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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 20h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1d

I saw this, laughed, changed screens and now I can't find it again or I would credit it fully: Someone described Kid Rock, who was apparently attempting to opine on something tonight, as being "the human equivalent of an above-ground pool."

Perfect.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11h

Portland 🔥

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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Race Bannon @racebannon.bsky.social · 1d

This is my favorite thing on the internet today.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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Ernie Bornheimer @erniebornheimer.bsky.social · 11h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15h

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 17h

NoKings.org
For the love of America 🇺🇸

#NoKings | Oct 18th

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Ernie Bornheimer @erniebornheimer.bsky.social · 14h

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 1d

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 1d

this doesn't seem great

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 23h

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Psaki's Apprentice @sleepycongressman.bsky.social · 22h

Health care rate hikes expected

WV - 387%
WY - 382%
AK - 346%
TN - 320%
MI - 314%
TX - 289%
SC - 285%
AL - 284%
SD - 235%
ND - 234%

No one wished anything poorly upon these states, except themselves

They voted for this; THEY DID

Enjoy your vote, you really owned those libs

FAFO

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to Kirsty MacColl. Her debut solo single "They Don't Know", released in 1979, peaked at no 2 on the Music Week chart. However, a distributors' strike stopped copies of the single getting into record shops. She died, aged just 40, after being hit by a speedboat. #KirstyMacColl

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 1d

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 23h

On this day in 1991 Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. Few believed her claims then, not enough people believed Hillary Clinton in 2016 and too few listened to Kamala Harris in 2024. See a pattern? Believe women, burn the patriarchy.

#BelieveWomen

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Danny Page @danny.page · 1d

giving the nobel peace prize to someone who approved of indiscriminate military strikes on civilians is an indelible stain on the award.

but enough about Barack Obama,,

~ Aftermath
President Obama reduced the number of United States Army soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, but expanded the use of unmanned air-strikes on these countries, as well as Pakistan, Yemen, Syria, Libya and Somalia. '12]
In 2016, President Obama joked in an interview with Stephen Colbert that even he didn't know
why he had received the award.!!13]
Analysis by the Council on Foreign Relations suggests that the United States Army dropped 79 per cent of all 30,743 coalition bombs in 2016.
Obama has been at war for longer than any other president in US history. 14]
The secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Geir Lundestad, said in 2015 that awarding the prize to Obama failed to achieve what the committee hoped it would. "Even many of Obama's supporters believed that the prize was a mistake," he says. "In that sense the committee didn't achieve what it had hoped for."
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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 21h

The autocrat's toadies destroy functioning governance and launch crisis after crisis in order to create a nation that runs on patronage in which he's the only one able to do anything for anyone.