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Dittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 1d

Tomorrow Virginia Guiffre’s book comes out.

I don’t care where, but if you can buy it, please do.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712958...

Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre: 9780593493120 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell The world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghi...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 20h

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

🔥“First of all — it’s MAMDANI. This is a very big, diverse city you want to lead. We should get the names right.”

@anandwrites.bsky.social calls out Cuomo to his face

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

I was right! The Bronston literal truth motion is going to be about the DoJ indicting Comey for something he never actually said (see the footnote), but is true on its face: that he stood by his previous testimony.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Both Democracy Docket and the Washington Post published guest opinion pieces today. Subscribing to one or the other is a way of showing what you value. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

There it is. Sua sponte.

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

Sua sponte call for en banc less than two hours after the 9th Cir decision to let loose the National Guard into Portland

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

OAK RIDGE, TN: “A former director of nuclear energy programs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was arrested after an investigation into allegations he solicited explicit messages and images from underage girls.” www.wbir.com/article/news...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

My latest: Trump is slowly but surely desensitizing the public to a brand of authoritarianism aimed at subverting the will of the electorate. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

Trump’s Plan To Remain on His Throne

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 1d

Was feeling really left out until my copy arrived today.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social

Close up of the cover of "Life After Cars" by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22h

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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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Taint

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/20/t...

Taint - emptywheel

Judge Michael Nachmanoff's order denying the loaner prosecutors in the Jim Comey case a quick filter review discloses that the main FBI investigators may have already sneaked a peak into Comey's privi...

www.emptywheel.net

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

Local activists and organizers were the beating heart of No Kings Day — and they will keep leading the fight on the ground in your community. Use our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local Indivisibles: indivisible.org/groups

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

America's Sleeping Giant roared when police attacked civil rights marchers.

And after tens of thousands of young Americans were killed in Vietnam.

And when Nixon tried to cover up Watergate.

Today it roars once more — at the tyrant in the Oval Office.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22h

Wanna get my support for the addition to the White House? Call it the “ball-less room” and dedicate it to the house GOP and I’m in

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The NY Times published an editorial citing Susan Collin as "a moderate Republican." Collins is a reliable vote for Trump's agenda, has voted against democracy at every turn and supported extremist judges.

This is why people are abandoning legacy media--even while enjoying games, puzzles & recipes.

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 23h

Today is pub day for my third book: Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century. It is a handbook on how to read. It argues for the foundational importance of *caring* to thought. It offers an anatomy of close reading's five steps so we can hone the skills to perform them. It argues for why to read

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

TONIGHT: Look for @ezralevin.bsky.social on Instagram Live with Rep. @raskin.house.gov (around 9:15 PM ET) and on @lastword.msnbc.com.

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🧚‍♀️Mother of Dragonflies🧚 @miamiportland1.bsky.social · 1d

Virginia Giuffre’s book comes out tomorrow.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

President Donald Trump so far has sought to deploy National Guard and active-duty soldiers to five major Democratic-led cities across the U.S.: Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; Chicago; Portland, Oregon and Memphis, Tennessee.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Mapped: Trump's Deployment of National Guard Troops