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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 28m

Never known for my silence. Don’t care if I’m put on mute! Silence is Complicity. Trump FIRED the ENTIRE Staff in the USED Office for Special Ed Programs! No Accountability means 7 Million Students will Suffer More! PLEASE FIND YOUR VOICES (202) 224-3121 youtu.be/L-JQ1q-13Ek?... go.bsky.app/SE6AQHv

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 56m

That asshole fired all the people who help kids with disabilities in education.

Fuck him. Fuck everyone who enabled him

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 3h

Trump's cozying up to Project 2025's Vought for agency slashings, despite his feigned ignorance; 48% done in nine months, from gutting civil servants to immigration crackdowns. #Project2025

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Skye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 6h

My message to the White House this morning: It's time to get the government working for people.

Video Special education impacted after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources

CEO and President of Democracy Forward Skye Perryman joins ABC News Live to discuss how the shutdown is diminishing special education programs.

abcnews.go.com

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 7h

Massive insider trading. Thirty minutes before Trump’s China tariff announcement, a crypto “whale” opened a $100M+ short on Bitcoin.

4:30 PM: Whale opens $100M+ BTC short
4:50 PM: Trump announces 100% tariffs on China
5:20 PM: $19.3 B in liquidations hit the market
The whale’s profit: $192 million

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 7h

Most corrupt POTUS in USA history! Unchecked insider trading, manipulating the market with tariffs. Hello, SEC?
#Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 7h

Massive insider trading. Thirty minutes before Trump’s China tariff announcement, a crypto “whale” opened a $100M+ short on Bitcoin.

4:30 PM: Whale opens $100M+ BTC short
4:50 PM: Trump announces 100% tariffs on China
5:20 PM: $19.3 B in liquidations hit the market
The whale’s profit: $192 million

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AmyK @amyk2024.bsky.social · 7h

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 8h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 8h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

Nice recap

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 2d

JB Pritzker: “Another thing that’s happened with very few people paying attention is they demanded our voter data. Not just ours in Illinois — every state’s voter data. Why? They won’t tell us why.”

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

No shit.

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AmyK @amyk2024.bsky.social · 1d

This seems very bad and it’s hardly reported in the news

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Homeland Security reassigns ‘hundreds’ of CISA cyber staffers to support Trump’s deportation crackdown

News of the reassignments comes at a time when the U.S. is facing a wave of hacks targeting private industry and the federal government.

www.yahoo.com

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 1d

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 1d

People are not pawns. The latest CDC layoffs are another example of this Administration going after our health—this time by firing scientists working to prevent chronic & respiratory disease.

I’m working to reopen the gvt, reverse these reckless cuts, & fund health care.

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 1d

Name a song with the word "Sweet" in the title or lyrics...🎶

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AmyK @amyk2024.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/_qi1k52G-h0?...

Sweet Inspiration

YouTube video by The Sweet Inspirations - Topic

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 2d

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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Juliet King @sepia26.bsky.social · 3d

Where the hell is the outrage? I don't need them to join the dems, just speak out about how systematically horrid this GOP is to the most vulnerable. Damn their hypocritical hides!!!

Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 3d

Roughly a third of U.S. Catholics back the GOP—while the Pope calls out greed, inequality, and indifference to the poor. Hard to preach compassion on Sunday and vote against it on Tuesday. Faith without empathy isn’t devotion—it’s performance.

apnews.com/article/vati...

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3d

I believe that the Epstein files reveal the following:

Epstein was a MOSAD asset who created Kompromat material to use as leverage against powerful men.

That material including sex with young boys as well as girls.

He was also a major money laundering conduit.

The men caught up in the scandal

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3d

include some with massive visibility, wealth and global reach.

The files reveal blackmail, extortion, financial crimes, espionage, treason, and other high crimes.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 3d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Trump wants to invoke the Insurrection Act to punish anyone who opposes him, and he’s following a four point plan to do it.

Here’s what you need to know about it — and some thoughts on how to respond. www.youtube.com/shorts/31X8v...

The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

YouTube video by Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

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