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JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 2h

JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 4h

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA): “I don’t like to do ad hominem attacks, but I’ve served with 4 different speakers. This is the fifth one. He is by far the weakest speaker, I think, in American history.”

-Meidas+

JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 4h

A federal judge in Chicago demanded explanations from immigration officials after reports that agents continued using tear gas on protesters and journalists despite a court order banning it.

-Aaron Parnas

JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 4h

Demolition of the White House East Wing has begun to make way for Donald Trump’s planned $250 million presidential ballroom, despite his earlier pledge that the project would not alter or interfere with the existing structure.

JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 4h

POLITICO reported that Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, sent racist & antisemitic texts—including calling Martin Luther King Jr. Day “hell-worthy,” saying he has “a Nazi streak,” and making slurs against Black and Asian people.

-Aaron Parnas

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JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 8h

A dangerous bill to be introduced in the Senate this week by Senator Ron Johnson is the Shutdown Fairness Act; supposedly about paying troops, it gives Vought vast power to send money where he wants during the shutdown, while denying funding to programs & departments he dislikes.

-Jess Craven

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JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 10h

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Attacking and killing people on board any civilian vessel is an international crime. And even if those on board were involved in illegal activity, there is nothing permitting the U.S. military to use lethal force.

In Shambles

The White House’s deplorable policies—including extrajudicial killings, informant handovers, and brazen lies about defendants—have finally caught up to it.

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JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 11h

Kilmar Abrego García:

A judge found sufficient basis, Garcia was vindictively prosecuted. 60 Minutes interviewed whistleblower & former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni, who resigned after being ordered to lie to the court that he was an MS-13 gang member.

-Status Kuo

JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 11h

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Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.

As the official Trump administration line about the shooting of a Chicago woman crumbles, Senator Chris Murphy is asking pointed questions about what really happened here. Will we ever get answers?

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JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 15h

My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party
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My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party

Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

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JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 15h

ICE boosts weapons spending 700%
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Records from the Federal Procurement Data System reveal that ICE has increased spending on “small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories manufacturing” by 700% compared to 2024 levels.

ICE boosts weapons spending 700%

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JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 16h

Multiple courts have ruled that this government’s declarations are “unreliable,” meaning they were lies to mislead courts or mistakes made to try to persuade courts to allow Trump’s invasions. The government lawyers submitted falsehoods in Trump’s effort to militarize our cities.
-The Contrarian

JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 16h

ProPublica reported that more than 170 US #citizens have been detained by #ICE. They “have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased & shot. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three Americans were pregnant.”

#Trump

JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 16h

The WSJ reported today that more than 3/4 of those who receive #healthinsurance through the ACA markets live in states that voted for #Trump. Trump as of November 1st will now double & triple their premiums.

Trump and his officials have excellent health insurance, paid for by us.

JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 16h

Republican leaders are refusing even to talk with Democrats to reopen the government. They are trying to force Democrats to do as they say. 78% of Americans support the Democrats’ demand for an extension of the tax credit that lowers the cost of healthcare premiums.

-HC Richardson

JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 16h

Trump’s hostility is manifesting in direct assaults on our government. Mike Johnson is refusing to seat Adelita Grijalva, chosen by voters Sept 23 to fill a vacant House seat. Until she’s sworn in, she has no access to government resources & can’t represent her constituents.
-HCR

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 17h

"It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own."

Herbert Hoover, who died #OTD 1964
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Analysis: Trump’s free speech backflip was 250 years in the making | CNN Politics

Trump’s complete turnabout on speech is indicative of the contradictions and ironies in the bedrock principle of the American liberties in the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

"Dumps brown liquid."

Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 1d

HEY New York Times,

IT WAS SHIT HE DUMPED ON PROTESTERS!

If he can post it, the least you can do is write it!

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JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison @cormaca.bsky.social · 17h

Strength in Numbers + Atlanta-based science newsroom The Xylom estimate that as many as 8.2 million people turned out to oppose the #Trump administration, holding signs that championed American principles of democracy, free speech, equality & the rule of law.

#NoKings

-HCR

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M

See the problem?

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Elizabeth @elizajody.bsky.social · 1d

Six years into forever-Covid, the evidence is unequivocal
Cvirus is an airborne, disabling, neuroinvasive vascular disease that can damage immunity, blood vessels & organs, increasing their risk of heart failure, diabetes & cognitive, behavioural & psychiatric disorders. And there’s no cure

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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

The president has one core job under the Constitution: to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Not thwarted, diverted, blunted, revised or ignored. Faithfully executed.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

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.

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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...

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