General Political Fúckery Thread: 119th Congress - Government Shutdown on October 1, 2025?

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1/21
@CalltoActivism
Is Marjorie Taylor Greene functionally illiterate or plain evil?



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2/21
@TitoMcGee76
Can't trust a woman with 3 toes.



3/21
@MrSpiritsRaven
Both.



4/21
@Lotto48
Both.



5/21
@saltnburnem
Yes



6/21
@HarmonyUsInc
Day 89 The fight against fascism takes all of us doing our part.

Here is a great place to start with

http://linktr.ee/revolution2025

Tools, Resources & Actions vs Fascism

Today’s Agenda: Day 89 Agenda - Resistance Kitty

7/21
@libertycorn0123




8/21
@mentorsrule1
Yes



9/21
@renefaurskov
I'm pretty sure she's just a tool for the others to use to say the most incredible things so they can end up with a sort of compromise in the end.



10/21
@Elite_E_Man
Why not both



11/21
@donmcgowan
Not mutually exclusive!



12/21
@ThomsonSherin
Both!

13/21
@HarmenFS
Both



14/21
@Ruth11665247
Both.



15/21
@HillBeverlyhill
Both



16/21
@HMilne57
Both. I'd put evil first.



17/21
@cooltxchick
Both



18/21
@AlwaysPurple24
Why do I have to chose between the 2?



19/21
@ACTIdgit

20/21
@Econpolicy
Both.



21/21
@1mundus
How about both?




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1/35
petersagal.bsky.social
Democrats in the Indiana Senate had on Thursday argued against a bill that curbed diversity, equity and inclusion programs by comparing it to the Three-Fifths Compromise.

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Democrats in the Indiana Senate had on Thursday argued against a bill that curbed diversity, equity and inclusion programs by comparing it to the Three-Fifths Compromise.

2/35
petersagal.bsky.social
Among the awful effects of the “compromise” not mentioned here:

— A strong incentive to acquire more enslaved people

— For every Rep. earned by counting 3/5 of the enslaved, each slaver state for an extra Electoral College vote. Which is why all US Presidents prior to 1860 were pro slavery.

3/35
jameshart.bsky.social
And of course then consider how these same incentives line up when an incarcerated felon who can’t vote still counts as 100% of a person for electoral representation purposes.

4/35
farmersdaughter1.bsky.social
'Great move' if you're a slave owner.

5/35
themarcwess.bsky.social
Peter a lot of people missed the part about Dems being against this.

Bluesky is so much better than Twitter, but the reading comprehension of the user is not.

6/35
spinny.bsky.social
The editors could have written the headline much better. The phrasing is ambiguous as to what the object of the verb 'argued' is.

7/35
themarcwess.bsky.social
And the reader can at least read 300 characters of the article. Headlines are to get the reader to read the article not take the place of the article.

That’s apparently twitter and blueskys function.

We all need better editors.

8/35
burnterra.bsky.social
Paywall

9/35
burnterra.bsky.social
Also Bezos

10/35
brightstar52.bsky.social
Why are they all so dumb? Must have been home schooled.

11/35
greatfausto.bsky.social
The 3/5 comprise…. Though a stain on our history, was the only way to unify the different sections of the young nation…. Otherwise we would have started out as opposing forces warring with another as we expanded westward

12/35
lucille-fix.bsky.social
Sherman had a strong answer to that problem at some point

13/35
greatfausto.bsky.social
If you’re referring to WT Sherman he could’ve cared less, just as he left thousands of runaways to die or be enslaved again as he crossed the Oconee river headed to Savannah. He only wanted to win the war, Lincoln wanted them sent to Africa

14/35
lucille-fix.bsky.social
Question if I may - one of Sherman's express goals was to bring down the leadership of the Confederate armies, it's support structures, etc. effectively total war, yes?
I won't lie, even the union had problems, but let me ask, what would change had the Confederate leaders been properly punished?

15/35
lucille-fix.bsky.social
What I mean by this is, well, post war we effectively gave them a slap on the wrist.

That leadership remained in their positions, creating generations of people whom have stemmed from old-ish money and created this butterfly effect, including separate but equal.

16/35
sobrienmusic.bsky.social
plainly, the Lt Governor is a Fascist c*nt...

17/35
jasokell.bsky.social


18/35
steveo18.bsky.social
What a Dumb Ass!! at the very least he's stoking the fires of racism!!!!!

19/35
redgingertempura.bsky.social
We’ve already established the Democrats don’t actually care about women and minorities so when are we gonna have open, honest discussion about why we continue to support them because for decades they’ve been the lesser of two evils. Is now a good time?

20/35
docmcdoom.bsky.social
2025 is the year all the hoods came off

21/35
shafawn.bsky.social
Please put the hoods back on. Makes it easier to identify the players and I’m really sick of looking at your ugly faces.

22/35
shafawn.bsky.social
See? Civics education CAN work. You just have to put the rightwing spin on it & dumb it down with heavy doses of racism so MAGAs can absorb it.

23/35
shafawn.bsky.social
BTW I asked AI about MAGA, our knuckledraggers who most resemble the “proles” in Orwell’s 1984. Here’s what she said. Pretty on target to today:

24/35
shafawn.bsky.social
Pretty good for a dumb bottle of steak sauce.

25/35
dqscribbler.bsky.social
Start burning crosses at the state house, I guess, since it looks like the klan is back in charge in Indiana. This is not surprising. After they lose, extremists don't change their tune, Confederates, Nazis, fascist loyalists just get quieter...and wait for an opening

26/35
m4a1960.bsky.social
Hell of major issue than kitchen table issues is this government full of hate !

27/35
hilifehero.bsky.social
Capitulating with inhumane extortionists will only guarantee future extortion.

28/35
mikeomalley.bsky.social
Yeah that's a deranged take on the goal of the 3/5 compromise

29/35
cpfraser.bsky.social
God, just how much can people suck?

30/35
gretchensand.bsky.social
Does that mean some people are 3/5 human while others are not?

31/35
ambassadoreast.bsky.social
De La soulless

32/35
bestdogmom.bsky.social
Their energy would be better spent trying to end hunger in our country rather than new ways to twist words and history to fit their authoritarian model.

33/35
wordofwisdom.bsky.social
It's infuriating how the past continues to shape present inequalities. How can we ensure this history informs, rather than hinders, our fight for a truly equitable future?

Get flags at: antimagaclub.com

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34/35
imjustagirl.bsky.social
Oh dear God.

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eawalton75.bsky.social


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Democrats in the Indiana Senate had on Thursday argued against a bill that curbed diversity, equity and inclusion programs by comparing it to the Three-Fifths Compromise...

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Democrats in the Indiana Senate had on Thursday argued against a bill that curbed diversity, equity and inclusion programs by comparing it to the Three-Fifths Compromise.

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2/35
shortstraw.bsky.social
Bigotry and racism

3/35
braynsford.bsky.social
Did Bezos say you could publish that article?
That article is not nice to Republicants.

4/35
rocketmansparty.bsky.social
Trump is rapidly becoming Herbert Hoover --- the dumber version. The same guy that led to a party vanquished from power for 20 years.

5/35
thebaroness.bsky.social
Three-fifth-ing him would be an even better idea.

6/35
purduedan.bsky.social
Indiana had a stronger KKK presence than other northern states. It seems some things never change.

7/35
notimeforpoopin.bsky.social
We still have a pretty solid KKK presence here.

8/35
purduedan.bsky.social
Disturbing for a state that once sent Birch Bayh to the Senate and voted for Obama in 2008.

9/35
thirstyscholar.bsky.social
Disgusting

10/35
thebobcampbell.bsky.social
WTF

11/35
dustinheron.bsky.social
Open the schools

12/35
drpabst.bsky.social
Smokescreen to divert from corruption

13/35
yourcanadiangf.bsky.social
He's all the way compromised.

14/35
glowdonk.bsky.social
Neither republicans or democrats have done anything to prove they are better than one another, they are all cowards who would rather bend the knee to a corpo than ever show humanity

15/35
glen07.bsky.social
Democrats all over the country are leading protests against Trump administration policies. What else do you want them to do?

16/35
glowdonk.bsky.social
Actually say yes on bills that would actually help people

17/35
glen07.bsky.social
And you think they don't? When a party is in the minority there isn't much they can do,and the MSM rarely reports when they DO speak out.

18/35
powerfulkatrinka.bsky.social
Republicans rewriting history to serve White patriarchy is not new. But Dems need to re-word DEI - it's been successfully mislabeled by the GOP as something negative.

19/35
mattg.path.pub
Dems fleeing the terms is what allows terms to be successfully mislabeled. Opposing DEI is being in favor of sameness, inequity and exclusion. DEI is only lost if it's surrendered.

20/35
lauriehb.bsky.social
His historical ignorance is best described by Dorothy Parker: "his ignorance was an Empire State Building of ignorance. You had to admire it for its size." Except that we should deplore it, not admire it.

21/35
louisvillevol.bsky.social
Just look at this dork.

22/35
migueldehuachuca.bsky.social
Family tree doesn’t branch

23/35
hirut.bsky.social
White people don’t know that DEI includes them too, some people need to explain clearly what DEI means exactly. I am afraid that White Americans think DEI is only a minority’s thing.

24/35
sherriwehrmann.bsky.social
Only a white man would see no reason for any DEI in American lives.

Has he been to Target lately?

25/35
migueldehuachuca.bsky.social
Queue dueling banjos

26/35
kennethstremsky.bsky.social
Imbecile Former Governor of New Jersey:

If you do not know at all what Constitution says, you should not comment on Constitution

A State Judge takes oath to Constitution and is required to take on Federal Government when it is acting in criminal way

Alien and Sedition Acts are not constitutional

27/35
jonid.bsky.social
Indiana can do better and deserves better.

28/35
migueldehuachuca.bsky.social
After voting for Obama in ‘08, has become the Alabama of the Midwest.

29/35
robertmockingbird.bsky.social
What in the fukk did he say?

30/35
velvethydrangea.bsky.social
If that's what the other side believes OUT LOUD, then we are destined for actual fukkung War. Holy crap.

31/35
ownwhatwebuild.bsky.social
#Trump voters were right to be angry — now many are shifting. Build #workingclass unity beyond the two-party system as Trump’s promises collapse into chaos and #dictatorship. Real freedom, real #democracy, and real power must come from #workers organizing for a future built by and for themselves.

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32/35
glen07.bsky.social
We will always be a 2 party system. Get over it and deal with it.

33/35
5thgenfljane.bsky.social
Are Indiana schools that shytty?

34/35
kennethstremsky.bsky.social
Part 1

People keep talking about history when they have not studied history.

They keep failing simple logic test.

What happens when slaves do not get the right to vote and no political reason exists for having slaves?

They get murdered when the economy goes bad.

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kennethstremsky.bsky.social
Part 2

What happens when you count slaves as a full person and they do not get the right to vote?

This increases the power of slave states increasing the odds that slavery will spread to other states.

 

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Unrelated I regret my vote for Kamala @Outlaw

 

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Unrelated I regret my vote for Kamala @Outlaw

Somehow, someway it’s the democrats fault

 

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Republicans Will Cut Off Student Loan Forgiveness For Medical Residents Under New Plan

Buried deep in a new bill is a major change that would cut off a popular federal student loan forgiveness program for medical and dental residents.

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Republicans Will Cut Off Student Loan Forgiveness For Medical Residents Under New Plan​

ByAdam S. Minsky,

Senior Contributor.

Adam Minsky is an attorney and writer focusing on student loans.

May 01, 2025, 08:31am EDT

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 5: Chairman Tim Walberg, R-Mich., attends the House Education and Workforce ... More

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House Republicans this week unveiled sweeping legislation to remake the federal student loan system. Nearly every element of the federal student aid system, from grants to aid disbursement to repayment plans and loan forgiveness programs, would be impacted if the plan is enacted. And buried deep in the bill is a major change that would cut off a popular federal student loan forgiveness program for medical residents and interns.

“This bill set forth by Committee Republicans not only would save taxpayers over $330 billion but also bring much-needed reform in three key areas: simplified loan repayment, streamlined student loan options, and accountability for students and taxpayers,” said Education and Workforce Committee Chair Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) in a speech on the House floor on Tuesday. “Moreover, it simplifies and improves the system going forward by streamlining repayment options and providing targeted assistance to struggling borrowers who need it rather than blanket bailouts for those who don’t."

While not expressly called out in Walberg’s speeceh, the bill explicitly cuts off medical and dental residents from key student loan forgiveness benefits, suggesting that the legislation’s authors believe these individuals don’t need the relief. The proposal is intended to become part of a massive reconciliation “mega-bill” that Republican lawmakers hope to enact this summer. The reconciliation process, which allows legislation to pass with simple, party-line majorities in Congress without crashing into a Senate filibuster, would facilitate the GOP’s expansion of expiring tax cuts and slash government spending to cover the associated costs.

PSLF Historically Has Provided Broad Student Loan Forgiveness Benefits​

Public Service Loan Forgiveness allows borrowers to qualify for a discharge of their federal student loans after making 10 years of qualifying payments. Under current law, a qualifying payment is one made on a Direct federal student loan under either a 10-year Standard plan or one of several income-driven repayment options, while the borrower is employed full-time by an eligible public service employer. This includes 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and government or public entities. Many nonprofit and public hospitals and community health centers are PSLF-eligible employers.

The statute governing PSLF, which was passed by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2007, does not distinguish between different types of public service work, as long as the entity is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or public organization and the borrower is meeting all of the program’s eligibility criteria. That means someone who is employed at, for instance, a nonprofit hospital, could qualify for PSLF regardless of whether they are a medical technician, a nurse, a doctor, or an administrative support staff member. While doctors and nurses may earn significantly more income than other employees at the same organization, they likely would be earning comparatively much less than they would in a private practice setting. These borrowers also likely carry significantly higher student loan balances due to their education, and would have much higher monthly payments under income-driven repayment plans as a result.

GOP Bill Eliminates Student Loan Forgiveness Eligibility For Medical And Dental Residents​

But for the first time in the PSLF program’s history, the House Republican bill – if enacted – would target a specific group of public service employees and cut them off from student loan forgiveness under the program.

“The term ‘public service job’ does not include time served in a medical or dental internship or residency program (as such program is described in section 428(c)(3)(A)(i)(I)) by an individual who, as of June 30, 2025, has not borrowed a Federal Direct PLUS Loan or a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan for a program of study that awards a graduate credential upon completion of such program," reads the legislative text under the heading, “Exclusion.”

This essentially would mean that if the bill becomes law, doctors and dentists would receive no PSLF credit during their residencies and internships. Typically, medical and dental residents work long hours (often at nonprofit or public hospitals) for very low pay for several years at the beginning of their careers, before moving into more permanent roles. Many medical residents repay their student loans under income-driven repayment plans during that time, given their low income, and interest accrual often means significant balance increases by the time the borrower completes their residency. Residency periods historically have counted toward student loan forgiveness under PSLF, as long as the borrower is meeting all of the program’s eligibility rules.

Department Of Education May Further Limit Student Loan Forgiveness Under PSLF​

The good news for PSLF borrowers is that the House Republican draft reconciliation bill would not make other significant changes to the program, such as by capping loan forgiveness or cutting off borrowers at certain income levels. Some advocates had been concerned that additional restrictions on student loan forgiveness under the program would be included in the GOP bill. But that’s not the end of the story.

This week, the Department of Education held its first public hearing as part of negotiated rulemaking, a lengthy process that allows the department to update, change, or repeal regulations governing federal student loan programs. And PSLF is explicitly a topic for negotiated rulemaking this year. The department is considering enacting new rules to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order in March that would cut off student loan forgiveness eligibility under PSLF for organizations that engage in certain “illegal” activities. Advocacy groups have warned this is not allowable under the PSLF statute passed by Congress, and that the definition of “illegal” in the president’s order is so vague and broad that it could wind up sweeping up untold numbers of nonprofit organizations and government entities whose mission or actions the Trump administration simply disagrees with.

“This month, the Department of Education began a process called negotiated rulemaking or ‘neg reg’ that will decide the future of student loan programs including Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF),” said the Student Debt Crisis Center in an email this week. “The current Trump Administration is seeking to end PSLF eligibility for public service workers working at certain non-profits or serving certain communities.”

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is taking additional steps that could jeopardize student loan forgiveness under PSLF. Earlier this month, the administration began targeting the nonprofit status of Harvard University, which could be a prelude to a broader effort to eliminate the tax-exempt status for other nonprofit organizations that the administration has clashed with. So far, that has not yet happened, but advocates remain concerned. In the meantime, Republican lawmakers are considering a separate proposal that would remove the tax-exempt status from nonprofit hospitals, which could make additional healthcare workers ineligible for PSLF.

 

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@Acyn
Warnock: Don’t lecture to me about meritocracy while I witness you nominate the most unfit unqualified people we’ve ever seen.

You cannot lecture me about merit while nominating Pete Hegseth…



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2/10
@LucasSa56947288
Boom!!



3/10
@BlueATLGeorgia
Preach it.



4/10
@Sjacobs2020
MAGA meritocracy is based on how often Trump saw you on Fox News.

5/10
@ThecosmicdustX
He’s right you know?



6/10
@nikosunity
Warnock didn’t just clap back, he torched the hypocrisy. You don’t get to scream meritocracy while handing national security to a Fox News talking head.



7/10
@FrederickLeath5
Says the race baiter



8/10
@Humarock501
How is he still relevant?



9/10
@MaddyJean19
Warnock is a fraud.



10/10
@thenamestiago
Coming from the guy who thinks “equity” means résumé optional. Pete’s more qualified than half the DEI hires running the country into the ground.




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Republicans push for a decadelong ban on states regulating AI

The provision could end existing state-level AI laws.

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Republicans push for a decadelong ban on states regulating AI​

Lawmakers buried the provision in a budget reconciliation bill — and it could extend beyond AI.
by Emma Roth

May 13, 2025, 5:10 PM EDT
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Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.

Republicans want to stop states from regulating AI. On Sunday, a Republican-led House committee submitted a budget reconciliation bill that proposes blocking states from enforcing “any law or regulation” targeting an exceptionally broad range of automated computing systems for 10 years after the law is enacted — a move that would stall efforts to regulate everything from AI chatbots to online search results.

Democrats are calling the new provision a “giant gift” to Big Tech, and organizations that promote AI oversight, like Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI), say it could have “catastrophic consequences” for the public. It’s a gift companies like OpenAI have recently been seeking in Washington, aiming to avoid a slew of pending and active state laws. The budget reconciliation process allows lawmakers to fast-track bills related to government spending by requiring only a majority in the Senate rather than 60 votes to pass.

This bill, introduced by House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), would prevent states from imposing “legal impediments” — or restrictions to design, performance, civil liability, and documentation — on AI models and “automated decision” systems. It defines the latter category as “any computational process derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, or artificial intelligence that issues a simplified output, including a score, classification, or recommendation, to materially influence or replace human decision making.”

That means the 10-year moratorium could extend well beyond AI. Travis Hall, the director for state engagement at the Center for Democracy & Technology, tells The Verge that the automated decision systems described in the bill “permeate digital services, from search results and mapping directions, to health diagnoses and risk analyses for sentencing decisions.”

During the 2025 legislative session, states have proposed over 500 laws that Hall says this bill could “unequivocally block.” They focus on everything from chatbot safety for minors to deepfake restrictions and disclosures for the use of AI in political ads. If the bill passes, the handful of states that have successfully passed AI laws may also see their efforts go to waste.
“The move to ban AI safeguards is a giveaway to Big Tech that will come back to bite us.”

Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law preventing companies from using a performer’s AI-generated likeness without permission. Tennessee also adopted legislation with similar protections, while Utah has enacted a rule requiring certain businesses to disclose when customers are interacting with AI. Colorado’s AI law, which goes into effect next year, will require companies developing “high-risk” AI systems to protect customers from “algorithmic discrimination.”

California also came close to enacting the landmark AI safety law SB 1047, which would have imposed security restrictions and legal liability on AI companies based in the state, like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta. OpenAI opposed the bill, saying AI regulation should take place at the federal level instead of having a “patchwork” of state laws that could make it more difficult to comply. Gov. Newsom vetoed the bill last September, and OpenAI has made it clear it wants to avoid having state laws “bogging down innovation” in the future.

With so little AI regulation at the federal level, it’s been left up to the states to decide how to deal with AI. Even before the rise of generative AI, state legislators were grappling with how to fight algorithmic discrimination — including machine learning-based systems that display race or gender bias — in areas like housing and criminal justice. Efforts to combat this, too, would likely be hampered by the Republicans’ proposal.

Democrats have slammed the provision’s inclusion in the reconciliation bill, with Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) saying the 10-year ban will “allow AI companies to ignore consumer privacy protections, let deepfakes spread, and allow companies to profile and deceive consumers using AI.” In a statement published to X, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) said the proposal “will lead to a Dark Age for the environment, our children, and marginalized communities.”

Related​

• What does OpenAI really want from Trump?
• OpenAI and Google ask the government to let them train AI on content they don’t own

The nonprofit organization Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) compared the potential ban to the government’s failure to properly regulate social media. “Lawmakers stalled on social media safeguards for a decade and we are still dealing with the fallout,” ARI president Brad Carson said in a statement. “Now apply those same harms to technology moving as fast as AI… Ultimately, the move to ban AI safeguards is a giveaway to Big Tech that will come back to bite us.”

This provision could hit a roadblock in the Senate, as ARI notes that the Byrd rule says reconciliation bills can only focus on fiscal issues. Still, it’s troubling to see Republican lawmakers push to block oversight of a new technology that’s being integrated into almost everything.

 

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@kelsientaggart
Jason Smith is stealing Bill Cassidy's look...

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Rep. Jason Smith: "And then you can look at Medicaid cuts -- Medicaid reforms, I should say."

Oops.


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@Silver_1_Spirit
Lol



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@GraceAl38236563
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The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social)

WATCH: “13.7 Million Americans will have their health care stripped in this bill.” @aoc.bsky.social on #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer

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thetnholler.bsky.social
WATCH: “13.7 Million Americans will have their health care stripped in this bill.”

@aoc.bsky.social on #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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Bluesky

2/10
threequarters.bsky.social
Just a reminder, 60% of the people living in nursing homes are on Medicaid. Who's going to take care of your mom or grandpa if they need that kind of care? Medicare only covers 100 days.

3/10
jgfreeman2025.bsky.social
And to think a lot of these people are self-proclaimed MAGATTS. You wanted it, MAGATTS. You got it.

4/10
c4miles222.bsky.social
#CrushTheGOP
#BlueTsunami2026

Bluesky
Bluesky

5/10
kdjs-1.bsky.social
these will be people you know... family, friends, neighbors -
it will impact your community, state - local, state & national economies...
all so #republicans can give tax cuts to the already wealthy
Bluesky

6/10
glennstorm.bsky.social
We The People deserve responsive government

Republican House representatives failed their constituents while Democrats in the House fought hard non-stop day & night with every tool they had available

Now it's our turn to turn their red House districts blue

We pitch, "The stuff you like is gone"

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call out Republican House members who voted for the BBB Project 2025 bill

my "Media" has posts for vulnerable districts in:

Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Florida
Iowa
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Texas
Virginia
Washington
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7/10
glennstorm.bsky.social
A public service announcement:

Democrats have historically done well when in power, but they are in the minority in Congress

Congressional Republicans are in power now, and can make change

If you want change, call the Senate Republicans

That U.S. Congressional switchboard number is

202-224-3121

8/10
glennstorm.bsky.social
giving up, letting up on Republicans, blaming Dems for Republican inaction is _precisely_ how we got here

Please join us in voicing your concerns to those in power

We The People deserve responsive government

(... and also, yeah, protest and all that)

step 1: get past this
step 2: normal stuff

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glennstorm.bsky.social
If you love the U.S., and want it to survive

Please stop fighting Dems and focus on the GOP

Believe it: if we don't stop the GOP now, there will be no U.S.

Right now Senate GOP has a Project 2025 bill to gut Medicaid, Medicare & much more

That U.S. Congressional switchboard number:

202-224-3121

9/10
frogzilla.bsky.social

10/10
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Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov)

The Trump Justice Department is failing to hold Boeing accountable. After two planes crashes and 346 deaths, Boeing gets a slap on the wrist. This deal sends a dangerous message that, under President Trump, corporate executives can put profit over safety and never face justice...

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1/20
warren.senate.gov
The Trump Justice Department is failing to hold Boeing accountable.

After two planes crashes and 346 deaths, Boeing gets a slap on the wrist.

This deal sends a dangerous message that, under President Trump, corporate executives can put profit over safety and never face justice.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/...37-max-crashes.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

2/20
ejthemarx.bsky.social
It feels like democratic Congressman including senators have become completely worthless in this moment and we should just take matters into our own hands because y'all clearly can't stop them outside of the federal courts and state AG's. Y'all are worthless

3/20
idoamir.bsky.social
Under Donald Trump, when you DIE he MAKES MORE MONEY.

4/20
gasmasktaskmanager.bsky.social
When can we expect treason charges for all registered republicans?

5/20
silverrain64.bsky.social
Yes, and? They're failing at everything they do.

Any plans for getting rid of them?

6/20
thomashansen.bsky.social
#NeverForget

$ba.d #Boeing

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thomashansen.bsky.social
Note:

After Boeing killed 346 people in two fatal 737 MAX crashes, former $ba.d CEO Dennis Muilenburg walked away with $23.4 million salary in 2018 + more than $60 million in pension benefits and stock.

Crime pays
Age of fraud

Bluesky
Bluesky

7/20
lidalou4.bsky.social
“This kind of non-prosecution deal is unprecedented and obviously wrong for the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history,” Paul Cassell, a lawyer representing some of the families, said in a statement on Friday. “My families will object and hope to convince the court to reject it.”

8/20
samiam2.bsky.social
This is why they lined up to kiss the ring. Wide open corruption is still corruption. There’s no difference.

9/20
jasperhermes.bsky.social
The amount and level of corruption from these people is STAGGERING.

10/20
discorted.bsky.social
Great timing with him accepting that 747 from Qatar

11/20
mark1960.bsky.social
In this Administration, justice is blind, deaf, and dumb.

12/20
gusto1904.bsky.social
Are you surprised? Manson and Dahmer are probably under consideration for having their convictions overturned as we speak.

13/20
cghcghcgh.bsky.social
Big Beautiful Billionaire Bullshyt Bill...
Unfettered Megalomania

14/20
jeanneleduc.bsky.social
Not a new message from #orangeshytstains regime.
https://bsky.app/hashtag/orangeshytstains

15/20
corwe.bsky.social
Just more wrong on top of all the others wrongs.

16/20
mjhuk.bsky.social
Of course!! Boing doesn’t give a crap about commercial aircraft falling out of the sky as long as they can continue their sweet military contracts! Everyone knows this.

17/20
jeffcollett.bsky.social
That's exactly the message that will be sent, because that's the way it is under Trump!

18/20
dwightfisher.bsky.social
This only happens if there’s a payoff. Trump does nothing unless he personally profits.

19/20
callyourreps.us
If you would like to contact this rep:

Local Office #: (617) 565-3170

DC Office #: (202) 224-4543

Office Website: www.warren.senate.gov

Please only contact if this is your rep. If you wish to speak to another rep about this issue, find them here: reps.fyi

20/20
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Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)

Rachel Cohen on resigning from Skadden: I would say to people: We’re going to end up staffed on financings to help prison corporations expand the Guantánamo Bay camp. Every single person I said that to responded, “Oh, don’t say that.” Not one person said, “No, we won’t.” A few even said, “Yes.”

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1/12
acyn.bsky.social
Rachel Cohen on resigning from Skadden: I would say to people: We’re going to end up staffed on financings to help prison corporations expand the Guantánamo Bay camp.

Every single person I said that to responded, “Oh, don’t say that.” Not one person said, “No, we won’t.” A few even said, “Yes.”
https://video.bsky.app/watch/did:pl...auslthoxwvcftp6kcfxpgkp37vb3m2y/playlist.m3u8

2/12
acyn.bsky.social
Full video from Katie Phang’s YouTube channel here:

youtu.be/keYOT4yshbA

3/12
frogzilla.bsky.social

4/12
marlajuliette.bsky.social
It is so bad that I'm afraid American's who protest will start vanishing. They will be carried away never to be seen again. No record will exist of them.

Military and Police personnel who do not agree with the strong arm dictator tactics of Trump need to stand up in unison and say NO.

5/12
shoshierules.bsky.social
Profiles in Courage...thank you, Rachel Cohen

6/12
bells110.bsky.social
How the hell does something like that fall under the guise of “pro bono”? All the sane associates need to resign.

7/12
mrp*ssy.xyz
she also could've, you know, not worked for the private prison law firm

8/12
bluedotjt.bsky.social
Protect this person, whoever needs to see this!!!

9/12
dbdant.bsky.social
I've said it before - any law firm that caves to Trump pressure doe so not because fear him, but because they agree with him.

10/12
16screwsloose.bsky.social
So f*cken sick

11/12
dawnbense.bsky.social
Courageous women.

12/12
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