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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 13h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 6h

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 11h

For the Epsteinth time, swear her in

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 13h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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FLARE 💥 Resistance Action Center 💥 @flareusa.bsky.social · 11h

FLARE will b in Congressional offices tomorrow ahead of World Spine Day. Tonight, House Dems r marching to Johnson's office to demand he swear in Rep-elect @adelitaforcongress.

"What is he afraid of?" "Epstein!"

Grow a spine is tomorrow's msg.
#FuelTheFLARE #YouCantScareFLARE

@washingtonianprobs

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 11h

ICE goons are terrorizing LA to the point where elected officials need to treat it akin to a public health and safety emergency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

LA to declare state of emergency over Ice raids to assist affected families

Move will allow county board of supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants amid immigration crack down on city

www.theguardian.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

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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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8h

Republicans made a conscious decision to become even more racist after 2012, yes, but they did so in large part because of the realization of the electoral impact of demographic shifts.

Ginni Thomas, wife of SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas played a role in the pivot:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grounds...

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AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 9h

🥳🇺🇸🥳🇺🇸FontesCerftifiesResults
🤬😱🤬😱MikeJohnsonObstructs

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 16h

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AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 17h

Tur covered Special Prosecutor Jack Smith interview by Andrew Weismann, while currently airring on Nicolle Wallace's show a solid panel discussion and report out live on Deadline WH.

Not to divert audience, but it's all challenging the laws ability to thwart facism.

youtu.be/4jR5S1KqyRU?...

FIRST ON MSNBC: Jack Smith speaks out about Trump investigation for first time

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 17h

I am loving me THIS Letitia James!

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 1d

Letitia James: When you come for me, you come for all of us.

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✊Larry Colvin✊ @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 1d

SHARE if you stand with Letitia James! Because I do!

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AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 17h

That feels likely.

But have we learned nothing from 107 days?

Why fear voices competing for Democracy?

Or did I get the backlash wrong?

Probably.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 19h

See in Australia, they WANT people to vote so they mandate it.

In the USA, we don’t even get a day off to vote.

The Why Process @thewhyprocess.bsky.social · 19h

In authentic democracies, voters use paper ballots collected in simple transparent boxes. Once voting ends, ballots are counted by hand in public without being moved (chain of command). It might take a bit more time, save billions, & exemplify faith in the electorate. hir.harvard.edu/compulsion-e...

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AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 17h

As @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social details, there is no official group known as Antifa (which stands for anti-facism) but Trump's recent memo using vague language authors broad powers to Executive actors authorizing them to investigate and detain ANY American for ANY speech THEY alone pick.

#NoKingsDay

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AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 17h

The Charlie Wilson War came out years after 9-11 but is exactly why I called my parents still asleep in another time zone before the 2nd tower was hit yelling "it HAS to be a STAN country it HAS to be a STAN country. Turn your TV on."

P.S. GW knew of planning. And Gore Vidal knew that he knew.

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AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 18h

I'm weaning myself to dump spotify for its anti constitutional political spending I was alarmed to learn about. I can live without Netflix.

YouTube I find essential. Google has its hold.

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AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 18h

One ... would ... hope.
One ... would ... think.
But one would be wrong.
Including the millions being conned by Trump to think he will care about anything they care about ever.

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AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 18h

Here is a group Trump can use his vague language memo on. It's almost like they are auditioning for it.

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

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 18h

The pain on the face of a sport fan for the losing team is because the caveman brain alerts it to impending extinction of clan. Not just death. EXTINCTION.

Once you cheat your way in or are born to the Millionaire Billionaire class, they pull the ladder away so others can't join via hard work.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 21h

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AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 18h

Brussels today. In America wise leaders warn of embedded agitators who will attempt to hand Trump martial law this Saturday.

Protestors everywhere in America MUST remain peaceful on No Kings Day. BEWARE THE AGITATORS.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Tens of thousands rally in Brussels to protest austerity plans

Flights grounded, public transport disrupted as 80,000 people take to the streets of the Belgian capital.

www.aljazeera.com

AZcat @azsuzeblue.bsky.social · 18h

Will America sprout like Brussels?

Don't take agitators bait.

We must remain peaceful. Don't hand Trump a key to declaring martial law.

As we saw in Chicago peaceful protests can wind down peacefully even while vehemently disagreeing with ICE and felon Trump's illegal and Unconstituional conduct.

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