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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23h

"I do think he needs help, and I don't think anybody around him on a day-to-day basis wants to get him any help, because they have more power based upon his diminished capacity."

@jbpritzker.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

BESSENT: Ambassador Jamieson is a lawyer. I am not.

REPORTER: As am I.

BESSENT: I won't tell you the one thing I agreed with Lenin on

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elleb70.bsky.social @elleb70.bsky.social · 6h

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

Average U.S. New Car Price Surpasses $50,000—An All-Time High Amid Surging EV Sales

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

www.forbes.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 19h

It’s the Economy, Stupid. It’s the Stupid Economy.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

It’s the Economy, Stupid. It’s the Stupid Economy.

My latest Lincoln Project podcast episode with Andrew Ross Sorkin

open.substack.com

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elleb70.bsky.social @elleb70.bsky.social · 1d

www.bbc.com/news/article... trump bombs boat allegedly carrying drugs;keyword “allegedly”;trump is lawless;how about intercepting the boat, searching it & seizing any drugs if any are there?We don’t know there were drugs on the boat because they didn’t search it;someone needs to stop this mad man.

US destroys alleged Venezuelan drug boat, killing three

The attack came after the Venezuelan president said Caracas would defend itself against US "aggression".

www.bbc.com

elleb70.bsky.social @elleb70.bsky.social · 1d

trump lies again www.newarab.com/news/israel-...

Israel kills nine Palestinians hours after Gaza truce begins

Palestinian medical sources in Gaza said that five civilians were killed on Tuesday, while they went to inspect their homes amid the ceasefire.

www.newarab.com

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elleb70.bsky.social @elleb70.bsky.social · 1d

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

www.cnn.com

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 1d

Even Orban can tell something is wrong . . .

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

wild hand jerking during Trump's handshake photo op with Orban

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

wild hand jerking during Trump's handshake photo op with Orban

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Find a frog gathering near you this Saturday, October 18

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 ...

Nokings.org

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elleb70.bsky.social @elleb70.bsky.social · 1d

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

www.cnn.com

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elleb70.bsky.social @elleb70.bsky.social · 1d

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

www.cnn.com

elleb70.bsky.social @elleb70.bsky.social · 1d

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

www.cnn.com

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The planet is grappling with a “new reality” as it reaches the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible climate tipping points: the widespread death of coral reefs, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists across the world. https://cnn.it/42EJdJ4

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

In Chicago, multiple ICE GOONS cornered an unarmed man and pulled their firearms on him.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

Are you ready for the largest peaceful protest in modern US history? In five days, millions of Americans will stand up and speak out on a massive scale to reject Trump’s authoritarianism and show the world what democracy looks like. We’ll see you on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

The largest demonstration during Trump’s first term was around 750 events.

“We’re now expecting about 2,500 events around the country on No Kings. So we’re talking about literally four times as many.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social

Please join us on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

“These people are disgusting…these ICE raids, they need to be mocked.” - Jack Cocchiarella

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

There is no case for Trump getting a peace prize—ever.

There is s staggeringly ironclad case for him to be immediately imprisoned for war crimes. And here it is.

Media and MAGA Calls for Trump to Catch a Nobel Peace Prize Rather Than An ICC War Crimes Indictment Are Obscene

The second-biggest threat to global peace after Putin has earned a cell for war crimes—not a humanitarian award. That his grotesque and scammy appeal for a Nobel Peace Prize is working is terrifying.

sethabramson.substack.com

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