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VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 1d

😱 Oh my, we’re in for a Presidential Nitwit Snit!

Trump does not handle rejection well.

First the Nobel, now MIT.

On Saturday the 18th, millions of Americans will also reject this lunatic.

Join us. Find your closest protest.
#NoKings

www.nokings.org

No Kings

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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Ali Adair @aliadair22.bsky.social · 2d

🏆 Nobel Committee Chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes: “This committee sits in a room filled with the portraits of all laureates and that room is filled with both courage and integrity. So we base only our decision on the work and the will of Alfred Nobel.”

www.thedailybeast.com//nobel-head-...

Nobel Head Shades Trump for Peace Prize Derangement Syndrome

The president’s crusade to get the honor apparently didn’t impress the award committee.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Billie @billieo2.bsky.social · 1d

What do you plan on doing about it?

Is there any legal remedy?

Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is now routinely weaponizing the justice system to go after his political enemies.

If that isn’t authoritarian, I don’t know what is.

Billie @billieo2.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent.

MIT Rejects Trump’s Sweeping ‘Compact’ Offering Colleges Funding Advantages

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MIT Rejects Trump’s Sweeping ‘Compact’ Offering Colleges Funding Advantages

The school became the first university to reject the terms, saying they would undermine independence.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2d

It’s the Place for Immigrants Who Do Things “the Right Way.” ICE Has Turned It Into Hell.

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It’s the Place for Immigrants Who Do Things “the Right Way.” ICE Has Turned It Into Hell.

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 2d

James, W.C. Pennington, the almost forgotten Black abolitionist activist and reformed minister dailycampus.com/2025/10/09/t...

The almost forgotten Black abolitionist activist and reformed minister

1827: James W. C. Pennington escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad, quickly receiving an education to become a teacher, journalist, activist, writer and evangelical Reformed Christian mi…

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2d

José Jerí sworn in as Peru’s new president after Boluarte’s removal

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José Jerí sworn in as Peru’s new president after Boluarte’s removal

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2d

Jimmy Kimmel Says He Didn’t See Any ‘Problem’ With Words About Charlie Kirk Murder, Blames ‘Right-Wing Media Networks’ for Backlash

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Jimmy Kimmel Says He Didn’t See Any ‘Problem’ With Words About Charlie Kirk Murder, Blames ‘Right-Wing Media Networks’ for Backlash

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Dyamant @bluemarcus.bsky.social · 2d

You can smell #ICE from 50 yards away and they can only run 40 yards before clutching their chest and keeling over.

Win-Win

JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 2d

Fat shaming isn't cool, but fuck ICE.

A very large ICE agent. Captioned They are eating the immigrants

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2d

'Red flag' in Trump DOJ's Letitia James indictment singled out by legal experts

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'Red flag' in Trump DOJ's Letitia James indictment singled out by legal experts

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 2d

If you march, protest, call, write-
Be sure to remain peaceful. Nothing pisses off republicans more than decency & civility.
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 2d

Pedophelia cover ups are bankrupting the US.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Proving yet again that being a scumbag is the first criteria for a Trump appointment. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite moments from Nobel Prize history:

The Nobel Committee couldn’t reach Stanford professor Paul Milgrom to let him know that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, so his fellow winner, Robert Wilson, went over to his house in the middle of the night to wake him up!

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 2d

ANTIFA:

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paulettemarie55.bsky.social @paulettemarie55.bsky.social · 2d

If only

Hawkeye8 @hawkeye8.bsky.social · 3d

What Happened?

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Billie @billieo2.bsky.social · 2d

Pastor Shot in the Head by ICE Sues Trump Over First Amendment - The New Republic

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Pastor Shot in the Head by ICE Sues Trump Over First Amendment — The New Republic

Trump’s takeover of Chicago is getting more dangerous by the day.

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WIRED @wired.com · 2d

NEW: A professor at Rutgers University who wrote a book about “antifa” almost a decade ago is trying—and struggling—to flee the US for Europe after a weeks-long online campaign against him by far-right influencers was followed by death threats. www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

It’s very sad that Gov. Stitt can say this obviously true thing but @GovBillLee wouldn’t in a million years.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 2d

This stance had better not change. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

News organizations hold out on signing Pentagon media policies ‘designed to stifle a free press’

Trump administration has been accused of preparing to severely limit journalists’ ability to cover the department

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Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co · 2d

Yet again, Trump is grossly abusing the criminal justice system by directing an unqualified political lackey to indict his adversary.

Let’s be clear: this kind of corruption is how authoritarians become dictators.

And this is also on every Republican who doesn’t speak up.

Grand jury indicts N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump opponent, on bank fraud charge

James, a Democrat, has clashed with President Donald Trump after bringing civil charges against him in New York.

www.nbcnews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

i know grand juries have a relatively low bar for bringing indictments but i find myself wondering WTF is up with some of these grand jurors

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 2d

On the home page, NYT frames it correctly: WaPo fails.

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