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Chris Fredda 🩷💜💙 @seeyouinnj.bsky.social · 6h

There already was an “I Hate America” rally. It was on January 6th, 2021. The President spoke at it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Thune: "If I were a woman I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking advice from RFK"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

He still had this up *after* the story about the Young Republicans group chat with the Hitler praise was released.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22h

Was it America First or Argentina First? Somehow there’s $40 billion for Argentina.

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bmt1895.bsky.social @bmt1895.bsky.social · 20m

I would add 'rapists' as well. Look at how many are in and around the WH.

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 8h

Trump & JD Vance are grooming young men to be little creeps.

The leaked GOP texts read like a digital frat basement dripping with the dance-party sweat of insecurity & cruelty.

By making excuses for these folks, they’re ushering in an age of revenge-porn politics.

www.treason.io/p/read-are-r...

READ: Are Republicans grooming young men to be creeps?

Leaked GOP text messages reveal how next-gen conservatives are being mentored into little monsters.

www.treason.io

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2h

Have been reporting on the military since the 1970s.

This is why people are loyal to it and believe in it.

Exactly the opposite of Hegseth/MAGA cosplay.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3h

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.

Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 4h

Well, that didn’t last long.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/15/gaza-hamas-control-clans-ceasefire/"

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

WHOOPSY! Looks like nobody told @RepTimBurchett his talking points don’t work anymore 😬

@GavinNewsom’s @GovPressOffice with a FACT-CHECK: CA’s population has been growing, not shrinking

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Dave Min @daveminca.bsky.social · 23h

Still waiting for the self proclaimed party of “law and order” to say something about the fact that the President of the United States has illegally deployed troops across the nation. Straight out of the authoritarian playbook.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

The king has no clothes.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 6h

This reminds me of the civil rights era in Alabama, when federal judge Frank Johnson, in Montgomery, ordered Alabama troopers to protect marchers, after TV footage of police clashes with them. apnews.com/article/chic...

Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says

A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.

apnews.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6h

FYI “Young Republicans” are adult men

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

This woman is vile. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 2h

Immediate indictments of Clarence Thomas, Amy Barret, Neil GorSuck, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, RFK Jr.

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damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 1d

imo if your workplace culture is such that employees feel comfortable displaying swastikas in their cubicles then the swastika-displaying employee is somehow not actually the biggest problem

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🌸Norma Jeen🌸 @normajeen.bsky.social · 21h

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein victim accuses Bank of America of assisting sex trafficking operation @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/epstein-vict...

Epstein victim accuses Bank of America of assisting sex trafficking operation

The woman says Bank of America failed to report suspicious financial transaction until after Jeffrey Epstein’s death.

www.courthousenews.com

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bmt1895.bsky.social @bmt1895.bsky.social · 50m

For God's sake - can judges smack down these vindictive prosecutions ASAP?

Then impose serious consequences on those carrying out the emperor's wishes - ASAP!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 59m

NEW: John Bolton has been indicted. More details to come.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

🚨BREAKING: Arizona Supreme Court UNANIMOUSLY RULES that the State's Election Procedures Manual is not subject to the state’s Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking requirements.

A BIG victory for our clients and the voters of Arizona and another defeat for the GOP.

🚨 Republican National Committee v. Fontes

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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