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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9h

It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC

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Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I’ll argue AGAINST that. 🖤

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"At every step along the way, I rationalized, compartmentalized, and found excuses to stay tethered to the party, even as I grew to believe it was undermining the foundations of our constitutional republic. ...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party

Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

www.thebulwark.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 1d

"Missed it by that much."

IFKYK

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

FIRED DOJ LAWYER: “I responded up the chain of command - that’s a lie. I cannot sign my name to that.”

Erez Reuveni says he was fired by Trump’s DOJ for refusing to lie that KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA was a terrorist & gang member.

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Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 2d

Ya think?

Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 2d

The same! Did they mean “standing,” or “staining?” 🥹

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Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 2d

“Stanning” is a word that is especially odd to use in a headline. Even an exceptional writer/reader would need to look it up in a dictionary. IMO.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Yep, you just replace the people. All good after that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Israel can say that 'we killed 50,000' and so you'd say it's a whole net set of people. And it is. They get replaced by other people. Young people."

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 3d

The Preamble to the Constitution began with three magic words and they were not “I, the King.”

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2d

I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons

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Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 2d

#nokings

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking: Today is officially one of the biggest days of protest in American history.

Over 7 million Americans turned out to No Kings events to stand up against MAGA fascism.

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Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 3d

Asheville, NC

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 3d

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Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty sure my SIL is not there 🖤

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

All those former Pentagon reporters should cover No Kings today 🚫👑

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Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 3d

You can block these accounts accounts in a matter of minutes l.

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Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 3d

The church people must be very happy.

Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 3d

40 is not a winning number.

Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 3d

That’s gonna hurt. 🖤

Tory Stephens @torystephens.bsky.social · 3d

Tariff costs to companies this year to hit $1.2 trillion, with consumers taking most of the hit, S&P says.

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/t...

#Tariffs #Consumers #Economy #Business #Bills

Tariff costs to companies this year to hit $1.2 trillion, with consumers taking most of the hit, S&P says

The firm said its estimate of additional expenses for companies is probably conservative.

www.cnbc.com

Mollie Mills Cole @cruiserbug.bsky.social · 3d