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CNN @cnn.com · 7h

Los Angeles County officials voted to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids. https://cnn.it/47gvZns

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 8h

ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

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ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 7h

Don’t be surprised by the festering rot in the Young Republican group with a role model like Trump. A lying, lifelong conman, convicted felon & child rapist. And the GOP protects him like their lives depend on it. An entire generation of young people has been poisoned by Trump’s depraved character.

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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 7h

“It’s that face.

It’s those lips.

The way they move.

Those lips, they move like a machine gun.”

Is this from a soft porn magazine you ask?

Nope. It’s the President of the United States describing his press secretary’s lips.

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 6h

2) The CDC division within the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) that directs the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) — a bellwether of the country’s health — lost all its planners in last weekend’s firings.

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CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 17h

If Barack Obama had sent the National Guard into Texas against the Texas Governor’s wishes, @seanhannity would’ve gotten so worked up he’d a had a heart attack on air.

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Rev. Richard Jan 🇺🇸 @richardjanfmb.bsky.social · 4h

Johnson must resign

Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 6h

House Speaker Mike Johnson thinks faith leaders and journalists are fair targets for federal law enforcement officers that have descended on Chicago.During a press conference Tuesday, Johnson flail...

Mike Johnson Says ICE Shooting a Priest Doesn’t Cross the Line

The House speaker has yet to see any issue with ICE’s behavior in Chicago.

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Chief Optimus @chiefoptimus.bsky.social · 8h

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 4d

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Rev. Richard Jan 🇺🇸 @richardjanfmb.bsky.social · 4h

Impeach him NOW

Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 6h

President Trump refused to answer a question from an ABC reporter at his sitdown with Argentinian President Javier Milei on Tuesday, citing host George Stephanopoulos’s embarrassment of Vice Presid...

Trump Lashes Out at ABC Reporter After Disastrous Vance Interview

Donald Trump refused to take a question from an ABC reporter in his meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei.

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 4h

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 12h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 4h

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 12h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

An honor to receive the endorsement of
of nearly a dozen Black clergy leaders in Crown Heights today, including Bishop Orlando Findlayter.

I’m grateful for their support, and this powerful and humbling prayer.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 5h

Spot on.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 4h

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 12h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Just Jill 💖 @just-jillg.bsky.social · 7h

Meet Bobby Walker who thinks rape is epic.
This is who the Guardians of Pedophiles is grooming.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

Trump’s administration laid off thousands of federal workers, gutting critical departments: Treasury, HHS, and Education.

What we’re seeing now isn’t new. The shutdown is the new excuse. Create chaos, starve the government, and leave folks struggling while Trump’s billionaire buddies get richer.

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 4h

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 12h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 12h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 5h

Well elections have consequences in Montana- Sheehy instead of re-electing
Jon Tester 🤷🏽‍♀️

Sheehy is a sheep and doesn’t give damn about Montana.

hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 5h

Putin’s military

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 6h

Not to mention the lie that Trump is pushing about having to fire federal workers so he can pay the military

But I guess that’s a better sound bite than telling these dedicated employees, “We have to fire you because we gave your wages to an Argentinian tyrant”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Jeffries: "If Donald Trump can find $20b to bail out his right-wing dictator friend in Argentina, it's extraordinary to me that Republicans are unwilling to even have a discussion about how we address the healthcare crisis that they've created."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6h

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 6h

*DSCC* leaders I meant urged Mills to run for Senate Race

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 6h

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 7h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 6h

Meanwhile….

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 6h

The fish rots from the top-this is who the Republican party are and are influence their own children, young adult men to become as hateful, racists, vile, inciting violence as they teach by their words &tweets daily!
We are voting our NY-17, Mike Lawler out regardless, however so sad he is on list

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