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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 12h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 18h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Toxidrone @toxidrone.bsky.social · 11h

Of course, we already know how Israel treats Palestinians

www.972mag.com/israel-tortu...

Former prisoners have even reported that civilians were allowed to record their abuse on their phones

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 12h

Don't get me wrong. Under the First Amendment, you have the right to say you love Hitler. You have the right to call Black people by a word we all know.

And the rest of us have the right to think you're a Nazi piece of shit. And we will. And we'll fire your sorry ass, too, fuckface.

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arrogantmonkey.bsky.social @arrogantmonkey.bsky.social · 10h

« All you did was process some checks? Yeah, you can get two years. You might not think it’s fair but if you help him be a dictator you get what you get and you don’t get upset »

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arrogantmonkey.bsky.social @arrogantmonkey.bsky.social · 10h

Some Democrats who have no real ambitions to lead the party should say it openly in order to stop it in its tracks. Trump isn’t going to pardon everybody necessary to carry it out.

Bernie should say it out loud. Make some people pause

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18h

We constantly talk about Dems' struggles to reach deeper into the culture and access people who ignore politics.

You know what issue is penetrating deep into the culture? ICE's masked raids and kidnappings! It's on Rogan and in country music. In the Manosphere!

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13h

Welcome to Bluesky: Weird Al is on here but you sometimes don’t immediately get told that. That’s most of the important information.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 14h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 13h

Americans have gotten more than $21 billion back in their bank accounts after being cheated and scammed by big corporations, thanks to the CFPB.

But Trump and his Administration love grifters and scammers.

So they're trying to kill the agency holding them accountable.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 13h

Mike Johnson called us back from July 4 recess on 7/3 so he could gut Americans’ healthcare in the Big Ugly bill. Since then, he has only had the House in session for 19 of the subsequent 104 days. That’s how we ended up here.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13h

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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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 12h

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 11h

Pack the Court. Redistrict and add a bunch of new urban districts or districts-at-large. DC statehood. Unlimited corruption prosecutions of Trump officials. Takeovers of red state governments. Basically, finish Reconstruction and finish it hard.

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · 11h

I’m old enough to remember when their biggest fucking grievance was a made-up complaint that Obama did this.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING via WSJ

The Trump administration is planning sweeping changes in criminal division at the IRS.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/3LbVFtK

The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said.
The undertaking aims to install allies of President Trump at the IRS criminal-investigative division, or IRS-CI, to exert firmer control over the unit and weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations, officials said. The proposed changes could open the door to politically motivated probes and are being driven by Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Aug 20

If Sam Altman is allowed to exist after the AI bubble pops, he will be an even bigger scourge for the next quarter century than the dot com bubble cockroaches like thiel and elon have been

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David Clark @clarkeocrinus.bsky.social · 11h

If there are no penalties or consequences, it is legal.

I really, really need to see the rich and powerful face consequences for the first time in their lives.

NPR @npr.org · 11h

In a Department of Homeland Security video, Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown. Law and ethics experts say it violates the Hatch Act, but there are rarely serious consequences. n.pr/3JdV22f

Legal experts say Kristi Noem's airport video breaks the law. Penalties are unlikely

In a Department of Homeland Security video, Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown. Law and ethics experts say it violates the Hatch Act, but there are rarely serious consequences.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 16h

cat poop dude hardest hit

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14h

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 14h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social · 11h

I wrote this a little over a month ago:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

If you were an admin or member of one of the Facebook groups that the DOJ jawboned Facebook into censoring, we want to talk to you!

Please shoot me a message,

Rtorney Pamela
' @AGPamBondi
Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a
large group page that was being used to dox and target
@lCEgov
in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and
social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing
their jobs. The Departrnent of Justice will continue engaging tech
companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent
violence against federal law enforcernent.
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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 20h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Action Committee for Transit @actfortransit.bsky.social · 22d

On Mon 9/22/2025 9:14 pm
a 2023 Nissan Murano driver (?/?)
going west in the curb lane on University Blvd W/193 at St Paul St
hit & killed a pedestrian (16/M) at the marked crosswalk.

MD SHA has blood on their hands.

An uncontrolled marked crosswalk across seven lanes of high-speed state highway, looking downhill. There are unbuffered sidewalks on both sides. There are school crossing signs at the marked crosswalk.

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Action Committee for Transit @actfortransit.bsky.social · 14h

It's not just silly, it's also spitting on people who were killed by drivers on MDOT SHA's dangerous roads. bsky.app/profile/actf...

Action Committee for Transit @actfortransit.bsky.social · 22d

On Mon 9/22/2025 9:14 pm
a 2023 Nissan Murano driver (?/?)
going west in the curb lane on University Blvd W/193 at St Paul St
hit & killed a pedestrian (16/M) at the marked crosswalk.

MD SHA has blood on their hands.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 17h

So Nazis. They want to give refugee status to Nazis.

OK, maybe not JUST Nazis. Also certain other white people who hate non-white immigration. But Nazis can definitely come.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The proposals also advise Mr. Trump to prioritize Europeans who have been “targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.”

That appeared to be a reference to the European far-right political party Alternative for Germany, whose leaders have trivialized the Holocaust, revived Nazi slogans and denigrated foreigners. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany for trying to suppress the views of the group, which is known as the AfD.

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