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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20h

Let’s stop pretending. The issue before the Supreme Court right now is easy to understand: There are still many people on the far right who don’t see Black Americans as equals...they see them through the same filthy slur they whisper when the cameras are off. That's right...that word.

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AnarchoTerran @anarchoterran.bsky.social · 22h

In the USA, you can't even go to a pharmacy without masked ICE terrorists rampaging through the isles. Here, in Chicago, Kristi Noem's terrorists terrorize a store and its customers.

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 1h

John Thune lying on MSNBC this morning saying that if the Dems vote to reopen the gov, he will make sure there is a vote on healthcare. He pinky swears.

He is also super mad that insurance companies profit off the ACA. Wasn't that the GOPs idea in the first place?

#GOPShutdown
#GOPShitdown

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 2h

Can we elect coco? Asking for a few million friends...

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 1d

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terrydee-author.bsky.social @terrydee-author.bsky.social · 3h

What kind of a world are we moving towards when a bunch of clearly badly educated young people join a chat group called:

I Love Hitler…

Please look at history, understand history.

Be thoughtful of where your freedoms have come from.

Freedom under fascism is only for the rich.

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MissPlaced @missplaced.bsky.social · 3h

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PhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 3h

NOT “young” Republicans.
Call them what they are…Republicans.

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Sophie Scholl @moller2025.bsky.social · 2h

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SciCommic @scicommic.bsky.social · 2h

Madison Square Garden, 1938.

They had to hide their admiration for a fascist psychopath because we declared war against him.

They’ve been waiting and hoping for another one, ever since.

And The Republican Party has given it to them.

MAGA Youth are their legacy.

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Massapequa Boy @democracybydesign.bsky.social · 2h

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Angie @angiesuniverse.bsky.social · 7h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

Cartoon by wolvertoon.com.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein…took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.”

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2h

Everyone should listen to this.

It’s easy to blame Rogan for understanding the situation far too late, but the important thing is that he’s using his platform-with his millions of listeners-to talk about it now.

This one show will reach more normal GOP folks than we ever could.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

The con worked, until it didn’t?

ROGAN: “I really thought they were just going to go after the criminals… I really thought there was enough gang members.”

ME: He still doesn’t get it. That’s what Trump wanted everyone to believe. They’re not even trying to go after “the criminals”.

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gail7.bsky.social @gail7.bsky.social · 2h

Wait...did Trump just tell Argetnians that they will only get the bailout money if they vote for Milei?
Pretty flagrant election interference.

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DBeach @beachnic.bsky.social · 16h

Trump says Argentina bailout contingent on his political ally Milei remaining in power.

Of course, even though his policies were failing. Argentina Poverty rates reached over 50% during 2024, with Milei's policies cited as a direct cause.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/p...

Trump says bailout to Argentina contingent on his political ally Milei remaining in power | CNN Politics

If President Donald Trump is worried the $20 billion economic lifeline he’s sending to Argentina in the middle of a US government shutdown might cause him political headaches, he didn’t show it Tuesda...

www.cnn.com

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

😡😡😡😡

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 15h

Spare us the patronizing 'bless her heart' comments. It took Speaker Johnson less than 24 hours to swear in his Republican colleagues.

He’s stalling because he’s scared of his puppet master Donald Trump.

This delay isn’t about process. It’s about obstruction. #ReleaseTheFiles

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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 15h

Donald Trump is trying to terminate Gateway Tunnel funding, the most important infrastructure project in New Jersey, and the country.

I’m for Gateway. Jack is for Trump.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 17h

Woman still in jail after violent arrest at ICE protest—for playing "Ghostbusters" on her clarinet.

She was mysteriously transported to jail across state lines—husband not told until 9 hours later.

"We can't even see her... Our 3-year-old has no idea when we'll see mommy again"

Portland, Oregon

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