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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 7h

Not sidewalk chalk!!! The horror!!

Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 8h

Which group of antifa protesters will be the first to put together their Soros paychecks, buy this oversized North Arlington abode, and woke-ify it into a safe house for fellow anti-ICE activists?

Top White House official selling Arlington home after activists write chalk messages on sidewalk | ARLnow.com

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is selling his Arlington home after it was repeatedly targeted by activists. The nearly 6,000-square-foot house, custom built with interiors that "embr...

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AuroraErratic @auroraerratic.bsky.social · 1d

Look, I prefer Platner also, but these Mills conspiracy theories are ridiculous. She's running because she thinks she can beat Collins & would make a good senator. It's not some kind of anti-Platner plot.
Mainers, just vote for the candidate you prefer. All the other stuff is just divisive noise.

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 1d

Uh… what about the J6 rioters? They did a hell of a lot more than just berate the police officers.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 1d

Not serious, eh?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 1d

There will be a rank choice primary with the half dozen or so candidates who are in the race. Plus, it really isn’t last minute. The primary is not until next June.

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 1d

These “young Republicans” are vile. Just vile.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 2d

If the answer is no to either of these questions, maybe you shouldn’t be commenting on the Maine Senate race.

Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 2d

So if you find yourself having big feelings that you need to express about who should be the candidate to run against Susan Collins in Maine, ask yourself if you know what a dooryard is and if you’ve ever used the word dooryard in a sentence.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

Trump take cars

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

New car buyers can expect to shell out an average of more than $50,000 for the first time, according to a report from Kelley Blue Book. https://cnn.it/4odLnaO

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Janet Mills @janetmillsforme.bsky.social · 2d

I've never backed down from a bully and I never will.

Donald Trump is ripping away health care from millions, driving up costs, and giving corporate CEOs massive tax cuts. And Susan Collins is helping him.

My life’s work has prepared me for this fight—and I'm ready to win.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

A federal judge said "DHS, you cannot legally put this language into a grant." So what DHS did is... keep putting that language in grants — but with a new disclaimer saying it would only apply if the court order was struck down.

The judge was NOT happy.

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d

Judge William Smith (W. Bush appointee): The Government has done "precisely what the ... [court's] Order forbids."

The case is Illinois v. FEMA

On Wednesday, we'll publish an updated catalogue of such judicial decisions on noncompliance with court orders at @justsecurity.org at the link below:

The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation

Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."

www.justsecurity.org

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 2d

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 2d

The toxic misogyny has been a reliable throughline of the Trump Era since 2015.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 2d

If the answer is no to either of these questions, maybe you shouldn’t be commenting on the Maine Senate race.

Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 2d

So if you find yourself having big feelings that you need to express about who should be the candidate to run against Susan Collins in Maine, ask yourself if you know what a dooryard is and if you’ve ever used the word dooryard in a sentence.

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 2d

So if you find yourself having big feelings that you need to express about who should be the candidate to run against Susan Collins in Maine, ask yourself if you know what a dooryard is and if you’ve ever used the word dooryard in a sentence.

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 2d

But they won’t pay their fair share of taxes, or give up a disproportionate tax cut that us in their favor. They just make wild claims that they are willing to pay for the trendy thing of the day

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 2d

It would be a big mistake to think that anybody could ever convince Governor Mills to do something she had not determined was right for her to do in the first place. If anything, she is her own person to a fault. She often charts her own path, driving various Dems crazy sometimes.

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 2d

Say whaaaaa?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Full interview and more from MeidasTouch here:

youtu.be/evXWmHVx5Eg

Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING in Maine as MAJOR LOSS HAUNTS HIM

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Meiselas: How do you see yourself in that race versus Graham Platner?

Mills: We’ve run people against Susan Collins before, and she won because we ran people who were untested… I’m the only one in the race who’s actually won an election

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 2d

When asked to name senators he admires, your bro Platner named only white men, including Josh Hawley.

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 3d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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Susie Crimmins @scrimmins.bsky.social · 3d

A hallmark of Trump related enterprises throughout the years and even decades has been the idea that distinction between true and false fact fiction actually don’t exist.

He always has tended to simply assert what is useful or convenient or easy as truth

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

One of Trump’s few consistent positions is pro-corruption.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 3d

Trump calls on the Israeli President to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Cigars and champagne - who the hell cares about it?"

Netanyahu is currently on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, including allegedly accepting 700,000 shekels (approx. $210,000) worth of luxury goods in bribes.

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Carolirene @carolirene75.bsky.social · 5d

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