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Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social · 18h

Speaker Johnson needs to stop being on vacation, admit that Americans need healthcare assistance, strike the draconian health cuts from the ugly budget bill, and get back to work so he can swear in Arizona's newly elected Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.

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That Kelly girl @greengrower.bsky.social · 12d

#NoKings Hunterdon County I-78 Standing up for #Democracy
#Protest #Resist @chiefrq.bsky.social
We are 7 Million Strong!

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That Kelly girl @greengrower.bsky.social · 5d

A great day to stand in the sun & listen to the traffic showing their support!! The #dogs turned out too. I-78 in Hunterdon County #NJ #EpsteinFiles #visibilitybrigade #democracy
@chiefrq.bsky.social @atnj.org @indivisiblelnh.bsky.social
@onenj7.bsky.social @nj50501.bsky.social
#TidesAreTurning

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That Kelly girl @greengrower.bsky.social · 4d

Another beautiful fall day to make a great point! Hunterdon County #NJ I-78 #visibilitybrigade #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom @chiefrq.bsky.social @indivisiblelnh.bsky.social @atnj.org @onenj7.bsky.social @nj50501.bsky.social

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is going to be worse than the depression. Instead of having a president trying to get us out of it we’ll have someone actively trying to make it worse all while lying and calling it a golden age

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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, ending the tit-for-tat race to the bottom is better than continuing it. But Trump should never has started a game of chicken that we could not win.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.

That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.

Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Mockler: I’m 23 years old, and Gen Zers have spent all of our formative years living in a political system that’s purely dysfunctional. People in my generation see the president posting memes online rather than actually negotiating with the other side.

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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 2d

Straight from an attorney, ICE agents don't have the full immunity Nosferatu says they do.

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 1d

🚨Wow - this will be huge if it bears out. Exit polls show the pro-EU D66 party has WON the Dutch election.

The far-right PVV party of Geeet Wildsrs has lost 12 seats, according to exit polls.

Huge if true.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons

The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

I found it easier to understand Speake Mike Johnson once I realized he's not just a "flawed Christian."

He is the new Roy Cohn, another duplicitous closet case always eager to advance the agendas of genuinely awful people.

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

When I explain that boycotting an election over an issue has never once forced a politician to embrace that issue, I'm not "scolding people to vote." I'm explaining reality.

Feel free to sit on your ass! Just don't pretend that your lazy apathy is somehow going to advance your agenda.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) this week placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they wrote in a court filing that on Jan. 6, 2021, “thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol,” a source familiar with the personnel moves told Democracy Docket.

DOJ Puts Prosecutors On Leave For Accurately Describing Jan. 6 Attack

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“A Jackie Robinson moment… what an exciting opportunity…”

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Greg here is having a rough day. Gassing protesters and journalists is an abuse of power: Tear gassing families on their way to a park for an annual Halloween celebration is beyond an abuse of power. That is child endangerment; abuse.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

oh just straight up gutter racism!

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."

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cretinotta.bsky.social @cretinotta.bsky.social · 1d

Stop buying through Amazon! After all it is only a retail convenience store. You have options.