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804ThePeople @804thepeople.bsky.social · 3h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Maggie Cleary, a highly regarded movement conservative prosecutor had been expected to take over after Trump fired US Attorney Erik Siebert. But then Trump installed his insurance lawyer, Lindsey Halligan, in the position. Cleary has now been fired after refusing to sign political indictments.

Senior prosecutor removed as Lindsey Halligan reshapes key US attorney’s office | CNN Politics

Maggie Cleary — the senior Justice Department prosecutor who briefly led the powerful US attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia last month before Trump ally Lindsey Halligan took over —...

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Longtail News @longtail.news · 5h

Feed: "Royal Examiner"
By: Virginia Mercury on Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Federal Shutdown Hampers Chesapeake Bay Agreement Talks

The ongoing federal shutdown has eclipsed the final stretch of negotiations on an updated agreement to guide restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, leaving partner states to contemplate a less ambitious [...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Tim Walz: "Here's what I'd challenge Trump to do: find three soybean farmers who will stand with you and say that's okay. Just three. I challenge you to do that because you're not gonna find them."

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 9h

3 weeks till Election Day and our @votersoftomorrow.org chapters are hard at work to register and turn out young Virginians!

Dozens of new voters registered at the University of Richmond!

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 4h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Tim Walz: "The biggest myth is that this guy understands business. He's an absolute abject failure at business ... the irony is calling Democrats socialists when I am begging for free markets here to allow capitalism to work. Donald Trump is the one with government interference."

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 6h

Don't you DARE tell me both parties are the same.

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804ThePeople @804thepeople.bsky.social · 4h

Same.

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Sean Padilla says #ProtectJhordin and #FreeLink @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 6h

It’s telling that the cover of the album isn’t a picture of D’Angelo himself. It’s a scanned frame of 16mm footage filmed at the Afropunk Festival in 2014 that pictures the crowd raising their hands in protest at the killing of Michael Brown.

tru @thetrudz.photo · 13h

What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.

Article (Nolan Feeney; TIME) excerpt reads: “Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen, D'Angelo writes in a statement about the album It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape there these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.”

“D’Angelo’s First Album in 14 Years Is Finally Here, and It’s Surprisingly Timely” via TIME.

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 4h

72M Americans rely on Medicaid. 41% of US births are paid for by Medicaid. Medicaid is nursing home care primary payer, affecting patients & their adult children. Estimated 36M could lose healthcare coverage as a result of the Republican bill. Protest!

Let's show up. Let's organize. Let's win.

dlvr.it

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henricodems.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social · 5h

Snaps from this evening's @maynivar.com canvass kick-off featuring @scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social, Rodney Willett, and special guest Anne Holton!

Flip the 57th!!!

@goochlanddems.bsky.social @804thepeople.bsky.social @rva-indivisible.bsky.social @neighbors4change.bsky.social

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 6h

SWEAR HER IN‼️🔥

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 5h

So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?

Politico @politico.com · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 11h

The three major airports near New York City have joined Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, Charlotte, Cleveland, and Buffalo.

Newark, JFK, LaGuardia will decline to play Kristi Noem’s politicized TSA video - New Jersey Globe

Three major airports in the New York City area – Newark Liberty International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport –

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 8h

Your actions have consequences.

You choose not to vote, you lose your say.

You elect a felon, expect to get robbed.

Not everyone voted for this administration, but everyone must live through it.

#ProudBlue

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804ThePeople @804thepeople.bsky.social · 5h

Excellent! Saw it when I flew out of RIC on 9/30. Glad it’s gone!

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 10h

I implore my fellow white people to let their white friends and family know about that story even if they personally don't think it rises to the level "man bites dog."

This story can matter if we make it matter.

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J(y)oda 🐸 @jodyoalaska.bsky.social · 9h

I asked a millennial if they’d rally on the 18th. They said, “I’m quietly protesting, but I’m afraid to go.” I replied, “That’s why we go.” I’m posting this for anyone who’s afraid or thinks rallies don’t matter—the opposition counts on our fear and silence.

youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w?...

The success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica Chenoweth at TEDxBoulder

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 10h

Sickening. Revolting. Vile. This makes you want to throw up.

This is the kind of garbage that the worst kind of people say when they think nobody is watching.

And where are Republican leaders from Trump on down condemning these comments swiftly and unequivocally!?

I’m waiting to hear it.

A headline from POLITICO reads: "‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat"

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Team Spanberger @teamspanberger.bsky.social · 1d

Governor @andybeshearky.bsky.social was in Virginia last week working to make sure Abigail Spanberger is elected the next Governor of Virginia.

Take it from him: Abigail is going to lead for families and work to make Virginians’ lives better.

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henricodems.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social · 13h

Also on our website here: tinyurl.com/mrxx3vx7

Early Voting And Election Day Signups! | Henrico Democrats

We Need You To Lock In And Volunteer!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

Sharing an excellent Q&A from Obama-era former ICE director John Sandweg about the ways in which operations today are totally unprecedented for the agency and the ways in which some times are unchanged — and how in his view, the admin is leaning into the aggression. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

‘Those Rules Are Gone’: How ICE Is Rethinking its Raids

ICE used to arrest the “worst first.” Under the new Trump administration, the agency is following a different playbook, says a former ICE chief.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Powell on Trump's immigration policies: "Stronger policy than most people had expected. We've seen a very sharp decline in growth of the labor force and in and people entering the country ... new people that come into the workforce create supply but they also create their own demand."

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