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Injured DC police officer Dan Hodges on Justice Dept settlement with estate of Ashli Babbitt: “…Trump wants to pay the insurrectionists so that he'll have them on retainer for the next time he wants to influence the course of history with mass violence.”

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Big departure from normal practice US Atty Alina Habba announced criminal case against Rep LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) on... social media But the charging document wasn't accessible to the public or McIver's defense.. until half a day later McIver: Charges are "purely political"

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On NBC, former VP Mike Pence blasts the pardon of violent Jan 6 attackers He notes the pain police suffered … and he notes how this is the week Washington honors “police week” and those who’ve protected US communities

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Now is a great time to reach out to your member of Congress who promised not to cut Medicaid. Or to your conservative friends who don't think we should be exploding the debt. Because today, Donald Trump met with Republicans on Capitol Hill, trying to pass a bill that would do both.

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President Biden is a man of deep faith and extraordinary resilience. Chasten and I are keeping him, and the entire Biden family, in our prayers for strength and healing.

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DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research? RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research D: I just read them to you! R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them

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🤦🏻‍♀️ #LGBTQ Via Mark Joseph Stern: NEW: #SCOTUS GRANTS a #Maine Republican legislator's request to resume voting on legislation in the state house. House Democratic leaders stripped the legislator of her vote after she posted anti-trans commentary online. Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.

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Permitting Texans to bring guns to the polls would increase the risk of violence in a state where election workers are already worried about their physical safety. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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HHS Guy with Brain Worms knows nothing (ever) whenever confronted. Neither does Trump, for that matter. The #IDontKnow administration.

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here's the full clip of RFK Jr losing his shit at Patty Murray today during a hearing so badly that Republican Sen. Capito had to step in and tell him to "hold back"

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🧵 When Sherrilyn Ifill speaks out, I pay attention.

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Even on tip income, there’s only a proposed deduction. So if you don’t itemize, you still pay tax on tip income. See how they fool voters?

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“The cruelty is the point” or so we’re told about the Trump administration. But history shows us cruelty isn’t just about sadism. It’s a tactic to advance a broader agenda. When it comes to the Trump administration’s treatment of migrants, the real question is: what are the goals behind the cruelty?

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Awww! #RIP George Wendt, an actor and comedian who was beloved for his performance as Norm Peterson on the long-running comedy series “Cheers” has died at 76 www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/e...

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NEW: Bruce Springsteen is one of the latest targets of Trump's ire due to a recent statement Springsteen made at his concert. It's good that The Boss showed no surrender in calling out the abuses of the administration, @guitarwatson.bsky.social writes. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/no-n...

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A Great Egret landing in the shallow waters to do some fishing.

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The only "Golden Dome" is Trump's balding head peeking through his embarrassing combover, and that orange peekaboo is the only thing that he hasn't gilded yet.

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I know I keep saying this, but I won't stop: Keep your eye on Vought (and Miller)

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In defiance of a court order.

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ICYMI: A recent lawsuit is challenging a Montana law that forces college students to declare where they’ll live after graduation to register to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Is there nothing that they won't kill? Including us. 🐝

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A Prothonotary Warbler, a lovely golden yellow warbler, singing his "sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet" song. This bird's name comes from the yellow robes worn by papal clerks known as prothonotaries in the Roman Catholic church.

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Tonight at 92nd St Y, I’ll interview @jonathancapehart.bsky.social about his wonderful new book at 7pm.

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Such a pretty boy

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um…

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A Sandhill Crane colt – a young Sandhill Crane – shorter than a Dandelion puff.

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I’m really coming around to the (alarming!) idea that Trump just gonna just say one day that Joe Biden wasn’t actually president all 4 years and so everything he ever signed - laws, pardons, whatever - is just void. And of course our idiot court system & Congress will be like OK

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One of Gladys’s boys

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Rowan

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The Mouse

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He has absolutely no empathy. Disgusting.

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Tell him, Pedro!! 👏

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He gets crazier and crazier by the day.

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Sending all of our love and support to you and your family, Mr. President.

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Biden is a class act.

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Dear press: Why do questions of mental acuity activate only with the prior but not the current administration? Asking for a nation.

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I found this practice baseball in the school parking lot. I'll bet I had more fun with it than the kid who dropped it 😁 New #48Hours @48hourscbs.bsky.social tonight at 10! #Spike #TVPicks #CrazyFunBall #PuppyLove #Dogs

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Goodnight everyone 💞. Dream of a better world ☮️. I know that's not easy right now. #Goodnighteveryone #KindnessMatters #WeMissYouRex #Dogs #LoveYouRex #SweetDreamsSpike

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What is this B.S? #Spike #MondayMood #MondayMorning #PuppyLove #DogsOfBluesky

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We went for a long walk tonight, because I probably won't get a walk tomorrow (rain). We have lots of interesting places in our town. #FBICBS and #TheCleaningLady are new tonight! #Spike #TVPicks #DogAboutTown #PuppyLove #DogsOfBluesky

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TONIGHT: @cortezmasto.senate.gov joins @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

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REPORTER: Critics said a golden dome would be prohibitively expensive TRUMP: We can afford to do it. You know, we took in $5.1 trillion in the last four days in the Middle East (This is a lie, as we detailed today in Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-fake...)

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TONIGHT: @jonathanlanday.bsky.social talks to @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

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TONIGHT: @jonathancapehart.bsky.social joins @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord to discuss his new book, "Yet Here I Am: Lessons from A Black Man’s Search for Home.” Tune in!

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Miss Pickles

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Sister

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Albert

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Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” tried to place its own officials inside the Government Accountability Office. The legislative branch watchdog pushed back and denied DOGE’s attempt. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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“It’s a regular day in the Trump administration of the things that they do.” Rep. LaMonica McIver reacts to news that the Trump Justice Department bypassed standard public integrity review procedures before filing charges against her over a visit to an ICE detention facility earlier this month.

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Keep ‘em coming! Via Taniel: RESULT: Democrats have defended a state Senate seat in #NewYork State. Democrat Sam Sutton wins by more than 30%. The GOP was eying a flip: This is a district where Trump received 77% of the vote in November, so a huge swing compared to that. Prior senator was […]

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