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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1h

Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

MacCALLUM: Margaret Thatcher said socialism is great until you run out of other people's money

MAMDANI: Well, what Andrew Cuomo said is that if you have $957m you give it to Elon Musk in tax credits

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: The defense attorney for Marimar Martinez, the woman shot by Border Patrol in Brighton Park, says he needs a chance to examine the car of the agent that collided with hers.

But the def atty says the agents was allowed to "drive it back to Maine" — 1,100 miles away.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 3h

Alexakis assures them she won't set a trial date today. Ruiz's attorney is not here. Another lawyer is standing in for him.

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youregonnalose.bsky.social @youregonnalose.bsky.social · 2h

They can always sell their land on JD Vance Acre Trader....that's what Trump really wants..

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2h

And so it begins...

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

CBS News head of standards quits a week after Bari Weiss is named editor-in-chief

During an editorial call on Thursday morning, Claudia Milne announced she was leaving as the head of standards at CBS News. She did not give a reason for her departure.

www.independent.co.uk

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

Massachusetts senate candidate👇🏽

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youregonnalose.bsky.social @youregonnalose.bsky.social · 2h

I don't think he can run anywhere

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Rep. Gil Cisneros @cisneros.house.gov · 4h

Speaker Johnson, your stalling tactics are suppressing the voices of Arizonans who elected Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva in September. The American people deserve representation and the final vote to release the Epstein files. (1/2)

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

Justice JACKSON standing up for voting rights. 🔥

Louisiana: Plaintiffs said 'we want another majority-black district.'

Jackson: No. They said 'we aren't receiving equal electoral opportunity because our votes are being diluted.'

Louisiana: Same thing.

Jackson: No, it’s not.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3h

www.wired.com/story/scott-...

One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts don't know what to think.

www.wired.com

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youregonnalose.bsky.social @youregonnalose.bsky.social · 2h

Nah, it's great.

elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 9h

this doesn’t seem great!

‘I got older and became a communist’: Deleted posts show Maine Senate hopeful’s raw views on politics, war, and police | CNN Politics

Graham Platner, a Marine veteran turned oyster farmer, now disavows posts he made years ago, saying they came from a time when he felt disillusioned and angry and expressed those emotions online.

www.cnn.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · 5h

For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.

Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.

JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22h

Several of these people are closer in age to Vance than they are to being "kids." One of them is a sitting state senator.

Vance himself would have still been eligible to be an under-40 "Young Republican" when he was in the Senate and when he was nominated for VP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

WATCH: “He knows it’s a bullshit argument… in England he wasn’t being paid by the GOVERNMENT.”

@kylekulinski.bsky.social rips apart Bill Burr’s defensive reaction to being called out for taking the bag in Riyadh, calling people ‘racist’ for criticizing it.

Full: youtu.be/CLH3vR8OMQA?...

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 7h

I too don't want anyone taking medical advice from RFK, but guess who voted to confirm him as the person people should take medical advice from.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Thune: "If I were a woman I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking advice from RFK"

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youregonnalose.bsky.social @youregonnalose.bsky.social · 3h

Just need to flat out start asking him what he did with the money? What car did he buy?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h

Yup. Notably, neither Tom Homan nor anybody else in the Trump admin has outright denied that he took and kept the $50,000 in taxpayer money given to him by the FBI in their bribery scheme.

Every time they’re asked, they either pivot or attack the questioner. But they don’t deny it.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 4h

To @DaveWeigel.bsky.social’s point, it’s never once been “no,” and everyone in Trump’s government is refusing to answer what happened to the $50,000 in taxpayer money that Homan never denied taking inside a paper bag.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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youregonnalose.bsky.social @youregonnalose.bsky.social · 4h

Johnson really needs to learn some more about American history.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

Johnson: That is not the principles of the Republican Party. You want me to articulate them? We fought the Nazis, we defended that evil ideology.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

It's not even noon and they've already kidnapped at least one street vendor from the southwest side. Elgin RR also reporting large presence at City Hall there/Kane County Courthouse.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h

According to rapid response, feds have grabbed one person from the Addison/Kimball Home Depot this morning. Several people detained in Back of the Yards as well, still all over the area. They've also returned to Carpentersville this morning, and were seen near an elementary school there.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

The Supreme Court is on the verge of gutting the Voting Rights Act's equal opportunity protections for minority voters — 12 years after they first rolled back its safeguards against voter suppression.

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That Guy Mike @thatguymike.bsky.social · 8h

They say that CEOs are paid the big money because they shoulder the responsibility and risk of the big decisions.

When’s the last time CEOs suffered the consequences of their decisions? Even if they get fired, they still get a golden parachute.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6h

Walking into a Republican's office in 2025.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

National Lawyers Guild, the org on the top left?

When Joseph McCarthy finally got “have you no shame”d, the person he was targeting at that hearing had been a volunteer for them. So let’s just say they’ve been in the crosshairs for many decades.

Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 8h

Glenn Beck says that after he aired a show on Antifa, FBI agents acting on the behest of Kash Patel came to get tips. Here's who the segment targeted, largely through strained connections and guilt by association: www.mediamatters.org/glenn-beck/g...

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