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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 18h

Your daily reminder that Republicans in Congress have gone on vacation while they force thousands of Americans to go without a paycheck this week.

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 1d

It's a TRIPLE MADDOW WEEK!

In addition to regular Maddow Monday coming up next hour, Rachel is back this Friday at 8pmET for a special edition of TRMS.

And that is followed by the premiere of Rachel's new documentary Andrew Young: The Dirty Work at 9pmET.

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🌸Juls🌸⚖️ @jmeyer24.bsky.social · 1d

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 1d

Prove me wrong.

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99fgh.bsky.social @99fgh.bsky.social · 1d

No country who can't give every citizen comprehensive health care, has no business trying to get to the moon or anywhere else!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 1d

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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mynameisjojo.bsky.social @mynameisjojo.bsky.social · 18h

Alex Jones is 'a dangerous kind of mentally ill' and even 'more unhinged and weirder' in person: Ex-wife

www.alternet.org/2022/09/dang...

Alex Jones is 'a dangerous kind of mentally ill' and even 'more unhinged and weirder' in person: Ex-wife

Kelly Rebecca Nichols, the ex-wife of indicted conspiracy theorist and former White House advisor Alex Jones, revealed to The Young Turks on Sunday that Jones is a far worse character in person than h...

www.alternet.org

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 2d

Democratic lawmakers on the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees accused Department of Veterans Affairs leaders of “weaponizing” the federal government shutdown by ignoring their requests to assist veterans and their families in their districts. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...

Democratic lawmakers accuse VA Secretary Collins of ‘weaponizing’ the shutdown and ignoring requests to assist constituents

Democratic lawmakers accused VA leaders of “weaponizing” the shutdown by ignoring requests to assist veterans and their families in their districts.

www.stripes.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2d

in which a sitting justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court seems to imply he’s worried about whether there’ll be a presidential race in 2028 boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Speculating on Republican motivations, Dougherty said at his Chestnut Hill event that he expects the court to continue playing a major role in election law: “The theory is that we have to deal with a congressional election in 2026, and there’s preparation regarding gerrymandering for the next presidential election—should there be one.”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

BREAM: Open enrollments starts in November. People are already getting notices about what they may pay. I mean, that's gotta be resolved.

MIKE JOHNSON: Yes, and they're eating up the clock in the month of October

(Johnson canceled the House in August to avoid taking votes on Epstein)

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 2d

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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99fgh.bsky.social @99fgh.bsky.social · 3d

What says efficiency like mistakenly firing CDC personnel
REPEATEDLY?

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 2d

Protect John Oliver at all costs.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 2d

Letter: Unchecked buildup of ICE force paves way to martial law

www.sltrib.com

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mynameisjojo.bsky.social @mynameisjojo.bsky.social · 2d

George Conway highlights the two most 'important words' from Trump's White House physician

www.alternet.org/george-conwa...

George Conway highlights the two most 'important words' from Trump's White House physician

On Friday, President Donald Trump made a scheduled visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House said was an annual physical. But conservative attorney and promine...

www.alternet.org

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 3d

One great aspect of iconic inflatable costumes (aside from how they instantly undermine propaganda about war zones) is that it's useless to arrest the person wearing one. Cuffing a frog would make law enforcement look pathetic. And carting one off just guarantees that more will show up the next day.

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