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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

KARL: “Why haven’t you sworn in Adelita Grijalva?”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”

KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼

#EpsteinFilesCoverUp

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD 🐸(🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 3h

🚽

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."

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Phil McCarthy @philmccarthy23.bsky.social · 20h

Jesus Christ what a sick fuck

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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Phil McCarthy @philmccarthy23.bsky.social · 22h

Shine a light!

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 1d

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Tuttle Tuttle Toil & Trouble 🎃 @katekilla.bsky.social · 1d

This hits great when the health insurance bills are nearly doubling

Image of NYT article with a picture of Kristi Noem and this headline & subhead:

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary and other top officials.

Listen to this article • 4:51 min Learn more

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Phil McCarthy @philmccarthy23.bsky.social · 22h

I love seeing the No Kings pics from the big cities, but I’d love to see from the small towns!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

So no terrorism then?

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, President Trump said. n.pr/4nWXTf4

2 survivors of suspected drug vessel will be sent to home countries, Trump says

The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, President Trump said.

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Phil McCarthy @philmccarthy23.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I’m going with Miller

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 1d

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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

Huge thanks to our international supporters for standing with us against Trump! We see you, Spain 🇪🇸, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, the United Kingdom 🇬🇧, and Germany 🇩🇪!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

John Bolton is being prosecuted because Trump hates him. I cannot understand why anyone credits anything in a document prepared by Trump's DOJ targeting his political opponents.

The coverage of this case makes me think we have learned nothing about giving Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt.

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

This is a profoundly absurd show of force that could put Californians directly in harm's way.

Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.

New York Times: "Military Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday"

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 2d

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Bill the Cat @billthecat71.bsky.social · 2d

The arrest of comedian and musician Robby Roadsteamer outside a Portland ICE facility while dressed in a giraffe costume has sparked widespread attention and controversy. He was performing a satirical song in front of demonstrators outside the federal building, dressed in a giraffe costume.