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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 9h

Offensive and patronizing, indeed. Describes much of the GOP nowadays, come to think of it.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @BlueATLG
, Blue Georgia, posted 9 hours ago, stating, "Mike Johnson is asked about the delay in swearing in Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva: 'Bless her heart. She's a representative elect. She doesn't know how it works around here.' Grijalva: 'How offensive and how patronizing. Yesterday, my race was certified, and so that's how things work. Your job is to swear me in.'" The post includes a video still from various news networks (Fox News, CNN) showing a split-screen of multiple news anchors discussing the topic, with headlines such as "DEM REP-ELECT RESPONDS TO HOUSE SPEAKER'S 'BLESS HER HEART' DIG" and "DEMOCRATS STORM SPEAKER JOHNSON'S OFFICE," along with a Blue Georgia alert icon.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: What did you tell Putin about the Tomahawk missiles?

TRUMP: I will tell you we need Tomahawks for the United States of America too

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14h

Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

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Timo van Esch @fibonaccieu.bsky.social · 1d

I will never forget this one

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 1d

Truth

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10h

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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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 1d

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cer404.bsky.social @cer404.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah it set the stage for Trump to get humiliated again.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Why will a second meeting with Putin now will yield different results than Alaska?

TRUMP: I think Alaska actually set a stage and that wasn't very long ago. You have to understand, I came into this situation. I didn't start this war. This is a Biden deal.

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cer404.bsky.social @cer404.bsky.social · 9h

If he had any deal making skills we wouldn't have a failing economy. Unfortunately, Trump lies only play well in the Republican owned media in reality this is a man with 6 bankruptcies and who had to get loans from foreign banks because no US bank would touch him.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Do you think we can see your deal-making skills apply to the govt shutdown anytime soon?

TRUMP: Well, look, I mean, all we want to do is just extend

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

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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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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cer404.bsky.social @cer404.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, they don't want people to know they have the power to change the dysfunction in the White House. Fascism functions on fear, deception, and making people feel hopeless and powerless.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

A state senator's racist text. A thirty-something GOP flack saying "I love Hitler." To JD Vance, they're all just "a kid telling a stupid joke."

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

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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cer404.bsky.social @cer404.bsky.social · 1d

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 2d

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Snarkymuse @snarkymuse.bsky.social · 2d

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Doc holiday Jones @tbiltmore.bsky.social · 1d

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Six people had their visas revoked due to their social media posts.

Six people are being deported because of what they said online.

Six people have had their freedom of speech suspended.

It won’t stop with these six people.

Either we all have freedom of speech or none of us do.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 2d

Bette Midler sings to Stephen Colbert: You never kissed the orange ass.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 2d

It is a very short step from the military killing alleged drug traffickers off the coast of Venezuela to the military, ICE, or others killing people inside the US for crimes, real or imagined, as directed by the president.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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