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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 9h

Today’s return of the kidnapped Israeli hostages held by Hamas is a glimmer of hope in a true disaster.

We must ensure the ceasefire holds. Israel’s devastation of Gaza — with the Israeli military’s killing of so many Palestinians — must not resume.

The only solution is peace.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

apparently “bari weiss doesn’t actually know what journalism is” extends to getting basic facts like the name of a subject right

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 17h

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

"There is, however, one big difference between Trump’s trade policy and China’s. Namely, the Chinese appear to know what they’re doing."

How Trump Is Making China Great

Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides

paulkrugman.substack.com

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 3h

I was hoping to be slightly amused by this data but ended up being shocked. We see the most typically male and female reasons to be admitted to hospital in England. Only 10% of all psychosocial admissions are for men while men dominate suicide statistics. Source: buff.ly/W5PeSyl

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h

They're freaked out about the NO KINGS rally.

Good.

newrepublic.com/post/201718/...

Trump Cabinet Secretary Thinks Peaceful Protesters Are Terrorists

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said people who attend this weekend’s No Kings protests are “antifa.”

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 14h

There’s been an active cover-up since the mid-2000s to conceal the Epstein Files.

The damning info from the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility’s investigation & report into allegations of professional misconduct by the federal prosecutors, including Alex Acosta.

youtu.be/7et6kS7r-T4?...

YIKES! DOJ BUSTED in Epstein COVER-UP as GOP STALLS RELEASE

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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Cliff Schecter: At Substack! www.blueamp.co @cliffschecter.bsky.social · 7h

www.blueamp.co/p/jd-vance-c... Court Jester Of Fabrication/Fake Fury

"You could tell JD didn’t believe a word exiting his talkhole.
His problem is Trump has one skill..reading a room. There's no way he couldn't smell JD's cologne: Desperation

So could George. Who cut JD's feed and to commercial"

JD Vance: Court Jester Of Fabrication & Fake Fury Gets Shut Down

So bad at lying he makes Ted Cruz seem legit. Kisses so much Trump arse his lips are chapped worse than Lindsey's

www.blueamp.co

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 8h

Did Republicans give Biden and the Democrats credit for freeing more than 100 Israeli hostages?

No?

Yeah, thought so.

Israel is playing Trump and MAGA right now. The entire world knows it except Trump and MAGA.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 10h

It's so strange to think of how much less suffering there would be in the world if a certain slice of America gave just a tiny bit more of a shit about keeping a white supremacist out of the White House.

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Bernard Taylor @btaylorforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

As a parent of a child with autism, this isn’t just politics, it’s personal.

The federal gov’t firing special-needs staff in the Dept. of Education is a direct blow to families like mine. Our kids deserve better.

In Congress, I’ll fight to protect & fully fund special education.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 14h

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 8h

"Colleges that agree to the deal may see their research funding balloon... Those that don’t could be forced to shrink their operations if grant money slows to a trickle." <-- how quickly we start to
imagine a world where scientific merit is irrelevant to federal funding.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13h

What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?

Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

This press release from a North Carolina GOP figure portrays the current redistricting wars as something *Democrats* started in Calif., ignoring the fact that this all began with the Trump White House and first unfolded in red Texas.

According to them, Republicans are once again The Real Victims™

House Redistricting Chairmen Brenden Jones (R-Columbus) and Hugh Blackwell (R-Burke) said, “We’re stepping into this redistricting battle because California and the radical left are attempting to rig the system to handpick who runs Congress. This ploy is nothing new, and North Carolina will not stand by while they attempt to stack the deck. President Trump has called on us to fight back, and North Carolina stands ready to level the playing field.”

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 19h

Did ICE commit that pogrom where it assaulted an entire apartment building in Chicago in order to help Wells Fargo foreclose on the building?

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 16h

oh. right.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

"Most Americans probably don’t have a detailed grasp of what’s happening with ACA subsidies right now, but once people start getting letters notifying them of how much their premiums are going up, it will become a much bigger issue."

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16h

For various reasons I think this one will be longer standing but this is also 100% true.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 17h

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

Coffee Indiana @coffeeindiana.bsky.social · 17h

Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16h

Absolutely pointless.

National Guard walk by Black Cat patrolling 14th Street on a federal holiday during a shutdown.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 1d

Protesters have a lawyer who explains the law to the Braindead ICE Gestapo👇🏼 👏🏼👏🏼💙💙👊🏻✊🏼

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

BREAM: Federal workers in Virginia lost jobs bc of DOGE. Your opponent points out unemployment is up under Youngkin/Sears

EARLE-SEARS: Actually unemployment is down

B: She points to numbers from BLS showing unemployment is up. Do you quibble w/data?

S: I don't know where she's getting stats from

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17h

After two long years being held captive by Hamas, the 20 living Israeli hostages were released and are finally home.

There’s still much work that remains to ensure lasting peace but the hostage release and ceasefire serve as critical steps toward closure and hope for the future.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 18h

CBS News picking up an anti-Mamdani story from The Free Press and...misspelling his name. Oy.

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