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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 16h

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Ben Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social · 2d

Listen to Blaze Foley. It will do you good.

Bob Dylan said Blaze was his favorite songwriter. Townes Van Zandt said Blaze was one of the most spiritual people he ever met. John Prine covered his work. Merle Haggard tracked down every recording he could get. The public has mostly forgotten.

Blaze Foley - Clay Pigeons, rare Live

YouTube video by Dave HJ

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 1d

trump starvation
trump recession
trump war on boaters
trump demolition
trump inflation
trump taxes
trump shutdown
trump atom bomb fun
trump trade war
trump measles epidemic
trump police kidnappings
trump massive job cuts
trump fascism
trump invasion of US
trump total control

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1d

It was never really just about immigration. It was always about racism.

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carlweinhart.bsky.social @carlweinhart.bsky.social · 1d

The slogan always should have been "Demilitarize the Police" because that's what they meant by defund them. We don't need any military in the city, but here we go.

Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 1d

“defund the police was a bad slogan”

Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 1d

Cops going aggro on Sunset near Echo Park in LA after the Dodgers Win. Shooting people with less lethals from point blank range, horses running people and press down. Literally minutes before, fireworks in the street

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Rep. Steven Woodrow @woodrowforco.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA is driven to rage
By food stamps spent on candy But Trump’s billion dollar crypto scheme?
Well that’s just fine and dandy.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026.

If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.

So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”

Because that IS what they are going to say.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The world's 10 richest people (nearly all from the U.S.) are collectively $500 billion richer this year thanks to growth in stocks tied to AI.

Meanwhile, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and electricity.

AI is making the rich even richer while everyone else pays the price.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Want to see a microcosm of America? Immigrants won the World Series for the Dodgers and immigrants will be unwelcome and hunted at the victory parade.

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carlweinhart.bsky.social @carlweinhart.bsky.social · 1d

DJT trolls the needy.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

The government is shutdown, and millions of Americans are about to go without food and/or medicine because of him.

So what does Donald Trump do? Keeps bragging about his $300,000,000 golden ballroom and throws a Great Gatsby party at his private resort.

He is so stupidly tone-deaf.

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 1d

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 1d

When people get all spun up saying, "Tr*mp is escalating. Things are about to get much worse!!!" No shit. He's using a predictable playbook. None of this should be a surprise. Which is why we organize to stop it. It's a race, y'all. Pick up the pace and we can win it.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s not reacting to a new crisis. He’s reacting to his political needs: religion as a rallying flag, fear as fuel, and war threats as a show of dominance. It’s all authoritarian politics, just dressed up as divine mission.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.”

It’s who our government is for.

Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?

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maga-crime-watch.bsky.social @maga-crime-watch.bsky.social · 1d

Obama’s point is simple: the bigger the show, the bigger the mess they’re trying to hide. When leaders act like gods flying above us, it’s usually because they’re failing to fix things down here.

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Anti-Fascist Collective…. 👊🏼👊🏽👊🏿 @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Semiotic Stochastic @mitdasein.bsky.social · 2d

Confirmation bias? I KNEW it!

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 1d

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re ok with vouchers being used for ski trips or piano lessons but not ok with SNAP benefits being used for pizza or cupcakes, it’s not the use of public money you have a problem with.

It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

We live in the richest country in the world, and our billionaire president has to be forced by a court of law to feed our people.

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carlweinhart.bsky.social @carlweinhart.bsky.social · 1d

It's DEI, lol.

Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 1d

So the World Series MVP is an… immigrant

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

People who force their religion on others will force their politics on others. It’s why we separate church from state.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Obama: I believe in an America where we don't fear each other. But look out for each other. And if we want that story to continue. If we believe in that better story. We need leaders who believe in it too.

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