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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15m
Mike Johnson will now spend another three weeks insisting there’s nothing to this, he can swear her in at any moment, stop asking about it, it’s no big deal, no, I won’t just do it, shut up, that’s why
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
Adelita Grijalva: "There is so much that cannot be done until I'm sworn in. So every moment that passes that I'm not able to provide constituent services or be a voice for Arizona, I cannot bring the issues forward that they send me here to do."
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 6h
You know what? I agree. That’s how fake the agreement was
fintwitter.bsky.social FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h
ISRAEL- U.S. VICE PRESIDENT VANCE SAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF TRUMP’S GAZA PLAN GOING BETTER THAN EXPECTED
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 34m
Texas woman: If ACA subsidies go away, we would have to completely cut the insurance. I see my husband in pain every day. He needs to see the doctor, he needs surgery, and we can't afford it. You are stuck between, do I pay my electricity bill, or do I go and see the doctor?
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Republican Crimes Tracker @gopcrimes.bsky.social · 32m
#120/2025
Commissioner Will McKay [D-WA] was charged with a felony for tailgating a driver into a gym parking lot, bear-hugging them, seizing their phone to delete a video of his behavior and then fleeing after the police were called.

Violence is a feature and not a bug in Trump's GOP.
Benton County Commissioner Charged After Alleged Confrontation at Kennewick Gym
KENNEWICK, Wash. — A Benton County commissioner is facing a felony charge following an altercation at a Kennewick business over the weekend.Police say Commissio
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28m
Joe Rogan and Andrew Schulz mock Trump for calling the Epstein files a 'hoax'
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30m
So we’re now paying federal taxes so Donald Trump can withdraw them from the Treasury like it’s his own personal bank account? Really?
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 30m
Pennsylvania woman: I didn't know they were going to take our health care. My plan right now is almost $600 a month. If I imagine that with a 15% increase on top, I don't know how anyone in my income bracket can afford to absorb $600+ a month for healthcare. I'll go back to being uninsured.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 59m
Welp. gothamist.com/news/federal...
Federal agents descend on Chinatown in apparent raid
The raid follows recent federal arrests at a Midtown migrant shelter, part of what officials call a broader push to restore order in New York City.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1h
Remember, this began with “Democrats go pound sand” — a total brush-off, but we didn’t budge. 🧵
Republicans aren’t negotiating an Obamacare extension yet. But they’re getting ready.
The discussions surround how to structure and advance an extension of key insurance subsidies before the end of the year.
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NPR @npr.org · 2h
Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations. n.pr/42R8gJ2
Israel takes steps to shut down international aid groups in Gaza and the West Bank
Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3h
I keep saying “it’s almost impossible to explain how corrupt this is” but then something like this happens that’s even MORE corrupt:
bradheath.bsky.social Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3h
President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.

Whether he gets paid will ultimately be up to DOJ's second-in-command, who was recently his personal lawyer.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3h
I’m sorry, what now?

Also and again, Republicans in Congress are demonstrably okay with everything that’s happening
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3h
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2h
FWIW, the first always means the second is out there.
= POLITICO Maine's Platner says the worst is behind him The besieged Democratic Senate candidate said he doesn't expect more damaging social media posts to resurface. Democrat Graham Platner, an oyster farmer, is mounting a challenge to Republican Sen. Susan Collins. | Graham for Maine By AARON PELLISH 10/20/2025 11:22 PM EDT THE MAINE MONITOR $ 乙 NEWS 2026 ELECTIONS, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT • 3 minute read Video shows Graham Platner with 'troubling" tattoo that appears to be a Nazi symbol By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News sloftus@bangordailynews.com By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News bkobin@bangordailynews.com Published on: October 21, 2025 Why you can trust The Maine Monitor
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2h
A man whose convictions for storming the U.S. Capitol were erased by President Donald Trump’s mass pardons has been arrested on a charge that he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. https://to.pbs.org/4nWzvKF
Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries
A man whose convictions for storming the U.S. Capitol were erased by President Donald Trump’s mass pardons has been arrested on a charge he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 2h
A large soldier with a gun labeled "hate" and a giant knight in armor with a sword labeled "hate" look down at a small Pope Leo, saying, "Get a load of Mr. Woke Marxist here." The Pope attempts to shield a mother and two children, and places his small hand out to halt the two larger men from attacking.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 2h
Sen. Coons: It's pretty striking that the House of Representatives hasn't come to work for weeks. Trump ran on lowering our costs and making Americans healthier again. And what's going to happen to millions of Americans is that their health insurance rates will go up dramatically.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h
this RULES
cteeze-nuts.bsky.social ct @cteeze-nuts.bsky.social · 3h
I like how the NYT tried to do a “some experts say” framing, and the expert was like, you do not need an expert opinion to see this is bad.
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helchose.bsky.social @helchose.bsky.social · 2h
Yuck.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2h
The fact that AIPAC won’t endorse me is an endorsement in and of itself.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2h
"We came bc this is a great country, bc our lives were gonna be better,” Sandibell said.

As a cancer survivor I cannot imagine getting through treatment w/out the support of loved ones who fed me, got me to appointments, & held my hand during scary moments.

What our nation is doing is a disgrace.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
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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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h
god grant me the confidence of a man with a nazi tattoo to run as a democrat for senate
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3h
Jewish Insider just sent out an email with an article with more Platner info. And yeah, this guy is DONE done.
But according to a person who socialized with Platner when he was living in Washington, D.C., more than a decade ago, Platner had specifically acknowledged that the tattoo was a Totenkopf, the “death’s head” symbol adopted by an infamous Nazi SS unit that guarded concentration camps in World War II. “He said, ‘Oh, this is my Totenkopf,’” the former acquaintance told Jewish Insider recently, speaking on the condition of anonymity to address a sensitive issue. “He said it in a cutesy little way.”
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rava @rava.bsky.social · 3h
Behind every awful man is a mother who kept him from emotionally maturing
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h
Hahahahahahahahah *breathes* ahahahahahhahahahahahah www.notus.org/trump-white-...
Embattled Trump Nominee Paul Ingrassia’s Mom Tried to Meet With Lawmakers Who Criticized Her Son
Donna Gallo Ingrassia demanded meetings at the Capitol Hill office of Reps. Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia in late June to defend her son.
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