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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

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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Chris Krohn @chriskrohn.bsky.social · 10h

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AG Mayes threatens legal action against House Speaker Johnson over Grijalva’s delayed swearing-in - AZPM

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Chris Krohn @chriskrohn.bsky.social · 1d

The echoes down the halls of history.

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

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Chris Krohn @chriskrohn.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the pro tip. Tell me again, why *do* we celebrate Columbus, then?

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 2d

This seems like confirmation

Then Mr. Trump won the presidency back, and the Biden administration was determined to get a cease-fire in place by January, before it left office. It drafted a peace plan, much of which was quite similar to the “20 point plan” Mr. Trump recently issued. There was slow progress: More than 130 hostages had been released by the time the January cease-fire took place.

“We handed over a cease-fire that silenced the guns, had hostages coming out and aid going in, along with a day-after plan to make it permanent,” Mr. Blinken said. But when the new administration took over, “the moment was squandered,” he added. “Israel and Hamas went back to war for eight months.”

Israeli officials tell a different story. Mr. Biden was a lame duck, they noted, and disengaged. Mr. Trump was a known entity, less likely to lecture Mr. Netanyahu in private or public. They put their money on a new president, and a new negotiating team

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

The GOP budget is going to be the single most unpopular and destructive budget in modern American history - tariffs/higher prices, exploding deficits, gutting health care, slashing clean energy/higher electricity costs, huge ICE expansion.

Going to be a parade of horrors and they are scared of it.

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

Where is the Republican budget? By law it was required to be passed and in place by Sept 30th. Anyone seen it? Got any idea what might be in it? Why the f-ck is the House taking a month long vacation without getting their work done?

Dems ready to negotiate. Rs remain on vacation.

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Chris Krohn @chriskrohn.bsky.social · 1d

I have a particular soft spot for the Hatch Act. #NewMexicoNative

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Chris Krohn @chriskrohn.bsky.social · 1d

"That is what we in the Royal Navy call 'a Lie'."

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2d

The search on Mar-a-Lago happened in August 2022. Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel in November 2022.

Time, how does it work

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Eric Trump: "Sure enough, we find out that Jack Smith is planting manilla folders on the office of my father ... "

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 2d

Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d

It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day

Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all

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Chris Krohn @chriskrohn.bsky.social · 1d

Do people still believe this crap? I'm over 60 years old. I've never been paid to protest, nor even offered payment.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d

By the time you get to the point where the Transportation Secretary is complaining about political protests, you know the administration is truly scared of the public backlash.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Chris Krohn @chriskrohn.bsky.social · 1d

Google "Typhoon Halong" and you'll see stories from many sources, including TWC, NYT, FOX, ABC, and CNN.

Chris Krohn @chriskrohn.bsky.social · 2d

oh dear

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NM Dept. of Memes @nmdeptofmemes.bsky.social · 2d

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 2d

There can be real repercussions for shifting funding during a government shutdown. Under the Antideficiency Act, enacted to prevent federal agencies from spending money Congress hasn’t appropriated, officials who buck those restrictions face up to two years in prison and up to $5,000 in fines.

Pentagon will pay military troops, Trump says, shifting $8B

The president said Saturday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has funds available to pay troops on Wednesday.

www.politico.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

And people tell me the libs have no knack for messaging.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3d

“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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Gary Gehman @glgehman.bsky.social · 3d

All you peacenik liberals wringing hands over what to do: Yes, of course, vote. It's your primary responsibility as a citizen.

But now more than ever, fulfill your second civic responsibility: Serve on juries. Never has it been more imperative to thwart rogue injustice.

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Chris Krohn @chriskrohn.bsky.social · 3d

Where's the "Pissed as hell" emoji button?

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 3d

One would think headlines couldn‘t get more abnormal, but they can. www.oregonlive.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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