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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

You can't put a price on this kind of friendship.
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AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 8h

#Pinks #ProudBlue
This is old. I just can’t help going back to when he sided with Russian Intel over our own and how it wasn’t a deal breaker. He’s never been on America’s side. NEVER.
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Trump sides with Russia against FBI at Helsinki summit

The US president contradicts intelligence agencies over claims of interference in the US election.

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Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 4h

No Kings

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repugfascistrebel.bsky.social @repugfascistrebel.bsky.social · 5h

The danger of letting a delusional president send troops to American cities
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The danger of letting a delusional president send troops to American cities

The president is operating on outdated information, fantasies, and a lust for power.

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 5h

Concerns mount over increased violence among federal immigration agents www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House called No Kings protests “hate America rallies”. Nothing could be further from the truth. These are true patriots exercising 1st Amendment rights to say we do not want dictatorship by Trump. We don’t want unneeded military troops in our cities. We want democracy.

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

FLORIDA now requires public schools to share space with charter schools, and “one charter operator intends to occupy space in more than 100 public schools (!)” 🤔

Privatizing public schools at breakneck speed, filling their pockets with taxpayer funds. www.fox13news.com/news/charter...

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Desert Rat @desertrat77.bsky.social · 5h

PBS NewsHour tonight had a good bit on Leonard Peltier. Find the streaming of it.
#maddow

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Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 5h

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For the first time, Montana officially celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day

After years of legislative debate, Oct. 13 marks the first time the state has officially observed the day as a legal holiday.

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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 5h

A second proposed ballot initiative mandating nonpartisan judicial elections has received the OK of Montana’s attorney general, but with the same language that triggered a lawsuit against the AG last week.

Montana AG's edit of ballot issue angers petitioners

Proponents of nonpartisan elections argue that Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s edits to ballot initiatives imply that judicial candidates have a political affiliation that’s being hidden.

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Endicott Author @endicottroad.bsky.social · 12h

Another article on NPR that I found interesting and alarming:

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Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

Along with fast-tracking FEMA funds for the Naples pier, Noem flew to the Florida city on a government plane to tour the site, then stayed for the weekend and had dinner with the donor, according to emails and an interview with the Naples mayor.

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Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened

The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...

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Lynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 5h

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Ghislaine Maxwell Keeps Getting Special Treatment

The prison she is in was locked down so she could receive visitors. Were they discussing a presidential pardon?

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 6h

For those of who have already entered the strange and wonderful zone of László Krasznahorkai’s fiction, the news that he won this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature comes as no great surprise. “It seems something straightforwardly just,” James Wood writes.

László Krasznahorkai and Contemporary Europe’s Perilous Reality

The swirling sentences of the new Nobel laureate’s fiction overlay small-town politics with an uneasy sense of impending apocalypse.

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Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 6h

Can Trump pay troops without Congress? Some Democrats don't think so - The Hill apple.news/AHFmbZ_Q7TL-...

Can Trump pay troops without Congress? Some Democrats don't think so — The Hill

President Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday to pay service members by utilizing previously appropriated funds during the ongoing government shutdown, seeking to sidestep gridlo...

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Nora Mabie @noramabie.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: After years of legislative debate, today marks the first time the state of Montana - home to 12 tribes and 7 reservations - has officially observed Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal holiday.

For the first time, Montana officially celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day

After years of legislative debate, Oct. 13 marks the first time the state has officially observed the day as a legal holiday.

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Lynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 6h

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This Washington Post article is so sociopathic that I had to respond.

The Washington Post editorial board published an embarrassing piece attacking New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani for wanting to make city buses free. The piece is snarky and lame, but one se...

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 12h

SCOTUS: “It’s unconstitutional for legislatures to pass laws against racial discrimination, but it’s totally constitutional for the executive branch to openly violate the 14th amendment.”

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 8h

There are equal parts economic and political stakes with the [$20B bailout of Argentina] which marks the first U.S. intervention of this nature since rescuing Mexico in 1995... www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/t...

The U.S. has stepped in with an extraordinary bailout of Argentina. Here's what it means

The Treasury Department has extended a financial lifeline to Argentina in apparent hopes of heading off an emerging market financial crisis.

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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 14h

Soon after John Roberts and Sam Alito were installed on the court two decades ago, they helped deliver the apotheosis: 2010’s Citizens United opinion manufacturing the legal fiction that spending by

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 7h

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen. https://to.pbs.org/3KVlkXz

WATCH: Johnson responds to critics on why he won't call House back for shutdown negotiations

Johnson says he “won't negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen the government.

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Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 6h

Inside Trump’s plan to investigate liberal groups - Reuters apple.news/AvOC1KEJvT7e...

Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups — Reuters

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller p...

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 9h

NEWS: Lions safety Brian Branch has been suspended for one game by the NFL after instigating a scuffle with the Chiefs on Sunday night, the league announced.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 9h

🚨BREAKING: The Washington Post joined the New York Times, CNN, and The Atlantic in flat-out rejecting the Pentagon’s new press restrictions—calling them a direct threat to the First Amendment.

When the press has to fight the military for free speech, you know democracy’s on the line.

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