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Melinda V. McLain @revmelinda.bsky.social · 4d

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 4d

There are several bills to cut off Congress's pay checks during government shutdowns

Now there's a bill to halt White House ballroom renovations during the shutdown:

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

www.congress.gov

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 4d

The ballroom addition/destruction of the White House is expressly illegal and would stand as independent grounds for impeachment and removal if we had a functioning government.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

I hope Portland and Oregon appeal en banc ASAP. This is a ridiculous ruling.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 4d

Two Trump-appointed judges of the Ninth Circuit let Trump send the troops into Portland, pausing another Trump appointee's TRO.

The only non-Trump appointee denounces the "political theater" behind the deployment, calling for an en banc review to stop it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah. So The White House
is designated a National Historic Landmark.

That means:

It’s formally recognized as having exceptional national historical significance.

Any substantial changes, demolitions, or new construction affecting it are tightly restricted.

It’s not his house! WTF.

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Melinda V. McLain @revmelinda.bsky.social · 4d

And yet, they have no shame.

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

Trump using a Chinese* excavator to destroy the White House is a bit on the nose as metaphors go.

*Volvo is owned by Geely Holding, a Chinese company.

Melinda V. McLain @revmelinda.bsky.social · 4d

This picture pretty much says it all.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

The East Wing was first added in 1942, under Franklin D. Roosevelt, primarily to provide office space for the First Lady’s staff and to conceal a newly built underground bunker known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) during World War II.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

OMG! In Comey's motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution, he points to others who have lied to Congress that were NOT prosecuted. Number one is JEFF SESSIONS when he said "I have been called a surrogate at a time or two, but I did not have contact with the Russians." 1/

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 4d

Speaker Johnson must stop stalling.
He MUST swear in in Adelita Grijalva to get the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 8d

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.

youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...

AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN

YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office

youtu.be

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🇺🇦Ukrainians are antifa @messfixing.bsky.social · 8d

He's a mob boss.
His only management tools are bribery, bullying, and blackmail.
One takes down mob bosses by starting at the bottom arresting or suing the minions doing his dirty work and then moving up the chain.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10d

It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 10d

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 10d

#Pinks
#ProudBlue

Love this intelligent, competent woman!!

#JasmineCrockett

“The problem is that Americans thought it was ok to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of The United States and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things.

Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of The United States and if we don’t wake up we may not have a United States.”

Congresswoman
Jasmine Crockett

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 10d

Dallas Fort Worth Airport is refusing to air Kristi Noem’s propaganda video—because it’s illegal. All airports must follow suit and reject this misuse of public space. No platform for propaganda. No exceptions.

Love Field, DFW Airport won't show video blaming Democrats for government shutdown

North Texas' two largest airports say the video, in which Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says Democrats "refuse to fund the federal government," goes against their advertising policy.

www.keranews.org

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Melinda V. McLain @revmelinda.bsky.social · 10d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10d

Bailing out Bessent’s billionaire friends on Wall Street from their bad investments is much more important.

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Just Jill 💖 @just-jillg.bsky.social · 10d

This should be considered everywhere. They are kidnapping, abusing, harassing and threatening people who have rights. Every single one of them have rights and they are ignored. What they’re doing is unconstitutional and illegal.
Payback will come.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10d

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 10d

Every wannabe king forgets the same lesson: Americans don’t kneel. The weak call it chaos. The strong call it a wake-up call. The Constitution doesn’t need worshippers. It needs warriors.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10d

They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.

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Melinda V. McLain @revmelinda.bsky.social · 15d

May it be so and soon!

yolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 15d

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 16d

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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