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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 15h

Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.

During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.

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Miles Ward @milesward.com · 2d

a bald man in a suit and tie with a pocket square that says ' a ' on it

ALT: a bald man in a suit and tie with a pocket square that says ' a ' on it

media.tenor.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

cc: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 3d

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

Rolling Stone excerpt about Montana’s ballot initiative to combat Citizens United

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 5d

AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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60000
40000
20000
0
Bernie Sanders
200000
Number of Donations
150000
100000
50000
Elizabeth Warren
60000
40000
20000
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25
50
Donor Age
75

Hakeem Jeffries
40000
30000
20000
10000
Nancy Pelosi
100000
Number of
Donations
75000
50000
25000
Suzan DelBene
2000
1500
1000
500
25
50
75
Donor Age

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Mike Okuda @mikeokuda.bsky.social · 6d

Patriotic protesters wearing goofy inflatable frog costumes are using laughter to fight facism. And there’s nothing a bully hates more than being laughed at.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Miles Ward @milesward.com · 9d

They act on fears, frustrations, perceived slights, power games, grievance and gluttony.

You know, like children.

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Miles Ward @milesward.com · 11d

We also need canonized replacement words/phrases that we all align on to better describe:
Fascism (power-mad?)
Oligarchy (rule by the rich?)
Socialism (For the People?)
Autocracy (Dictator?)
Plenary authority (Cheeto Hell)
Kleptocracy (Robber Barons?)

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Miles Ward @milesward.com · 11d

We need 10 viable dem presidential candidates, on YouTube *every single day*, detailing their plan for the midterms/‘28, demonstrating positive actions that can be taken today, talking to the disillusioned, bringing different folks together to common cause, debunking disinfo.

Right now.

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 12d

Q&A with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on Gemini Enterprise, AI's labor implications, hype around AI agents, AI industry's circular investments, and more (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Miles Ward @milesward.com · 13d

In Seattle, we use Low Brass

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 13d

Every Congressional Republican needs to answer: Do you support the President's call to imprison the Governor of Illinois and Mayor of Chicago?

Trump is not a king. This is not acceptable. Do Republicans want a dictator or a President?

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Miles Ward @milesward.com · 14d

10 horror movies to get to know me by:
🎯 Idiocracy
🦠 Fox News
🎢 On The Inside
🥵 Schindler's List
⚖️ Dune
🎁 The Box
🏊‍♀️ The Wave
🧨 V for Vendetta
🛣️ American History X
🇧🇷 Brazil

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 14d

The health care tax credit is a big deal. Without it:

4 million people lose their health insurance

Premiums double for more than 20 million Americans

One example: An older couple making $85K could see their premiums skyrocket to $25K per year—almost 30% of their income.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 15d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 18d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Miles Ward @milesward.com · 18d

They are not a serious business.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20d

Epic 🔥

Jimmy Kimmel And Stephen Colbert Unload On Trump In Rare Crossover Event As Guests On Each Other's Shows

www.comicsands.com

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Jay Lionel @jaylionel.bsky.social · 22d

How many shades of illegal do we have here?

Holy shit.

It’s not Trump’s money.

This is election interference.

If Biden did this to Trump, they would have impeached his ass inside five minutes.

YET ONCE AGAIN, crickets from republicans.

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Miles Ward @milesward.com · 26d

Antifa ;)

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 27d

Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube.

It would be a shame for you to share it

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

www.youtube.com

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Miles Ward @milesward.com · 27d

You shall know your ways as if born (steeped in Tylenol)

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 29d

To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin.

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Poll: Capitalism is out … and socialism is in

The movement is gaining popularity among Democrats, a left-leaning group found.

www.politico.com

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