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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 11h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Banana Pancakes @bananapancakes.bsky.social · 5h

OMG. We don’t want to hurt Russia!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump on Ukraine: "They'd like to have Tomahawks. We talked about that. We'll see. I might have to speak to Russia, to be honest with you, about Tomahawks. Do they want to have Tomahawks going in their direction? I don't think so."

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Banana Pancakes @bananapancakes.bsky.social · 7h

Men may be in crisis. Likely a mental health crisis. I think they have chosen to go the way of Charlie Kirk and Andrew Tate. Higher education is bad and all that. I agree Gen X had a way better deal. If nothing changes and it get worse procreation is in
trouble. We don’t want that patriarchy crap.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

I’m Gen X. So as a kid, my summers meant getting shoved out of the house. Playing outside until dark. We swam, scraped our knees, fought, made up, and met girls. You had to make friends in the flesh. No choice.

I have a lot more to say, so check my video write-up.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 7h

Find a rally. Show up.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 1d

Next Saturday's anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest is expected to be the largest single demonstration in U.S. history.

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Banana Pancakes @bananapancakes.bsky.social · 15h

Good morning BlueSky.

Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 18h

Simple. Love.

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Tony Serrata 🇺🇦 @serrata.org · 20h

ICE is full of monsters. From the top down. Monsters.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week

He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared

They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him

Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility

They kidnapped a disabled child!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Republicans declare themselves patriots, then turn around and block the paychecks of the men and women who defend America.

And what’s really wild, some of those same troops keep voting red while getting screwed over again and again.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

@repstansbury.bsky.social: "This is gangster activity. The president is trying to shield pedophiles by calling and threatening members of Congress. We need more members of Congress, whether it's the Epstein files, the shutdown, health care, democracy, the rule of law, to just fucking do their jobs."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re a woman in America, you should know this is what they’re talking about…
youtu.be/3ujc2JfiMRs

LET's get LOUD!

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Too much truth in one meme

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Army veteran George Retes, a U.S. citizen, was detained by ICE for over three days without access to a lawyer or phone. He says agents used excessive force and held him in isolation. Retes is now suing administration alleging unlawful detention and civil rights violations
ij.org/press-releas...

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🐀 Mike Johnson caught lying using the receipts he directed us to use. Jen Psaki for the 🎯

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

If true this a fucking disgrace and the beginning of the end of TikTok

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by John Deering.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that

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Banana Pancakes @bananapancakes.bsky.social · 1d

Oh absolutely!

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 1d

It all boils down to: Trump wants to harm as many Americans as possible, while plundering as much cash as possible, because that’s what his Kremlin whoremasters want.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

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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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 1d

It may be the last legal protest you attend.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2d

RIFed:

Several CDC staff currently working on an Ebola outbreak overseas.

You know — the ones literally helping contain and prevent it from spreading. (Like, to the U.S.)

Trust us: dying from Ebola is a MISERABLE way to die.

Ebola disease

WHO fact sheet on Ebola: key facts, definition, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, WHO response.

www.who.int

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 2d

In Oct 9 2025, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent letters to JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, and BNY Mellon over $1.5 billion in “suspicious #Epstein-related transactions.” #OpDeathEaters

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Ranking Member Raskin Probes Top Banks Over $1.5 Billion in Suspicious Transactions Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Sex Trafficking Ring

Washington, D.C. (October 9, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent letters to four of the nation’s largest banks demanding records and information related to more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss’s first project for CBS brought in a phenomenal 145 viewers. Love this for her.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine what this is doing to the kids.

Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 2d

Multiple Chicago schools went on lockdown today because of ICE, including my son’s and the one I’m on the council of. Spent the last two hours standing outside, trying to make sure nothing happens to these kids. This is horrible.

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Banana Pancakes @bananapancakes.bsky.social · 2d

That Dem and her husband had the nerve to get shot! Clearly they encouraged it by wanting the best for people. Will the decency never end?!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."