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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

Paying more for your coffee?

A bipartisan Senate voted last night to cancel Trump's tariffs on Brazilian coffee.

Why the tariff?

Because Donald Trump likes their old wannabe dictator who tried to overturn his last election.

While Trump cozies up to autocrats, your costs go up.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 14h

More than five million Californians, including children and seniors, rely on food assistance.

Trump’s refusal to provide SNAP benefits will force millions to go hungry.

There’s no policy behind this. Just cruelty.

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Barb M. @barb1158.bsky.social · 1h

Does he think those ships & planes are toys he can move around & put back in the toy box at night?
He’s done so much damage to the US and to us. Is he intentionally or unintentionally setting us up as a target?
Is that why some think he is building onto the bunker below the White House?

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2h

This is fucking amazing

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 3h

The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.

That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.

It looks a lot more like preparation for war.

Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.

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Barb M. @barb1158.bsky.social · 2h

🎵 You know you can’t hide. When you’re crippled inside.🎶
j. lennon

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

“They think that they’re tough. They have no idea how tough we are. They think that they’re hardcore. We are so much more hardcore than they are.”

--Stephen Miller speaking to Memphis police earlier this month.

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thissmallplanet @thissmallplanet.bsky.social · 20h

Dutch Voters Reject Far-right, Anti-Immigrant Kooks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...

Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders

www.nytimes.com

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Barb M. @barb1158.bsky.social · 2h

Adore? No.
But, not afraid.

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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 15h

Great news for all of us who adore, appreciate, and always try to help spiders: "A critically endangered spider, not seen in the UK for 40 years, has been rediscovered in a remote nature reserve accessible only by boat." #spider #spiders #arachnology #nature #UK

Rare wolf spider rediscovered on Isle of Wight after 40 years

The team that found the tiny orange-legged arachnid have named it the white-knuckled wolf spider.

www.bbc.com

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Barb M. @barb1158.bsky.social · 2h

Tim Walz did. They got mad.
He & Kamala couldn’t have lost without enormous interference. They had jillions of people. Popularity. Momentum.

Until:
Elon. Satellites. Money to Russia. Computers.
BINGO. Bad president comes out of the slot.

They were so desperate they faked his assassination.

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Joshfrai @joshfrai.bsky.social · 10h

Make Abhorrent Ideas Socially Unacceptable Again

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17h

Yes. All the empirics on misinformation indicate that the way to defeat bad ideas is to mock and marginalize them. Constantly declaring "hey the far right isn't so bad" is a terrible strategy both morally and electorally.

Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"

Jake P @jahre.bsky.social · 17h

Progressives really hope, and maybe even believe, that there is some magic thing they can hijack to attract conservative voters.

The focus on this mythical quest is the central reason they lose.

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Barb M. @barb1158.bsky.social · 2h

😳😟😕🙁😠😡😤

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Alice Campos @ok-sure.bsky.social · 2h

This story is one month old and we still don’t know where 1800 people were disappeared to

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · Sep 23

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @mluckovichajc)

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Barb M. @barb1158.bsky.social · 2h

Something happened to him. He was not like this before.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3h

Shit like this is why I have trust issues with some senate candidates.

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Barb M. @barb1158.bsky.social · 2h

Don’t forget the Secret Service! Oh, never mind, they all deleted their messages.
Man, just count the traitors.

Repubs accusing Dems of corruption just for asking questions. Guilty much?

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 2h

A prominent former Republican strategist made a stunning claim on Thursday about the party's latest "freak out" over subpoenaed phone records.

Ex-Republican makes stunning claim behind GOP's big 'freak out' over phone records

A prominent former Republican strategist made a stunning claim on Thursday about the party's latest "freak out" over subpoenaed phone records.President Donald Trump's Department of Justice recently revealed that former special counsel Jack Smith had subpoenaed the phone records of several prominent ...

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garci32 @garci32.bsky.social · 17h

Any judge who lets their religion affects their decision in any court case should not be a judge !

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Barb M. @barb1158.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, Donald, we would like to ask you to elaborate on those very subjects.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

The non-military version of "stolen valor."

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Barb M. @barb1158.bsky.social · 2h

Who in their right mind would want to come here NOW?

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 2h

“Nativism has proved politically potent enough to carry Trump to the Oval Office twice,” Idrees Kahloon writes. Now, “it may be powerful enough to bring net migration down to zero, perhaps for some time.” https://theatln.tc/azTwXiQL

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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 16h

NATION EXCLUSIVE: Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio writes about the Times of London’s fake news story on NYC mayoral race. De Blasio calls out lax reporting; and explains that he is, in fact, enthusiastically for Zohran Mandani.

The Real Bill de Blasio Has Something to Say

The Times of London failed to meet even basic journalistic standards. We should demand better from the media.

www.thenation.com

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