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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 21h

This is why the inflatable costumes works so well -- it works the same way calling them "weird" or "creepy" did. It disrupts their narrative, and makes them seem pathetic rather than cool-and-cruel.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 19h

Yep. As I was saying last week.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 1d

Hundreds of California state prisoners worked to put out this year's deadly Los Angeles wildfires, inspiring new laws that will improve their pay and open other opportunities. https://cal.news/3WBzQWZ

California's incarcerated firefighters to see a ‘historic' pay increase in laws Newsom signed

Hundreds of California state prisoners worked to put out this year's deadly Los Angeles wildfires, inspiring new laws that will improve their pay and open other opportunities.

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Atlanta News First @atlantanewsfirst.com · 1d

24-year-old challenging longtime incumbent in Marietta mayor’s race

Early voting for municipal and special elections in Georgia starts Tuesday. In Marietta, there is a 54-year age gap between the two candidates running for mayor.

www.atlantanewsfirst.com

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bluetail789.bsky.social @bluetail789.bsky.social · 1d

😔😔😔

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Euronews @euronews.com · 1d

On 25 September, a Paris court found the former French leader guilty of criminal conspiracy involving the use of funds from Libya to finance his 2007 presidential campaign.

Fromer French President Sarkozy to go to prison in Paris on 21 October

On 25 September, a Paris court found the former French leader guilty of criminal conspiracy involving the use of funds from Libya to finance his 2007 presidential campaign.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law.
https://to.pbs.org/42GW5hU

LISTEN LIVE: SCOTUS hears redistricting case that could reduce representation for Black voters

In arguments Wednesday, lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the justices to wipe away the state's second majority Black congressional district and make it much harder, if not impossible, to take account of race in red...

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

“The biggest concern for the average American citizen is the potential for these arms to be used against us. We are in a position right now where we aren’t everyone’s favorite country.” interc.pt/4qa1GHp

A photo of Marco Rubio whispering to Donald Trump during a roundtable discussion in the State Dining Room of the White House on Oct. 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C., overlaid with the headline, "The State Department Isn’t Telling Congress When U.S. Weapons Fall Into the Wrong Hands," and the DEK, "Congress is being left in the dark about the fate of U.S. weapons transfers, a new federal watchdog report found."

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Jennifer 🦋 🇺🇦 🦋 @jenelliot.bsky.social · 1d

Since the GOP seems to be throwing out everything in the constitution now and breaking laws. I’m ready to fight fire with fire 🔥 hey @barackobama.bsky.social if you’re listening we want you back!
Obama 2028
Oops and thank you Marcie. I’ve been 🤬😡😤 all day!

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 1d

From the comments on this, it seems like most folks don’t know just how close Trump and Netanyahu are, or that their relationship goes back to the 1980s:

Trump is supporting this genocide, too, and if Trump were in power – you know, his whole family has been in bed with Netanyahu since the 1980s. Fred Trump was a close friend of Netanyahu when Netanyahu was living in New York and working at the UN. Netanyahu also slept at the home of the Kushner family. Jared would move to another room and Netanyahu would take Jared's bed because he's very close to the Kushner family.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...

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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 1d

🇪🇺🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: Today, Ukraine welcomed EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas. Kaja has done a lot to help Ukraine, and we are grateful for all the support.

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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you @mlipsitt.bsky.social for including me in this important pack about education!

Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 2d

Never known for my silence. Don’t care if I’m put on mute! Silence is Complicity. Trump FIRED the ENTIRE Staff in the USED Office for Special Ed Programs! No Accountability means 7 Million Students will Suffer More! PLEASE FIND YOUR VOICES (202) 224-3121 youtu.be/L-JQ1q-13Ek?... go.bsky.app/SE6AQHv

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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 2d

Pure evil!

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid overnight, part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter, and expressed “extreme concern” over the U.S. potentially providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.
https://to.pbs.org/3IHxT8p

Russia targets Ukraine's power grid as Moscow expresses 'extreme concern' over long-range U.S. weapons

Kyiv regional Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said two employees of Ukraine’s largest private energy company were wounded in the strikes. Ukraine’s Energy Ministry also said that infrastructure was also tar...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

California Governor Gavin Newsom "vetoed a bill on Saturday that would have provided more transparency around the water usage of data centers, which regularly require millions of gallons of fresh water to cool their computers."

Gavin Newsom blocks effort to make CA data centers disclose water use. Why?

Data-center water usage can vary from 110 million gallons to 1.8 billion gallons per year.

www.sacbee.com

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Baba Yaga Fèlla @babayagafella.bsky.social · 2d

🔥The people of Feodosia and nearby villages have woken up and are sending us photos and videos.
#russianLosses
#UkraineNews
#UkrainianSanctions

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Anne Grete (GoogeliArt) 🦋💙PD @googeliart.bsky.social · 2d

Please Follow and Share this Awesome pack from my friend
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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 2d

Never known for my silence. Don’t care if I’m put on mute! Silence is Complicity. Trump FIRED the ENTIRE Staff in the USED Office for Special Ed Programs! No Accountability means 7 Million Students will Suffer More! PLEASE FIND YOUR VOICES (202) 224-3121 youtu.be/L-JQ1q-13Ek?... go.bsky.app/SE6AQHv

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 3d

Who knew that military families in long food pantry lines and calling into CSPAN complaining about not being able to afford their children's medication would not be a good look for Republicans? 🙋🏽‍♀️

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

BREAKING: President Trump directs the Pentagon to use "all available funds" to ensure U.S. troops are paid on Wednesday despite the government shutdown.

Trump directs the Pentagon to use 'all available funds' to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown

President Donald Trump says he's directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure that U.S. troops are paid on Wednesday despite the government shutdown.

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Lyndy Lambert @lyndyphotos.bsky.social · 3d

Basilica de La Segrada Familia, Gaudi’s masterpiece in Barcelona, glowing orange in the afternoon sunshine. #glow #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow

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