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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 3h

House Republicans are saying that they are doing all of this work, but they are twiddling their thumbs and refusing to negotiate.

I have never seen people who hate working this much. They need to pick up the phone.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 3h

This is so nice. A father pretending he read the book his son pretended to write. 🥲

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3h

Donald Trump and JD Vance can find money to launch missiles over the I-5 during a government shutdown, but not a dime for Americans’ health care.

I-5 may be shut down due to concerns over live-fire military event at Camp Pendleton

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is weighing whether to close parts of Interstate 5 beginning Friday amid concerns over what it says is a White House-directed plan to use live ordnance during a military ann...

www.latimes.com

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 5h

Republicans aren’t even pretending to govern…
PROTECT OUR HEALTHCARE. NEGOTIATE WITH DEMOCRATS.
@whipkclark.bsky.social
youtu.be/MnudTshs5l8

BEHIND the SCENES of the GOV SHUTDOWN!

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Mockler: I have spent all my formative years watching the President talk about the opposition party like they should not exist. His claim to fame in politics was saying that Obama was not born in America.

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Barb, Red State Blue Neck @barbb.bsky.social · 3h

This is sure to endear them to California voters.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 10h

A 3,000-pound, 17-foot-long "DEMOCRACY" ice sculpture is melting away on the National Mall today, a statement from activists and artists on the weakened state of American democracy under the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Of 1 Word Is Melting In Front Of The U.S. Capitol

“It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.

www.huffpost.com

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Barb, Red State Blue Neck @barbb.bsky.social · 3h

That's hot

Barb, Red State Blue Neck @barbb.bsky.social · 3h

Jokes on her. Pillow guy doesn't have any money to pay her.

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

ICYMI — PELOSI: “Shut up. I did not refuse the National Guard. The President didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you’re a serious journalist?”

(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)

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Barb, Red State Blue Neck @barbb.bsky.social · 3h

I'm struggling with all my crappy KY reps and senators being the voice of reason right now. What's going on?

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 11h

Sen. Rand Paul: “what were their names” and “what was the evidence linking them to being part of a gang?”
“The Coast Guard, when they interdict boats, … about 25% of the time the boat that they board doesn’t have drugs on it. So they have made an error, but they don’t kill them.”

US strikes another alleged drug-carrying boat off Venezuela coast

The strike marks the fifth deadly strike on an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the region.

www.militarytimes.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5h

The racist-ass Supreme Court says race can't be a factor for college admissions or redistricting but racial profiling is perfectly fine for ICE to bash brown and Black skulls.

F this corrupt institution.

Expand the Court.

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 7h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Barb, Red State Blue Neck @barbb.bsky.social · 3h

That ain't right

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 5h

Make it stop

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 7h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5h

ABOLISH ICE and EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT should be mainstream Democratic promises and talking points.

But timidity and civility will rule the day and screw the rest of us and this country in the end.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 10h

People do remember that the country wasn’t like this last year, right?

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Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 5h

Adelita Grijalva is smart, successful, and 800,000 Arizonans hired her to represent them in Washington.

But sure, Mr. Speaker, mansplain to her how Congress works while you come up with more BS excuses to keep her from voting to release the Epstein files.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

FOX: Grijalva says you're afraid of her being the 218th signer to the Epstein petition, that if she was a Republican you would've sworn her in. What do you say?

MIKE JOHNSON: I say bless her heart. She's a representative-elect, she doesn't know how it works around here.

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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor @usrepkathycastor.bsky.social · 5h

Republicans in Congress are on vacation and ignoring Floridians health care.

@frost.house.gov and I will not stand for it.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

AOC: The problem is that the Trump administration, they think that destroying our health care, making sure that housing is too expensive to live in, that jacking up the cost of our groceries—they think all of this is about hurting Democrats. What they are doing is hurting Americans

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5h

The Hoods Are OFF! The GOP Embraces Nazis

If Republicans no longer want to be compared to Nazis and racists, then maybe they should stop supporting Nazis and promoting white supremacist talking points.

thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-hoods-...

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 6h

Shutting down a government so one dude can continue to get away with having molested kids.

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