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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9h

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.

Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power

One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

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Charlotte Crist @touchesky.bsky.social · 17h

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20h

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

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A Va Hobbit @avahobbit.bsky.social · 2d

BWAHAHAHA Tell that to Nancy Pelosi’s husband you fecking twat.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

It doesn’t get more pathetic than this. What a complete loser.

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Olivia 💙 4thTransformer @olivia4t.bsky.social · 2d

#Velshi: "It's important to note that drug trafficking is NOT a crime punishable by death in the #UnitedStates... killing people as if they are wartime combatants instead of arresting them, is ILLEGAL under international law...there has been no declaration of war by Congress..."

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3d

What he said: 💯 🎯

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"

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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 6d

After a luxury building in East New York flopped, the city is taking advantage of a new program to fill it with formerly homeless families who have hard-to-use housing vouchers. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/this-buildin...

This Building Was Supposed to be Luxury Apartments. Now It Will House 183 Families From Homeless Shelters - City Limits

After a luxury building in East New York flopped, the city is taking advantage of a new program to fill it with families who have hard-to-use city housing vouchers.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 5d

BREAKING: A federal court ruled that the FDA's unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion are unlawful and must be reconsidered.

This decision reaffirms that our access to safe and essential medicines should be dictated by science, not politics.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Bunkering down in military housing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 5d

I voted YES on Prop 50 because we cannot let anyone silence the will of the people.

California is fighting fire with fire and standing up for democracy everywhere. Vote yes on Prop 50 by mail or in person on Election Day, this Tuesday, November 4.

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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 5d

It's been over a month since Speaker Johnson has brought the House back into session.

Our jobs can't get done if he won't bring us back.

Republicans have dragged this shutdown on for too long. We must negotiate a bill to protect healthcare & reopen the government. Folks are hurting.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

Camouflaging cars and swapping license plates: How federal agents hide their identities while making immigration arrests

Camouflaging cars and swapping license plates: How agents make immigration arrests

Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5d

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Jennifer Taylor @jtaylor27.bsky.social · 6d

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

BREAKING: Furloughed employees at CDC just received an email about the shutdown, but has REMOVED language about backpay that appeared in a similar email sent out a month ago. On the left is the Oct 1st email with the backpay language, on the right is the email they received today.

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Charlotte Crist @touchesky.bsky.social · 7d

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 6d

So this is how it begins. Trump is prepping his own personal militia to "quell civil disturbances," which is fascist code for beating protesters. I'm sure this will be used entirely in good faith and not at all to intimidate voters. What a terrifying new normal.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

So the president took a dementia test, and then they administered an MRI. Where’s the media on this?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Q: Unless ACA subsidies are extended, the average plan will increase by somewhere around 115%

DR OZ: Where'd you get that number?

Q: Kaiser Family Foundation

OZ: They retracted that. Here's the truth. The average American who's on ACA is gonna pay $13 more than this year. That's not a big issue

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scottstrouts.bsky.social @scottstrouts.bsky.social · 6d

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ACA Insurers Are Raising Premiums by an Estimated 26%, but Most Enrollees Could See Sharper Increases in What They Pay

The amount health insurers charge for coverage on the ACA Marketplaces is rising 26%, on average, in 2026.... Most enrollees would face even sharper increases in what they pay if they ACA’s enhanced p...

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Saint Sherman - The Ultimate Patriot @claypotter.bsky.social · 6d

No retraction.
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ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire | KFF

KFF estimates that, if Congress allows the enhanced premium tax credits to expire at the end of this year, ACA Marketplace enrollees on average would see their premium payments more than double next y...

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Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 6d

My fucking monthly payment is gonna go from $75 to $1463 mf

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7d

A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto

She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card

Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.

She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.

It’s retaliation & it’s wrong

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