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@Crowebarre @davidcrowe.bsky.social · 5h

Nothing says support for Capitol Police more than refusing to mount a plaque honoring their service during the MAGA insurrection

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 7h

There’s more of us than there are of them. They can’t control us. They can’t stop us from voicing our dissent. Thugs and thuggery is not a winning future, even if they think so. See you at No Kings.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 6h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

There is no place for partisan political videos from the govt being blasted in airports attacking the opposition party. That is what authoritarian regimes do. This should not be a partisan issue - it is fundamentally un-American.

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 5h

The first people to go without paychecks during a government shutdown should be the politicians that got us here. In fact, they should be fined for every stinking day we’re shutdown.

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 6h

Someone is buying our Army?

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@ciaogirl9 @ciaogirl9.bsky.social · 8h

#Trump is fishing here. He wants someone else to pay the troops cause this FUCKER NEVER PAYS ANYONE & he thinks the #UStreasury is HIS WALLET.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 10h

Every time something like the GOP chat leak occurs I hear smart people arguing that shame could be a useful tactic. But shame only works if the bad actors think their actions are bad. Hypocrisy, shame, these Victorian-ish norms are just that, norms, guardrails, and they don't work against fascism.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 8h

In case you didn't know...Trump is crushing the federal Office of Special Education. Think. About. That.

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 7h

Argentina too big to fail for Trump cronies. Taxpayer money is no object. Wait until the A.I bubble bursts here and we’re told won’t have the funds to save our accounts. They’ll say it’s time for austerity and balancing the budget.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 9h

Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 12h

Did I miss any updates on the investigation into the motive of Charlie Kirk’s killer? It feels like that just disappeared as a story, which is strange considering his exaltation within GOP and making his murder into a national event. I’d think we’d be getting hearing about it frequently

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 7h

The young Republicans are just boys being boys, but if you dare repeat stuff Charlie Kirk said that sounds essentially the same, you get attacked or deported.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 7h

Wow weird, confrontation and media stunts get news coverage? Nobody could have predicted.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 7h

Democrats are ramping up pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, staging a protest at his office, holding news conferences and threatening a lawsuit to try to get him to swear in the newest Democratic member of Congress.

Democrats ramp up pressure on Speaker Johnson to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva

Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat, won a special election to the House more than three weeks ago but has not been sworn in yet amid the government shutdown.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 7h

And I'm sure he has no idea how it got there.🙄

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William K. Wolfrum @wolfrum.bsky.social · 7h

It's easier for Trump to steal and kill if the government never re-opens.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 9h

I can’t decide between frog or dinosaur.

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 9h

How much of the now $40 billion (with a b) in American taxpayer dollars siphoned to Argentina gets returned to Trump’s private accounts as a secret kickback I wonder?

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 9h

Most folks who voted for Trump were very concerned Harris wouldn’t consider giving an Argentinian dictator $40 billion in American taxpayer dollars. Also, those darn egg prices.