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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 5h

So….folks are believing the $130 million donation for the military? Do we have any independent confirmation that this happened?

I thought that we were all on the same page that this is just a Trump tall tale which he told in the moment to derail uncomfortable questions. No? It’s all checked out?

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Kat @phoebe11.bsky.social · 12h

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Zambeezee @zambeezee.bsky.social · 8h

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UAW @uaw.org · 15h

"The @nlrbgov.bsky.social has ceased almost all case handling, including conducting routine union elections and investigating unfair labor practice charges." @epi.org

www.epi.org/blog/under-t...

Under the government shutdown, NLRB cases are on hold and the future of the agency remains uncertain

As the government shutdown nears the end of its third full week, nearly a quarter of the federal workforce is furloughed. That means that more than 600,000 workers are not performing important federal...

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 4h

Alaska’s whooping cough outbreak infected hundreds, with infants suffering the most alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask... via @alaskabeacon.com @yjrosen.bsky.social

Alaska’s whooping cough outbreak infected hundreds, with infants suffering the most | Alaska Beacon

The highly contagious disease caused hospitalizations and one baby's death, but the spead slowed after a vaccination push.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 4h

Trump and his thugs are going Bush 2001 on Venezuela.

Except this time they won’t bother lying to Congress to get permission.

They're posturing, preparing, and propagandizing for an attack on Venezuela.

Just remember that Trump had to be repeatedly talked out of invading it in his first term.

US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military firepower

The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America in the latest escalation of military firepower to a region.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 6h

Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get.

Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.

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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 9h

I smell state prosecutions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 12h

Wells Fargo scammed millions of people by opening fake accounts. The Trump Administration just reduced a former Wells Fargo exec's $10 million fine to $0.

Trump is making life more affordable for Wall Street executives — and more expensive for everyone else.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 9h

Hey folks:

Looks like @hcrichardson.bsky.social and I will be having a YouTube chat at 10:30 AM EST tomorrow (Saturday) morning.

You can catch it here:

m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...

Dr. Joanne Freeman

Professor Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us t...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

Trump’s Demolition, from the East Wing to Western Democracy
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/23/trumps_demolition_from_the_east_wing

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 15h

The U.S. and the Philippines are the only two countries with a for-profit bail industry, says civil rights lawyer @equalityalec.bsky.social. The insistence that people in pre-trial detention pay to get out of jail leads to "millions of coerced guilty pleas" by poor people each year, he says.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14h

BREAKING: Hegseth says U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup in the region.

Another US strike in Caribbean targets alleged drug-running boat, killing 6, Hegseth says

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says another U.S. strike in the Caribbean targeted an alleged drug-running boat operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, killing six people.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14h

A 2018 Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates to the legalized sports-betting industry, now worth billions of dollars a year, even as it recognized that the decision was controversial.

How a 2018 Supreme Court decision paved the way for meteoric growth in legal sports betting

A 2018 Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates to the legalized sports-betting industry, now worth billions of dollars a year, even as it recognized that the decision was controversial.

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 10h

Food insecurity experts say this is the first government shutdown in which SNAP benefits have been at such severe risk.

A ‘Real Disaster’ Could Unfold From The Shutdown — And Trump Isn’t Doing Anything

Food insecurity experts say this is the first government shutdown in which SNAP benefits have been at such severe risk.

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 11h

This is, hands down, one of the worst witness accounts in a long line of horrifying accounts of cruel and unusual capital punishment in this god forsaken country

Lee Hedgepeth @leehedgepeth.bsky.social · 1d

Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...

After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.

Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 11h

Crony capitalism, all the way down

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 12h

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 13h

I wrote about No Kings Day in Los Angeles. What bothers me most about reflecting on police response to protests in LA is that the brutality begins to feel...expected. Like, "Oh, that's just LAPD." Frankly that's bullshit. Pretty tired of watching my neighbors get their shit kicked in by the cops.

We gave them flowers; they sent in the horses.

Reflections on No Kings Day 2 in Los Angeles.

www.wordsaboutwork.news

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 18h

Health insurance is not healthcare.

It’s an unnecessary middleman designed to restrict access to healthcare and transfer wealth upwards by exploiting people for profit.

Medicare for All:
$0 premiums
$0 deductibles
$0 copays

…and would cut spending by $650 billion per year

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 17h

Inflation is up 3%

When inflation rises faster than Social Security increases, seniors get less and more are pushed into poverty.

The Social Security cost of living adjustment should be tied to inflation.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13h

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

“FARMAGEDDON”

Hayes lays out how Trump’s trade war is screwing over American farmers and cattle ranchers as he helps his buddy President Milei in Argentina take their market share and billions in American taxpayer💰

#MakeArgentinaGreatAgain 🇦🇷

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 16h

Online censorship is one of the many levers of state power right-wingers have been pulling to try and snuff out queer and trans existence. But instead of fighting back, some Democrats are helping them at the controls. Read the full #OpEd from @fightforthefuture.org

Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?

From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Starving can cause chronic illness and disabilities.

Malnutrition is not to be trifled with.

Cutting off SNAP funding will cause people to suffer. Some will get ill. Some may die.

There’s no excuse for this. 40 million people rely on that program.

It’s a cull.

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