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Blue Wave California @bluewavecalifornia.bsky.social · 2h

Great turnout to canvass in support of Prop 50 today! The response at the doors was very favorable but most people don’t know about it. That’s why contacting voters is so important RIGHT NOW and we need you to join in the fun! #YESON50 💙🇺🇸

Find a way to make an impact here: linktr.ee/cadem

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Bridget123goooo 🌊🦋🏃🏻‍♀️⛰️ @bridget123goooo.bsky.social · 1d

The Next No Kings Protest is October 18th! 🔥✊

Make a plan and attend!

www.nokings.org#map

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Juan Escalante @juansaaa.com · 1d

ICE arrests US citizen in Oregon. Attorney decries ‘illegal abduction’

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The Practivist Pod @practivistpod.bsky.social · 2d

New episode of the Practivist Pod, AVAILABLE NOW! Hosted by @jesscraven101.bsky.social and @bluesboysteve.bsky.social with special guest Jennifer Fernandez Ancona 🇺🇸💙

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 2d

New @practivistpod.bsky.social 🎤 with @bluesboysteve.bsky.social & @jesscraven101.bsky.social practivistpod.com #MSWMedia

Guest: @jenancona.bsky.social

Listen: redcircle.com/shows/dce195...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Merrick Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago. It happened in August 2022 three months before Jack Smith was appointed. Jack Smith was in the Netherlands at the Hauge prosecuting Kosovo war crimes when Mar-a-Lago was searched. Eric should have listened to my podcast.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

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Navigator Research @navigatorsurvey.bsky.social · 4d

A week into the shutdown, Democrats in Congress remain firm on protecting health care, while Republicans haven’t signaled interest in reaching a bipartisan agreement.

In the court of public opinion, a plurality of Americans say Trump and congressional Republicans are to blame.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4d

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse asked Pam Bondi about DOJ's decision to drop the investigation into Tom Homan.

MSNBC first reported that Homan was recorded in Sept. 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI sting.

Bondi refused to answer, then attacked Whitehouse.

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The Practivist Pod @practivistpod.bsky.social · 5d

New episode of the Practivist Pod, AVAILABLE NOW! Hosted by @jesscraven101.bsky.social and @bluesboysteve.bsky.social with special guest @rbhubbell.bsky.social 🇺🇸💙

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Classy&SmartAssy @classyandsmartassy.bsky.social · 5d

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Elliott Randall @elliottrandall.bsky.social · 7d

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 8d

Let me get this straight: The House hasn’t voted in weeks, the govt is shut down, the new Democratic member hasn’t even been sworn in, we’re one signature from forcing release of the Epstein Files, and Mike Johnson (the weakest Speaker ever) wants us home so his party won’t implode.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8d

A right wing influencer was arrested after starting fights in Portland and blaming “antifa”. www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...

Conservative influencer Nick Sortor released after arrest in fight outside Portland ICE building, police say | CNN

A conservative influencer who this week posted videos of clashes outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, has been released without bond after he was arrested late...

www.cnn.com

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 8d

The Republican party is more concerned with appeasing Trump's ego than with serving the American people.
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown is a clear demonstration of their priorities: self-interest over the public good.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Dave Min @daveminca.bsky.social · 9d

They know that Donald Trump is a mad king. They know he’s an insane despot. And they keep enabling him as he shuts down our government, tanks our economy, and makes a mockery of our Constitution and our democracy.

America deserves better.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 9d

New @practivistpod.bsky.social 🎤 with @bluesboysteve.bsky.social & @jesscraven101.bsky.social practivistpod.com #MSWMedia

Guest: @rbhubbell.bsky.social

Listen: redcircle.com/shows/dce195...

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 9d

Watch @bluesboysteve.bsky.social, @jesscraven101.bsky.social and @rbhubbell.bsky.social on @practivistpod.bsky.social. #MSWMedia #YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGq1...

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 11d

Republicans will try to blame the Government Shutdown on Democrats, MAKE SURE EVERYONE on every platform & in your text circle sees this.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 11d

October 18, 2025. Bring flowers. Sing songs. Flood the streets. Nonviolent resistance is the best path forward.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 11d

IT’S OFFICIAL: We now have more protests planned for October 18 than there were back in June.

It’s not even October yet but you’ve already put 2,100 events on the No Kings map.

We hope to see you at the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

(next to a map of the 2,100 peaceful protests planned for October 18) NO THRONES.
NO CROWNS.
NO KINGS.
SATURDAY, OCT. 18

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Steve Pierson @bluesboysteve.bsky.social · 11d

Let me get this right… GOP has power in the House, the Senate, and the White House (not to mention SCOTUS) but a government shutdown is the Dems fault???

This is #DonaldTrumpsShutdown

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11d

BREAKING — Employees at multiple government agencies have received an email from their leadership with text clearly dictated by The White House regarding a potential government shutdown.

So far HHS, Interior, and Social Security have gotten this message, the text of which was shared with me:

Subject: Planning for Potential Lapse in Funding

President Trump opposes a government shutdown, and strongly supports the enactment of H.R. 5371, which is a clean Continuing Resolution to fund the government through November 21, and already passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Unfortunately, Democrats are blocking this Continuing Resolution in the U.S. Senate due to unrelated policy demands. If Congressional Democrats maintain their current posture and refuse to pass a clean Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded before midnight on September 30, 2025, federal appropriated funding will lapse.

A funding lapse will result in certain government activities ceasing due to a lack of appropriated funding. In addition, designated pre-notified employees of this agency would be temporarily furloughed. P.L. 116-1 would apply.

The agency has contingency plans in place for executing an orderly shutdown of activities that would be affected by any lapse in appropriations forced by Congressional Democrats. Further Information about those plans will be distributed should a lapse occur.

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The Practivist Pod @practivistpod.bsky.social · 12d

New episode of the Practivist Pod, AVAILABLE NOW! Hosted by @jesscraven101.bsky.social and @bluesboysteve.bsky.social with special guest Heather Booth 🇺🇸💙

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Steve Pierson @bluesboysteve.bsky.social · 12d

#ThisIsTrumpsShutdown

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12d

Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House.

Democrats won’t be to blame for a shutdown, and everyone knows it!
#ThisIsTrumpsShutdown

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 13d

Today I did something incredibly empowering, SUPER fun...thrilling actually.

It was 100% free & made me feel like a hero. I did it right from my computer & maintained total privacy.

You can do it, too!

I called voters & convinced 11 people who knew nothing or were confused to vote YES ON PROP 50.

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 14d

With government funding set to expire Tuesday, Speaker Johnson refuses to bring the House back.

He knows seating Adelita Grijalva, just elected in Arizona, would trigger a vote on the Epstein Files.

Putting politics ahead of governing is reckless and wrong.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14d

President Donald Trump’s plan to rig the 2026 midterm election by pressuring states to create more Republican congressional seats will face a major test in a federal courtroom in El Paso, Texas starting Wednesday, as a panel of judges considers whether to block the state’s new gerrymandered map.

Texas Gerrymander Goes to Court, With 5 Congressional Seats, and Minority Representation, at Stake

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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