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Catherine Hagman @catherinehagman.bsky.social · 3h

Every #Republican lawmaker on every Sunday talk show needs to be asked why they would ensure a future of suffering for their own constituents.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 6h

POTUS is the historic leader of Antifa.

Colleen Madden @oligarchymalarkey.bsky.social · 6h

The "leader" of antifa (anti-fascist) is traditionally the President of the United States, using the antifa handbooks (the constitution and the bill of rights).

gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 6h

Why are state and local cops in Chicago supporting ICE? @govpritzker.illinois.gov

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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 6h

“Vought is using the ongoing government shutdown as a pretext to continue his premeditated murder spree of the federal workforce.” Friday night’s massacre: the CDC. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse... @underwood.house.gov @crockett.house.gov @vinguptamd.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social

The Death of Public Health

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die

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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 6h

THREAD: MAGA messaging vs reality, and mainstream media’s repeat failures to speak truth vs political fictions. @markjacob.bsky.social @newsjennifer.bsky.social @clarajeffery.bsky.social @joanwalsh.bsky.social @jayrosen.bsky.social @brianstelter.bsky.social @zeteo.com @colbertlateshow.bsky.social

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 7h

Roberts is presiding over, and driving, a stunning collapse in faith in the U.S. Supreme Court, not just among the public, but among federal judges.

What a failure. The Titanic captain of chief justices.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 8h

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 7h

Why had I not heard of this 2022 documentary? A global cabal buying up the planet’s food and water resources… yes, in America, too. @zeteo.com @rollingstone.com @motherjones.com @wyden.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @sarahkendzior.bsky.social @wendysiegelman.bsky.social @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social

Isha @ishaav.bsky.social · 8h

Give Halverson a medal:
tinyurl.com/3kyyszcr

The Grab (2022) ⭐ 7.3 | Documentary

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 7h

1. This is illegal as it makes enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 effectively impossible.

2. Congress appropriates more than $300M each year for enforcement because housing discrimination has one of the ugliest legacies in American history after slavery and Native American genocide.

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 8h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8h

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21h

Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, all voted for cuts to the CFPB.

Yet collectively, they routed more than 1,000 constituent complaints to the agency, ProPublica found.

(Published August)
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...

www.propublica.org

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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 17h

Attn @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @wendysiegelman.bsky.social @velshi.com @kairyssdal.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov Trump does a favor for Erdogan, drops criminal/$ laundering case against bank.

Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 20h

In case anyone missed this

Erdoğa said that Trump ended Halkbank’s criminal case after talks w him. He said that Trump told him “The Halkbank problem is finished for us.”

Halkbank was helping Iran evade taxes and launder billions.

Qatar and now this. The corruption is off the charts

Turkey’s Erdogan Says Halkbank US Case to End After Trump Talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said state lender Halkbank’s legal case in the US is due to be resolved following recent talks with President Donald Trump, prompting bank shares to rise.

www.bloomberg.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Republicans are pushing debunked anti-abortion propaganda as an excuse to rip mifepristone off the shelves and block women from getting abortion care.

100+ studies prove mifepristone is safe and effective.

SPEAK UP, we can't let them get away with this.

Nearly All GOP Senators Urge the FDA to Restrict Abortion Pills

The senators are asking the FDA to suspend its approval of generic mifepristone, which would heavily restrict access to abortion pills nationwide.

www.notus.org

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 23h

New Orwellianism just dropped

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 23h

Mike Johnson disingenuously asks the press if they’ve ever seen a Democrat who wants reduce spending

He surely knows that the only president who ever produced a balanced budget was Bill Clinton

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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Petrooka 🇨🇦 @petrooka.bsky.social · 1d

Authoritarian countries that were once normal and free.

#pinks #resist

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 22h

Decent, patriotic Americans are ANTIFA, Donald.

We are fiercely, steadfastly, unapologetically anti-fascist, and you know why? Because Americans are f*ckin’ supposed to be.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/were-all-a...

We're all ANTIFA, Donald.

Hey Donald,

johnpavlovitz.substack.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

That the networks don't have a live feed from Portland running in the corner is journalistic malpractice.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 1d

From the latest Q&A by the ever-wise and frank @sarahkendzior.bsky.social (via her free Substack).

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

Opposing a power mad despot is literally the most American thing an American can do. These guys got a lot wrong but they nailed that one. It is fundamental to the core of this country.

Signing of the Declaration of Independence

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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 1d

Trusting U.S. elections to private voting machine companies has long seemed wrong. @jennycohn.bsky.social @nelliebowles.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social @brennancenter.org @cartercenter.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social @wired.com @motherjones.com @msnbc.com

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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 1d

THREAD: October 17 No Kings Day a chance to peacefully demonstrate how many of us love our democracy and the promise of America. @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @aclu.org @splcenter.org @cartercenter.bsky.social @votevets.org @votolatino.bsky.social @envirovoters.bsky.social

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 1d

Illegal again: Hegseth announces a foreign military base in the US. cc @adamsmith.house.gov @barrymccaffrey.bsky.social @amymcgrath.bsky.social @admiralstav.bsky.social

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."