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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 45m

Q: A July survey by your pollster found that 72% of voters across parties like the ACA tax credits. Are you worried you might get blamed if you don't help?

TRUMP: We want to have great healthcare, so we will do whatever we can do to have great healthcare

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Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · 45m

New AP/NORC poll finds:

- 47% of U.S. adults are “not very” or “not at all confident” they could find a good job if they wanted to

- 36% say electricity bills are a "major" source of stress; 50% say the same about grocery prices

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How Americans are feeling about their chances on the job market, according to an AP-NORC poll

Americans are increasingly worried about their ability to find a good job under President Donald Trump.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 7h

Yesterday was a beautiful celebration of America. And it, once again, exposed Trump and his Republican cheerleaders as liars. As divisive liars. This weekend’s community Substack. Check it out.👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

We Are All Americans

The Social Contract Community Issue

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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 9h

Protesting our country being sold out to the super wealthy and foreign interests is not evidence of Marxism. It is evidence of a majority party that is grossly negligent and unempathetic.

Politico @politico.com · 10h

Johnson doubles down on his criticisms of the “No Kings” rallies, decrying the widely peaceful demonstrations as evidence of “a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party.”

Speaker Johnson doubles down on ‘No Kings’ criticism following demonstrations nationwide

He alleged the protests indicate “a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party.”

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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 10h

"The fake video, set to the song “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins, shows the plane dropping a brown liquid resembling feces onto the heads of protesters, who appeared to be gathered in a city."

A total and utter lack of moral authority.

Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters

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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 1d

"For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other" - Thomas Paine

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

‘No Kings’ protests live updates: Thousands march against Trump as MAGA seeks to downplay massive rallies

‘No Kings’ protests live: Anti-Trump rallies kick off as MAGA downplays event

The president insisted he was ‘not a king’ on Friday, one day before demonstrators in 2,500 locations across the country protest his administration

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

DONALD TRUMP
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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 1d

"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness" - George Washington

This protest is about as American as it gets.

GOP tries to brand anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests as un-American

Ahead of the more than 2,600 rallies planned for Saturday across the country, Republican officials have sought to cast the protests against the president’s policies as “hate America” rallies.

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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps the outcome would be different if Zelensky offered Trump a state of the art jumbo jet or something like that....

Trump rejects Zelensky on Tomahawk missiles in "tough" meeting

One source said the meeting "was not easy." Another simply said "it was bad."

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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 2d

Deplorable.

NPR @npr.org · 2d

The disgraced New York Republican was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a litany of federal charges, including wire fraud, identity theft and money laundering. n.pr/47uii5k

President Trump commutes the prison sentence of George Santos

The disgraced New York Republican was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a litany of federal charges, including wire fraud and identity theft.

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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 3d

"I just don’t believe Senator Markey should be running for another six-year term at 80 years old, .....Even more, I don’t think someone who’s been in Congress for a half century is the right person to meet this moment and win the future.”

Seth Moulton to seek Massachusetts Senate seat held by Ed Markey in generational fight

Markey is one of the oldest members of Congress.

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Center for Ballot Freedom @centerforballotfreedom.org · 3d

By re-empowering the political center, fusion voting has the power to reorient American democracy away from authoritarianism. Learn more from @leedrutman.bsky.social @newamerica.org: contrarian.substack.com/p/how-a-simp...

How a simple electoral change could marginalize political extremism

By re-empowering the political center, fusion voting has the power to reorient American democracy away from authoritarianism

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Reason Foundation @reason.org · 4d

Sen. Mark Kelly’s new AI policy roadmap stands out from other Democratic AI proposals by emphasizing redistribution over regulation.

Democrats pivot on AI: Less regulation, more redistribution

The focus of Sen. Mark Kelly’s “AI for America” plan departs from other federal artificial intelligence policy proposals introduced by Democrats.

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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 3d

"Republican Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont called out state senator and head of Vermont's Young Republican chapter Sam Douglass, saying he should resign "immediately" and leave the party over his alleged involvement in the group chat on the Telegram messaging platform, "

Some GOP leaders call for resignation of Young Republicans who allegedly texted slurs, racist messages

Members of both political parties condemned the rhetoric in the alleged texts.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 4d

No money for healthcare, no money for veterans, no money for farmers. But good news: Trump just doubled Argentina’s bailout to $40 billion.

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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 4d

"In his second term, as he smashes constitutional and legal restraints at home, he’s added a new dimension to his foreign policy — seeking to secure personal prestige, his legacy, a Nobel Peace Prize and a place among the world’s most powerful strongmen."

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

"Donald Trump has his finger in an awful lot of global pies for a president who was supposed to put America first," writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis https://cnn.it/479nvy6

R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 5d

“The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections,” the organizations said."

Major media outlets, including Hegseth’s former employer Fox News, decline to sign new Pentagon reporting rules

The former employer of the Secretary of Defense joined CNN, ABC and NBC in refusing to sign the agreement.

www.politico.com

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 5d

Trump is saying the quiet part out loud: he sent a $20B taxpayer-financed bailout to help his far-right buddy Milei cling to power.

Meanwhile our government is shut down, public servants aren't getting paid & we're barreling toward a Trump-made health care crisis. Sounds like Argentina First to me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."

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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 5d

"Such data could have helped the models more accurately predict the storm’s path and intensity, as initial model projections had the forecasts suggesting the worst conditions would strike farther to the south and west than they did."

Predictions for deadly Alaska storm may have suffered due to DOGE cuts | CNN

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’...

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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 5d

"Newsmax, whose on-air journalists are generally supportive of President Donald Trump’s administration, said that “we believe the requirements are unnecessary and onerous and hope that the Pentagon will review the matter further.”

News outlets including The New York Times and Newsmax say they won't sign Pentagon rules document

The new rules declare large swaths of the Pentagon off-limits to reporters and declares that journalists who report information not formally approved by Hegseth's team risk getting their access revoke...

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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 5d

"Wednesday, he tweeted, “The House needs to return to session. It’s absurd to be cancelling weeks of legislative business when the government is shut down and Congress hasn’t enacted a budget in 19 months.” - Rep. Kevin Kiley (R - CA)

Kevin Kiley opposes Speaker Mike Johnson, says House should be in DC

“The Speaker shouldn’t even think about cancelling session for a third straight week,” Kiley said.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5d

The Army exists to defend the Republic; the press exists to inform it. Together, they protect the same ideal—self-government built on public trust. Hegseth's Pentagon press restrictions would hurt the Army, the press, and us.

New from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/locking-do...

Locking Down the Pentagon Press Is Dangerous

Pete Hegseth’s proposed restrictions would harm the people whom both the military and the press are meant to serve.

www.thebulwark.com

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 5d

If the government carries out Trump’s orders targeting antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” it would violate free speech rights. Here’s why: bit.ly/4330Su2

Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.

www.brennancenter.org

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R Pez @ricopez.bsky.social · 5d

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene stated that there are "a lot of weak Republican men" in Congress.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5d

Lately, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) has been siding with Democrats to call for extensions to health care subsidies and supporting an effort both Speaker Johnson and President Trump oppose to force a vote on releasing Epstein files.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, tearing into her own party, says GOP men in Congress are ‘weak’

“There’s a lot of weak Republican men and they’re more afraid of strong Republican women,” Greene said.

www.washingtonpost.com