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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

I remember when the GOP & right-wing hacks accused all Muslims of being Qatari agents & anyone who worked at Al Jazeera English or AJAM of being terrorists and extremists.

So, what does that make Donald Trump, who accepted a $400 million jet from them & now is letting them build a base on US soil?

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 3d

The firings will continue until unemployment improves.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump Regime begins mass firings of federal civil servants.

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 3d

Mock them! Priceless. Keep em coming!!! Point out their hypocrisy and low character. Ridicule and laugh at MAGA for supporting it. This is the way.

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 3d

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2d

Donald Trump has been illegally shutting down the parts of government he doesn't like and firing tens of thousands of federal workers since Day One.

Republicans’ shutdown doesn't give him any more power to create chaos.

It’s workers and the American people who will suffer.

Vought sounds layoff siren: ‘The RIFs have begun’

At least nine agencies appear to be affected.

www.politico.com

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

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

EISMAN: Tesla’s earnings “are down 60% from 2022 through 2025. And the stock is slightly higher. ..

“.. it’s a cult.”

@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Mr. Secretary, the president is on the phone. He sounds very angry and he keeps calling you Lil Marco.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 2d

They don’t want you to realize that the House has been on a weeks-long paid vacation because they’re scared of a vote to release the Epstein Files.

What are they trying to hide?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Ben Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 3d

From the Nobel Committee today:

“Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always be defended – with words, with courage and with determination.”

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d

The right-wing is justifying shooting priests

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 2d

A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

Shocking!!!

It's almost as if aging, cankled Trump telegraphed his enemies list publicly!

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...

Criminal charges against John Bolton expected as early as next week

Federal prosecutors are considering filing charges against the former Trump national security adviser as either a rushed complaint or an indictment.

www.msnbc.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

👇🏽 Gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social pointing out Gov Abbott was against federalizing the national guard… until Trump did it 🫠

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

Vicious authoritarianism built on a pretext of shameless lies under the cover of scolding Christianity.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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John F Leech🦋💙 @jfleech3.bsky.social · 2d

THE TODDLER WHO CRIES WOLF STRIKES AGAIN, SENDING MARKETS CRASHING.

BUSINESS GENIUS MY ASS.

apnews.com/article/stoc...

Wall Street drops to its worst day since April after Trump's threats of tariffs shatter its calm

A monthslong calm on Wall Street shattered, and U.S. stocks tumbled after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs higher on China.

apnews.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

“So we fight on just the same. With Dylan Thomas, we refuse to go quietly into that good night, but rather rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Or, as another poet put it, ‘Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.’”

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Is This What ‘Late-Stage Democracy’ Looks Like?

What if the Constitution *is* a suicide pact?

open.substack.com

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

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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It’s Still Me! @itsstillme1.bsky.social · 3d

😤😤😤😤😤

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 3d

Mother fucker! The House has been in session only 15 days since July.

Its October!

GOP are loser slackers! Imagine if you only showed up to your job 15 days in 4 months.
They get 175k a year in salary.

#GOPShutdown

House Recess Extended to Oct. 19 As Government Shutdown Continues

The House clerk reads a communication from Speaker Mike Johnson designating October 14 to 19 a district work period for members, meaning that the House will be in recess except for pro forma sessions ...

www.c-span.org

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d

Speaker Johnson just declared the House will remain in recess all next week. This will mark a full month off; the chamber has not been in session since September 19.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 3d

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