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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Bunkering down in military housing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 8h

Think about this #ICELawlessness.
Folks are randomly apprehended without warrants or time to make arrangements for their families.

This mom begs for her life because separating her from her kids is like death. Who'll care for them? Will she ever see them again?

Speak out, before it happens to you!

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 7h

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The Trump regime is rolling back VA coverage for male breast cancer, citing the “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism” order.
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
💔 Male vets now must prove their cancer came from service instead of receiving automatic care.

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage

A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

www.propublica.org

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

BREAKING: Furloughed employees at CDC just received an email about the shutdown, but has REMOVED language about backpay that appeared in a similar email sent out a month ago. On the left is the Oct 1st email with the backpay language, on the right is the email they received today.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 5h

My boyfriend just helped 2.2 MILLION people get their criminal records expunged in the state of Illinois. Shoutout to #CleanSlate and second chance legislation. 💕

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

Nothing is inevitable. Effort is everything. Ignore the polls and run through the tape.

Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Art of the Deal.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11h

Missouri became the first state in the country to tax income but not capital gains…

thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...

Missouri gives ‘one of the biggest millionaire tax cuts’ this year, report says

This year, Missouri became the first state in the country to tax income but not capital gains. That could present a challenge as the state prepares to face a budget shortfall.

thebeaconnews.org

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 10h

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 12h

TACO is NOT building a ballroom.

He is building a bunker.

Booze Allen is not an architecture firm.

It’s a defense contractor.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

Trump is boasting China will buy a “tremendous” amount of Soybeans (25 metric tons/year)

REALITY: That’s less than 2024 (27MT)

He’s counting on you not knowing that.

Yes, It’s better than 0. Yes, Farmers need it.

But putting out another fire he started does not a hero make.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

"[Not using the funding already allocated to keep SNAP going] is a decision the president is making--on his own--to allow people to go hungry."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

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Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

Virginia - this is happening in our state. Where is Miyares? Why isn't he doing something about this? Why should anyone be subject to these conditions?
augustafreepress.com/news/farmvil...

Farmville ICE detainees say they are being served food with worms

Immigrant detainees at an ICE holding center in Farmville are reporting that the meals they are being served have had worms.

augustafreepress.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

WE FOUND THE WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE:

FBI Director Kash Patel used a $60 million government jet for a booty call during the shutdown.

Not the first time. In April, he made multiple trips to Nashville to see his 26-year-old country-singer girlfriend and even flew her around to hockey games.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 23h

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES

DAY 29 OCTOBER 2025

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES

Democrats in the Senate put a up a stand-alone bill today to save SNAP BENEFITS
GOP BLOCKED IT

Try to walk in their shoes
I think of moms who will skip food to feed their children
I think of seniors & veterans & families
Omg

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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social · 21h

Let's not lose sight all of this, the shutdown, 24 million Americans about to lose their health insurance, 42 million Americans about to go hungry, is all because the GOP needs to keep the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein Files from being sworn in. 1/

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 1d

The White House is illegally refusing to use reserve funds to pay for SNAP benefits and Donald Trump is fully aware of this.

Don’t be gaslit, the money is there, but Trump refuses to prioritize the needs of American citizens because his main concern is a ballroom.

Trump doesn’t care about you.

SNAP benefits have never been cut off in any government shutdown... until now.
Not once.
Not under Bush.
Not under Obama.
Not even during other long shutdowns.

The only two times Americans have come close to losing food assistance - 2018 shutdown and now - were both under Donald Trump's presidency.

In 2018, the USDA had to scramble to pay February benefits early to stop people from going hungry.

Now in 2025, they're warning that millions may not get November benefits at all.
We're talking about families who rely on $6 a day for food... being told there's "no funding"... while billionaires get tax breaks and ICE burns through millions on tear gas.

This isn't fiscal responsibility.
It's cruelty.

Which seems to be the theme of Trump's administration."
@TheJFreakinC

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Samantha Nye (but a ghost) 🌿🪬 @thesamethyst.bsky.social · 1d

The massacres are so bad you can see the discoloration on the ground in satellite images.

They have been in stage 5 famine for over a year.

This isn't a war, it is a genocide despite the ICJ's denial and the US, UK, and UAE have blood on their hands.

www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

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NYS Senator Kristen Gonzalez @sengonzalezny.bsky.social · 1d

My office has compiled this list of food pantries in and around Senate District 59 for neighbors who need assistance. If you have any questions or concerns or need help with more resources during this time, contact my office at [email protected] or (718) 765-6674

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Gets Into Another Car Accident After Playing Dress Up at Home Depot. They Took More Than 20 Today, Including Two Flower Vendors
🧵✌🏽Parts

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.

www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...

White House fires entire commission that reviews designs for federal buildings

The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.

www.npr.org

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