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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 5h

if Schumer and Jeffries can't make hay of this what is the point of congress bsky.app/profile/nyti...

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 6h

word of the day is j-o-b

WFLA News Channel 8 @wfla.com · 1d

CRIST FOR MAYOR? Charlie Crist is mulling a potential run for St. Petersburg mayor, the former Florida governor and congressman confirmed today. https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/charlie-crist-strongly-considering-run-for-st-pete-mayor/

Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 6h

Woke Scherzer is too op pls nerf

Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 6h

Tali Goldshit imo

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 6h

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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 7h

[Kenny Smith]

It’s overrrrrr

Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 7h

Politico headline tonight:

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Disgraziato @primaryschool.bsky.social · 8h

god I hate that Chuck Schumer is retroactively making Rotating Villain Theory true but how else do you describe actively recruiting a late-seventies filibuster supporter for the top offensive opportunity on the map

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 8h

absolutely the fuck not. this needs to be a red line.

Janet Mills would support keeping filibuster if elected to the Senate

The Democratic governor’s stance is shared by Sen. Susan Collins, the Republican whom Mills entered the race to defeat earlier this week.

www.bangordailynews.com

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 8h

absolutely the fuck not. this needs to be a red line.

Janet Mills would support keeping filibuster if elected to the Senate

The Democratic governor’s stance is shared by Sen. Susan Collins, the Republican whom Mills entered the race to defeat earlier this week.

www.bangordailynews.com

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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 9h

got DAMN

SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 9h

Sliwa to Cuomo: You’re gonna stand up to Trump? You Andrew Cuomo? You lost your own primary and you’re still here because you don’t know the meaning of the word “no”

Mamdani: I agree with Curtis.

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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 9h

“If I was on that plane it wouldn’t have gone down that way”

-Andrew Cuomo

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 9h

“Any day, you could have a 9/11” - Cuomo

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 9h

Zero pushback from Tapper. That guy is fucking useless, had his brain broken because no one wanted to read his dogshit book and now he’s just abdicated any semblance of professional responsibility.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

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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Andrew Robbins @robbinsa.me · 13h

Bodes well for the issue polling that you can suck as much ass as this guy and still be compelled to do this

Seth Moulton @sethmoulton.bsky.social · 14h

I am returning AIPAC donations and refusing to accept any donations or support from them.

The FEC filing I made yesterday reflects that we are returning donations.

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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 10h

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local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 10h

I will never forgive the people who told Kamala and Walz "we should stop calling them weird."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 22h

ChatGPT: It's not just for pushing people towards suicide, it can help with accidental drownings, too

Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 23h

Two people check tide times with ChatGPT, almost die.

uk.news.yahoo.com/restaurant-b...

Restaurant boss saw two people about to do something deadly so he grabbed his megaphone

He ran out of the restaurant and warned the pair to turn back

uk.news.yahoo.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 17h

A Democratic senator from New York went on a radio show and called him a jihadist lol

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 18h

I’m sorry but the idea that a handful of poorly considered—but hardly remarkably bad—comments on *reddit* ought to sink the campaign of a former marine in 2025 feels like a thought that only a toddler could have.

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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 18h

*offer not valid on twitter

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Johnson: That is not the principles of the Republican Party. You want me to articulate them? We fought the Nazis, we defended that evil ideology.

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 18h

Is the plan for Congress not to reconvene … ever? You can’t stop the Epstein thing unless that is the plan.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

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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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 19h

basically if this was a person

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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 20h

deleted Reddit comments from five years behind a paywall about an election that’s 9-13 months away

the level of “give a shit” is cratering

CNN @cnn.com · 20h

A Marine veteran turned oyster farmer who is now a rising Democratic Senate candidate once called himself a “communist,” dismissed “all” police as bastards, and said rural White Americans “actually are” racist and stupid, according to deleted social media posts seen by CNN. https://cnn.it/47sXon6

‘I got older and became a communist': Deleted posts show Maine Senate hopeful's raw views on politics, war, and police | CNN Politics

Graham Platner, a Marine veteran turned oyster farmer, now disavows posts he made years ago, saying they came from a time when he felt disillusioned and angry and expressed those emotions online.

www.cnn.com

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treb @treblaw.bsky.social · 20h

the perfect application of an Editor's Note, got tears in my eyes

Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 20h

www.wired.com/story/owning...

How do you feel about becoming a political lightning rod?

People occasionally just flip [me] off or whatever, but nobody's come up to me and tried to make a statement about anything. Personally, it's kind of dumb. It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement, but nonetheless it is. [Editor’s note: Taylor was arrested and convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He was later pardoned by President Trump.]

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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 21h

Connor Lamb lisan al gaib forgive for our 2022 sins

Axios @axios.com · 21h

SCOOP: Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are maneuvering to run against Sen. John Fetterman in a 2028 primary, threatening to tear the party apart in the biggest battleground state in the nation.

Scoop: Dems plot Fetterman ouster

www.axios.com

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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 1d

if that story about I-5 on Saturday is true, just truly truly dark stuff