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JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 6h

Politico @politico.com · 7h

Rep. Cory Mills' former girlfriend obtained a retraining order against the Florida Republican.

Speaker Mike Johnson has "not heard or looked into any of the details of that."

Johnson shrugs off allegations against Cory Mills

The embattled Florida Republican has been slapped with a restraining order.

www.politico.com

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 6h

Cathy 🖤 💀 🧡 @coco.sheshed.rocks · 10h

If he tells them that they’ll be okay, to just wait & watch…..they will believe him.

Here’s a joke that describes MAGA perfectly:

How many Trump supporters does it take to change a light bulb?
None. Trump just says he fixed it and they all stand around cheering in the dark.

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 6h

paulalj.bsky.social @paulalj.bsky.social · 7h

This is what the Republican Party is now. If you vote Republican this is who you are. Own it. You can no longer pretend ignorance.

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 7h

JD Vance’s unwillingness to condemn the Nazi GOP groupchat provides the press corps yet another opportunity to probe his personal associations, and take note of how the whole administration exists to please them and make sadistic content go viral. www.offmessage.net/p/governing-...

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 6h

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 6h

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 6h

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 6h

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

Speaking of “unhinged” rallies:

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 6h

gurleygg @gurleygg.bsky.social · 7h

Federalist 51: “A healthy balance of power between the state and federal government,” Alexander Hamilton wrote in 1788, “reduces the risk of tyranny and abuse from either front.”

prospect.org/politics/chi...

Chicago Strikes Back, With an Assist from Republican Governors

A federal judge calls out the Trump administration’s “simply unreliable” portrait of the city, while a group of former governors deconstructs the constitutional threats.

prospect.org

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 6h

A congressman who beats his girlfriend...a prerequisite for gop reelection

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 6h

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

What could be worse than screaming at a Capitol police officer?

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 6h

LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 7h

The country’s on fire,democracy’s dangling by a thread,and he’s giving guided tours of his new gold-plated Oval Office like a delusional real estate agent.He’s basically turned the White House into a Mar-a-Lago timeshare presentation.Next up: a gift shop selling “Classified Documents Slightly Used.”

Trump keeps wandering off the job to give tours of his White House remodel: report

Donald Trump’s obsession with remaking the White House into something more like his Mar-a-Lago resort is interfering with his presidential duties, as he sets aside time spent running the government to...

www.rawstory.com

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 7h

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 7h

Well it isnt Ginny Thomas or Lirk thus time

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 7h

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

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."

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 7h

"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 9h

everyone on that stage went along with pardons for jan 6 participants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

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."

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 19h

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 19h

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

It's hard to take these people seriously.

BREAKING: In an insane moment, Speaker Johnson says that priests being shot with pepper balls, and journalists being arrested doesn't "cross the line..." but the most threatening thing he's seen yet is "naked bicyclists."

Beyond parody.

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 19h

frani410.bsky.social @frani410.bsky.social · 20h

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 19h

anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 21h

The Fox gaslighting is such a threat. They need to be sued for stochastic terrorism. Massive class action lawsuit.

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 19h

Hell never get near a willing woman

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JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 19h

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 20h

I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 19h

COIndependent1 💙💛💙 ⬜️ 🟦 @coindependent1.bsky.social · 21h

So it appears the trump’s FOREVER PEACE DEAL is on LIFE SUPPORT in less than 24 hours as I suspected? When the two MAJOR PLAYERS aren’t at the PEACE TABLE SIGNING? It’s just a PHOTO OP for POLITICALLY AMBIGUOUS LEADERS. Anyone can CLAIM PEACE, but ENDURING PEACE in the MIDDLE EAST is HARD, VERY HARD

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 19h

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 21h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 19h

Arrest them

JC @1jcc.bsky.social · 19h

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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