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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

Frost: Trump knows that when they passed the big, ugly bill that rips away healthcare from 17 million people, you usually don’t win elections when you do something like that…

So instead of undoing that, he’s pressuring states to give him more seats.

What California is doing is responding to that

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 4h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social · 5h

Five of the nine African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup are on a *proposed* US travel ban list

A list of countries under consideration for a US travel ban by the Trump administration if they "do not address various security or diplomatic concerns within two months." Per the New York Times.

Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Dem. Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan
Liberia
Malawi
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
South Sudan
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
Syria
Tanzania
Tonga
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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Robert Ellingsworth @by1959.bsky.social · 5h

Really.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7h

We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

thinkbigpicture.substack.com

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Carol of Oz 🌪️ @carolofoz2.bsky.social · 4h

He always accuses his opponent of what he's doing...it's a tactic and he uses it ALL THE TIME. He's a bully.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "They have the devil's ideology. They become violent on the left."

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SeattleSanta @seattlesanta.bsky.social · 12h

MAGAt youth pastor who performed at CPAC, has recently been charged with 60 indictments stemming from Child/Sex Abuse. 29 of these charges were ADDED by the judge after witness testimony.
More proof that MAGAts are in a KKKult and that Christian Nationalists are tools of Satan.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 10h

This is not how science is supposed to work: @lizzylawrence.bsky.social interviews #FDA staffers on how the agency is being asked to investigate issues of interest to Health Secretary Kennedy. “It’s like the tail wagging the dog.... Go find data to support this." www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/f...

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

www.statnews.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

NEW: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatens legal action if Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in Adelita Grijalva. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva

The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.

www.politico.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

Me: “Why do you think ‘Succession’ was such a big show?

Arian Moayed/'Stewy': "Because the truth of ‘Succession’ dials into what we’re witnessing every day in our news cycles. There’s an elite group of 10 to 15 people that run everything."

Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/succession...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 9h

Well it's not like they did something truly egregious and evil, like directly quote Charlie Kirk

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 5h

This is absolutely disgusting:

"The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening."

Read more here 👇
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 6h

Confirmed, the "Gaza peace deal" was the same deal offered to Netanyahu and the US repeatdly, but it was turned down by Israel because they wanted to gift Trump (Israeli asset) a perceived victory at the expense of the Israeli hostages and Gaza population.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 8h

Pretending to the world that you are the president of peace while waging war at home is diabolical.

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Carol of Oz 🌪️ @carolofoz2.bsky.social · 6h

Johnson needs to shut up and do his actual job.

Carol of Oz 🌪️ @carolofoz2.bsky.social · 6h

Can we impeach him for breaking the rules of capitalization? Nothing else seems to be working to rid us of this imbecile.

Carol of Oz 🌪️ @carolofoz2.bsky.social · 7h

WHAT an asshat this "President" is. It's beyond appalling.

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Carol of Oz 🌪️ @carolofoz2.bsky.social · 7h

No. NO. NOOOOOO x infinity.

Carol of Oz 🌪️ @carolofoz2.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you, DARLING?????????? FU you misogynistic asshat.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 8h

Unconstitutional, damaging to our democracy and--last time I checked--murder is a crime. Let's not gussy it up and call it acts of war. This is murder.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 8h

This is the FIFTH time Trump has carried out an illegal bombing in the Caribbean.

Using the military to execute alleged criminals with no due process or input from Congress is brazenly unconstitutional and damaging to our democracy.

apnews.com/article/trum...

US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

apnews.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Freya 💙 @freyalux.bsky.social · 1d

Senator Patty Murray’s post about not playing the puppy killer Noem’s video at Sea-tac airport. 🤣😂🤣👏👏

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 13h

It's 21 days since Rep. Grijalva won her election.

Mike Johnson could swear her in whenever he wanted.

202-225-2777

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