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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13h

The moment when he starts giving his canned response and she goes “that’s such bullshit” lmao I have no idea who these ladies are but they rock

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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David Von Stroh @davidvonstroh.bsky.social · 2d

Three minutes is a huge jump in a PR at that level. Wow.

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David Von Stroh @davidvonstroh.bsky.social · 4d

Well in that case, you might have all of Seattle rooting for the Blue Jays!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9d

Bonta: Just minutes before the hearing, we got word that the Texas National Guard has been federalized.

We asked the judge to issue a broad order — one that applies to every National Guard unit in every state — stating that none of them can be deployed to Oregon.

She issued that order

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 9d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10d

He’s foaming at the mouth to go full Gestapo.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 11d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 12d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12d

Federal agents reporting to Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching up families, scaring law-abiding residents, violating due process rights, and even detaining U.S. citizens.

They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 12d

Release the jobs report. And while you’re at it, release the Epstein files.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14d

Doing some historical research for a project and while it's an obvious point that we all "know" in some sense, it's bracing and shocking to be reminded of just how violent a place America has been throughout its history.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?

JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.

S: Those are quotes

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14d

Hayes: There are some people I have seen who who have the following theory: Schumer is worried about a primary challenge from you

AOC: This is so not about me in this moment. This is about people being able to insure their children.

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 15d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Elizabeth Warren: "If fighting to reduce the cost of healthcare and avoid a coming catastrophe is not worth fighting for, then I don't know what is."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

COLLINS: So you're telling me you're willing to vote no every time?

BERNIE SANDERS: Damn right

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David Von Stroh @davidvonstroh.bsky.social · 14d

Ezra Klein would say so. He doesn't want to be called "bad people" even by actual bad people. Or risk being a good person if it means losing elections.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15d

Is calling the half of the country that opposes you "bad people" and vowing to use the military power of the state to crush them "doing politics the right way"? I mean, he is up there saying words, trying to persuade!

David Von Stroh @davidvonstroh.bsky.social · 14d

The military must say no to Trump. Their oath is to the people and the Constitution, not to the President.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15d

Trump: San Francisco and Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… We'll straighten them out one-by-one. It will be a major part for some of the people in this room. It’s a war too. It’s a war from within