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Card-carrying member of the human race. Managing editor at crooksandliars.com

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · Sep 4

Patty Murray thinks getting a "temporary" extension of ACA subsidy enhancements is just fine as long as it's "bipartisan"

I'll say it again: Bipartisanship is appeasement. h/t @atrupar.com

Now is not the time to do that. If they fight for us they'll win. Even if it means the government shuts down.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h

OAN taking the bold, go-it-alone, no-one-thought-we-were-journalism-so-does-it-really-matter approach.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13h

Solidarity is the only way

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15h

You know MAGA is an incestuous cult because the entire world, especially Palestinians, realizes Israel just played Trump and there's no "peace in the Middle East."

However, Trump gets his ego stroked, and MAGA Reeks get to praise their King for a day.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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ILuvPolitix @iluvpolitix.bsky.social · 18h

These are the terrorists who hate America

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 15h

Amen.

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 19h

These are the same kind of weasels who would’ve called George Washington & America’s revolutionaries “terrorists.” They spend their days sucking up to King Trump & demonizing peaceful protest just as some in America sought to appease King George III.

Looking forward to No Kings Day.

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 22h

House Republicans: they imposed work requirements on Medicaid and SNAP enrollees in the name of "protect[ing] taxpayer dollars," and then peaced the f–– out of their duties at the Capitol for three months and counting.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

DHS agent wounded in active combat, from shots fired by other DHS agents who decided DHS agents were actually antifa. The genius of Kristi Noem.

svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 1d

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 1d

no quarter given lmao

Matt Stoller & @matthewstoller • 2h
UPS had seven months of warning about the de minimis change, but is still taking packages w/o getting required customs info & is making tariff charge errors.
Nice use of passive voice though!

derek guy
@dieworkwear • 2h
i apologize using a passive voice. i was not born in london to a wealthy bank executive, sent to an exclusive private prep school in new hampshire, and then studied at harvard before larping as a champion of the people. you have to work with my low upbringing.

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 15h

Do it tomorrow.

Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 16h

It has been 20 DAYS since Adelita Grijalva overwhelmingly won Congressional District AZ CD7
Speaker Johnson ENOUGH
WE in Arizona are outraged that her District is not being represented
House Democrats send letter demanding she sworn in by Friday (source aolnews.com)

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 21h

You won’t read this in Republican press clips aka “the Playbook” of @politico.com - but cracks are everywhere in Mikey Johnson’s GOP caucus. MTG is not the only one getting restless at the cowardice of the MAGA Speaker.

Soon to be voted out - CA’s Kiley speaks out.

x.com/mkraju/statu...

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“New — GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley breaks with the speaker’s strategy of keeping House closed and not negotiating with Ds.

And says Grijalva should be sworn in

“There’s a duly elected member of Congress from that district, and she should be sworn in. I don’t know why this is an issue””

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks for this piece — and for the shout-out — @cshaplaw.bsky.social!

Carolyn Shapiro @cshaplaw.bsky.social · 1d

www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/shad...
"A lot of attention has (appropriately) focused on the Supreme Court’s virtual reversal of Humphrey’s Executor on the shadow docket. ... It is doing the same to Clinton v. City of New York, the 1998 case that struck down the Line Item Veto Act ..." 1/

Shadow overruling: it’s not just for Humphrey’s Executor

Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s rulings, opinions, and procedures on the law, on other institutions, and on [...

www.scotusblog.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 21h

I can think of somewhere else where the military needs to start saying this

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21h

"Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to have fled...On Saturday, some Capsat soldiers had posted a video...: “Let us join forces, military, gendarmes and police, and refuse to be paid to shoot our friends, our brothers and our sisters..."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit

Elite Capsat unit that played a major role in Andry Rajoelina’s rise to presidency joined gen Z protests against corruption

www.theguardian.com

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 20h

Me too.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20h

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20h

What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?

Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 20h

Even Newsmax!

Newsmax on Pentagon press policy: "Newsmax has no plans to sign the letter. We are working in conjunction with other media outlets to resolve the situation. We believe the requirements are unnecessary and onerous and hope that the Pentagon with review the matter further.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

Somebody tell Trump there's an Argentinian banker in one of these houses.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 23h

Yep. And it’s all projection because they’re the ones who paid protestors.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Trump wants his real estate. That's the ONLY complicating factor I see.
Otherwise, same old movie we've seen 1000 times before.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

How long before Israel continues its stated goal of taking everything?

Before Trump leaves or right after?

They're going to say Hamas failed to bla bla bla and use that as an excuse.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Trump greets the delegate from UAE, which put $2 billion into Trump’s crypto company: “They got a lot of cash. Unlimited cash.”

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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 23h

Anything Biden accomplished was under-reported quite deliberately by our MAGA-humping MSM.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

“Yeah but there was no final status negotiated under those”

There’s no final status agreement now either

“Yeah but those were temporary”

This one hasn’t even been in force for a week

“But this time Bibi promises it’s for real!”

[stares]

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Coffee Indiana @coffeeindiana.bsky.social · 1d

Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 23h

Apparently so. You’d think this was the first time.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

Coffee Indiana @coffeeindiana.bsky.social · 1d

Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

How do I make Justice Kavanaugh watch this?

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 3d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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