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We can do better. Democracy! Ethics rules for SCOTUS. ⚖️End Big Money Political Donations Rural Towns Need Better Access to Health Care 🏥 One ballot, one vote.🗳🇺🇸 Science! Searching for the perfect cup of coffee. Got any grapes?

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EisenNears 🟧🟦 @eisennears.bsky.social · Jan 24

Organization is key.
Register blue voters, join your local grassroots org.

Showing up is key.
When these SOB's return to their districts, if they have town halls, question them. Bring friends. Numbers are what matter.

Voting is key.
Every election
State, local, federal. Every seat matters.

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EisenNears 🟧🟦 @eisennears.bsky.social · 11h

There will be ICE deployed to every polling station during the election.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

Legal experts are sounding the alarm on a shocking federal appeals court ruling that all but permitted President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon. They warn that, if upheld, the order would give Trump unbridled power to use the military domestically

‘Dangerous and Legally Flawed’: Experts Slam Trump Judges’ Green Light for Portland Military Takeover - Democracy Docket

Legal experts are sounding the alarm on a shocking federal appeals court ruling that all but permitted President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon.

www.democracydocket.com

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 13h

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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Dannie D 🦋 @dannied.bsky.social · 12h

Trump’s demanding $230M from the DOJ? Cool. We’re demanding the release of the Epstein–Trumpstein–Grindr–Mike Files. 🧐

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 15h

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT

"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts

A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

www.bloomberg.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.

Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

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EisenNears 🟧🟦 @eisennears.bsky.social · 1d

How else could they bury the Epstein files?

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1d

Reporter: The federal government repeatedly said that they shut down the freeway. Gov. Newsom decided that he was going to shut it down. When large artillery shells were fired, one detonated prematurely in mid-air, dropping shrapnel onto CHP vehicles. We have not heard publicly from Vance or Hegseth

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2d

Did any NYT editors ever publicly admit they just didn’t get the tea party?

antifa’s girlfriend @asusophomore.bsky.social · 2d

This guy was probably pretty excited when Olivia Nuzzi got hired by Vanity Fair.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 1d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 1d

I pledge allegience to the flag...

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EisenNears 🟧🟦 @eisennears.bsky.social · 1d

If it gives you relief. It works.

EisenNears 🟧🟦 @eisennears.bsky.social · 1d

Un-fucking-believable.
The history...

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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 2d

A Ukrainian refugee hopes people will offer the same kindness to others seeking refuge in the UK as she got when she was forced to flee war
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hu...

Ukrainian refugee issues message to the UK

A Ukrainian refugee hopes people will offer the same kindness to others seeking refuge in the UK as she got when she was forced to flee war

northwestbylines.co.uk

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

Culled from new interviews and more than 7,000 pages of testimony and court filings, a Rolling Stone and @sportico.bsky.social joint investigation exposes youth basketball’s version of the Epstein Files.

Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1d

If your god is comfortable standing adjacent to Donald Trump, Chip Roy or even whatever hagiographic version of Charlie Kirk you want to pretend existed, your deity isn't fit to wipe a mortal's ass much less be worshipped.

Behold the dumbest, most sacreligious attempt to change a subject possible.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

Thank you, Mike Johnson! No Kings Day signups have doubled since Republicans started lying about our peaceful protests.

We will see you in the streets tomorrow: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings