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Mr. Blackburn @probablyme99.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Unemployment is good? Is American unrest good? This guy is so out of touch all to try and keep his base(#sheep) under control

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Members of Congress were also there, but were not arrested. One reason why? It's literally illegal for DHS to bar any member of Congress from entering an immigration detention facility for the purposes of conducting oversight.

SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available to the Depart-ment of Homeland Security by this Act may be used to prevent any of the following per-sons from entering, for the purpose of con-ducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house aliens, or to make any temporary modification at any such facility that in any way alters what is observed by a visiting Member of Congress or such designated employee, compared to what would be observed in the absence of such modification:
(1) A Member of Congress.
(2) An employee of the United States House of Representatives or the United States Sen-ate designated by such a Member for the pur-poses of this section.
(b) Nothing in this section may be con-strued to require a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for the purpose of conducting oversight.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 09/05/2025

How's Donald Trump recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month? By cutting services for our veterans, for students, and for our most vulnerable. Make it make sense.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

The mayor of Newark was arrested today while protesting at a federal immigration detention center operated by GEO Group — a private prison company and major Trump donor. Kudos to Ras Baraka for standing up to this authoritarian regime.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

If you think for a single fucking second that suspending due process will stop with the people you don’t happen to like, then congratulations, because you are an idiot, an asshole, and you’re in a fucking cult.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 30/04/2025

We've learned the Trump Administration has ILLEGALLY withheld over $430B in funds approved by Congress — gutting vital services including child care, disaster relief and more. The courts must continue to hold this lawless president accountable, even if spineless congressional Republicans won't.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 24/04/2025

Today in America, the rich are getting richer & working families are struggling. What is Mr. Trump doing about this? He's getting ready to give tax cuts to billionaires while making it harder for Americans to access the Medicare, Social Security & veterans benefits they earned.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/04/2025

Trump gives inside info to Wall Street elites

“SCOOP: People inside the Trump White House are alerting Wall Street execs they are nearing an agreement in principle on trade with India, according to my sources who are senior Wall Street execs w ties to the White House.”

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 10/04/2025

🚨House Republicans just passed a bill that would disenfranchise 70 million married American women. Under the SAVE Act, women who took their spouse’s last name and don't have an updated passport or birth certificate would be turned away at the polls.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Ask yourself: Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this? Why would any decent human being do this?

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 17/03/2025

The Constitution is clear: the President can't arrest people he disagrees with. By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms. We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I’m amazed how little coverage this story has gotten. They’ve burned well over $16 million to briefly hold 290 immigrants and several photo ops to GITMO. Just a total train wreck and they didn’t even mention it officially. Check out my latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

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Smoke and mirrors in Cuba

They are all lying but they got the pictures and that's what matters

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12/03/2025

Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Call to action: Veterans March in DC on March 14. If you know a vet or active service member talk to them about the danger of the Trump regime and encourage them to participate. “We dont take an oath to a king.” -Gen Mark Milley #3E #EndAutogenocide #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity

We dont take an oath to a king.
-Gen Mark Milley
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VETERANS
MARCH
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.
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Project 2025 will decimate programs veterans rely on and has already eliminated vital lifelines
(Veterans Crisis Line)
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FRIDAY
14 MAR 2025
NOON
IN WASHINGTON DC
AND AT
EVERY STATE CAPITOL
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ALL ARE WELCOME TO STAND WITH US

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Mr. Blackburn @probablyme99.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The man publicly admitted during the FIFA interview yesterday that the election was rigged... No one cares. With all the craziness going on is that his plan, to hide in plain sight? How is no one asking about this? The truth or the feeble mind... Both are concerning. We need action #OneVetsOpinion

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2025

Kaine: "You can talk about sending education back to the states. Yeah, that's where we were before Brown v. Board of Education. The states got to decide, and the states made a hell of a lot of decisions that were really awful."

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

For those who wanted to share this video off platform. Here it is on YouTube youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...

youtu.be

Fired workers deserve benefits. Call your representatives

YouTube video by Mark Cuban

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/03/2025

Democratic Congressman Tom Suozzi just received a huge standing ovation in a Trump +5 Congressional District at Hofstra University after talking about how despicable Trump‘s behavior was in the Oval Office with Zelensky. Americans are furious.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Seems like a pretty important detail

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Welcome to “the Golden Era”

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27/02/2025

It's time to stand up and speak out. Call (202) 224-3121 and tell your representatives to not let Donald Trump and his administration take away your services.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Just a reminder that Trump’s DOJ just dropped a criminal fraud investigation into Ogles, including allegations that he used a photo of his stillborn child to raise tens of thousands of dollars for a burial garden for children that was never built. He has never accounted for that money.

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Mr. Blackburn @probablyme99.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Where is the redo button sigh 😔

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Here’s the thing: If you believe, as Trump does, that our FBI is the enemy, then of course you’d pick people like Patel & Bongino to run the FBI. Trump thinks the FBI is some “deep state” that needs to be destroyed. That’s what Patel will do. And America will be way less safe because of it.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 03/02/2025

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed. Trickle up economics.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

French President Emmanuel Macron says US and Ukraine should be compensated by Russia, not by Ukraine. Russia started the war 👏

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.”
• The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives.
• The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000.

Each point represents a federal agency:
• Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs.
• Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs.

Key Observations:
• Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates.
• Notable targeted agencies include:
• HHS (Health & Human Services)
• EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
• NIH (National Institutes of Health)
• CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
• Dept. of Education
• USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development)
• The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies.
• A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size.

Takeaway:

The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology.

Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 24/02/2025

Fucking hell, this is how the dark ages sprang upon us. Read a damned history book people.

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Mr. Blackburn @probablyme99.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Why are we the people allowing musk to treat our government like his own company? This all stinks of the abuse we all witnessed at the Twitter take over and now he is trying to destroy America... Stand Up! #RiseUp #OneVetsOpinion

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Mr. Blackburn @probablyme99.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

No KINGS! No KINGS! Democracy only in America

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 22/02/2025

🔥🔥MUST READ: Senator Jack Reed, a former Army Paratrooper: “A clear message is being sent to military leaders: Failure to demonstrate personal and political loyalty to Trump could result in retribution.” MORE: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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