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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

Vance is having an incredible morning on the Sunday shows doing "oh so now it's illegal to [mundane thing]?"

A real quote when Vance is asked about whether Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he got in a fast food bag: "Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services?"

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 4h

U.N. Security Council members are concerned about tensions between the USA & Venezuela, with Russia accusing Washington of using a shoot-first "cowboy" principle in attacking alleged drug boats. tinyurl.com/ye6zzktd

“President of peace” & his drunk sidekick. 🙄

Department of war

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has previously said...that government shutdowns are on the president and all you need to do is get everyone in a room and have a serious conversation. And they're refusing to do that. They are holding people's healthcare hostage."

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 4h

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 4h

When Trump won in 2024, the very first words that came to me were “No Kings.” No Kings in America. I changed my social media profile pic & banner to “No Kings” in Jan when he was sworn in, and I’ll be out again at a “No Kings” rally on Oct 18. See you out there.👇 www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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 ...

www.nokings.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Winsome Earle-Sears: "The hospitals that are closing? They were closing long before the bill passed ... why should you have Medicaid when you're able-bodied?"

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

This sequel really sucks.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 4h

Who was President that day, Pumpkin?????

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

“They sponsor this? Fuck them. No, really. Fuck them—I mean it. And you can quote me on that.”

At fairgrounds full of young men, the government sets up shop to hire immigration agents.

How the Border Patrol uses rodeos to recruit

At fairgrounds full of young men, the government sets up shop to hire immigration agents.

www.motherjones.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

It says a lot that Trump can find $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but won't help the millions of Americans who are in real need at home.

So much for “America First.”

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 4h

Trump’s fraud stunt with the tariffs on China, cost the US economy $1.65 trillion, which was wiped out in seconds.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 4h

Every day that passes I am more convinced of two things:

1) This regime’s attempt to consolidate and hold power is going to collapse in truly spectacular fashion

2) That collapse is going to be astoundingly dangerous and destructive

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

NEW: Andrew McCabe and I discuss the Comey arraignment, the James indictment, and the ongoing purge at the FBI. Free to listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Bad Facts

Podcast Episode · UnJustified · 10/12/2025 · 1h 9m

podcasts.apple.com

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 4h

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫,

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 4h

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 3h

my beautiful perfect idiot daughter found the go kit I assembled in case of emergencies, ripped open the bag of her dry food, and started snacking on it. she has plenty of food - I guess she just wanted variety? look at this creature

A tuxedo cat with a pink nose and wide green eyes looks mildly affronted to be photographed.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 3h

💣CDC Cuts💥
Even with some staff having their firing rescinded, CDC has been deeply damaged by the cuts from 🧠🪱 that remain intact. We do not have a complete list as this was done in secrecy. 🧵

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3h

Lake Willoughby, Westmore, Orleans County, Vermont

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 3h

RFK,Jr. just laid off 1,000 employees of HSS. A deliberate act to further decimate the nation's CDC, which serves to investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses, and collect data.

Expect sickness & deaths.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 3h

Most corrupt POTUS in USA history! Unchecked insider trading, manipulating the market with tariffs. Hello, SEC?
#Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 4h

Massive insider trading. Thirty minutes before Trump’s China tariff announcement, a crypto “whale” opened a $100M+ short on Bitcoin.

4:30 PM: Whale opens $100M+ BTC short
4:50 PM: Trump announces 100% tariffs on China
5:20 PM: $19.3 B in liquidations hit the market
The whale’s profit: $192 million

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

BREAM: How do you deal with the noise, left and right, that you get?

AMY CONEY BARRETT: I tune it out. I only want to know what is said about me in the news on a need to know basis. If I absolutely need to know, then my assistant or my husband will tell me.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 3h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

Back in the 90s when neo-nazi skinheads were everywhere, people wore colored laces in their Doc Martens to signify which side they were on. Red meant nazi, one black one white meant anti-racist, blue meant neutral, and green meant you like frogs and were anti-fascist. Been thinking about that a lot.

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