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Remember in 2022 when Republicans Congress members criticized Biden for not helping Ukraine even more? Those were some good times (seriously) on that issue. Now that Trump is buddying up with Russia, where are these Republican Congress members now? www.politico.com/news/2022/03...

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"The path to authoritarianism is paved with a million 'legal' acts." - Asha Rangappa open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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"Donald Trump is urging a foreign government to relax restrictions on a right-wing influencer charged with human trafficking and rape." So many in Trump's orbit have been accused and/or convicted of sex crimes. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-p...

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"Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funds" apnews.com/article/wild...

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Mo Brooks actually makes a good point...

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Trump helps corrupt politicians who flatter him, even if they are Democrats. It worked for Eric Adams and Rod Blagojevich, so Bob Menendez is trying to do the same. Not sure how "draining the swamp" is letting corrupt D's off the hook.

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The new House session started on January 3. If a House member is already tired on February 9, then they shouldn't have run for office if they were going to burn out after only one month on the job.

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New WaPo: Kash Patel, Trump's pick to be FBI director, was paid $25,000 last year by a film company owned by a Russian national who has produced programs promoting "deep state" conspiracies and anti-Western views advanced by the Kremlin. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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America, be very clear about what Trump/Vance are doing right now attacking these judges. They’re laying the groundwork to defy a court order. They’re laying the groundwork to ignore the rule of law.

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The Constitution. The judicial branch. Separation of powers. Checks and balances. A nation of laws. The President of this country is not a king. Please repeat.

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Under the US Constitution, Congress is an co-equal branch of government, not just a seat warming, salary sucking, rubber stamper for the POTUS. I hope my friends and family in red states and red congressional districts call their senators and house representatives...(1/2) www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

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"From Robert Reich: "In light of Trump II’s first 18 days of mayhem [...] many are asking: 'What can I do now?' Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance." robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-wh...

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"Trump has moved to gut the federal government, fire critics and reward allies – a path similar to ‘would-be dictators’ like Orbán, experts say" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"Tom, why did you write an article about a 1965 book in which the president goes bonkers and talks about annexing Canada?"

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1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love. I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”

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Make America Like Russia

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Wild how fast MAGA went from anti-interventionist to “let’s invade Greenland and Canada.”

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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.

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RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

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No, I am serious, follow @teenvogue.com . Check out the posts, you might be surprised.

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If I know you in person and unfollowed you, please send me a DM or reply to this comment and I'll follow you back, I accidentally unfollowed a number of people.

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I made a mistake by unfollowing a lot of people. My intent was to have this account just follow people I know in person and use another acct to follow people I don't know in person and organizations but want to see their posts. What I'll do instead is create a Bluesky List of people I know IRL.

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Good Morning my blue family ☕️🍂☀️. Please friends be careful when you’re using blocklist . Many wonderful blue resisters were added to a right wing propagandist list , so it’s now a black list . Please check the list before blocking !! Thank y’all have a beautiful Sunday ~ Jen 💙💙💙

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Here’s a starter pack I came up with of some of the folks I follow who discuss law and policy. Check it out! go.bsky.app/7dSSVXN

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California politics bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Hello, Bluesky! I'm going to start posting/interacting here more regularly. I've created a "Starter Pack" of legal experts and analysts to follow and learn from: go.bsky.app/KkfPPiN

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Here's a Democracy starter pack of people to learn from in our trying times. go.bsky.app/7L56iCD

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