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Chris Murphy: "Here's the message. If you beat a police officer in this country, you're going to jail for a long time, with one exception. You don't go to jail if you beat the hell out of a police officer in service of Donald Trump ... it put Democrats' lives in jeopardy in particular."
January 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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I have and will continue to. But you know why I say it here ? Because @bsky.app is 30m strong and growing quickly. The collective wisdom and influence of users here is far greater than any individual democrat.

I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.
No offense, Mark, but you have influence and power most of us don’t. Why don’t you speak up to those in DC you have connections with? Actions speak louder than words as you well know.
January 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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BREAKING:

Republican Sen. Susan Collins says she's a NO on Pete Hegseth, Trump's Defense Secretary pick.

Collins is the second Republican to be against Hegseth, following Lisa Murkowski.
January 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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So many have not learned them at all.
January 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
All the Nazis seem to think it was a Nazi salute and they would know. We saw what we saw, we heard what we heard, and we know that they know. Keep posting it.
For those saying it wasn't a Nazi salute.

Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.
January 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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We keep hearing about masculinity from the Zuckerbergs of the world-- this woman has shown more courage in this 60-second clip than any of the tech billionaires have shown in recent memory as they grovel at Trump's feet.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A miscarriage of justice and an insult to every man and woman in uniform.
January 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Way to go!! Proud of my state. 🙌🏼
January 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Bravo to them!!
"Let me put it in words you might understand. Mr. Trump, fuck off."
January 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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It would be a shame if Trump found out about this. He’ll be furious.
Uh oh. Donald Trump’s inauguration had 24.6 million viewers on average. That’s 27% fewer than the 33.8 million who watched Joe Biden’s in 2020.
January 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Yesterday Trump pardoned neo-Nazis and Elon musk gave two Nazi salutes. Not a single media outlet has pointed it out.
This is how fascism thrives.
January 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Written right there in the Constitution.

The President cannot change that with the stroke of a pen.
January 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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I see that Melania chose to wear her Hamburglar hat to honor the criminals in the nation--and next to her.
January 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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January 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration for trying to end birthright citizenship – a foundational principle of US democracy guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.

If you’re born here, you are a citizen – period. No politician can decide who is American and who is not.
January 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Trump just rescinded an Executive Order issued by President Biden to lower prescription drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
So it begins, Trump Grants Broad Clemency to Jan. 6 Rioters
The extraordinary pardons and commutations extended to those who committed both violent and nonviolent crimes on Jan. 6, including assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy. 🤯
January 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Well deserved. Dr. Anthony Fauci is an absolute icon who has saved countless lives across the globe! He guided our national response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and importantly, was the principal architect of the Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, that has saved #millions of lives.
January 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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For 105 years, across 19 different presidents, the ACLU has fought to protect civil rights and liberties.

Today, tomorrow, and every day, we’ll show up in courtrooms, state houses, and communities to protect our fundamental freedoms. Count on it.
January 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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There is a reason TikTok is so good at figuring out what you want to see, and why it’s better than everything else: it’s a weapon, and the best weapon is one you don’t know exists, or worse, one you think you can’t live without
January 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A luminous coastal Maine sunset on a peaceful day of no network television news, or other programming. Completely tuned out.
January 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
bsky.app/profile/jonc...

Yes! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
President Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration.
Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump
President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of hi...
apnews.com
January 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Remember this day.

The last full day with a Democratic President.

We don’t know when or if we’ll ever live another day like this. 🥺
January 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM