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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 16h

This memo is ultra vires. The president does not have the power to pay the army without congressional appropriation. Any such payment is a felony, and everyone involved must go to prison.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · 15h

I LEARN THESE FIVE SENTENCES TODAY AT AN @ACLU.ORG WEBINAR FOR PROTESTERS:

"Am I free to go?"

"I wish to remain silent."

"I do not consent to this search."

"Am I under arrest?"

"I want to speak to a lawyer."

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melissagaskill.bsky.social @melissagaskill.bsky.social · 14h

I've written my congressional reps demanding an investigation of this incident. This agent needs to be fired and probably get themselves some help.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem’s America, folks. That poor dog. That poor family.

Tweet by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick: “Border Patrol reportedly shot a dog and then the agent fled rather than deal with any kind of accountability whatsoever.”
Below is Keith Edwards’ tweet: “BREAKING: A family in El Paso says ICE shot and killed their dog, Chop. The agent who fired reportedly ran as the family screamed for help. No one came.”

Photo of a large black and brown Rottweiler sitting calmly on a tiled floor next to a white chair and a window with blinds.

A black-background screenshot of text describing an incident: the sender says no Border Patrol agents rendered aid after their dog was shot, and that the responsible agent fled the scene with help from others. They emphasize that the agent’s name was never released and that their family lost a member “for no lawful reason.”

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Axios @axios.com · 15h

Nearly every Pentagon reporter from almost every major media outlet in America turned in their press badges today, after refusing to endorse the Defense Department's new rules that they say would make it impossible to do their jobs independently.

"A dark day": Pentagon confiscates badges of Defense reporters

The Pentagon Press Association said the move raises public accountability concerns and weakening free speech.

www.axios.com

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melissagaskill.bsky.social @melissagaskill.bsky.social · 14h

James 4:7 Resist the devil and he will flee from you

Desert Iguana @desertiguana28.bsky.social · 21h

Trump is a COWARD.

If YOU try to PUNISH Trump, he will CRY 😭 and SCREAM 😱 like a BABY.

ALL bullies are cowards.

KNOW THAT, so you can use that weapon against them.

melissagaskill.bsky.social @melissagaskill.bsky.social · 18h

Stop Congress’s Attack on our National Forests. Urge your senators to reject the so-called Fix Our Forests Act. act.biologicaldiversity.org/LjZaOSTJ90KM...

Stop politicians’ attack on national forests

The so-called Fix Our Forests Act would lead to more calamitous clearcuts, more habitat-fragmenting roads, and worse water quality. Urge your senators to reject this bill. https://biodiv.us/40W5ocV

act.biologicaldiversity.org

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melissagaskill.bsky.social @melissagaskill.bsky.social · 18h

Please just DO NOT use Google AI, for anything, ever.

Hell Ray-ser @sireviscerate.myatproto.social · 19h

I was trying to find an old tweet about Hamlet and Ophelia. Google AI thought I was accusing it of killing my dad, and also screwed up the most famous line in The Princess Bride.

AI Overview

This phrase, "My father was also killed. by you," is famously from the movie The Princess Bride and is spoken by the character Inigo Montoya. It is a line used to express revenge and a lifelong quest for justice after a villain kills the hero's father. It is not a literal statement from a language model but a quote from a work of fiction, meaning Google did not kill your father.

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melissagaskill.bsky.social @melissagaskill.bsky.social · 18h

I know it's not the point here, but god, that hideously tacky office!!

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

Q: "Are you considering strikes on land in Venezuela?"

Trump: "Well, I don't want to tell you exactly, but we are certainly looking at land now because we have the sea very well under control."

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murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 18h

Just sayin....

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 18h

The #FixOurForestsAct will not prevent #wildfires — it will weaken environmental laws, silence impacted communities, and hinder courts' ability to block harmful logging projects.

The window to stop it is closing. Urge your senators to protect forests and reject this reckless bill ➡️ bit.ly/49bOknU

A lynx stands in the snow, looking towards the camera.

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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 20h

The cost of holding down ACA premiums for a year is less than this…

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Stand Up America @standupamerica.com · 1d

We bow to no kings in America.

Text NOKINGS to 63033 to find the location of your closest peaceful No Kings protest this Saturday!

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ACLU @aclu.org · 20h

NEW: We, along with our partners at @ccrjustice.org, are demanding more information on President Trump's illegal drone strikes on civilian boats in the Caribbean.

Under international and domestic law, the President does not have the power to arbitrarily carry out assassinations.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 20h

Trump is DOUBLING the amount of the Argentina bailout, to $40 billion. Nothing's been done to lower your cost of living right here, in America. America last.

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melissagaskill.bsky.social @melissagaskill.bsky.social · 20h

Pics or it didn't happen! (Because it didn't happen)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump: "The people of Chicago are walking around with MAGA hats. You have women, beautiful Black women, walking around with MAGA hats. 'Please let the president in and we don't care how he does it ... bring in the Marines.'"

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 1d

This is a cold civil war.

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The Trump administration has blocked or slowed almost $28 billion in federal aid since the shutdown began, largely harming Democratic-led cities, congressional districts and states, underscoring how the president has weaponized a fiscal stalemate

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 1d

Dallas Fort Worth Airport is refusing to air Kristi Noem’s propaganda video—because it’s illegal. All airports must follow suit and reject this misuse of public space. No platform for propaganda. No exceptions.

Love Field, DFW Airport won't show video blaming Democrats for government shutdown

North Texas' two largest airports say the video, in which Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says Democrats "refuse to fund the federal government," goes against their advertising policy.

www.keranews.org

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 1d

Nixon established the EPA.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

The ability of journalists to work inside the building is not a cosmetic perk. It is the mechanism by which citizens keep eyes on the largest single slice of discretionary federal spending and the institution that sends their loved ones into danger.

Locking Down the Pentagon Press Is Dangerous

Pete Hegseth’s proposed restrictions would harm the people whom both the military and the press are meant to serve.

www.thebulwark.com

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melissagaskill.bsky.social @melissagaskill.bsky.social · 1d

Have not seen. Got a photo?

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Trump: “You see people holding this gorgeous sign with beautiful wood, beautiful cardboard, wood, everything, everything’s perfect, paint job, and they’re all the same. There are thousands of them, you know, that they weren’t made in the basement out of love. They were made by anarchists.”

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

The whole linear progress of time thing remains a challenge for MAGA.

A tweet by WeThePeople reads, “Jack Smith was hired months after the raid.” The post quotes a tweet by Aaron Rupar showing Eric Trump in a TV interview, saying, “Sure enough, we find out that Jack Smith is planting manilla folders on the office of my father...” The screenshot shows Eric Trump speaking on a Fox News-style broadcast with a city skyline backdrop.

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melissagaskill.bsky.social @melissagaskill.bsky.social · 1d

So these 10 and 13 year old kids are the worst of the worst? I think that would be the people abducting them.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...