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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 1h

John Roberts has been trying to kill Voting Rights Act since he was young lawyer in Reagan DOJ. Today SCOTUS will hear case that could dismantle what's left of VRA, turbocharge racial gerrymandering & rig House for GOP. Huge stakes for American democracy www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump.

“The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”

www.motherjones.com

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 47m

such tender concern for the eardrums of a Capitol police officer if the sound is emanating from a liberal; no tender concern for their actual physical safety when the violence comes from Trump's insurrectionists

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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The_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 43m

this is so horrible. these fake-pregnancy centers (no medical background) lie to women, give fake exams, show them hideous videos, use fake "heartbeat" machines so "they can hear their baby's heartbeat" - all to convince these women to bear kids they're not able to care for mentally or physically. 😔

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Susan Perri @perri4health @perri4health.bsky.social · 14h

VOTE OUT ALL REPUBLICANS !

So many reasons ⬇️

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

Trump’s administration laid off thousands of federal workers, gutting critical departments: Treasury, HHS, and Education.

What we’re seeing now isn’t new. The shutdown is the new excuse. Create chaos, starve the government, and leave folks struggling while Trump’s billionaire buddies get richer.

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Senseidai2547 @senseidai.bsky.social · 3h

Convicted Felon Donald Trump is interfering in an election, & threatening a country if the election doesn’t go his way.

Open your eyes & grow a spine, Republicans. This mob boss needs to be removed, arrested, convicted (again) & jailed.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

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Trump threatens to pull support for Argentina if its politics move leftward

President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw assistance from Argentina if its internal politics don't align with his interests in upcoming elections.

apnews.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

New, from me: I break down all that is happening with the shutdown.
Shutdowns are bad. But only Trump and Russ Vought are brave enough to ask: what if shutdowns aren’t painful enough? How can we use this as an opportunity to target our political enemies? 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-shutdo...

The Shutdown Shitshow

As Trump uses the shutdown to settle scores, the public bears the cost

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Fighting the good fight @elpeposo.bsky.social · 3h

More proof that Biden's policies were leading us to the ideal soft landing, but of course the average American idiot had other plans and elected the authoritarian grifter in chief.

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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 1h

Setting the record straight.

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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 1h

We win by giving them everything they dont want: large crowds, mocking signs, unity, and most importantly nonviolent. #Resist #NoKings

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 1h

Jacob Soboroff is doing a great job investigating and debunking the claims that ICE is making about their arrests targeted worst of the worst

Congress can help reign in ICE- IF we get a Democratic majority. That will be more likely if California passes Proposition 50. #YesOnProp50

[Image of Uncle Sam holding California oranges]

SAVE DEMOCRACY FROM GOP ELECTION RIGGING

CALIFORNIA

VOTE YES ON PROP 50

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19h

We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

thinkbigpicture.substack.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h

For the love of America, NoKings.org.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14h

It really feels like Sam Altman promised a lot of Very Serious Old People he was going to create capitalist blowjob jesus based off a tech demo, and now that the bottom’s falling out he’s throwing whatever he can think of at the wall to avoid getting disappeared because he wasted all their money.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 15h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 11h

And she's talking about the fact that Democrats won't negotiate without ironclad guarantees that Trump and Russ Vought won't go back on any agreement by using rescissions..a day after Mike Johnson directly said they would use rescissions

You
Can't
Trust
MAGA

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 12h

I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

I don't think I've seen a network TV news report more transparently full of shit since maybe 2003, right before we invaded Iraq

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 9h

Democrats shouldn't let go of these Young Republican messages.

Have the right-wing defend it. The VP, JD Vance, already has, and the talking points have been delivered to the MAGA base.

They keep deflecting and doing both sides, but nothing is comparable.

Just keep it in the news.

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 6h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Gia Monroe 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @giamonroe.bsky.social · 2h

Bless her heart. Yours too, Beth. We love you both. Sending hugs, support and all the hope and good vibes. ♥️♥️♥️

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 16h

Here is GOP Rep. Mike Lawler, all smiles with the Chair of the NY State Young Republicans Peter Giunta who:

*Said ‘I love Hitler’

*Referred to blacks as ‘the watermelon people’

*Said ‘if your pilot is a she and she looks ten shades darker than someone from Sicily, just end it there.’

#NY17

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.

The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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Gia Monroe 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @giamonroe.bsky.social · 16h

We have to stop these young Republicans at the ballot box from getting a foothold. Multiple states have special elections coming up this year in both federal & state level elections. Stay informed and most importantly, VOTE. If 1/3 of The People sit on the sidelines again, we will lose Democracy.

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