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All the Pretty Little Nazis

The shape of things to come.

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712hum.bsky.social @712hum.bsky.social · 2h

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All the Pretty Little Nazis

The shape of things to come.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 4h

Trump’s police force is terrorizing school pick-up lines and throwing tear gas at local police. He is not making the country safer.

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Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 5h

Your tax dollars and mine are being used to thank President Trump. That’s right, the biggest political ad spender of 2025 is DHS using your money.
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U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5h

HAPPENING SOON: SCOTUS will hear arguments in a case that could end one of the last safeguards against racial gerrymanders, and lock in GOP control of the U.S. House for generations to come. We’ll be providing real-time court updates at the blog below👇

LIVE BLOG: Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Gut the Voting Rights Act

Read more here.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 4h

No. I will not vote to allow 15 million people to lose their health insurance and watch 50,000 Americans die each year unnecessarily.

No. I will not vote to double premiums for 20 million.

Republicans must come to the table and negotiate an end to the shutdown.

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712hum.bsky.social @712hum.bsky.social · 4h

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Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

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712hum.bsky.social @712hum.bsky.social · 4h

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It’s Getting Worse.

The Trump administration’s assault on the rest of us is intensifying.

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712hum.bsky.social @712hum.bsky.social · 5h

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Mike Johnson’s Shutdown Strategy Is Corruption in Broad Daylight

Federal workers go unpaid, premiums are set to spike, and Congress is on a paid vacation—all to protect Trump from the Epstein files.

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712hum.bsky.social @712hum.bsky.social · 6h

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Tim Miller: Here's the Real Reason for This Shutdown

Tim Miller joins MSNBC’s Katy Tur Reports to talk about Trump’s lawless power plays and why neither side is backing down.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 18h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 7h

Republicans: We’re not Nazis.

Also Republicans: I love Hitler.

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Appallingly Racist GOP Group Chat With 251 Slurs Is Leaked

One Republican operative reportedly wrote, “I love Hitler,” and referred to Black Americans as “the watermelon people.”

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Daniel🗽Shook @fds3rd.bsky.social · 1d

#Medicaid for undocumented immigrants under 1% of spending, analysis reveals
#Health

Medicaid for undocumented immigrants under 1% of spending, analysis reveals

Authors affiliated with Emory University, the Lown Institute, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health report that emergency Medicaid represen...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

As shutdown enters its 3rd week, expect it to impact the economy “in a nonlinear fashion.

“.. missed paychecks, slower pace of business investment ..

“.. our initial estimate of a 0.1% drag on GDP is now outdated, and we expect a 0.25% drag per week, or 1% per month.”

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712hum.bsky.social @712hum.bsky.social · 8h

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An election conspiracy group makes inroads with a California city

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712hum.bsky.social @712hum.bsky.social · 14h

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This Trump Cabinet Meeting Is So Embarrassing That It's Painful

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712hum.bsky.social @712hum.bsky.social · 15h

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Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits fro...

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712hum.bsky.social @712hum.bsky.social · 15h

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They Stole His Breath; We Carry His Legacy

We march because he couldn’t. We speak because he was silenced. He would have turned 52 years old today.

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712hum.bsky.social @712hum.bsky.social · 15h

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‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray

Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.

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712hum.bsky.social @712hum.bsky.social · 15h

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What A Day: Battle of the Divulge

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempt to silence journalists could backfire.

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712hum.bsky.social @712hum.bsky.social · 15h

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There’s Something Weirdly Familiar About This New GOP Argument

Republicans’ latest attempt to win the shutdown fight shows they still don’t get it on Obamacare.

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 16h

Eric Adams' last gift to Trump, perhaps.

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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 16h

Trump may pardon every last one of them but the 120th Congress can haul them before the House all day and night so the American people can learn their names and see their faces, try them in the court of public opinion, and banish them to the political wilderness while we reconstruct our democracy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16h

Trump and Republicans are putting a target on dissenters in the hopes that either (a) stochastic violence will be visited upon them, or at least (b) the threat of stochastic violence will convince some of them to stay home. www.thebulwark.com/p/are-you-an...

Are YOU Antifa?

Plus: Hostage releases and prisoner swaps.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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