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yeah man, please make my 85 year old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past

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I don’t understand what’s so hard about “Don’t vote for bad people who do bad things.”

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While I’m pleased the Supreme Court was unanimous in their ruling, Kilmar Abrego Garcia should never have been ripped away from his family and community in the first place. The Trump Administration must right their egregious wrong and bring him home TODAY! www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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Say it with us: “constitutional crisis”

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They are obviously slow learners

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HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin. I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social Follow along for updates

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This is all horrifying. Our system is not supposed to work like this.

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After the Nuremberg Trials of 1946, “Just following orders” is no defense.

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Nobody is saying this. They have to conjure up imaginary libs to argue with since they can’t win a debate with real ones on this issue.

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Their name? George … George Glass

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Hey, @schumer.senate.gov :: you better not be playing cute with your language about stopping the SAVE Act. I hope you intend to VOTE NO ON CLOTURE, as opposed to what you did with the CR when you told us you'd vote no on the bill, but still voted YES on cloture. We are in no mood for games.

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Best political live on YouTube! Come join us! www.youtube.com/live/MBbYE3m...

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Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.

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Take a deep breath and look at these otters relaxing. You probably need it.

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As a criminal defense attorney, the vast majority of my cases were NOT immigrants. So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House. The hypocrisy is outrageous.

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After massive public backlash, the Social Security Administration is rolling back its disastrous cuts to phone services. This is a huge victory for the public against DOGE's rampage. Keep up the fight.

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Mike Johnson just voted to cut Medicaid. Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.

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If the US government requires passports for you to practice your rights such as voting then passports should be provided for free to all and within a reasonable timeframe by said government.

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imagine being this pathetic, servile and eager to gulp up the slop

submitted 3 days ago • 1658 comments

Jasmine Crockett 🔥🔥🔥 "All I kept hearing was 'fire.' ... They are lighting the Social Security on fire, Medicaid on fire, Medicare on fire, 401ks on fire, Department of Education on fire ..." Meanwhile, their incompetent leader has already wasted $26 million taxpayer dollars playing golf!

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Chinese trolling us…

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when they go low, we go Jasmine Crockett @repjasmine.bsky.social 🔥

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Because it was a lie, of course.

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I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”

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QUIET! THIS IS A LIBRARY! 📚 Shop: kashmirviii.com/search?q=lit...

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More privatization of the federal government: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

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Wha happened today would be treated as crime if they didn’t now also control all the law enforcement agencies

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The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich. THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no. Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.

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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed the SAVE Act, a bill that would make it much harder for millions of people to register to vote. We're calling on the Senate to reject this legislation.

submitted 2 days ago • 426 comments

No. You’ve been watching stock market fraud.

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a major voter suppression measure that, if it became law, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine U.S. democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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The modern Republican Party is not going to do anything to improve your life. They’re going to lie, cheat, and steal, and put money in the pockets of corrupt billionaires like Trump and Musk. Democrats aren’t perfect, and we make a lot of mistakes, but at least we’re fucking trying to help people.

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Imagine that. Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind they were tipped off? They are laughing at us all. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 3 days ago • 808 comments

It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.

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“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).

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1) Do something autocratic 2) Wait to see how people react 3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on 4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it 5) Illegally consolidate more power 6) Repeat

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🚨 NEWS: The White House confirms the tariff on Chinese imports is now 145%—not 125%. Reminder: tariffs are taxes on imported goods, which means Americans end up paying more.

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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks. We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.

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Please officially welcome to the Bluer Skies ,,, @kamalaharris.com #Flaverification 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

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One of the reasons I voted to push my hand into a blender was that it so obviously upset libs like you. Whilst the pain has been greater than I perhaps anticipated, I am confident that having fewer fingers will leave me stronger in the long run.

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Chaos doesn’t make America great. Corruption doesn’t make America great. But that’s all we get from the Trump admin.

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