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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 2h

The Democrats need to get a hell of a lot of cameras on the White House and plaster the photos everywhere. It's not just the brazen symbol of a megalomaniac destroying national heritage; it's happening during a government shutdown when ordinary people aren't getting paid. Make every American see it.

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Seymour Glass @marfiore.bsky.social · 41m

Interesting. Doesn’t Theil own a large chunk of Polymarket?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

Trump hosted a dinner last week for donors helping fund his ballroom project.

Today, crews are starting construction and literally tearing down parts of the White House.

It's day 20 of the government shutdown and this is what he's prioritizing?

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Seymour Glass @marfiore.bsky.social · 13h

Budget is $170 billion.

Trump’s immigration agenda gets $170 billion, making ICE the largest law enforcement agency

President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending cut bill cleared has as its centerpiece $170 billion for the administration’s immigration crackdown, helping fulfill the president’s 2024 campaign pro...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

FIRED DOJ LAWYER: “I responded up the chain of command - that’s a lie. I cannot sign my name to that.”

Erez Reuveni says he was fired by Trump’s DOJ for refusing to lie that KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA was a terrorist & gang member.

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 1d

Last week John Roberts' Supreme Court took another step towards fully ending the Voting Rights Act.

In my newsletter I recalled Roberts' confirmation hearing, John Lewis's warning of the threat Roberts posted to the VRA, and media elites who called that absurd www.findinggravity.net/media-elites...

Media elites got John Roberts all wrong because they refused to see the Republican Party for what it is.

This week’s Supreme Court oral arguments in Louisiana v Callais, which the court’s MAGA justices appear poised to use to eviscerate what’s left of the Voting Rights Act, got me thinking about Chief Ju...

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23h

“Professing love for Hitler is more than anti-Semitic—it’s antihuman,” George Packer argues. The Young Republicans’ texts “degrade all of us”:

The Depth of MAGA’s Moral Collapse

How we got to “I love Hitler.”

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Seymour Glass @marfiore.bsky.social · 22h

It was all about getting awarded the Nobel Peace Prize from a peace plan hastily jotted down on a McDonald’s paper napkin.

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a group of teletubbies standing on top of a grassy hill

ALT: a group of teletubbies standing on top of a grassy hill

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Seymour Glass @marfiore.bsky.social · 22h

I mean, the admin is already conducting target practice on fishermen off Venezuelan waters… and withholding medical care from their detained US legal residents.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton, but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects.

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Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

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Seymour Glass @marfiore.bsky.social · 22h

Reminder about the compelling whiteboard presentation series by Rep. Swalwell connecting the dots. youtu.be/mlF6ShIGXMQ

Trump-Russia Whiteboard #1: Intel Agencies and What Happened

YouTube video by Congressman Eric Swalwell

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

🧵Guarantee it's the Epstein money trail that's spooking Trump more than the child rape.

As soon as Trump took office, he immediately blocked the 4-year congressional investigation into Epstein's assets.

He also immediately revoked access to all sensitive docs.

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Seymour Glass @marfiore.bsky.social · 23h

I know you think it’s beneath you, George, to pander to what you consider as conspiracies when the topic of vote tampering in the last election is raised. Hopefully you have since reconsidered that position. Influential voices like yours dampened the prospect of challenging the election outcomes.

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I_LoveYou @to8lerone.bsky.social · 1d

RFK JR = MENGELE

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Seymour Glass @marfiore.bsky.social · 1d

Detainees, much like Adolphe injecting dye into the eyes of Jewish children to see if their eye colors would change.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration cut funding for disaster preparedness there because of “DEI..”

A tweet from Lu for Alaska reads: “NW Alaska evacuating in case you watch mainstream news and don’t know what’s happening up here.” The attached image shows the inside of a large military cargo plane packed with people sitting on the floor, many wearing coats and holding children, as they appear to be in the process of evacuation.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible reporting from @infinitejaz.bsky.social from the West Bank. Video of a settler ambush over in his stories. Extremely harrowing.

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Seymour Glass @marfiore.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Again, the double standard on how 🇺🇸 politics & the two parties are covered has become so glaring that it's hard not to draw conclusions. An easy way to avoid these criticisms would be for this to not keep happening over & over & over again on every issue/topic/event.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Apr 10

In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.

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Seymour Glass @marfiore.bsky.social · 1d

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Seymour Glass @marfiore.bsky.social · 1d

A rubber check, quite on brand.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 1d

#ResistanceRoots

“When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.”
— Lin Yutang

Lin Yutang (1895-1976), prolific Chinese writer and inventor, in 1939.

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Aaron McCall @aaronmccall.bsky.social · 1d

Take action and say #NoKings ! If you’re in CA, turn in your ballot and vote Yes on Prop 50, and make sure your friends to too!

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