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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18h

🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to keep the National Guard under federal command in Illinois — but blocked its use for active deployment. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Appeals Court Allows Trump to Keep Control of Illinois National Guard but Bars Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 18h

Simple messaging I recommend you share and text friends, family, and neighbors.

These are the lines Democrats need to be using.

Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 18h

Trump went for a Covid shot and then set the CDC on fire.

If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 18h

Today, I signed a series of bills that close gaps in maternal and prenatal care, improve health outcomes and access to child care resources, and protect vulnerable women.

Women in California deserve the services and resources they need to live full, self-determined lives.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 18h

When people wonder how Epstein continued to have powerful friends even after everybody knew, consider that a Nazi salute followed by blithely starving children and cutting off their life sustaining medicines wasn’t a deal breaker for anyone in power positions.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

Letitia James is being indicted for saving $50/month on a loan?

Gee, I wonder how much loan money Donald Trump saved when he got more than $270 million in debt forgiven after he failed to repay loans on his Chicago skyscraper development . . .

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

The grand jury indictment against New York AG Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased.

James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, the indictment alleges.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Letitia James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, indictment alleges

The grand jury indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased in Norfolk, Virgini

www.nbcnews.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

Next Saturday is #NoKings Day.

Stand up for democracy before it's too late.

Find a protest near you at nokings.org.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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☮☮😸😸☮☮ @catsforpeace2.bsky.social · 16h

She will be missed. So glad I have most of those wonderful movies on DVD!!!

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 18h

Let’s not forget that every single Republican who stands by and enables Donald Trump could stop this recklessness today, tomorrow or any damn day of the week. Their failure—their refusal—to do so makes them complicit in his crimes and the crimes of his corrupt, lawless regime.

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☮☮😸😸☮☮ @catsforpeace2.bsky.social · 16h

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 17h

You all can’t have healthcare so Trump can have those tax dollars to spend on playing Napoleon while your family members die.
Got it?
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

Press pool: “On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial”

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 17h

Trump's approval rating is now -16%. If you're dissatisfied, you're not alone.
https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker

Donald Trump’s approval rating

Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump

www.economist.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17h

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 17h

Pentagon officials confirm “Operation Prize Patrol” is already underway.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 17h

OUR tax dollars are being used to bail out Argentina, OUR troops are being put on the ground in Israel & OUR soil is being used by Qatar for a military base of their own.
While OUR government is shutdown.
Anyone who believes OUR so-called “president” when he says he is “America first”, is an idiot.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 17h

“We’ve known for months that he’s been sick, but the words radiation and treatment hit differently. They landed in a place I didn’t expect. Because it feels like more than just one man enduring.
It feels like a reflection of all of us.”
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

The Only Way Out Is Through

What Joe Biden’s endurance teaches us about America’s own capacity to heal.

open.substack.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h

Hello Idaho, we’re here to keep your potatoes safe from Antifa.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 16h

Senator Bernie Sanders has a message for Speaker Johnson.

The No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a "hate America" rally.
It's a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom.

Go to nokings.org and find a location near you to join the movement, 10/18.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 16h

🐀 Mike Johnson caught lying using the receipts he directed us to use. Jen Psaki for the 🎯

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17h

Which means they’re away from their day jobs but not being paid.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17h

In plain English:

Troops remain federalized for now, but cannot be deployed in Illinois.

Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Background: www.lawdork.com/p/the-trials...

The trials of litigating against Trump

As Trump troop deployments are blocked in Chicago, Trump appellate appointees push back on the order blocking deployments in Portland. And, another Trump target indicted.

www.lawdork.com

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 19h

Still think Homan’s bounty hunters care about “protecting Americans”?

“𝘈𝘴 𝘢 25-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯, 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘲, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳…”

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

I’m a U.S. citizen who was wrongly arrested and held by ICE. Here’s why you could be next

OPINION: “No matter your race, background or beliefs — none of us should have to fear being silenced, detained or dehumanized by the very government meant to protect us.”

www.sfchronicle.com

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𝓥𝓲𝓻𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓪 𝓗𝓪𝓵𝓵 📎 @virginiahall32.bsky.social · 19h

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 1d

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 19h

…massive economic benefits for one American: billionaire hedge fund manager Rob Citrone, who has placed large bets on the future of the Argentine economy…also a friend and former colleague of Bessent—a fact that has not been previously reported in US media outlets.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19h

The US has finalized its $20 billion bailout for Argentina.

Too bad it only benefits one American: a billionaire hedge fund manager, who has placed large bets on the future of the Argentine economy.

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire

A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

www.motherjones.com

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