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Pragmatic politics, Portland hometown love, words spun into beauty, knitting, yarn, living with Bipolar disorder. Please no DMs. Does not tolerate disinformation. She/her

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this is another example of what they all learned from the kavanaugh hearings.

when you’re losing, when you’re worried he’s going to throw you under the bus, you have to go totally feral.

you have to embarrass yourself by trying to brute-force a narrative shift from being on defense to on offense.

13.03.2026 20:18 👍 1466 🔁 290 💬 11 📌 12
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Opinion | The Justice Department Wants to Make It Safe for Government Lawyers to Lie

Too much to keep track of, but don't sleep on AG Bondi's new proposed rule that would let DOJ lawyers avoid key ethics checks that prohibit lying to court. Ratcheting up the assault on courts & the reality-based world at the same time. Mine in today's NYT. (Gift Link)

13.03.2026 12:41 👍 583 🔁 276 💬 18 📌 12

Again, he doesn’t follow laws or court orders, & so the solution cannot be more laws & more court orders that he will also simply not follow. Everyone is kidding themselves that there is another option aside from immediate impeachment & removal.

13.03.2026 14:25 👍 198 🔁 47 💬 7 📌 1
Congressman Keith Self • • Follow
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SHARIA-FREE AMERICA CAUCUS
Co-Chairs: Keith Self (TX-03) & Chip Roy (TX-21)
Whip Tom Emmer (MN-06)
Andrew Clyde (GA-09)
Pat Fallon (TX-04)
Russ Fulcher (ID-01)
August Pfluger (TX-11)
Mary Miller (IL-15)
Craig Goldman (TX-12)
Tracey Mann (KS-01)
Monica De La Cruz (TX-15)
Andy Harris (MD-01)
Pete Sessions (TX-17)
Eric Burlison (MO-07)
Brandon Gill (TX-26)
Mike Ezell (MS-04)
Michael Cloud (TX-27)
Addison McDowell (NC-06)
Brian Babin (TX-36)
Mark Harris (NC-08)
Wesley Hunt (TX-38)
Pat Harrigan (NC-10)
Eli Crane (AZ-02)
Michael Rulli (OH-06)
Andy Biggs (AZ-05)
Josh Brecheen (OK-02)
Paul Gosar (AZ-09)
Scott Perry (PA-10)
Nick Begich (AK-at-large)
Mike Kelly (PA-16)
Barry Moore (AL-01)
Sheri Biggs (SC-03)
Aaron Bean (FL-04)
Ralph Norman (SC-05)
John Rutherford (L-05)
Andy Ogles (TN-05)
Randy Fine (FL-06)
John Rose (TN-06)
Cory Mills (FL-07)
Mike Kennedy (UT-03)
Mike Haridopolos (FL-08)
John McGuire (VA-05)
Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13)
Ben Cline (VA-06)
Byron Donalds (FL-19)
Morgan Griffith (VA-09)
Buddy Carter (GA-01)

Riley Moore (WV-02)

Congressman Keith Self • • Follow X 1d• The Sharia-Free America Caucus has grown to 48 members spanning 22 states-and we're j... See more DEFEND SHARIA-FREE AMERICA CAUCUS Co-Chairs: Keith Self (TX-03) & Chip Roy (TX-21) Whip Tom Emmer (MN-06) Andrew Clyde (GA-09) Pat Fallon (TX-04) Russ Fulcher (ID-01) August Pfluger (TX-11) Mary Miller (IL-15) Craig Goldman (TX-12) Tracey Mann (KS-01) Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) Andy Harris (MD-01) Pete Sessions (TX-17) Eric Burlison (MO-07) Brandon Gill (TX-26) Mike Ezell (MS-04) Michael Cloud (TX-27) Addison McDowell (NC-06) Brian Babin (TX-36) Mark Harris (NC-08) Wesley Hunt (TX-38) Pat Harrigan (NC-10) Eli Crane (AZ-02) Michael Rulli (OH-06) Andy Biggs (AZ-05) Josh Brecheen (OK-02) Paul Gosar (AZ-09) Scott Perry (PA-10) Nick Begich (AK-at-large) Mike Kelly (PA-16) Barry Moore (AL-01) Sheri Biggs (SC-03) Aaron Bean (FL-04) Ralph Norman (SC-05) John Rutherford (L-05) Andy Ogles (TN-05) Randy Fine (FL-06) John Rose (TN-06) Cory Mills (FL-07) Mike Kennedy (UT-03) Mike Haridopolos (FL-08) John McGuire (VA-05) Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13) Ben Cline (VA-06) Byron Donalds (FL-19) Morgan Griffith (VA-09) Buddy Carter (GA-01) Riley Moore (WV-02)

In the 1920s, there was an enormous Klan-aligned caucus in the House of Representatives that passed an immigration restriction bill designed to keep out Catholics and Jews because they supposedly posed an existential threat to American civilization. 100 years later, here we are.

13.03.2026 14:43 👍 2745 🔁 1217 💬 183 📌 138
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'This place broke something in us': Kids languish in ICE detention long past 20-day court limit The Trump administration has detained more than 900 children — including a boy with severe autism — for longer than allowed under a decades-old legal settlement.

“One parent told us that their 5-year-old asked, ‘Are we bad people? Are they going to kill us here? That’s what these children are feeling as time goes on.”

13.03.2026 14:50 👍 214 🔁 93 💬 6 📌 9
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12.03.2026 13:25 👍 5410 🔁 1232 💬 265 📌 79
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I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

12.03.2026 17:28 👍 5727 🔁 2085 💬 192 📌 140

This is astounding and so completely expected. Incompetence is leading this administration in every facet.

12.03.2026 16:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Slotkin: "If Russia is helping to kill US forces, we have crossed a rubicon. We have to take decisive action on that. Instead, we're giving them breaks on oil. They're making a ton of money."

12.03.2026 15:25 👍 14465 🔁 5108 💬 784 📌 360

Same. I haven’t stepped foot in one for months.

12.03.2026 16:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Right-Wing Attacks on James Talarico Are a Reminder That Christian Extremism Is Official Republican Policy The reaction to Talarico's Christian rhetoric demonstrates the ways in which far-right theology is about underwriting misogyny and racism.

Right-wing Christians and even the NRSC have lined up to mock James Talarico’s inclusive, open-hearted Christianity.

Some have even called it blasphemy.

But the Christ of the outsider and the poor is a threat to their political power.

My latest:

www.liberalcurrents.com/right-wing-a...

12.03.2026 09:07 👍 635 🔁 214 💬 28 📌 13

In honor of everybody's favorite recent adaption.

On This Day in History: March 12, 1837
Robert Southey told 20-year-old Charlotte Brontë that literature shouldn’t be a woman’s life’s work. In 1847, Brontë replied by publishing Jane Eyre. History is full of men projecting their own limits on women.

12.03.2026 16:01 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Warren: "It is still the case that the Trump admin cannot explain the reasons we entered this war, the goals we're trying to accomplish. The only part that seems clear is that while there is no money for 15m Americans who lost their healthcare, there's a billion a day to spent on bombing Iran."

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"We had a bunch of people who bought into this bullshit line that Donald Trump would be an antiwar candidate, Donald the Dove, it was bullshit, the people who fell for it should apologize today or hang their heads in shame." - me.

Our full discussion today: zeteo.com/p/iran-epste...

28.02.2026 23:57 👍 1787 🔁 371 💬 68 📌 11
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The real reason for Trump's Iran bombing Trump is nothing if not self-interested. His attack against Iran helps him and his party more than meets the eye.

"Trump doesn’t care about election interference. So why would he invoke Iran meddling in our election as he bombs the country? Put simply, he is trying to validate the claim that our elections are not secure as a pretext to usurp control of our elections in the name of national security.”

01.03.2026 00:03 👍 2010 🔁 628 💬 123 📌 44
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"[The Republican Party] finally got their man to help them do [a regime change war in Iran]. A mentally desiccated, elderly racist game show host."

01.03.2026 00:21 👍 906 🔁 183 💬 16 📌 5

I’m starting to think that maybe TRUMP is in the Epstein Files.

27.02.2026 22:31 👍 198 🔁 37 💬 18 📌 2
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Lawrence Jones said that six presidents had tried and failed to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. I've included a reminder about international agreement (JCPOA) Obama brokered to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon in 2015.

01.03.2026 00:40 👍 588 🔁 146 💬 31 📌 10

I truly hope that House Republican leadership protecting a sexual predator like Rep. Tony Gonzales for the rest of the year ends up costing them 5 more seats in Nov. They should be asked about this relentlessly every single day until he’s gone.

26.02.2026 00:47 👍 4799 🔁 1289 💬 94 📌 35

📌I guess it wasn't enough for the Trump regime to murder innocent Minnesota people in cold blood in their streets.
Now they want to strip their Medicaid funding so thousands can die slowly.
These Republicans are absolutely soulless and grotesque.

And pro-life, my ass.

25.02.2026 23:56 👍 825 🔁 287 💬 33 📌 11
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Judge blasts ICE ‘sloppiness’ for claiming 4-year-old kid had a marijuana conviction Judges are routinely blasting government lawyers and DHS over missteps and failing to keep up with court orders

Judge blasts ICE ‘sloppiness’ for claiming 4-year-old kid had a marijuana conviction

25.02.2026 15:30 👍 563 🔁 221 💬 16 📌 16
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

24.02.2026 16:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Beautiful work.

24.02.2026 02:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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It is notable that Andrew has been arrested for 'misconduct in public office,' which is precisely what the US Supreme Court decided no American president can ever be charged with.

- The Economist's Matt Steinglass

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MATCH DAY! Who’s excited? Who’s nervous? Who’s ready to make some noise?!? #RCTID #openingday

21.02.2026 23:01 👍 22 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Robert Duvall, Actor Known For 'The Godfather' And 'Tender Mercies,' Dead At 95 Robert Duvall, Actor Known For 'The Godfather' And 'Tender Mercies,' Dead At 95

The Hollywood giant was known for playing rugged characters over the last six decades.

16.02.2026 18:58 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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Federal judge orders Trump admin to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House The order does not give the federal government a deadline for restoring the President's House site.

BREAKING: federal judge orders the Trump admin to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House.

The opinion opens with “As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s 1984 now existed…”

With @fallonroth.bsky.social

16.02.2026 18:55 👍 850 🔁 223 💬 13 📌 13
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Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?

You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.

So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.

14.02.2026 23:25 👍 19531 🔁 4972 💬 522 📌 193
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Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department

White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

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