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Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · Jan 22

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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 1h

Wow has any other president ever created an extra day in a week just to stop another war?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Rep. John McGuire: "We had an epic week. He stopped 8 wars in 8 days."

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Kevin Baron 🧙🏻‍♂️😈☠️⚾️ @kevinbaron.bsky.social · 3h

FDR once said, “I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made” and all I can think about is if a raging Nazi like Leavitt is saying this, then I’m in good company

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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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 3h

I guess we’ll have to wait another day for the Times to report out a piece on how a serial sexual harasser would be able to work with women

Today, it’s a classic “comeback” piece with lengthy quotes from Cuomo and Mamdani hater Scott Stringer

Cuomo’s resignation isn’t mentioned until the 18th graf

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Cuomo Looks for a Debate Night Spark in Hopes of Catching Mamdani Andrew M. Cuomo, the former governor of New York, intends to attack Zohran Mamdani's qualifications and leftist ideology. He will be under fire, too.
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Andrew M. Cuomo's performance in Thursday's debate will be closely watched by potential donors who have held back their contributions. Vincent Alban/The New York Times
By Nicholas Fandos
Oct. 16, 2025, 3:00 a.m. ET
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo needs no reminder about the stakes of a New York City mayoral debate.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4h

Ah yes, 'tapping into tariff revenue' is right there in Article II. How could I have missed it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Leavitt: "The president tapped into tariff revenue to keep WIC money going out the door. He found a creative solution to keep the troops paid. And rather than congratulate him for doing that, this unprecedented action to get our troops paid, Dems want to sue him for it. They're saying it's illegal."

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

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...

www.propublica.org

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Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 7h

It’s absolutely wild how easily the media crumbled.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

This is straight up white nationalist talking points posted by the DHS.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 20h

I love Chumbawumba. All of their catalogue

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Dan Davis @bindlestiff.bsky.social · 20h

Reuters reporting this blatant crime as if it’s a lunch date is a prime example of the kind of careless, aloof normalization in journalism that has greased the skids of this catastrophic authoritarian power grab.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 20h

Lmfao. I would love to be at the “hardest core” protest

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 22h

So this is just facially illegal right?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidef...

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Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 1d

Adding turning the voting rights act into a constitutional amendment.

Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 5d

I truly think a big step in repairing this country after this mess will require constitutional amendments.

Finally ratify the ERA
Eliminate the electoral college
Supreme Court term limits. (I am anti legislative term limits)

We also need a Congress that reasserts its Article 1 powers.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d

These "kids" include a Vermont state senator, an aide to a New York Assemblyperson, and the general counsel for the New York Young Republicans. As Politico notes: "Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator."

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New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) @thenyic.bsky.social · 1d

ICE's operations inside the building have created a charged, tense environment.

"I would honestly sum it up as just traumatic," said Allison Cutler, a NYLAG attorney.

"It's traumatic for the clients we're serving, for the families getting ripped apart."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

'They treated us like animals' - Inside the epicentre of deportations in New York City

Chaotic scenes have become routine in a federal immigration court in Manhattan.

www.bbc.com

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Send Cuomo to Florida @notandrewcuomo.bsky.social · 1d

I say this with love, but someone on the Zohran campaign needs to work with him to articulate a positive vision for schools before the upcoming debates. His answers here feel muddled.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

We sent a wide-ranging survey to the New York City mayoral candidates, asking them about the big issues facing the city and what they hope to accomplish if elected to lead it. Here's how they answered.

2025 NYC Mayoral Race: Where the Candidates Stand on the Issues

The New York Times sent a wide-ranging survey to the candidates for mayor about the big issues facing New York City and what they hope to accomplish if elected to lead it.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 1d

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta say, it takes an *amazing* lack of shame for Louisiana to show up to the Supreme Court to make the exact OPPOSITE argument than they made last year in the same case.

I couldn't do it. But I have, you know, intellectual integrity.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

Kagan is going back to the difference between Section 2 and Section 5. This would work if Roberts was an intellectually honest person. Unfortunately, Roberts hates Black people voting as much as any Klansman ever did.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

Brett Kavanaugh is basically arguing tha there have been "sufficient remedies" for racism.

This seems like a good time to bring up the @politico.com about how young Republicans have *remedied* racism.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

The city failed this family, just as it's failing to hold bad landlords accountable.

Those days will end.

We will rebuild the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants—a longstanding tool of City Hall that has been defunded and deprioritized.

And it will finally have real teeth.

Zohran for NYC

Zohran Mamdani is running for Mayor to lower the cost of living for working class New Yorkers.

www.zohranfornyc.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

A foundational truth of this republic is it has no king.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 1d

Brown student protesting a genocide? Citizenship questioned/visas yoinked/detention center for being antisemitic

White Republican being actually being incredibly antisemitic and very pro Nazi? Support and love.

This is the bullshit that harms us Jews. There’s a special place in hell for Vance

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 1d

I know the “relics” are of dubious connections but my nerd heart still thinks these are cool

Daniel @danfrompasco.bsky.social · 1d

I thought so. But we’re apparently dinosaurs