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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2h

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

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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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 49m

Did not expect to get emotional over this ...,

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 25m

Even the Trump administration acknowledges that the Trump administration is destroying the ag economy and raising prices for consumers. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

www.washingtonpost.com

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CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · 24m

“a butterfly is just a flower that has learned how to fly” a quote from naturalist Morita in Wade Davis’ Magdalena

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1h

Trump’s chaos will punish students.

It’s not the billionaires’ kids who will suffer.

It's working families' kids who will fall further behind.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1h

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · 1h

Ms. James is a humanitarian hero, purchasing a house for her grandniece & family to live and not charging rent so they had a stable place to live. She deserves accolades, not persecution. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

www.nytimes.com

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CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · 1h

“More than 36 federal judges have told NYT that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters & are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Wes Craven Glizzies @ywfyf.com · 15h

oh no! That's @rubenbolling.bsky.social's leaked inner hive version! Here's the final version:

A satirical comic by Ruben Bolling titled "Know Your ICE Agent," presented as a "Trump Government Community Bulletin." The comic features two identical illustrations side-by-side. The left is labeled "ICE AGENT" and the right is labeled "CRIMINAL KIDNAPPER." Both figures are depicted with a gator mask, no identification, military-grade body armor, a military-grade rifle, an unmarked uniform, plain pants from Walmart, and standing next to an unmarked vehicle.

Below the illustrations, the text reads: "Being able to discern between a federally authorized ICE agent and a criminal kidnapper is a valuable skill for all Americans. It's very simple. You just have to look for the differences:"

Underneath this, a caption states: "If your abductor is an ICE agent, you must obey, comply, and submit. If your abductor is a criminal kidnapper, you are free to fight for your life."

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Senate Budget Committee @senatebudget.bsky.social · 1h

Russ Vought’s weaponization of the federal government and disregard for the rule of law threatens the very checks and balances that make our system of government work.

He is unfit to serve and he must resign.

Full statement from @merkley.senate.gov: www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

Schumer, Merkley, Murray, Peters Call On Trump Budget Chief Russ Vought To Resign | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

www.budget.senate.gov

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CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · 1h

Note for every GOP politician. Don’t be part of the claque!

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Debbie Hemenway @debbiehemenway.bsky.social · 2h

The only thing he left out is the part where Trump clearly does not understand what a Peace Prize is and that blowing up boats full of fisherman, imprisoning children in your own country and destroying foreign aid food and supplies are NOT 'peaceful.'

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CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks!

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 15h

Judges order more immigrants freed from #ICE clutches, including 13-year-old boy now locked up with men at ICE's office prison in Burlington
www.universalhub.com/2025/judges-...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2h

I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.

Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods

This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.

organizingmythoughts.org

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

SEN. @gallego.senate.gov on the terrible Milei rock concert: “Millions of Americans are about to lose their health care and have their insurance premiums double, but Trump & Republicans are giving this idiot $20 BILLION. Good job. Way to make America First, guys.”

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WIRED @wired.com · 5h

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

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CNN @cnn.com · 5h

In the hours after a chaotic confrontation in Chicago last week that culminated with a federal agent shooting a local woman, top White House aide Stephen Miller delivered an urgent order to Department of Defense personnel: Prepare to send in the troops.

Stephen Miller emerges as key architect of Trump’s offensive on Democratic cities | CNN Politics

In the hours after a chaotic confrontation in Chicago last week that culminated with a federal agent shooting a local woman, top White House aide Stephen Miller delivered an urgent order to Department...

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CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · 1h

I thought for sure this was an @theonion.com piece. So 💩 brained.

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 1d

“I think China is using [clean technology] in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s stupidity and regression back into a petrostate. China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.”

www.ft.com/content/013e...

The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate

The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries

www.ft.com

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HTT- yeah, you prolly know me. @httorg.bsky.social · 11h

Seriously.
As a public health scientist?
I cannot stress enough how poorly prepared this administration is for an ultra deadly & infectious disease like Ebola to make landfall here in the USA.
The best defense for the USA is fast resolution of an outbreak overseas.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12h

RIFed:

Several CDC staff currently working on an Ebola outbreak overseas.

You know — the ones literally helping contain and prevent it from spreading. (Like, to the U.S.)

Trust us: dying from Ebola is a MISERABLE way to die.

Ebola disease

WHO fact sheet on Ebola: key facts, definition, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, WHO response.

www.who.int

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.

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CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · 1h

“Yesterday a 2nd GOP gov, Phil Scott of VT, opposed the administration’s deployment of federalized National Guard troops to Chicago & to Portland…“I don’t think our guard should be used against our own people. I don’t think the military should be used against our own people…it’s unconstitutional”

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 8h

October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · Aug 19

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.

I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

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