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I have a granddog. Tax the rich. Be Kind. Stop Hate. #FBR #Leguminati 🫘🦩🦀💙

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The NYT obituary of Lindsey Graham makes no mention of his effort to overturn the 2020 election by calling Georgia’s secretary of state to intimidate him into manufacturing votes for Trump. The Times, like all news media, is GOP propaganda erasing Republicans’ history as election deniers
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and Staunch Trump Ally, Dies at 71
Mr. Graham died of a “brief and sudden” illness on Saturday evening, his office said. Over more than two decades in the Senate, he consistently pushed for the use of U.S. military power overseas.Over his Senate career, Mr. Graham led two influential committees, Judiciary and Budget.

As head of the Judiciary Committee, he oversaw the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He also played a critical role during the 2016 fight over President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the court, aiding in Republicans’ success in blocking the pick.More broadly, Mr. Graham was instrumental in advancing Mr. Trump’s effort to reshape the federal judiciary.
During his tenure at the helm of the committee, the Senate confirmed more than 200 federal judges, including Ms. Barrett, cementing one of the defining conservative judicial legacies of the Trump era.As chairman of the Budget Committee, Mr. Graham played a central role in translating Mr. Trump’s domestic agenda into legislation. He oversaw the budget resolution that allowed Republicans to advance much of the president’s sweeping tax, immigration and spending package without support from Senate Democrats.

The effort required months of negotiations among warring factions within his party before the tax package became law last year. Mr. Graham, along with Republican leaders and the Trump administration, embraced budget reconciliation as the party’s primary vehicle for enacting Mr. Trump’s agenda at a time when Republicans lacked the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster.

Those efforts became a defining accomplishment of Mr. Trump’s return to Washington with a Republican-controlled legislature, and highlighted not only the growing influence of Mr. Graham within his party but also his transformation from Trump critic into a steadfast and outspoken ally.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I'm going to KEEP talking about how Florida Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/07/2026
NEWS: Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Iowa Ashley Hinson says her family can barely afford groceries. Her disclosures say she’s worth up to $7M richer since taking office. And the “all my stocks are sold” claim? Also false. The receipts 👇
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Ashley Hinson Says She Feels Americans' Financial Pain Despite Being a Millionaire
Hinson called herself a "working mom" while making millions on the stock market
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Three witnesses were in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Per their attorney: no ramming, no danger to agents & no reasonable basis to open fire Unreasonable force opens these agents to liability This is becoming another national outrage & it should be👇 -TN
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Today of all days, let's remember that immigrants make America great.
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The Truth About Immigrants and the Economy | Robert Reich
No matter what you hear on Fox News, immigrants are good for the economy and our society. Watch.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Nearly one million people who bought Trump's memecoin have lost money through the end of June. Their losses total $3.81 billion. Trump walked away with a $636 million payout on the same crypto bet.
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Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/07/2026
If you're an FBI analyst surging to Atlanta to review records, reach out to me. I'll keep you anonymous. Signal in bio. Please share this post widely.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"When Democrats retake control of the government... we have to decide if we want to win symbolic victories and simply get caught trying or if we actually want to make permanent, meaningful change. If it’s the latter, then inherently, that requires us to expand the Supreme Court.”
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The Dam Is Breaking on Dems Embracing Supreme Court Expansion
A slew of decisions that are killing democracy might have lit a fire under some of the most powerful Democrats. I got them to say that they'll do something about it.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Is it not clear now that reforming the Supreme Court must be at the top of the agenda along with accountability?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/06/2026
Wow. What an asshole.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/07/2026
I think they did this with baby formula, too.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
BREAKING: Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from crypto, digital tokens and related partnerships in 2025 — appearing to have substantially increased his income after reentering the White House. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump earned over $1 billion on cryptocurrency and coin ventures last year
In almost 1,000 pages of financial disclosure forms, the president’s earnings from crypto, settlements and resorts far outpaced his $600 million total income in 2024.
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Interesting… One way to get dark money out of politics & level the playing field for all
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/06/2026
UN issued a 94-page detailed report documenting that the Israeli Govt committed genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children—killing 20,000+ Silence to this atrocity is complicity with this atrocity. Stop listening to any journalist, and vote out every politician, silent on this genocide
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/06/2026
“Vote blue no matter who” goes both ways, friends. Progs call out centrists for saying it. Now centrists are calling progs out for saying it. Stop letting billionaires divide us.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Just 10 people have already poured $617 MILLION into this year’s midterm elections. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. This is not sustainable. We need to get Big Money out of our democracy.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/06/2026
NEW: Mamdani’s rent freeze APPROVED. Tell me again how he’ll “never get anything done.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/n...
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Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Is Approved by New York City Board
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Friends, they’re not even trying to hide their voter suppression. ⬇️
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/06/2026
The Supreme Court is utterly diseased. We must flip the senate, block all Trump nominees, kill the filibuster, elect a Dem POTUS, and pass a law adding four seats to remediate the racist cancer on the bench.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/06/2026
lol
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Reminder that banning elected officials from trading stock is a total no brainer. They can use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake — it’s legalized corruption.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 19/06/2026
If Elon Musk paid my ultra-millionaire tax, we could fully cover free community college in America.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/06/2026
THE PLAN 1. Flip the Senate this year 2. Block all GOP SCOTUS nominations 3. Hold the Senate and elect a Dem POTUS in 2028 4. Kill the filibuster 5. Pass a bill adding SCOTUS seats 6. Fill the 4 new vacancies 7. Have nice things
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Can’t help but notice all the people who said Obama would desecrate the White House with Escalades and rap music on the South Lawn are absolutely loving this UFC fight on the South Lawn. Probably just a coincidence.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/06/2026
If you're mystified by this, you're not an expert.
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Believe them when they tell you who they are. Drumpf says we don't have money for people. We have wars to fight. Stop voting for people who can't govern or problem solve. Work for, donate to, & vote Blue Candidates www.propublica.org/article/trum... #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy #DV1
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The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
BREAKING MS NOW: ICE has detained over 500 babies and toddlers under Trump. On an average day, ICE has 25 children aged 3 or younger in custody, according to joint research by MS NOW and The Marshall Project.
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ICE has detained over 500 babies and toddlers under Trump
On an average day, ICE has 25 children aged 3 or younger in custody, according to joint research by MS NOW and The Marshall Project.
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Scott Pelley: “Bari Weiss sends an email to my boss, Tanya Simon: can we make the protesters look more violent? I’m paraphrasing Also: Renee Good’s car. You need to describe her as driving toward the officer. That’s not what the video shows. The officer is standing off the front of the car”
CBS Evening News Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley in New York. (Photo by John Paul Filo/CBS via Getty Images)
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Thank you, @kim.senate.gov, for staying on this issue.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Trump just all but admitted he wants his DNI (who wields the enormous powers of the national security state) to help him steal the midterms. Seems like that should be a big deal.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/06/2026
Schumer's first pass at forcing republicans to go on record over the $1.8B slush fund, and republicans refuse to kill it. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
politico.com
Senate GOP defeats first attempt to kill DOJ payout fund
Democrats tried to send the bill back to the Judiciary Committee, which would effectively kill the underlying immigration enforcement bill.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 04/06/2026
Senate Republicans just started a marathon voting session known as vote-a-rama in the Senate. Not to improve your life. Not to lower your costs. But to funnel $70 billion more to ICE and the abuses I saw at Delaney Hall. Not another dime.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/06/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The Kennedy Center has ordered staff to begin removing Trump's name from official materials and signage by June 12 after a federal judge ruled the board lacked authority to rename the institution the "Trump Kennedy Center."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/06/2026
exactly the right response
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
JUST IN: DOJ's No. 3 official @ASGWoodward signals dept will take up an option we raised here and pay off many J6ers using ordinary DOJ procedures www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/06/2026
Watch all the Republican senators fall in line to confirm Blanche because he “canceled” the slush fund (though he won’t put that in writing) but allowed the Trump tax immunity to remain.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
He's a master of distracting us from crimes he's already committed by continuously committing new crimes. 5 months until the Midterms. #AccountabilityIsComing
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/06/2026
WOW. So Blanche won't rescind the tax immunity. Was the entire charade just a cover to grant Trump tax immunity? Blanche claims that part of the "settlement" still stands. This is somehow MORE CORRUPT.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/06/2026
BREAKING: Blanche says the tax immunity for Trump and his family is STILL IN EFFECT. "I can't answer it yes or no. The ONLY document we're not moving forward with is the fund."
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio says the quiet part out loud: Even if Trump scraps the Anti-Weaponization Fund, the DOJ could still settle separate lawsuits brought by Jan. 6 Capitol attackers —potentially handing out millions in taxpayer dollars to people who participated in the attack.
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Do the January 6 defendants think this is over?
Enrique Tarrio - convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in Jan 6- just texted me this: "This isn't an abandonment. They simply state they're going to wait two weeks"... (1/2)
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He added: "I believe even if this fund is killed in courts or at a congressional level, the President will find a way... They can just settle the tort claims and lawsuits. That has no judicial review or congressional oversight. And it would mean a lot more money in compensation."
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
1. Lead Left, a super PAC created on 4/24, purports to stand "against MAGA extremists." It has spent $3M+ in Democratic primaries. But it's funders and motivations have been secret. Until now. It's a GOP dirty tricks operation. 🧵
popular.info
A GOP dirty tricks operation, exposed
Following the breadcrumbs from a “progressive” super PAC to a powerful Republican operative
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/05/2026
NEW: Vote Hub has taken the Texas Senate seat from "tilts republican" to "tossup" for the first time.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/05/2026
NOICE
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
No, he's taking our money.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/05/2026
congrats to jared polis for getting played like a chump
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
While we slept the DOJ deleted all press releases about charges against January 6 defendants: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Justice Department deletes press releases on charges against Jan. 6 rioters
The Justice Department confirmed that it had deleted the press releases as part of “stripping DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/05/2026
This is what happens when the FBI director is always nursing a hangover.
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