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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 5h

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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A. A. Ron @aarontheh.bsky.social · 5h

LOL “Pritzker’s goons”. Pritzker has been worked harder to combat ICE and the Trump admin than perhaps any other Governor. He isn’t responsible for these goons.

He’s a fierce ally to the cause, and we’d be better off supporting our party leaders who fight back rather than slander them.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10h

More than 1,000 staff members at the CDC were laid off Friday, affecting units that respond to infectious-disease outbreaks, analyze science and health data to develop policy, and monitor the safety of employees.

Mass CDC cuts hit staff dealing with measles, Ebola and disease forecasting

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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A. A. Ron @aarontheh.bsky.social · 16h

New Pope rules so far.

NPR @npr.org · 19h

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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weinberg @weinberg.social · 1d

help send kids to the movies.

Jordan Maison @jordanmaison.com · 2d

Help me make our Zootopia event happen!

gofund.me/18fbab224

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A. A. Ron @aarontheh.bsky.social · 1d

“But don’t worry, we also invented a new, sexy chatbot for you to talk dirty with while your wife is watching the kids!”

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A. A. Ron @aarontheh.bsky.social · 1d

Did anyone see Alien3 cuz I’m pretty sure it’d only take a one page document to describe where her character is at now.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Sigourney Weaver is interested in reprising her role as Ripley in a new #Alien project

• She's met with Disney about returning

• Producers wrote an 'extraordinary' 50 page document on where her character's at now

• She's thinking about working with them to figure out the rest of the story

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 2d

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Bill Wolkoff @billwearsties.bsky.social · 14d

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

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A. A. Ron @aarontheh.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry but stuff like this is so gross. You can (rightly) bring up the atrocities in Gaza w/o dismissing the atrocities of October 7th. One being worse doesn't mean both aren't awful.

When we mourn 9/11, nobody waves it off because more people were later killed in Iraq/Afghanistan. Have a heart.

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A. A. Ron @aarontheh.bsky.social · 3d

Super weird how, in an age where everyone has a camera in their pocket, we haven’t seen a single piece of footage to support this!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

Breaking news: Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement.

The large number of reassignments reflect a vast reshaping of the agency and could put other priorities at risk.

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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A. A. Ron @aarontheh.bsky.social · 3d

Good.

A poll from the Washington Post citing how Americans are now becoming more concerned than excited about artificial intelligence.

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A. A. Ron @aarontheh.bsky.social · 4d

You’re messing with me.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Despite a raw vocabulary and some rude provocations,” Pete Hegseth “outlined a nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society,” writes Christopher Caldwell.

Opinion | That Hegseth Speech on D.E.I. in the Military Was Actually Pretty Good

Despite some rude provocations, he outlined a nuanced vision of the military.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 4d

"Dad, were you on the side that tried to help people snatched off the street or the side that shot priests?"

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s video of the incident

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A. A. Ron @aarontheh.bsky.social · 4d

Given Theo Von's antics, style, clothing etc I assumed he was late 20's, early 30's at best?

Dude is 45 years old!!

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 4d

This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.

CNN @cnn.com · 5d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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A. A. Ron @aarontheh.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Phil is still alive?

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 5d

While a legal fight over his last media venture continues, Dr. Phil McGraw has locked in a carriage deal that will help his next one reach potential viewers.

Dr. Phil’s Next Media Company Signs Charter Deal While Legal Battle Plays Out Over His Last Firm

While a legal fight over his last media venture continues, Dr. Phil McGraw has locked in a carriage deal that will help his next one reach potential viewers.

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