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Brad Steffen @bradsteffen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If a government’s actions in a democracy require masks — if the people being governed in that democracy cannot know who is acting — that is a problem with what the government is doing, not with the governed.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Finally, on Friday, I said it's not enough to defend the truth against liars. We have to attack the liars, too. How? By telling the truth about their real intentions, especially that they hide them with lies. www.editorialboard.com/how-do-we-kn...

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How do we know the GOP wants to rig elections? Because they lie

Their lies cover up their intent to cheat.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

We have to push the press corps to say plainly that what they mean is that Democrats are not legitimate Americans. "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."

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Brad Steffen @bradsteffen.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Or anyone responsible for Special Education...

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Brad Steffen @bradsteffen.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

No. No he does not. His "apology" should have been his last on-air statement before he was walked out of the building with his belongings in a box.

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

His non-attendance was a message.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

What's at stake if the Big "Beautiful" Abomination Bill passes. The top 1% don't need their taxes lowered at the expense of the rest of us, who pay more taxes than billionaires. 💰😠

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 25/06/2025

ICE is on track to be $1 billion over budget. During today's hearing, the Senate Appropriations Committee should grill OMB Director Russell Vought on this apparent overspending.

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How did ICE break the bank?

Congress should ask the budget director

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22/06/2025

ICE and the DHS have claimed multiple times an increase in assaults against their agents to justify officers wearing masks and refusing to identify themselves. The data states otherwise. trib.al/QrhwnM6

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Trump announces attack on Iran. No congressional approval. At the hands of the self-proclaimed "anti-war" president.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

War. An article I power

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium. ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

THERE IS VIDEO. AGAIN. Lander didn't lay a hand on anyone. Quite the opposite.

Screengrab from Hellgate NYC: "When reached for comment, the Department of Homeland Security emailed Hell Gate a statement attributed to Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin: "New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested for assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer. Our heroic ICE law enforcement officers face a 413 percent increase in assaults against them—it is wrong that politicians seeking higher office undermine law enforcement safety to get a viral moment. No one is above the law, and if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will face consequences." Hell Gate's question about whether the arresting agents had a judicial warrant went unanswered."

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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14/06/2025

Forcing people to work for no pay is very on brand for the president. The thousands of National Guardsmen President Trump sent to Los Angeles in an authoritarian power play are working for free. trib.al/MZ7JPyY

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Trump Is Stiffing the National Guard Soldiers He Sent to L.A.

As usual, Trump is refusing to foot the bill.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14/06/2025

Stephen Miller is deliberately choosing to focus more resources on non-criminals—and thus away from dangerous criminals. Law enforcement insiders have leaked word of their anger over exactly this. trib.al/Br7YMSY

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Trump Accidentally Reveals a Dark MAGA Truth—and Hands Dems an Opening

A little-noticed letter from vulnerable House Republicans acknowledges the flaw at the heart of Trump’s mass deportations. Democrats: Seize on this!

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/06/2025

Trump's "perade" is the only event today where crowds are smaller than expected.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14/06/2025

Trump’s twisted ideological obsession with deporting moms—and other unauthorized immigrants who have committed no serious crimes—is detracting from the fight against transnational gangs, drug trafficking, and child exploitation. trib.al/IYjL258

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Stephen Miller Erupts in Fury over Low Arrests—and Hands Dems a Weapon

Hitting Miller’s new deportation quotas could mean fewer resources to fight child trafficking, terrorism, and other crimes. Do Americans really want that?

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

KARE11: Shooting suspect's roommate says he was a Trump voter — KARE11 Reporter: “[Vance] Boelter’s roommate and best friend, known him since 4th grade, did say Boelter voted for Trump and that he was a strong supporter.”

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15/06/2025

Literally the Russian flag in the post. Two of them

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/06/2025

“You have made progress.” “You are not a danger to yourself or others.” The denial letter from Geneva Moore’s insurer directly contradicted her therapist’s words. Cut off from her treatment program, Moore slid into a monthslong downward spiral. (Published Dec. 2024)

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Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.

Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Right on brand

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Brad Steffen @bradsteffen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Apparently the House has not sent the BBB to the Senate and is attempting to amend it before sending it over. Now is the time to pressure that slim MAGA majority in the House to tank the amendment bill and, through that, tank the BBB. www.threads.com/@annepmitche...

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Anne P. Mitchell | Attorney & Badass (@annepmitchellesq) on Threads

HEY EVERYONE! I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A HOUSE PARLIAMENTARIAN ATTORNEY AND GUESS WHAT I LEARNED! First, unlike all the media reports, the 'Big Beautiful Bill' has not been sent over to the Sen...

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Stephen Miller is now getting destroyed by Gavin Newsom’s Press Office

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Brad Steffen @bradsteffen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Mike Johnson is still smarting from the comparison of crime rates between his district and Nancy Pelosi's district, as pointed out by Gavin Newsom.

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Brad Steffen @bradsteffen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I am curious which California Guard units were federalized for this operation. California is a huge state. Were these units hand-picked from certain counties that voted R in the last election?

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Brad Steffen @bradsteffen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I think Mike Johnson is smarting from the comparison of crime rates between his district and Nancy Pelosi's district, as pointed out by Gavin Newsom.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/06/2025

“In the days to come, the public must be laser focused on seeing the extent to which Secretary Hegseth adheres to these historically recognized limitations.” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

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The National Guard in Los Angeles

The president hasn’t invoked the Insurrection Act. He’s instead relying on a theory of inherent constitutional power that is far more limited.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Terry Moran being suspended by ABC News is ironic given Moran went out of his way to not embarrass Trump over the president’s delusion about the doctored MS13 photo, repeatedly saying ‘let’s agree to disagree’ and ‘let’s move on’ but they still got him suspended. You can’t appease these people ever.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I just gonna go ahead and say that putting active duty United States Marines on the streets of an American city is, in fact, heavy handed.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

“Motivated by love of country” nah Stephen Miller has been on the record as being motivated by hate since he was literally in high school.

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Person at National Guard in Downtown LA outside the federal building / Detention Center: “These people are entitled to due process. It’s in the constitution. That’s your loyalty. Not to that a-hoIe in the White House. The Constitution. Due process. Okay? Think. It’s your duty to obey that.”

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Terry is just speaking the truth. ABC suspending him is more anticipatory obedience, like their pre-inaugural settlement of Trump's case. Terry if you need a lawyer....

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office, as usual, is doing good work to debunk Trump’s lies

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Fox News affiliate reporter confirms that the “National Guard arrived this morning hours after [Trump’s] post went up.”

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

ABC correspondent suspended for making wholly accurate observation.

A tweet from Terry Moran reads:

The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism. Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy. But that's not what's interesting about Miller. It's not brains. It's bile. Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He's a world-class hater. You can see this just by looking at him because you can see that his hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate. Trump is a world-class hater. But his hatred only a means to an end, and that end his his own glorification. That's his spiritual nourishment. 12:06 AM 6/8/25

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 08/06/2025

Embracing Musk is, even for this iteration of the Democratic Party, a phenomenally stupid and self-defeating thing to do. Yes, the feud between him and Trump is good for them. Dems should help it continue—not by embracing Musk but by… letting it continue. trib.al/93jgxln

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Democrats, Let Trump and Elon Fight

Don’t be tempted to step in. Definitely don’t try to back Elon. Just sit back and watch.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/06/2025

So Terry can't call Stephen Miller hateful, but JD Vance can call Terry hateful. Got it.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

No riots. No need of any kind for National Guard. The only folks escalating are Trump and his fascist friends.

Screengrab frrom NYT: "Live Updates: L.A. Quiet as National Guard Troops Begin to Arrive
Protests over immigration raids were expected to continue for a third day. About 300 guard members have been positioned across Los Angeles so far, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said."

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Governor Gavin Newsom: “The National Guard wasn't even deployed on the ground when Trump posted this. Pete Hegseth runs the Pentagon as well as he throws an axe on a Fox News set.” — @governor.ca.gov

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Brad Steffen @bradsteffen.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

In all the videos where ICE / DHS has been arresting people, I *always* hear the officers loudly proclaiming for the cameras "Stop resisting" as if it excuses their excessive force.

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Brad Steffen @bradsteffen.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

This is the event they have been inciting to give them the excuse to invoke the Insurrection act. It was only a matter of time.

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