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St. Simeon the Pumpkin Spice Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · 17h

Dear Journalists,

You seriously don’t have to always be like, “2 + 2, said by some experts in math to equal four.” You can just say the thing. It doesn’t make you biased. Really. It’s okay.

XOXO,
Simeon

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 16h

Trump calls a NYC mayoral candidate a “communist” and says “everything goes through the White House” — classic authoritarian framing: discredit the opponent, delegitimize the election, and assert control over local and state governments.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "It looks like we're gonna have a Communist as the mayor of New York. But here's the good news -- he's gotta go through the White House. Everything goes through the White House. At least this White House it does."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.

The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.

Details:

I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 19h

Fox viewers were told “there is no violence from the right” hours after the arraignment of a Jan 6 rioter for allegedly threatening to kill a top Democrat. Fox all but ignored that story. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

Fox viewers were told “there is no violence from the right” hours after arraignment of Jan 6 rioter for allegedly threatening to kill top Democrat

www.mediamatters.org

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 17h

We’re demanding the Trump-Vance administration release records on its shocking demolition of the White House’s East Wing to build the president a ballroom.

The People's House has now been fundamentally altered. This administration must be held accountable for it.

White House expands East Wing demolition as critics decry Trump overreach

More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 17h

Spending went from almost $9 million under Biden in 2024 to $71 million in Trump’s first nine months.

ICE Is Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons

Spending went from almost $9 million under Biden in 2024 to $71 million in Trump’s first nine months.

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PhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 23h

#MAGA

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Sen. Kevin Cramer on Mike Johnson: "It may be getting to be time for him to bring the House back into session, if for no other reason to start doing other legislation and perhaps to swear in the House member from Arizona that they're so uptight about."

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 22h

The East Wing Obscenity

This piece is on the free side of the paywall, and I have to admit that writing it made me more sad than I could have imagined. The ugly destruction isn’t just to a building, but to memory, history, and American grace.

open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

The East Wing Obscenity

Trump's Ballroom Is a Tumor On The People's House

open.substack.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h

Pay attention -- what he means is allowing Democrats to win a free and fair election.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 22h

Mamdani hasn’t been elected yet and he’s already driving criminals out of New York.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 22h

This is horrible, and it’s only going to worsen as the economy crumbles under the Trump regime.

Find mutual aid organizations and food distribution sites in your local area. If you have the means, see how you can support them with your time, money, or other resources.

We’re all in this together.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h

Families are already hanging by a thread, but the sad truth is it’s about to get a lot worse when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November.

It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 1d

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 2d

Fired DOJ lawyer Erez Reuveni says hewas fired after refusing to lie & call Kilmar Abrego Garcia a terrorist, & says the DOJ ordered 100+ Venezuelans deported without hearings, saying, “Those planes take off - no matter what.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/erez-re...

Fired Justice Department lawyer says he refused to lie in the Abrego Garcia case

Former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni is speaking out about a pattern of troubling behavior he says he witnessed inside the DOJ that undermined the rule of law.

www.cbsnews.com

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KindLivesMatter @bekindforthefuture.bsky.social · 1d

If the plan succeeds, almost all people admitted as refugees -as many as 7,000- could be Afrikaners, a group not traditionally eligible for the program…

…upending a system that for decades had taken in people fleeing conflict and persecution from all over the world regardless of race or language 😵‍💫

Trump refugee plan seeks 7,000 Afrikaners — and virtually no one else — The Washington Post

The Trump administration’s rush to process thousands of White South Africans as refugees coincides with plans for overall admissions set as low as 7,500.

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PhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 3d

Amen.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s see…..

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

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Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 1d

Always find the local angle www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...

Silver Spring company demolishing White House wing faces online firestorm

ACECO, a Silver Spring construction company, is taking flak for its role in the demolition of the East Wing of the White House for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project.

www.thebanner.com

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.

During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.

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