lljack.bsky.social

lljack.bsky.social

@lljack.bsky.social

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This is EXACTLY what I said earlier today. Despite the Supreme Court decision, birthright citizenship remains in jeopardy Trump is a racist who hates immigrants. He's said it many times, in 1,000 different ways. That's why Stephen Miller works for him And he needs to flip just one more vote

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Vance says the midterms are big because Republicans are one SCOTUS seat from ending birthright citizenship

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JD Vance: I would love it if Democrats were willing to work with us on lowering housing prices. We could have some real bipartisan compromise. (Trump is currently refusing to sign the bipartisan housing affordability bill)

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To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.

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I love this. The Obamas honoring Nancy Pelosi with a garden in her name is so well deserved. Without Nancy Pelosi, there would be no Affordable Care Act.

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After killing one person without warning or trial, the US government let two other survivors die a horrible death by drowning after clinging to wreckage. Despite knowing this was a possible outcome, the US government appears to have deliberately chosen not to stage search and rescue ahead of time.

Adam Isacson@adamisacson.com

The latest two boat-strike "survivors" didn't make it.

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NEW: Records obtained by ProPublica detail at least a dozen SpaceX investors with addresses in mainland China, Hong Kong or Russia who acquired stakes in SpaceX years ago through a middleman firm in the U.S. called Tomales Bay Capital.

propublica.orgBefore SpaceX IPO, Investors in China Secretly Acquired StakesOne previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors. The information was revealed only after ProPublica went to court to obtain it.

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Ossoff: The president has been humiliated on the world stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about his stability and his capacity for the office. It’s deeply distressing to Americans to see a president so incompetent attempting and failing to represent the nation.

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Warnock: Right before they passed that ugly bill that cut $1 trillion out of medicaid, the Speaker of the House joined with other legislators and said a prayer, and then they went and voted for that bill. I just want to know what was in that prayer.

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March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil." April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil, much more than we need." June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks..."

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When you deny science, you turn a reflecting pool into a swamp. When you ignore history, you surrender where Germany surrendered after WWI. The karma!

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

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Really need people to stop saying that the Minnesota 15 are going to be fine, that their charges will be dropped like ours. That was four days before trial, was NOT supposed to happen, and only did because of persistent, diligent, and incredible work by our lawyers.

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NEW: A new state is taking center stage in Trump's assault on free and fair elections: California. His persistent lies about the state's typical, slow ballot count are nothing more than a thinly veiled scheme to reject results he doesn't like. But we won't let him succeed, Marc Elias writes.

democracydocket.comCalifornia is the new ground zero for free and fair electionsTrump's obsession with California's elections is neither entirely new nor surprising.

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This is your daily reminder that Trump and Republicans are spending billions of your tax dollars on an unauthorized war in Iran and Stephen Miller’s ICE agenda while gutting Medicaid, slashing SNAP, and driving up your health care costs.

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A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits. (Published April)

propublica.orgThe Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their FamiliesA rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...

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Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social

Medicaid work requirements were always going to be cruel. Then, the White House intervened (likely) and made the definition of who can be exempt based on disabilities/health much stricter. This is going to kill people. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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DHS is on track to break last year's record for people dying in its custody. ICE agents tear gassed a U.S. Senator last week. I'm not writing a blank check to an agency that is engaged in nonstop brutality and abuses of power.

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He knows Hilton doesn't stand a chance, and he's looking forward to punishing California.

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social

Trying to understand how it’s legal for a POTUS to tell voters he’ll ensure their state receives funding if they vote like he tells them to while promising they won’t receive the said funding if they disobey his orders on who to vote for Thought we fought a revolution over this?

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And this.... 👇

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Sen. Duckworth: "That's an astonishing figure worth repeating. In just 14 weeks, President Trump will have blown through as much, if not more, money in Iran than he thinks Congress should spend on US diplomacy for the entirety of the next fiscal year."

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Gonna be a generational burden to recreate the norm that scamming other people is bad when our positions of leadership are being filled by proud scammers and people who previously only succeeded in the field of social media engagement bait

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Minnesota House Speaker and Republican gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth refuses to rule out a pardon for Derek Chauvin: "There's a lot that goes into any type of pardon decision"

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Congressional statute: "There is a Director of National Intelligence who shall be appointed by the President ... Any individual nominated for appointment as Director of National Intelligence shall have extensive national security expertise." 50 U.S. Code § 3023

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here's is what Rubio looked like on the night he claims he was working hard with the president and definitely not shirking his secretary of state duties (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Getty)

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

an extremely defensive Rubio crashes out over question about why he was at a UFC fight with Trump in Miami instead of in Pakistan with Vance negotiating with the Iranians: "You don't know what you're talking about! I was co-located with the president. I was where I needed to be at that moment."

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um ... what? Is he trying to pretend he's an empathetic Mr. Nice Guy? Because that's really not his style.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump claims his strikes haven't really hurt the Iranian military: "We've actually left their military alone. People would be surprised to hear that."