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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Just gonna leave this here…
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crusadxr✊🌹 @crusadxr.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Things Democratic Senators could do that would be useful: - Withdraw unanimous consent from all Senate business until constitutional rule was restored - Refuse to vote for any legislation until constitutional rule was restored - Boycott as a caucus until constitutional rule was restored
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/03/2025
Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
We should all be terrified to live in an America where legal residents can be detained, held at gunpoint, or deported because of the color of their skin or because the President disagrees with their views.
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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
CIA Ops Veteran Calls Signal Scandal “the tip of the iceberg” open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
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CIA Ops Veteran Calls Signal Scandal “the tip of the iceberg”
Luis Rueda says the astonishing security lapse may be much greater than anybody realizes
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Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat) @danceswithseagulls.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Wut?? www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials
The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under criticism after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he will continue to revoke visas for “people that are supportive of movements that run counter to the foreign policy of the United States.” This is new. And it doesn’t feel like freedom
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Congress Where is the risk assessment on this? @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov Protect SSA from Elon Musk and DOGE programmers
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Writing an op-ed is not illegal activity. They are revoking visas for thought crimes and for constitutionally protected expression.
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KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
All The News That's Fit To Print (on a NJ overpass) @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @njindivisible.bsky.social @joltusa.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov@kim.senate.gov @stevenfulop.bsky.social #hegseth #nationalsecurity #signalgate #resist
top panel- Hegseth leaks war plans- spelled out on NJ Route 4 overpass northbound; 2 US flags upside down on either side
bottom panel- 1st they came for the immigrants (spelled out)
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Government abductions are unconstitutional. Denying anyone the right to due process in America is unconstitutional. If you’ve rationalized your silence or support for any of it because it’s happening to those you disagree with, give it a minute… They’ll get to you soon enough.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Kristi Noem: “I’m going undercover as a spy to find the culprit who leaked the classified war plans.”
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
This is the first of what I think are going to be A LOT of primary challenges along these lines.
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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Hey Ohio Miss Sherrod Brown yet? Hey Montana Miss Jon Tester yet? They would have STOPPED Elon Musk and DOGE's destruction of our government Our government serves us not just the wealthy It's a Nation of, for, and by the people Not A Nation of, for, and by the Oligarchs #DemCast #DemVoice1
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
To be clear, because apparently I’m popping on the Twitter machine I’m still locked out: YES, I think it would be easier for Dems to win elections if everyone who is eligible to vote was also allowed to vote. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk, Charlie Kirk. Ask your pal Gavin if I stuttered.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Goldberg: I've never experienced this.. these are these are life and death issues and you don’t just put out specific targeting information, specific timings of attacks that have not yet taken place into a commercial messaging app.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I'll be on CNN at 9pm ET with Kaitlan Collins to discuss today's news of the astonishing security failure at the White House.
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Louise @louiseplease.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Fraudsters? It’s our money.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A US-born citizen was walking near Chicago in January. ICE snatched him off the street, handcuffed him, threw into a van. His wallet, which contained his ID, was confiscated. He was detained for 10 hours before being released without a record of what occurred. immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...
A screenshot from a court filing reads, in part: 

"Julio Noriega is 54 years old, was born in Chicago, and is a U.S. citizen. 

On January 31, 2025, he was walking near the corner of Cermak Road and Harlem Avenue in Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses. 

As he walked out of a Jiffy Lube, he was approached by ICE officers who grabbed and handcuffed him and put him into a van, without an opportunity to explain his citizenship. 

The officers drove Julio and others around for more than an hour before bringing him to an ICE processing center, where he remained, still handcuffed, for several more hours. 

All the while, Julio had a wallet containing identification that ICE had confiscated.

The officers never showed Julio a warrant, and they did not ask him any questions to ascertain whether he was a noncitizen or a flight risk. 

After about 10 hours, ICE officers reviewed the contents of Julio’s
wallet, realized he was a U.S. citizen, and released him with no money and no paperwork."
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
the thing about "canceling" the pardons is that it is, of course, illegal, but Trump already has a plan for extrajudicial detention of citizens
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Nobody is safe If you challenge anything he says Oppose anything he does Assert your Constitutional rights in any way he deems inappropriate You risk persecution-even if you have a presidential pardon If you ever asked yourself, "what would I do if faced with a tyrant You're about to find out
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/03/2025
Timeline: Trump schedules deportation of Venezuelans without due process ACLU sues Trump invokes the Alien Enemies Act Hours later, Boasberg grants TRO in emergency hearing and orders planes in the air to return Trump ignores the order while Rubio and Bukele high five on Twitter
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 16/03/2025
Democratic Governors and AGs are on the frontlines fighting back the Trump agenda. Democrats need to clearly communicate we’re winning in the courts and have the working class’s back. www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/p...
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Jasmine Crockett reacts to CNN poll showing Democrats’ favorability at an all-time low | CNN Politics
In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) reacts to new CNN polling that shows Democrats favorability is at an all-time low.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Pay attention to this: Musk is trying to make our air traffic control system "dependent” on him by integrating his equipment, which has not gone through security and risk-management review. It's corruption. And it's dangerous. Fire Elon Musk. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
theatlantic.com
The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know
The agency responsible for air safety is facing deep cuts and interference by Elon Musk.
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Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Sunday sillies: Blinded me with science edition
Post of a cartoon of an eel with assorted eel jokes as follows; "When an eel has a maw with a pharyngeal jaw, taht's a moray." "When the jaws open wide and there's more jaws inside, that's a moray." "When it sulks in a reef and has two sets of teeth, that's a moray. "When an eel bites your thigh and you bleed out and die, that's a moray."
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This statement from AG Bondi is a disgrace. The judge did not “support” terrorists. He decided a case, based on facts and law, finding the requirements of the Alien Enemy Act lacking.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Again: They 💰 don’t 💰 actually 💰 care 💰 about 💰 the 💰 debt Tax cuts for the rich. That’s the game.
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♥️♠️Pam♦️♣️ @pam.sheshed.rocks · 16/03/2025
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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
My district #CA03 @kkiley.bsky.social voted to cut Medicaid for 190,105 Medicaid pays for long-term care for Seniors How many in our district will be affected by these cuts? I plan to ask him Will he take my questions Monday March 17th at 6:30pm on his Teletown Hall call?
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I searched this and just wow, there are tons of stories of Rogers' heroism & service but now the official DoD site not only says "not found" but the text is "deimedal" | see Congressional Medal of Honor list www.cmohs.org/recipients/c...
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
It’s unreal - the DOD deleted its page for Charles Calvin Rodgers, a Medal of Honor recipient who was wounded three times while defending against three assaults on his base in Vietnam. Now the URL includes “DEI Medal of Honor.” There’s something about Rodgers I don’t even have to tell you
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
ICYMI — Trump’s social security commissioner sounds the alarm about SS being in peril from DOGE, and again says millions of dead people are not getting checks despite what Trump & Musk have said. www.propublica.org/article/reco...
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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.
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I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I’m not just talking about Trump. TV channels should do real-time fact-checking for all major political speeches. They should’ve done it for Biden, who sometimes said things that weren’t true. But of course, Biden’s level of disinformation was a drizzle. Trump’s is a Cat 5 hurricane. 5/6 🧵
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Real-time fact-checking is the only effective fact-checking. Doing it 2 hours later or simultaneously on a separate platform such as a blog is COMPLETELY INEFFECTIVE. Journalists are supposed to be in the truth business. They must try to disarm lies, not just pretend they’re fighting back. 4/6 🧵
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KittyAKAJody @kittywestmeow.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
We definitely need to get rid of Waste, Fraud and Abuse. Maybe they can be banished to any of the countries where there are no vaccines for deadly diseases because USAID resources were cut. I’m sure there are better ideas out there…
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Medicaid and CHIP help many of Jack Bergman's rural northern Michigan and UP constituents stay healthy. It's too bad he abandoned them to give trillions in tax cuts to billionaires that don't even live in MI01.
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