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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

If you put your ear against the Capitol, you can hear the sound of a man who will do nothing to challenge—and anything to justify—presidential violations of the Constitution, as long as the president is of his own party. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12h

ICE needs a legislative death sentence. We are allowed to abolish institutions when they become unaccountable beyond the point of reform, or when they become inextricably associated with corruption or abuse. In order for ICE’s leaders and agents to be held to account ICE itself must die.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

"Those who study the law and are experts on the balance of power warn that unless Congress reasserts its authority soon, we may end up unable to repair the guardrails that have held our government together for centuries." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-other-...

The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government

It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12h

Millions came out for the last #NoKings protests.

These will be even bigger.

They want to scare people into not showing up.

Show up. Exercise your Constitutional rights. Be in community with all those who believe in democracy.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15h

Donald Trump says that Barack Obama could have gotten the October 7th hostages released during his presidency, raising new concerns about Joe Biden's memory and cognition.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 17h

When I worked at UC Cooperative Extension (local, state, federal funding streams), we really really really had to pay attention to the Hatch Act. We were so careful!

The Trump administration violates Hatch with every breath.

Rhetorical question: how do we restore norms?

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 17h

The worst people. They need to be held criminally and civilly accountable, shunned, shamed, their lives utterly destroyed if we ever get out of this mess.

I'm generally mild-mannered but I feel very Old Testament about ICE. Smite smite smite.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

“These people are disgusting…these ICE raids, they need to be mocked.” - Jack Cocchiarella

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 18h

Powell’s is overwhelming! And Portland has so many bookstores! It’s my favorite city in the world. Amazing parks! How many bridges have you crossed?

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 22h

Unprecedented corruption

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 23h

It’s one of the largest protesting blocs in my community.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely brutal.

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

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 1d

I live a few miles from where ICE raided the Glass House Farm. Radicalizing event. Any presidential candidate that wants my vote will have to commit to support the defunding of ICE.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.

They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

He has…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people…

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

—Declaration of Independence, 1776

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 3d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 3d

It’s the best. It’s become my favorite city in recent years. Impeccable vibes!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

Breaking the law so he can endanger the nation, Russ Vought arches an eyebrow as he strokes a white Persian cat on his lap.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 3d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile, his administration is doing this. It’s so completely cynical and wantonly destructive.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 3d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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