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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 4h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

It should be a litmus test for Democratic presidential primary candidates whether they will restore the White House and DC public properties to exactly the way they were before the Palm Beach lounge lizard decided to turn it into Mar-a-Lago meets 1936 Nuremberg.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2h

If you’ve recently awoken from a coma, the Speaker of the House is stalling the swearing in of a newly elected member from Arizona because she would be the deciding vote in the discharge petition to release the Epstein files, which would be trouble for his boss.

You’re caught up.

Ps: Welcome back.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 12h

This!!! I've seen this happen to women who i've grown up with and it's disturbing.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13h

We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.

From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."

I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2h

Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert.

And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15h

Jasmine Crockett Drops Another
Chump Truth Bomb.......

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

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Robin @robinreissitar.bsky.social · 6h

Little mikey needs to have his federal paychecks withheld. Until he SHOWS UP for work

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 6h

Sen. Whitehouse (D) is fuming and rightfully so! The hypocrisy from Trump’s DOJ is off the charts. Pam Bondi lies to Congress about his campaign contributions after indicting Comey the day before for the exact same thing!

#DoubleStandard #CorruptDOJ
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

youtube.com/shorts/_MwNF...

The Attorney General of the United States has set a new low for this committee.

YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

youtube.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Robin @robinreissitar.bsky.social · 8h

Red State.. but mighty blue warriors!
Join us if you're in this area 💙

Robin @robinreissitar.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social., for pointing this out. Many of us, older than you, have lived and dealt with many rounds of of being failed. I still reel with the institutions of Nixon and Reagan. Not to mention the housing crisis and all that followed during Bush Jr. It's worse this time

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10h

Listen to my full conversation with David Leonhardt here:

America’s Next Story: Pete Buttigieg

YouTube video by The Opinions Podcast

www.youtube.com

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10h

The important thing is that we can rebuild something fully new and better, which is why facing the severity of this moment can be a source of hope rather than paralysis.

Opinion | Pete Buttigieg on Rebuilding America After Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10h

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

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Robin @robinreissitar.bsky.social · 9h

Stood on is absolutely more accurate.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?

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Robin @robinreissitar.bsky.social · 9h

Only a racist gestapo wannabee piece of shit...waste of a human skin would work for ICE. Or be a proud MAGAt, or stand with/stand by the demented, unfit for office Piece Of Shit occupying the People's Whitehouse.