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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Ms. Kevin @kkalmes31.bsky.social · 1d

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 20h

Chump Has No Courage Nor
Integrity........

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Eric Salsburg…Grow The Resistance. @ericsalsburg.bsky.social · 17h

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A.J. @andynear70.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely true 👍.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 18h

Rep. Jason Crow is a former Army Ranger who served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the 82nd Airborne Division and the elite 75th Ranger Regiment.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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greensmiff.bsky.social @greensmiff.bsky.social · 18h

They won't.
But Flamingos will.

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All Kinds Of Nope @woozleweasels.bsky.social · 1d

When are we going to say enough?

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greensmiff.bsky.social @greensmiff.bsky.social · 21h

How long until the the military arrest the orange lard-arse and his fascist enablers and hold new elections?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

👇👇

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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 1d

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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Rosegarden54 @rosegarden54.bsky.social · 1d

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1d

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings