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Sue Polis

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“You must do the things you think you cannot do.” -AER

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The United States government just agreed to pay $1.8 billion to the United States president, approved by the president's own personal lawyer who represented him when he was convicted of 34 criminal counts. This is the biggest scandal in all of American political history.
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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Donald Trump and sons granted ‘forever’ immunity from existing tax audits
Justice department deal comes day after government set up $1.8bn fund to pay president’s allies hit by alleged ‘lawfare’
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LunaLuvgood2020 @lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
MAJOR BREAKING: Rep. Pat Ryan just revealed that Pete Hegseth ordered military members to an area in Kuwait with an ACTIVE WARNING they had ZERO defense against drone attacks and he IGNORED IT. Six were then KILLED. Survivors blame Hegseth. This is even WORSE than Benghazi.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Gift link. Great piece, remarkable embedded footage: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/u...
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Why Is There a Voting Rights Act? A Timeline
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Ludmilla @ludmillaart.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I might have to start watching 60 minutes again.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
‼️Election administrators in Maricopa County, Arizona ordered staff to grant federal agents sweeping, unmonitored access to election facilities — including instructions not to record their actions — according to newly released emails. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Maricopa County election staff told to grant FBI unrestricted access, new emails show
The emails depict Arizona election offices preparing for possible federal intervention while at least one top local official offered support for the probe.
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Sue Polis @spechpolis.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
If we want more Republicans stopping what’s going on, we have to start w the ones doing it now. Thank you to Rep. Massie, Sen. Tillis, Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Senator Rand Paul and Rep. Mace for stepping out and stepping up! Leadership matters!
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Stoner Philly Fan @stonerphillyfan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
John Fetterman has to be one of the 2 or 3 most disappointing people of all time.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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The Hill @thehill.com · 25/03/2026
#BREAKING: Democrats are projected to deliver a blow to Florida Republicans and flip a state House seat in President Trump’s backyard, according to Decision Desk HQ.
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Democrats flip Florida state House district that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago 
Democrats are projected to deliver a blow to Florida Republicans and flip a state House seat in President Trump’s backyard, according to Decision Desk HQ.  Democrat Emily Grego…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This is why you always follow the money...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The day the Affordable Care Act passed was one of my proudest moments as president, because it meant that millions of Americans would have access to health care, some for the first time.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
De Niro: It doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent—no one, no one voted for new wars. No one voted for higher prices at the pump. No one voted for higher prices in grocery stores, and no one voted for government-masked thugs shooting down our citizens in the streets.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Republicans in Congress know they’re in deep trouble for the midterms unless they can rig the rules. Donald Trump even said that passing the “SAVE” Act will “guarantee the midterms.” Don’t be fooled: the “SAVE” Act is their way to keep American citizens from voting.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
De Niro: I’ve played plenty of tough, scary guys in the movies—but you know what really scares the hell out of me? What this government—our government—is trying to do to take away our right to vote…
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This is amazing news! The people of Minneapolis and St. Paul are being recognized with one of the most prestigious civic honors in America. The JFK Library Foundation announced today that the people of the Twin Cities will receive a 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their resistance!
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 17/03/2026
In addition to the lives lost & the fact that it's making us less safe, the Iran war has cost $12 BILLION so far. With that we could provide: - Healthcare for 1.3 MILLION people, or - SNAP for 5.5 MILLION people, or - Universal pre-K for 900,000 kids How is this America First?
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What US Spending on the War in Iran Could Fund Instead
The Iran war has cost the U.S. $12 billion so far, says a Trump official. How else could that money have been used? We crunched the numbers.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/03/2026
They keep telling folks to be patient, but patience doesn’t pay for groceries or fill the gas tank. Prices are rising fast, and relief moves slowly. Shopper: “We bought some stuff for a stew, some snacks, and a plant, for $150.” Families are already stretched thin.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Joe Kent, director of the national counterterrorism center, resigned today over the war in Iran. “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.”
President Trump,
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
I support the values and the foreign policies that you campaigned on in 2016, 2020, 2024, which astenanted ray out rot ted merica ne presus ersto at the nade i ted the wealth
and prosperity of our nation.
In your first administration, you understood better than any modern President how to decisively apply military power without getting us drawn into never-ending wars. You demonstrated this by killing Qasam Solamani and by defeating ISIS.
Early in this administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran. This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to a swift victory. This was a lie and is the same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost our nation the lives of thousands of our best men and women. We cannot make this mistake again.
As a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved wife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives.
I pray that you will reflect upon what we are doing in Iran, and who we are doing it for. The time for bold action is now. You can reverse course and chart a new path for our nation, or you can allow us to slip further toward decline and chaos. You hold …
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/03/2026
Lieu: "I want the White House to send Kevin Hassett to every single TV channel and to every single swing House district where he can tell the voters of America that hurting consumers is 'the last of our concerns.'"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
America first is letting foreign companies come into the US to mine copper?
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Here in Annapolis getting ready to testify with my friend Sgt Gonell, in support of Maryland Senate Bill 962 that will prohibit January 6th insurrectionists to serve in government roles.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Welcome to the Resistance, ma'am.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The US is no longer a liberal democracy, according to the top global watchdog on freedom and democracy. We're falling fast, and are now classed the same as Guatemala, Colombia, and Peru www.v-dem.net/documents/75...
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Sue Polis @spechpolis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Great recap from Katie Couric on administrations efforts to control the media. www.facebook.com/share/v/1K7f...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 18/03/2026
President Trump told reporters that he spoke to one of his predecessors about the war in Iran. But it appears he did not speak to any of the four former presidents, Monica Alba reports.
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Sue Polis @spechpolis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
If you missed Jon Oliver on who JD Vance really is - it’s time to watch it! youtu.be/NtRPLCso0Sw?...
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J.D. Vance: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
We’ve never, ever had this before. A President completely untethered to truth. I mean completely untethered to truth. That’s such a bad thing. But you know what’s even worse? Way, way too many people don’t care. And way too much of the media no longer cares.👇
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Another hush money payment.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The Jan. 6 plaque honoring police was just installed in the Capitol — at 4 a.m.: Three years since Congress ignored its own deadline, the memorial plaque recognizing the service of law enforcement on Jan. 6 is finally on display in the very building they defended from a mob of Trump supporters.
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Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police installed in Capitol at 4 a.m.
The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say
Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Posted by the Kurdistan social media page.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Jacobs: The Trump administration doesn’t give a shit about the Iranian people… They are literally deporting people back to Iran who fled the brutal Iranian regime. He doesn’t care about human rights anywhere — not here in the United States, not in Iran, not anywhere else.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/03/2026
Well would you look at that
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
This is the man who is now in charge of US Homeland Security.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
This is honestly one of the most anti-Jewish things I’ve ever seen from the United States government.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 05/03/2026
The Supreme Court was clear that Donald Trump’s tariffs were illegal, but he’s doubling down. We’re headed to court to stop him — we’ve won before and we will again.
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More than 20 states sue over new global tariffs Trump imposed after his stinging Supreme Court loss
Some two dozen states are challenging President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs in court. On Thursday, the states filed a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Co...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack. Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/03/2026
Moskowitz: "Let me congratulate the former Homeland Security Secretary on her appointment to be the Shield of Americas, which I'm pretty sure the president came up with when he watched the last Avengers movie"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
So it now appears based on many media reports that we bombed a girls elementary school and killed 175 people, and right after that Hegseth was beating his chest in a press conference saying we weren’t going to worry about “stupid rules of engagement” anymore.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred Gov DeSantis from designating CAIR as a terrorist organization and punish those who associate with the group. “Once again, Florida chooses political posturing over the First Amendment,” Judge Walker writes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 04/03/2026
Senate Republicans just voted to block our War Powers Resolution & allow Trump's regime-change war of choice in Iran. Once again, they're contracting out their constitutional duties to Donald Trump, despite the will of their constituents. Shameful. www.axios.com/2026/03/04/i...
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