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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

Heard about this earlier, and my jaw didn’t drop. You know who else isn’t surprised? Pretty much every Republican.

As someone who’s been a frequent target, none of this shocks me. I don’t expect real consequences from the right because I doubt today is the first day they heard about it.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

These are the faces of men who think racism, rape, and gas chambers are punchlines.

The fact that these are actual GOP officials, not trolls in a reply section, says everything about the rot inside their movement.

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 10m

This is insane! 79yr old Mills - Jr Senator in 2027 would be if elected! Who DSCC leaders are backing-Schumer, Kelly, Gillibrand,
Lisa Brunt Rochester

hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 15m

6 Corrupt SCOTUS who need to be damn fired!

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 16m

AG Mayes- AZ
needs to fast track a damn lawsuit immediately! These Fascist GOP elected official are out of control! While we pay their asses to be on damn 4 weeks vacation!

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · May 31

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 29m

History lesson: During the Third Reich, the term Remigration (Remigration der Volksdeutschen, etc.) appeared in bureaucratic and propaganda language. ⬇️

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 55m

What is Mayes waiting for? Fast track this to court ASAP!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23h

Yes, color me shocked.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 7h

Bette Midler sung a profane yet touching tribute to Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, rewriting her 1988 hit “Wind Beneath My Wings,” which praised Colbert for his decade-long refusal to kiss Trump’s “orange a--.”

Trump Nemesis Bette Midler Serenades Colbert With NSFW Song

Midler praised Colbert for his refusal to bend the knee to President Trump.

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 6h

I laughed way too hard at this 🤣🤣🤣

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

I've been saying from the start that Trump does not choose his political martyrs well.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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CNN @cnn.com · 10h

Los Angeles County officials voted to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids. https://cnn.it/47gvZns

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10h

ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

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ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 9h

Don’t be surprised by the festering rot in the Young Republican group with a role model like Trump. A lying, lifelong conman, convicted felon & child rapist. And the GOP protects him like their lives depend on it. An entire generation of young people has been poisoned by Trump’s depraved character.

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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 9h

“It’s that face.

It’s those lips.

The way they move.

Those lips, they move like a machine gun.”

Is this from a soft porn magazine you ask?

Nope. It’s the President of the United States describing his press secretary’s lips.

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 8h

2) The CDC division within the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) that directs the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) — a bellwether of the country’s health — lost all its planners in last weekend’s firings.

www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 19h

If Barack Obama had sent the National Guard into Texas against the Texas Governor’s wishes, @seanhannity would’ve gotten so worked up he’d a had a heart attack on air.

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Rev. Richard Jan 🇺🇸 @richardjanfmb.bsky.social · 7h

Johnson must resign

Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 8h

House Speaker Mike Johnson thinks faith leaders and journalists are fair targets for federal law enforcement officers that have descended on Chicago.During a press conference Tuesday, Johnson flail...

Mike Johnson Says ICE Shooting a Priest Doesn’t Cross the Line

The House speaker has yet to see any issue with ICE’s behavior in Chicago.

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Chief Optimus @chiefoptimus.bsky.social · 10h

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 4d

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Rev. Richard Jan 🇺🇸 @richardjanfmb.bsky.social · 7h

Impeach him NOW

Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 8h

President Trump refused to answer a question from an ABC reporter at his sitdown with Argentinian President Javier Milei on Tuesday, citing host George Stephanopoulos’s embarrassment of Vice Presid...

Trump Lashes Out at ABC Reporter After Disastrous Vance Interview

Donald Trump refused to take a question from an ABC reporter in his meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei.

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 7h

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 15h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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hopelaughlove.bsky.social @hopelaughlove.bsky.social · 7h

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 15h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

An honor to receive the endorsement of
of nearly a dozen Black clergy leaders in Crown Heights today, including Bishop Orlando Findlayter.

I’m grateful for their support, and this powerful and humbling prayer.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 7h

Spot on.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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