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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings,
For the love of America.

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 15h

The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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BlueCrew community 💙💙 @libertyovergov.bsky.social · 9h

May this peace hold. 🕊️
#Peace #Gaza #Israel #BlueCrew

Tweet from Barack Obama: “After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight…”
The tweet continues expressing hope for peace, aid to Gaza, and rebuilding efforts.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22h

More than 5,000 federal employees have received layoff notices. We’re working to ensure that the administration isn’t using state voter rolls to target registered Democrats for termination. More details soon.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 17h

Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“

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bikerlady22k.bsky.social @bikerlady22k.bsky.social · 13h

The conclusion of new reporting from The Wall Street Journal on how a business tied to Donald Trump Jr. stands to benefit from his father’s newly announced plan to launch a Trump-branded pharmaceutical market funded by the government

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Trump’s family could reap major rewards from his ‘TrumpRx’ plan

A report highlights ties between Donald Trump Jr. and a company that stands to gain from the Trump-branded, government-backed pharmaceutical market.

www.msnbc.com

bikerlady22k.bsky.social @bikerlady22k.bsky.social · 13h

Instead of addressing the caller’s concerns, Johnson pointed the finger at Dems. “Republicans are the ones delivering for you,” he said. “Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are the ones preventing you from getting the check, not Republicans, and my heart goes out to you.”

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Joe Scarborough: Mike Johnson is the one standing in the way of military families getting paid

Our men and women in uniform can see right through what the speaker is doing. They see a GOP House, a GOP Senate and a GOP White House blocking the way.

www.msnbc.com

bikerlady22k.bsky.social @bikerlady22k.bsky.social · 13h

SAMHSA is responsible for overseeing the new 988 suicide prevention hotline. It also gives out billions in grants for mental health and addiction services. It was created in 1992 through bipartisan legislation signed by then-President George H.W. Bush

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Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

www.npr.org

bikerlady22k.bsky.social @bikerlady22k.bsky.social · 13h

High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at least eight people dead and many more injured, authorities said.

apnews.com/article/miss...

Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as 8 people are killed in separate shootings

High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended with two separate shootings on Friday night.

apnews.com

bikerlady22k.bsky.social @bikerlady22k.bsky.social · 13h

For months, bubbling trade tensions between China and the U.S. seemed to calm to a simmer, with words like “thaw” and “truce” swapped in for warnings of economic “war.”
Now, hostilities appear to be returning to full boil.

apnews.com/article/trum...

Truce fizzles as U.S.-China trade tensions return to full boil

Months of relative calm in the long-simmering trade war between the U.S. and China may be coming to an end.

apnews.com

bikerlady22k.bsky.social @bikerlady22k.bsky.social · 13h

As National Guard troops arrive in Memphis, the memory of thousands of them with bayonetted rifles and tanks in 1968 is still fresh for Joe Calhoun. Back then, he marched in the streets with sanitation workers and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

apnews.com/article/memp...

As the National Guard enters Memphis, memories of MLK and 1968 unrest resurface

As the National Guard enters Memphis, some longtime residents are recalling the thousands sent there in 1968.

apnews.com

bikerlady22k.bsky.social @bikerlady22k.bsky.social · 14h

At least four people were killed and 12 others were injured during a mass shooting in Mississippi.

people.com/at-least-4-d...

At Least 4 Dead, 12 Injured During Miss. Homecoming Game Mass Shooting. Police Now Have an 18-Year-Old in Custody

At least four people were killed and 12 others were injured during a mass shooting that took place in Mississippi around midnight local time on Saturday, Oct. 11. The incident took place amid Leland H...

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 17h

A HERO

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement. bit.ly/46Nuazm

Librarian gets massive payday after firing for refusal to yank LGBTQ books off shelves

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement. According to The New York Times, "Terr...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 18h

I’m signing SB 41 to lower health care costs for all Californians.

Alongside the 2025 budget and CalRx, this bill marks the most aggressive effort in the nation to drive down prescription drug prices, boost transparency, and ensure savings reach consumers and families.

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bikerlady22k.bsky.social @bikerlady22k.bsky.social · 15h

"No American should ever have to choose between serving their country and feeding their family," said Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees
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WATCH: 'Do your damn job,' federal worker union leaders tell Congress mired in shutdown

Union leaders criticized both parties in Congress but also targeted President Donald Trump, accusing him of using federal workers as “political pawns” after warnings Tuesday that back pay is not guara...

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

Praying for this amazing man.

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

The president has made no secret of his enemies list.

But we will not be intimidated.

We will not be deterred.

We will do our jobs and continue fighting back against these attempts at retribution.

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HTT- yeah, you prolly know me. @httorg.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously.
As a public health scientist?
I cannot stress enough how poorly prepared this administration is for an ultra deadly & infectious disease like Ebola to make landfall here in the USA.
The best defense for the USA is fast resolution of an outbreak overseas.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

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 Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Lizard Of Oz @lizardofoz316.bsky.social · 1d

This is a hair on fire situation.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 2d

“I think China is using [clean technology] in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s stupidity and regression back into a petrostate. China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.”

www.ft.com/content/013e...

The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate

The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries

www.ft.com

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

In the hours after a chaotic confrontation in Chicago last week that culminated with a federal agent shooting a local woman, top White House aide Stephen Miller delivered an urgent order to Department of Defense personnel: Prepare to send in the troops.

Stephen Miller emerges as key architect of Trump’s offensive on Democratic cities | CNN Politics

In the hours after a chaotic confrontation in Chicago last week that culminated with a federal agent shooting a local woman, top White House aide Stephen Miller delivered an urgent order to Department...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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bikerlady22k.bsky.social @bikerlady22k.bsky.social · 1d

"Liberty Vote signals a new chapter for American elections — one where trust is rebuilt from the ground up.”
We will engage in a "top-down" review of Dominion's equipment ahead of next year's midterm elections, and that it would "rebuild or retire" machines as needed.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com