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C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 5h

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 14h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 5h

Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 6h

This is planned effort to cull Americans, en masse.

Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 6h

Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 5h

See you there!!

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 5h

I guess owning the libs doesn’t feel so good now.

Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 1d

Glasgow, KY voted 76% for Trump. I feel so bad for the 24% being impacted by the stupidity and cruelty of the morons.

I feel no sympathy for any of the 76% who voted for Trump and are being negatively impacted. FAFO.

Kentucky town loses senior care center because of Trump

Glasgow, Kentucky—just outside Mammoth Cave National Park—is proud Trump country. Its home county of Barren gave 76% of its vote to President Donald Trump last year.� This rural town of about 15,

www.dailykos.com

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 6h

𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 12h

This really drives home the damage of the big ugly bill.

share.inquirer.com/0GSvgB

Thousands of immigrants who paid into Medicare will lose coverage in 2027

New eligibility rules under Trump's "big beautiful bill" will cause victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, and other immigrants who are already enrolled in Medicare to lose coverage.

share.inquirer.com

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 6h

👇👇👇

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 8h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 6h

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 6h

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#SwearHerIn

Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 6h

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 6h

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 19h

"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.

A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 6h

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 10h

💯💯💯

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

Good morning.

Democrats have no obligation to vote for a budget that funds corruption and totalitarianism.

Trump is willing to do whatever it takes to destroy our democracy and pad the pockets of billionaires.

People don't want Democrats to wilt. They want us to fight.

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 10h

👏👏👏 She’s official! Swear her in! #AdelitaGrijalva

NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 13h

🚨BREAKING: Arizona’s 7th District is certified — Adelita Grijalva is now U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson’s last excuse is gone. No more lies. No more delays. Swear her in NOW so she can do her job. They can delay, lie, and hide—but the Epstein files aren’t going anywhere. The cover-up is cracking.

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C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 11h

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15h

Breaking: Text messages of Young Republican groups across the country have just been leaked.

They talk about putting Democrats in “gas chambers,” attacking “Jews,” calling Black people “watermelon people,” calling to “rape” their enemies, and bringing back slavery.

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 11h

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15h

Source:

‘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

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 11h

OMG. What is with these haters?!

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15h

Source:

‘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

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 11h

RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 1d

Gavin Newsom posts homicide rates in red states that are way higher than California👏🏼👏🏼💙💙🤫

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C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 11h

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 19h

Dear @SteveScalise,

How could a rally of millions & millions of Americans simply reaffirming our founding principle of “No Kings” be a “hate America rally?” Do you not agree that we must never have kings in America? Shame on you.

Sincerely,

Your Former Congressional Colleague

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C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 11h

**one**

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h

As I've noted, central to Stephen Miller's propaganda is the claim that the Chicago complex targeted by ICE was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."

Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 11h

😂😂

Waggon Man @packhorseford.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah I have my tiger maple and cherry wood sign all sanded up and ready for a fresh clear coat, just in time for the No Kings protest. Won’t be heavy at all.

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C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 11h

#VoteYesOn50

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 17h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 11h

Just Jill 💖 @just-jillg.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you Dr DinD.
#VoteYesOnProp50

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 16h

Tone-deaf is right!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

Reporter: Latino immigrants in Memphis who are legal residents are afraid to go to work

Gov. Bill Lee (dodges question): “If they’re not a criminal element, then they shouldn’t be afraid.”

As tone deaf as it gets when Trump’s ICE goons are assaulting legal residents & citizens

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 16h

Mark Bechtel @markymark757.bsky.social · 18h

Yep.

TheKlebe @theklebe.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein Shutdown

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C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 16h

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 1d

The Epstein Files remains the only hostage not released.

C Kearns @hikenbike.bsky.social · 16h

They are always looking for someone (preferably a POC) to blame. What about our representatives that are on their third week of vacation? How many days have they actually been in session? 🤔

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 18h

Republicans don't treat food, shelter, and healthcare as elite luxury challenge.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Mike Johnson says Medicaid is "intended for vulnerable populations, the elderly, disabled, and young pregnant women, and not young able-bodied men without dependents who are playing video games."