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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 3h

JD Vance - it was a "college group chat."

Peter Giunta – Chief of Staff in NY Assembly

Joe Maligno – Staffer in New York state court system

William Hendrix – Vice Chair, Kansas Young Republicans

Bobby Walker – Vice Chair, NY State Young Republicans

Samuel Douglass – Vermont State Senator

Republicans embroiled in leaked chat controversy:
Top left – Samuel Douglass
Top right – William Hendrix
Bottom left – Peter Giunta
Bottom right – Bobby Walker

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3h

Oh, by the way, I wrote in @thenation.com about how Trump is condeming millions of Americans to hunger this Thanksigiving with his accelarated timeline of adding work requirements for SNAP benefits.
I also discussed how work requirements provably don't work, for the neoliberals in your life.

Trump Has Just Condemned More Americans to Hunger

The administration’s decision to fast-track a bunch of changes to food stamps—including new work requirements—is as stupid as it is cruel.

www.thenation.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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badwebsites @badwebsites.bsky.social · 3h

Mike Johnson is a Plonker.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Laurie Shelvy 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @lashelvy.bsky.social · 3h

Look at all the #youngrethuglikkkanracists keeping traditions alive just like their parents and grandparents

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h

Elise Stefanik is scrubbing photos of herself accepting awards from the vile Young Republicans caught in the Politico group chat. She supported every single one of them in New York State.

Laurie Shelvy 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @lashelvy.bsky.social · 3h

Courage can be contagious just like hope. Thanks to MIT for taking a stand against fascism!

Forbes @forbes.com · 5d

The compact from the Trump administration looks to provide a handful of universities with funding advantages in exchange for changes to their policies on grading, international student enrollment and diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

MIT ‘Cannot Support’ Trump’s Compact—First University To Reject Funding Deal

The compact from the Trump administration looks to provide a handful of universities with funding advantages in exchange for changes to their policies on grading, international student enrollment and diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

www.forbes.com

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Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 8h

Can't imagine he'd be mad at something he supports.

Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 8h

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

'Pearl-Clutching': JD Vance Waves Off Outcry Over Young Republicans' Racist Group Chats

www.huffpost.com

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 8h

Today the GOP Supreme Court will hear a case focused on the Voting Rights Act. We can expect the GOP justices to strike down what is left of the law because that is what the GOP wants. The GOP's goal is a return to whites only political power. That is what MAGA is about.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Employees in the EPA’s Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division received an internal email notifying them that the agency plans to carry out a workforce reduction. The division oversees programs that assist states with recycling and composting initiatives.

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Jenny @wildmustanglover.bsky.social · 2d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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Gandalf the Curmudgeon @420gandalf.bsky.social · 1d

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

the position of the administration it seems is that it is illegal discrimination and divisive racism for historically excluded groups to organize on that basis to improve their position. it’s basically just a genteel version of david duke’s complaint that there wasn’t a NAACP for white people

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d

I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 1d

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

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Laurie Shelvy 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @lashelvy.bsky.social · 1d

Oh look, some actual accountability.

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just rejected Alex Jones' appeal and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him by the Sandy Hook Elementary School families

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 1d

“This is not how the Constitution works” should lead every article about the Trump Administration and Weenie Speaker Mike Johnson’s failure to lead in the House.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

New in PN: Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

"Miller’s contention about ICE officers 'having to street battle against antifa every night' is objectively absurd. Courts cannot possibly be required to accept anything Trump says, no matter how disconnected from reality."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

www.publicnotice.co

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Laurie Shelvy 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @lashelvy.bsky.social · 1d

Oh look, it's #notadragqueen , but a mediocre hypocritical pathetic melanin-deficient man yet again.

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Laurie Shelvy 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @lashelvy.bsky.social · 1d

Hopefully lots of people show up! I will be attending one nearby me!

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump says that Barack Obama could have gotten the October 7th hostages released during his presidency, raising new concerns about Joe Biden's memory and cognition.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.

Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.

Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.

Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.

Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.

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Laurie Shelvy 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @lashelvy.bsky.social · 1d

Actually, the deal ReaGun secretly and illegally negotiated was for Iran to continue holding our people hostage until his swearing in, which is worse imo.

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kathleenhammett.bsky.social @kathleenhammett.bsky.social · 1d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

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