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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 3h

If you haven’t subscribed to Democracy Docket, you really should.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

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Tamela Ehlinger 🇩🇰🇨🇦🇵🇦🇲🇽🇳🇴🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇸 @tamela.bsky.social · 22h

WE THE PEOPLE

JennyDogMom 💙🐕🦋🐝🌻📚 @jennydogmom.bsky.social · 22h

Who is going to enforce this?!

It means NOTHING if it is not ENFORCED.

They continuously IGNORE COURT ORDERS.

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Tamela Ehlinger 🇩🇰🇨🇦🇵🇦🇲🇽🇳🇴🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇸 @tamela.bsky.social · 20h

Already done & my vote is YES!

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21h

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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Tamela Ehlinger 🇩🇰🇨🇦🇵🇦🇲🇽🇳🇴🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇸 @tamela.bsky.social · 18h

Well, that is quite sad & in a way explains just how badly SCOTUS has screwed America & everyone in it.
But, if we do not do something differently then they will give the orange tainted howler monkey all the keys to our kingdom. And then, we will be nothing but serfs for the billionaires
So???

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 19h

Well, what do you mean about "not follwoing their rulings"? Like, take abortion. We could not follow their rulings, but a doctor in a red state (and/or their patient) would go to jail.

Are we going to break them out of jail? That's what it would take to "not follow their rulings" unfortunately.

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Tamela Ehlinger 🇩🇰🇨🇦🇵🇦🇲🇽🇳🇴🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇸 @tamela.bsky.social · 14h

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@marcelias.bsky.social have you read this? If so, thoughts????

Dominion Voting Systems Sold to GOP Firm — Right After Settling Defamation Suits vs. OANN, Giuliani, Powell

Dominion Voting Systems has been purchased by Liberty Vote, a firm headed by a former GOP election official with ties to a staunch ally of President Donald Trump -- just weeks after Dominion settled s...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h

MAGA is going through some things meidasnews.com/news/maga-fu...

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Punchbowl News @punchbowlnews.bsky.social · 2h

Listen to The Daily Punch: It’s Day 10 of the shutdown and pressure is rising as troops prepare to miss their first paychecks. Anna and Jake break down why talks are stuck. Plus: The Senate passes the NDAA.

📺: youtu.be/Zt5CrN856uc
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Shutdown Day 10: Into a third week we go

Podcast Episode · The Daily Punch · 10/10/2025 · 14m

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 1d

The ongoing government shutdown is doing real harm.

On a special edition of The Tea, April Ryan sits down with federal worker and organizer Paul Osadebe to talk about it. A must watch
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/how-long-can-this-last-april-ryan

How long can this last? April Ryan & Paul Osadebe on the true cost of the government shutdown

"This is crisis moment, guys."

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 23h

America used to welcome global thinkers. Now, that freedom is under threat.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 16h

"To say that Pete Hegseth is no Jim Mattis would be an understatement." Read Tom Malinowski's latest

Trump’s war on the values of warriors

Our military leaders will be carrying an incredible weight on their shoulders for the next three years.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 3h

Each week, The Contrarian selects undaunted individuals working to defend democracy

This week's spotlight: Jane Goodall

“Goodall’s impactful life should inspire and energize us in the fight for democracy—but as do so many others who are finding their role”

Undaunted

Jane Goodall reminds us that we all matter

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

Think the website says “Made in the USA”? Think again.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

UPDATE: No Nobel for Donald.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

NOBEL rewards democracy over authoritarianism

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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 17h

“Governments should of course continue the hard work of reducing poverty and improving living conditions, but they should know that they don’t have to work miracles to prevent violence. The biggest obstacle to stopping violence is hopelessness.” — Economist Jens Ludwig to @knowablemag.bsky.social

Property crime and violent crime have different solutions — here’s why

Addressing poverty helps to curb thefts and burglaries, but offenses like assaults and shootings need more innovative approaches

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 16h

The rhythm of respiration influences a wide range of behaviors, as well as cognition and emotion. Neuroscientists are piecing together how it all works. ✍️ By Greg Miller

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The vital crosstalk between breath and brain

The rhythm of respiration influences a wide range of behaviors, as well as cognition and emotion. Neuroscientists are piecing together how it all works.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 4h

“I don’t want to be here anymore… What am I supposed to do?”

Trump wants them to self deport. They want to self deport. But many Venezuelans cannot leave … like this woman who told me she now plans to try to turn herself into ICE to get out of USA.

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“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

NEW: Cutting federal funding. Weakening civil rights protections. Injecting God into the classroom.

Here are some of the ways Trump’s Department of Education could upend public schools.

How Trump’s Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to know.

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pgoodemote.bsky.social @pgoodemote.bsky.social · 16h

There is also no one now with integrity who would do what Barry Goldwater did then: go to the WH and tell the doomed president that it’s time to step down.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 21h

Supposedly in 1969 a drunk Drunk Richard Nixon had to be talked out of nuking North Korea.
There is no one in Shit for Brains administration that would do that.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

The coordinated, well compensated, right-wing propaganda machine all cranking out their posts about Winsome Earl-Sears today.

My question is, if she is such a great Republican candidate for VA Gov why hasn’t Trump endorsed her, campaigned for her, or even talked about her?

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