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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 15h

I’m officially a member!

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It’s Still Me! @itsstillme1.bsky.social · 1h

Things are getting strange! It is time for change and I think she knows it.😂

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

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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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 11h

My neighborhood. Sick.

Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 1d

An extremely rough day for Edgewater in Chicago. ICE activity near schools. People kidnapped while working in yards, standing on hiring corners. So many rapid responders biking, walking, driving, whistles around necks, trying to protect their neighbors, but up against such well-funded forces.

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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · 19h

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl 2026 Halftime Show Could Finally Bring Puerto Rican History Into the Spotlight
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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Could Finally Spotlight Important Boricua History on the Mainland

Bad Bunny is perhaps the only pop star fully equipped to take on the current American sociopolitical ecosystem and the fact that a show must entertain.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

Only one thing could top the honor of speaking at the No Kings rally, and that's the honor of speaking at No Kings 2. See you October 18th!

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Roblee14 @vegasdude83.bsky.social · 1h

Trump will force the military to pick a side sooner rather than later & some will choose him

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LillianDCA @lillianorlando.bsky.social · 1h

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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 15h

When this house of cards collapses, the damage won't be limited to us proletarians. You're going to see window-jumping that has nothing to do with Putin.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

Imagine that

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BRIAN FUNNAGAN @beefunn.bsky.social · 45m

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Trump Resistance Movement @trm.bsky.social · 9h

And we cannot pretend otherwise. @whstancil.bsky.social

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 17h

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Jayne4Freedom @jayne4freedom.bsky.social · 1h

I could spend hours, literally hours posting about all the scumbag shit trump has done in his life and it won't matter.
We're dealing with a Cult. That's all.....

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students-watch.bsky.social @students-watch.bsky.social · 1h

Russia 2.0

He hangs banners of his face from buildings.

He has masked agents in the streets.

He has the government taking stake in businesses.

He's attacking the first amendment.

He's leveraging the military.

Controlling the media.

It's the definition of communism.

Trump's America.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 7h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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BRIAN FUNNAGAN @beefunn.bsky.social · 1h

Folks who have seen it up close and personally, say "His thing looks like the thumb on a worn out gardener's glove."

Laurie Loves Data @laurelann.bsky.social · 7h

Do we really even need to read what the experts have to say?

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RFK Jr. suggests circumcision is linked to autism. Here's what experts say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested there may be a link between autism and circumcision while reasserting the unproven theory that Tylenol causes the condition. Here's what doctors say.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 8h

My newsletter tomorrow is called “They Are Us. We Are Them.”

In it, I invite us to ponder the concept of “foreigner” through the lens of Luke 17:11-19 and how God consistently calls us to be in solidarity with all who the world considers “foreign.”

Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile

Rev. Benjamin Cremer

I have spent the majority of my life in Evangelical Christian spaces. I have experienced a lot of church hurt. I now write to explore topics that often are at the intersection of politics and Christia...

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BRIAN FUNNAGAN @beefunn.bsky.social · 1h

Really? Qatar gets its own air force facility inside the United States? Why?
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Really? Qatar gets its own air force facility inside the United States? Why?

When Trump is fighting the "enemy within" America and kicking out anyone who can't prove they belong here?

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 1h

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities
The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution
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What Trump is doing is un-American
The Framers did not intend the president to have such broad powers over federal law enforcement. In Federalist 69, Alexander Hamilton characterizes the powers Trump is now claiming for himself as those of a king, not a president:

The President is to be the “Commander in Chief of the army and navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several States, when called to the actual service of the United States.” [...] the power of the President will resemble equally that of the King of Great-Britain and of the Governor of New-York.

The most material points of difference are these—First; the President will have only the occasional command of such part of the militia of the nation, as by legislative provision may be called into the actual service of the Union. [...] It would amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the military and naval forces, as first General and Admiral of the confederacy; while that of the British King extends to the declaring of war and to the raising and regulating of fleets and armies; all which by the Constitution under consideration would appertain to the Legislature

Trump’s manufactured crisis in Portland and Chicago represents a dangerous escalation in presidential overreach — rising levels of order and falling liberty. Another federal judge ruled on Thursday that National Guard troops in Chicago must not stop using “excessive brutality” against the press, clergy, and protesters exercising their First Amendment rights.

Congress, the Courts, and the people disagree with his agenda, but the president continues to live in his fairy tale world where reality bends to his will and constitutional constraints don’t apply.

Two questions remain now. First, whether Congress will finally draw a line. Second, whether Trump will initiate a stand-off with the Courts (he could refuse to withdraw the National Guard from Chicago).

The Framers designed our system to prevent exactly this kind of executive power grab. The people seem to understand this. So do (for now) the courts. Will liberty survive Trump?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Nice recap

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 16h

Please stop asking if you can see the Secret Chimp. You don't see the Secret Chimp. The Secret Chimp sees you.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 4h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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BRIAN FUNNAGAN @beefunn.bsky.social · 1h

Bari Weiss and CBS’s Faux Balance
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A DHS Lie and a Wrongful Arrest

Plus, Bari Weiss and CBS’s Faux Balance

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BRIAN FUNNAGAN @beefunn.bsky.social · 1h

Trump’s Climate Vendetta: Wreck the Future He Won’t Live to See
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Trump’s Climate Vendetta: Wreck the Future He Won’t Live to See

The Esmeralda 7 solar project gets shelved.

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