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Inside the Democratic Rupture That Undermined Kamala Harris’s Presidential Hopes One democratic candidate, two presidential campaigns.

"Everyone we spoke with for this story agreed on one thing," @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and @michaelscherer.bsky.social write. "What the Democrats did in 2024—two competing camps deploying conflicting strategies—cannot happen again":

LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor YouTube video by Associated Press

www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb... keep goung @booker.senate.gov !! Thank you for joining the fight @warren.senate.gov

Where are you @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov ? You shpyld be on the floor supporting @booker.senate.gov !

Thank you Senator. This is the first glimmer of hope I've had since November 5th.

LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor YouTube video by Associated Press

NJ Senator @booker.senate.gov (Cory Booker) has passed the 12 hour mark with his speech from the Senate floor. John Lewis would be proud of you making good trouble.
Thank you Senator, you're giving me hope again.
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Have fun, guys

Agreed
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Totally different vibe than the book of face. I'm sure the angry people and trolls will be here eventually. For now, I'm enjoying the vibe.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

This is the best one I've heard in awhile.

We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

Local news just reported they caught the guy in the short north. Seems to be quite a few of us here that call this area home.

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For those of you who approved of Bishop Budde's homily Monday.
As expected, The Episcopal Diocese of Washington is now the targets of 45s zombies, receiving nasty reviews and a lot of hate on their FB page. A kind word in their reviews would go a long way. www.facebook.com/share/15gw6v....

Welcome to Bluesky Wally!

Start the day with some beauty to fill you up, to prepare for another day.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the Christian that Franklin Graham failed to be.

He didn't put his hand on it. Perhaps afraid he'd be struck by lightning?

Time to wake up and smell the fascism. It’s here, wrapped in an American flag and toting a cross…

It Is MLK Day. Do Not Despair. This Year Especially, We Have Work To Do. With delicious anticipation, we imagined it.

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Bad Journalism:
1. Reporting TikTok may shut down Sunday w/o mentioning that the bipartisan law was a Donald Trump demand.
2. Failing to report that Trump's money man Elon Musk wants to buy the app.
3. Failing to report the Trump says he's now pro TikTok because these days "I'm a star" on the app.

YouTube video by The White House Vice President Harris adds her Signature to her Ceremonial Office Desk

I got choked up watching the desk-signing ceremony and hearing the words of encouragement from Vice President Harris. I am so glad I lived long enough to see a woman as the Vice President of the United States.

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. 🥺

I wish Americans cared as much about the loss of democracy as the loss of TikTok. Mark Jacob

Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans) Dear World,

Things we took for granted in our leadership, things like goodness, wisdom, and basic truthfulness are no longer in play, and as things are eroding quickly here we wanted to let you know that we're sorry.

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Outgoing FCC chair rejects high-profile TV petitions as attempt to set ‘dangerous precedent’ | CNN Business The outgoing Democratic chair of the Federal Communications Commission is taking bold action on the way out the door, rejecting what she described as four efforts to weaponize the government’s TV lice...

A big deal from @brianstelter.bsky.social’s Reliable Sources:

The outgoing FCC is rejecting efforts to weaponize the government’s TV licensing authority for political purposes.

She said the agency needs to “take a stand on behalf of the First Amendment.”

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