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I was Susan in the hellscape. I make crappy wine. Bill’s fan.
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Susanafunk @nafunk.bsky.social · Dec 3
One of the best sites for daily political insight and information is www.electoral-vote.com Check it out- you won’t be disappointed!
ElectoralVote
Track the election with a red/blue map of the US updated daily using the latest state polls.
www.electoral-vote.com
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beyer.house.gov
Alex Pretti wasn't killed by rhetoric, he was killed by two masked CBP agents shooting him 10 times in the back after they had disarmed and pepper sprayed him.

Rhetoric didn't kill Renee Good either, a thug from ICE did that with a gun as she tried to avoid hurting him.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Homan: "I said back in March of this year [sic] that if the hateful rhetoric didn't stop I was afraid there would be bloodshed. And there has been."
February 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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davejorgenson.bsky.social
turns out when Bezos suggested "democracy dies in darkness" it was a goal, not a slogan
February 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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bluewest18.bsky.social
We know what this is all about.
1. GOP passes State laws to require driver's license to vote.
2. GOP makes it difficult for non-English speaking citizens to get a driver's license.
3. Voter suppression accomplished.
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
please watch:
azrww.bsky.social Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 17h
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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samhalpert.bsky.social
This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
"I'd like to share a story from a local paper in Coldwater, Michigan dated to the 9th of April, 1945. It tells how the US Army, under General Patton--the US 3rd Army--came onto what you might call a detention center just outside the village of Ohrdruf, Germany. The US Army brought the leading citizens of Ohrdruf to tour the facility, which turned out to be part of the Buchenwald network of concentration camps. A US Army colonel told the German civilians who viewed the scenes, without muttering a word, that they were to blame. One of the Germans replied that what happened in the camp was (quote) 'done by a few people, and you cannot blame us all.' And the American, who could have been any one of our grandfathers, said, 'this was done by those that the German people chose to lead them, and all are responsible.' The morning after the tour, the Mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don't know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough. I ask you to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf might have thought before he died. Maybe he felt like a victim. He might have thought, 'how is this my fault? I have no jurisdiction over this.' Maybe he would have said, 'this site was not subject to local zoning, what could I do?' But I think, when he reflected on the suffering that occurred at this camp, just outside of town, that those words would have sounded hollow even to him. Because in his heart he knew--as we do--that we are all responsible for what happens in our community. I urge the council to take action to stop, or stall, or at the barest minimum to think creatively about how to exercise oversight over this proposed ICE facility. Thank you."
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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governorwalz.mn.gov
They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.

For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.

www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
The draconian cuts at the Washington Post could be called committing suicide by a once-great journalism institution that deserved trust and respect. But I think it should be seen as the owner of the Washington Post committing murder in service to Donald J. Trump.
February 4, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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muellershewrote.com
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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muellershewrote.com
Go Janet Mills!
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h
Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
February 4, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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ubernostrum.bsky.social
And here’s what Biden actually said about “nothing will fundamentally change”:

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ubernostrum.bsky.social James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · Aug 5
Choice quotes from Biden:
The former vice president has been talking to rich people about income inequality a lot lately. "People feel like they're being completely left out and they are," Biden said during a recent fundraiser at the Washington, DC, home of a former ambassador, to a group that included lobbyists and former Sens. Chris Dodd and Evan Bayh. "We just stopped talking to these folks." "I could take about $400 [billion] away, and it wouldn't change your standard of living one tiny little bit — not even an iota," Biden told donors. "I mean, we may not want to demonize anybody who has made money," the former vice president said at the Carlyle fundraiser. "We can disagree in the margins but the truth of the matter is it's all within our wheelhouse and nobody has to be punished. No one's standard of living will change, nothing would fundamentally change."
February 4, 2026 at 4:22 AM
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ubernostrum.bsky.social
Here’s what Hillary Clinton actually said about “deplorables”:

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ubernostrum.bsky.social James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · Jun 1
Asking because that’s what she actually did, and nobody bats a fucking eyelash when Bernie says exactly the same thing.
You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. (Laughter/applause) Right? (Laughter/applause) They're racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic – you name it. And unfortunately, there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people – now have 11 million. He tweets and retweets their offensive hateful mean-spirited rhetoric. Now, some of those folks – they are irredeemable, but thankfully, they are not America. But the "other" basket – the other basket – and I know because I look at this crowd I see friends from all over America here: I see friends from Florida and Georgia and South Carolina and Texas and – as well as, you know, New York and California – but that "other" basket of people are people who feel the government has let them down, the economy has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures; and they're just desperate for change. It doesn't really even matter where it comes from. They don't buy everything he says, but – he seems to hold out some hope that their lives will be different. They won't wake up and see their jobs disappear, lose a kid to heroin, feel like they're in a dead-end. Those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well.
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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ubernostrum.bsky.social
In Congress, Al Gore was an important figure in supporting the research and other work that created the internet and realizing the potential of the tech, and the folks doing the tech work made that very clear!
Of Gore's involvement in the then-developing Internet while in Congress, Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn have also noted: “As far back as the 1970s Congressman Gore promoted the idea of high-speed telecommunications as an engine for both economic growth and the improvement of our educational system. He was the first elected official to grasp the potential of computer communications to have a broader impact than just improving the conduct of science and scholarship ... the Internet, as we know it today, was not deployed until 1983. When the Internet was still in the early stages of its deployment, Congressman Gore provided intellectual leadership by helping create the vision of the potential benefits of high speed computing and communication. As an example, he sponsored hearings on how advanced technologies might be put to use in areas like coordinating the response of government agencies to natural disasters and other crises.”
February 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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dwilliams1210.com
This is how you put Pedophile 47 on blast! 🔥🔥💨 @reptedlieu.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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midnightsun49.bsky.social
Why are they redacting pure pedophilia?

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February 4, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
A UAE investor secretly gave Trump $187 million and his top Middle East envoy $31 million. And then Trump gave that investor access to sensitive defense technology that broke decades of national security precedent.

Brazen, open corruption. And we shouldn't pretend it's normal.
February 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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katie0martin.ft.com
exactly. this is not difficult.

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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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stevevladeck.bsky.social
Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.

It's a tour de force:

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"On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1 More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet]. So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) “damn” countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.” They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) ¶ 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. ¶ 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. ¶ 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. ¶ 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. ¶ 5. They claim that Secretary Noem’s decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary’s decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI. Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely. Secretary Noem has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up, twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all. See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id. The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes, the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary, Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A. As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot] Dkt. 100 (§ 705 Reply) at 20–21.4 “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason” does not exactly scream, as Secretary Noem concluded, suitable for return. And so, the Government studiously does not argue that Plaintiffs will suffer no harm if removed to Haiti. Instead, it argues Plaintiffs will not certainly suffer irreparable harm because DHS might not remove them. But this fails to take Secretary Noem at her word: “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” See Section IV.B.2.b. Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things—in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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starrynitedsgn.bsky.social
They know Talarico can win, so of course Paxton gonna stir
February 2, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
👇👇👇👇
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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maryltrump.bsky.social
Ladies and gentlemen, this is today's Republican Party:
February 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
A whistleblower has alleged inappropriate conduct by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. It is so highly classified that it hasn’t been shared with Congress. Gabbard has been busy blocking its release. The national security concerns go all the way to the White House. #AnotherCoverup.
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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vermontgmg.bsky.social
A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”
hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social HudsonRiverCroc @hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social · 3d
He’s going to tear it down
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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eliza7777777thstar.bsky.social
Us: Vote for this person to give Democrats the political power to preemptively stop XYZ from happening.

Them after not doing that: WHY AREN’T DEMOCRATS STOPPING XYZ FROM HAPPENING THEY MUST BE CORRUPT

Us: No, it’s bc We The People sent more Rs than Ds

Them: MATH IS AN EXCUSE
Hillary Clint... • 12/22/15 .. A Republican president could nominate as many as 4 Supreme Court justices. Why that should terrify you: hrc.io/1PkjXwe @Politicaltwain1 Replying to @HillaryClinton @ HillaryClinton Use scare tactics much? What's scarier? You in the Oval Office. WE will write in Sen. Sanders.
February 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Fox hosts, of course, are not journalists, so they have no idea what journalists do.
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM