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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 5h

Must make for some fun dinner table conversations

Hi Usha. Hi kids. Busy day. Daddy was busy defending Nazis who hate all of you again.

How were your days?

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

no surprise here, jd vance has a vested interest in being able to be an open nazi in american politics

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 9h

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8h

lol can you *imagine* the kind of stuff in JD Vance group chats. (i mean, yes very easily)

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 7h

oh good I was worried the utterly unearned Vanity Fair editor job was all she got for violating the most basic rules of journalism

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 7h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 5h

What's the problem, DL Demon Queen Mike Johnson? No legit excuses left. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has been waiting to represent her district and a shutdown is not a reason to refuse to swear her in.

Johnson's panicking over THE #EPSTEIN FILES & protecting #pedophiles.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 8h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 8h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12h

1) Trump is bailing out Agentina’s government while presiding over the closure of our government

2) Trump burned the American soybean market, and now Argentina is selling beans to China.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7h

He keeps saying this, even though Jack Smith didn't join the classified docs case until a few months after the raid.

But since he keeps doing this on Fox News, where they are on the same team, he won't get called out on it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 6h

Kaitlin Collins set that trap and this turd walked right into it!

Dude, the guy you are simping for was going to burn your state *anyway.* Trump doesn't give a crap about Montana. Voters there chose poorly — they didn't want Jon Tester in 2024, so now they have this 🤡.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

COLLINS: The Dept of Energy just canceled $1b for a hydrogen hub that covers Montana. Is that taking away good-paying jobs?

SHEEHY: Of course it is. We want govt to be open

C: But the Energy Secretary says he would've pulled that funding even if govt was open

S: ... Well, that's unfortunate

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 6h

In an interview with @semafor.com, Janet Mills doesn't outright say she'd side with #MESen Angus King and vote for the GOP's funding bill, but she comes close.

(The only other Dem senators who've done so are John Fetterman and Catherine Cortez Masto)

www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

In her interview with Semafor, the governor criticized the dysfunction that led to the shutdown and the lack of a plan to revive expiring health care tax credits. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, are among the few Democratic caucus members who have joined Republicans in voting for the House’s stopgap funding bill.

Mills did not say directly whether she would join them.

She replied that “it isn’t rocket science to be able to do at least a continuing resolution and preserve health care, preserve the tax credits on which thousands of Maine people rely for their health insurance. I think they can do both.”

“I would vote for continuing health care. I would vote to extend the tax credits, whether it’s a separate bill or part of the current negotiations to extend the continuing resolution. But I think it’s strangely dysfunctional that Congress and the White House can’t get this done,” Mills added.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 12h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 16h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 7h

The Young Republicans institutionally denounced the Hitler-praising, ferociously antisemitic and virulently racist messages in their leaders’ group chats, calling for resignations.

The VP of the US says it’s “pearl clutching” to care and changes the subject.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

no surprise here, jd vance has a vested interest in being able to be an open nazi in american politics

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 9h

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 8h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 9h

I think that when media outlets report on "threats to ICE" they should remember and cite Mike Johnson saying that a naked bike ride is the most threatening thing he's seen so far

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 9h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 10h

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

youtu.be

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 9h

The hardest cognitive disconnect to overcome is that between the power these guys have and the way they are actively wielding it to do harm and also how absurd, cowardly and ineffective they appear.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 9h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 10h

does that mean Johnson's porn buddy alert goes off if he reads the book of genesis?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

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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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 10h

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"Mike Johnson Said He and His Son Monitor Each Other’s Porn Usage, and Yeah, It’s Exactly as Weird as It Sounds"

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Marie Follayttar @mariefollayttar.bsky.social · 12h

The moment Collins voted for Vought she gave him her gavel.

She understood the consequences.

Now she serves the will of Vought, Miller & their overlords not the people.

The consequence of her inaction are measured in body bags around the world.

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 14h

In early Feb to @randybillings.bsky.social from @pressherald.com:

“If there are impoundments, I believe it will end up in court, and my hope is the court will rule in favor of the 1974 Impoundment and Budget Control Act,” Collins told the Press Herald this week
www.pressherald.com?p=7422649&uu...

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 11h

by any chance did he read from the young GOPers Telegram chat?

that is part of the legacy here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump on protesters: "You see these violent incidents and then you see people holding this gorgeous sign, with beautiful wood and beautiful cardboard wood everything. Everything's perfect. Perfect paint job. And they're all the same. You know that they weren't made in the basement out of love."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

The Consoler-in-Chief.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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