responsibility. Period.

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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal Democrat @us-political-news.bsky.social · 10h

Pardoned Capitol rioter arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries...

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10h

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12h

Texans fighting back in Dallas. This is so great.

Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas painting steps rainbow after Gov. Abbott's order on crosswalks

The church in the Oak Lawn neighborhood says it's painting its steps in rainbow colors in response to Gov. Greg Abbott's order targeting rainbow crosswalks.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "We have Darth Vader. You know Darth Vader, right? Darth Vader is a man who is sitting -- is that Darth? Stand up please. Does everybody know -- they call him Darth Vader, I call him a fine man. But he's cutting Democrat priorities and they're never gonna get them back."

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Barb: Bring Back Democracy! 💙 @bboptop.bsky.social · 10h

A few of his all time favorites are Hannibal Lector, Darth Vader, and Hitler.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Kim: We need someone who’s clearly going to stand up for the people of New Jersey — not someone like Jack Ciattarelli who says he can’t think of a single thing he disagrees with Trump on…That’s not the kind of guy we need at the helm to take on the attacks we’re seeing from Trump on our state.

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