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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

Goons jump and tackle Captain America in
Portland.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Jim Jordan after he's played clips from videos of ICE brutalizing people, including American citizens: "I don't know the specifics of those examples you gave. What I do know is these ICE agents are under tremendous pressure ... I think they're doing a good job."

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 19h

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, one staffer said.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

The One Big Beautiful Bill cut a trillion dollars from healthcare, Schoolmarm Johnson

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4h

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2h

Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

ICYMI — They lied about why they assaulted the WGN producer (then rammed a car for no reason)

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

Baldwin: Our farmers are facing incredible headwinds. A lot of the fertilizer inputs come from Canada. Those have shot up because of tariffs. About a quarter of all farmers use the ACA for their health care coverage. This president is just contributing to the headwinds that our farmers are facing.

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Chuck Hubbard for Congress @chuck.hubbardforcongress.com · 20h

Virginia Foxx's estimated net worth is over $5 million — much of that has been made in the stock market since she's been in Congress.

We cannot support this corrupt insider trading. We must put a ban on Members of Congress trading stocks.

Stand with our campaign at HubbardForCongress.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2h

The Seventh Circuit has handed Trump yet another kick in the wingnuts.

Appeals court: Trump can't deploy National Guard on Chicago's streets

A ruling Saturday forbids the White House from actively using troops in Illinois.

www.motherjones.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4h

"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2h

Last month, a Mainer found 250 missing ballots for a GOP-backed referendum in her Amazon package. Republicans quickly pointed to it as proof of election insecurity, but now some suspect the stunt may have been staged by the referendum's own backers. https://bit.ly/42DKdwZ

Mail Ballots Were Found in an Amazon Box in Maine. Some Suspect a Political Dirty Trick.

Read more here...

www.democracydocket.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4h

Why can't we exercise our First Amendment rights?

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4h

MAGA Nut Threatened to Kill Me and Obama - Pam Bondi Looks the Other Way.

Meanwhile a man who threatened Right Wing commentator Benny Johnson on the same day was just arrested and Pam Bondi posed with Johnson at the White House.

PLEASE SHARE: krassencast.com/p/maga-nut-t...

MAGA Nut Threatened to Kill Me and Obama - Pam Bondi Looks the Other Way

The Trump DOJ’s Two-Faced Approach to Threats and Justice

krassencast.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

BREAM: Open enrollments starts in November. People are already getting notices about what they may pay. I mean, that's gotta be resolved.

MIKE JOHNSON: Yes, and they're eating up the clock in the month of October

(Johnson canceled the House in August to avoid taking votes on Epstein)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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GrouchyMarkx @grouchymarkx.bsky.social · 1d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

In a Chicago suburb, ICE GOONS brutally attacked a 15-year-old girl. They forcibly removed her from her car, slammed her to the ground, and then placed their knee on her neck.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 20h

A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week

He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared

They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him

Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility

They kidnapped a disabled child!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

ICE spent $800K on vans with stingray tech that collects data from all nearby phones, even yours. These devices mimic cell towers to track locations and intercept communications. Oversight and transparency are needed now.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17h

THIS SHOULD BE CONCERNING TO EVERYONE

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