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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1h

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12m

Trump: "They have committed massive political crime. I hope they're looking at Schifty Schiff. I hope they're looking at all these people. And I'm allowed to find out. I'm in theory the chief law enforcement officer."

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 18h

Breaking: Ewic says Daddums owns the government - so I guess he owns the shutdown too

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 7h

The case before the Supreme Court is called Louisiana v. Callais, a redistricting dispute that has become a major test of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), the landmark civil rights law designed to protect Black Americans and other minorities from being shut out of political representation.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

COLLINS: The Dept of Energy just canceled $1b for a hydrogen hub that covers Montana. Is that taking away good-paying jobs?

SHEEHY: Of course it is. We want govt to be open

C: But the Energy Secretary says he would've pulled that funding even if govt was open

S: ... Well, that's unfortunate

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6h

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 6h

congrats to no kings you have absolutely triggered the cons

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Rep. Pat Harrigan: "This No Kings rally -- that's the blue hair, anthropomorphic experiment that's gonna happen up here in Washington DC."

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KG @kathygilbertnet.bsky.social · 6h

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 6h

If you want to see who is serious about ending the Republican shutdown, look at who's showing up and who's skedaddled. House Republicans have run away, hiding from Epstein and healthcare votes.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

Trump officials have repeatedly dodged questions about an undercover FBI investigation of the border czar, Tom Homan, and what became of $50,000 in cash that was delivered to him. Here's why.

Listen to "The Daily."

The Border Czar and a Bag of $50,000

Why the questions about a bribery investigation related to Tom Homan haven’t faded away.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h

Come for their stupid right-wing polices that bankrupt their countries, stay for their inability to do hair.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1d

Put a banner on every closed rural hospital

WE SAVED ARGENTINA INSTEAD

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Candyce 🌊🦋🌈💙🩵 @candycemv1.bsky.social · 13h

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Sadists. Truly sick people.

ICE is thoroughly un-American.

Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

apnews.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

DNJ: “Convicted ex Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold running for Congress as a Republican…”

Locked up for wire fraud & extortion, he says his “record as a conservative Republican stands for itself”

(🏆 juxtaposition of the day to DNJ’s Scott Broden)

www.dnj.com/story/news/2...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

> @governor.ca.gov

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18h

Tomorrow is a critical day for democracy in court. Compare how the Washington Post framed it vs Democracy Docket.

Right now, fearless, pro-democracy media is more important than legacy media platitudes. Sign up now to say informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important redistricting and voting rights case of the term. Democracy Docket isn't just covering it for the day. It has been covering this case for years.

Support its vital work to help keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 22h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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