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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

Harris' response is procedure-focal and lawyerly. It is also entirely correct. I don't need every politician to have a loud and poorly informed view on the subject. I do need them to respect the existing mechanisms for legal adjudication of claims. Harris clears this threshold.

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Just Jill 💖 @just-jillg.bsky.social · 2h

Meet Bobby Walker who thinks rape is epic.
This is who the Guardians of Pedophiles is grooming.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2h

Need Jon’s footage of me laughing at the bee sashaying away from the cop.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

Big day tomorrow. Goodnight.😴

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

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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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2h

It was always clear this was the anti-woke goal, it’s just depressing how much they were allowed to cloud it in high minded free speech misdirection.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2h

The thing about the Nazi chat is these people turned the country upside down and got a lot of people fired to be able to say those things in comfort.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Ashley DeAzevedo @afuashley.bsky.social · 13h

ICYMI: Jenni, one of AFU's beloved members, was forced to say goodbye to her best friend and husband of 17 years yesterday. This is NOT okay. The family courageously chose to share their story publicly, so please do YOUR part to share this with people in your lives. 🧵 below

Ashley DeAzevedo @afuashley.bsky.social · 1d

ANOTHER FAMILY SEPARATED BY OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

Immigration Laws Drive North Carolina Father Out of Country, Separating Him from U.S. Citizen Wife and Two Daughters

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 2h

Netanyahu announces Israel will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite it being a key ceasefire agreement clause.

Didn't take long, did it?

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 5h

Your actions have consequences.

You choose not to vote, you lose your say.

You elect a felon, expect to get robbed.

Not everyone voted for this administration, but everyone must live through it.

#ProudBlue

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Smart Dissent @smartdissent.bsky.social · 2h

It's always lies, as we know, but this one is as idiotic as any considering Jack Smith wasn't involved in this topic until months after the classified tiles were found in Trump's bathroom despite being asked for 10 times.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 2h

Ouch. 👇🏾 #ai #bubble 💻🫧

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 4h

It really feels like Sam Altman promised a lot of Very Serious Old People he was going to create capitalist blowjob jesus based off a tech demo, and now that the bottom’s falling out he’s throwing whatever he can think of at the wall to avoid getting disappeared because he wasted all their money.

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 8h

Light around the shore

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 2h

Republicans have sent troops into American cities to violently instigate conflict against its own citizens largely because these Republicans don’t like seeing Black and brown faces. And they want you to be afraid that they’re coming for you next. That’s pretty much the whole of it.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 4h

Two dozen masked ICE Federal Secret Police, who are kitted out like they are going to war, kidnap a local and brutalize the community.

Toward the end of the video, they throw a gas cannister that almost hits a baby. 😟

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3h

He keeps saying this, even though Jack Smith didn't join the classified docs case until a few months after the raid.

But since he keeps doing this on Fox News, where they are on the same team, he won't get called out on it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · 2h

Trump has no problem with Argentina's socialism.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 6h

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 3h

Let me be clear: when Donald Trump terrorizes our federal workers, he is attacking the American people who benefit from the services they provide.

These dedicated public servants are vital to the success of our country, and I will ALWAYS have their back.

When Donald Trump terrorizes our federal workers, he is attacking the American people

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

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meta @metatheory.bsky.social · 3h

HARD PASS

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

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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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3h

ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

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ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 8h

So much wrong with it, but one of the problems with these attacks on boats in the Caribbean is that the announcement doesn’t come from a government agency, it comes from the social media app owned by the president.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

Funding for legal assistance will be very helpful.

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