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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 4h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h

The federal food program helping more than 1 in 4 young children access fresh produce, milk, and formula will run out of funding next week.

Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all thanks to the Trump-Republican shutdown.

The cruelty is endless.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 21h

If journalistic malpractice was a crime, Kristen Welker would be serving a life sentence.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 8h

We Love ❤️ Our Amphibian Friends in Portland......

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Atti 17.11 @atti1711.bsky.social · 6h

This is Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY). He wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Over 63,000 of his constituents to lose health insurance, if the ACA was repealed.

RETWEET to let New York know that RepMikeLawler wants to take away their health care!
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 36m

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1h

Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do.

…getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired.

…betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator.

The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

New in PN: Republicans are totally full of it on healthcare.

It becomes more obvious every time they talk about it. And it's a big reason the shutdown is turning out to be such a disaster for them.

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14h

ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.

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Postcards for America @postcards4usa.bsky.social · 1d

Zohran Mamdani speaking on National Coming Out Day.
“It is not enough to have Pride just in one month of the year - we have to stand up for New Yorkers every single day.”
“We have to do more than protect.
We have to celebrate.
We have to cherish.”
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

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IdahoLark @idaholark.bsky.social · 14h

This is a much better use of military guard services than zip tying children and pepper spraying priests.

Toni Reitter @tonichelle.bsky.social · 18h

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 1d

"My Senator is cooler than your Senator! @timkaine and @tommy_stinson playing This Land Is Your Land at a canvass launch for @JoshuaCole. 24 days until Election Day, Virginia. Let’s go!" - @Broder512 bluevirginia.us/2025/10/sund...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Translation: they gave him a plane and filled his family’s pockets

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 14h

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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wakandangriot.bsky.social @wakandangriot.bsky.social · 17h

This madness of U.S. military invading U.S. cities will continue until a critical mass of white Americans decide that they’ve had enough.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

I think the only thing Chief Justice John Roberts and I both enjoy is a gay dinner party on Martha's Vineyard. Glory!

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 4h

WaPo, which declined to endorse in the 2024 presidential election, wants you to know that a candidate in this year's mayoral election in New York City is overpromising on bus fares.

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 4h

look who loves that

Headline on both Fox News and NY Post: "Washington Post blasts Mamdani's free bus proposal, warns it would attract ‘vagrants and drug addicts'"

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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 4h

What a difference a couple of months makes for lil Al Pacino

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 14h

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.

They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 17h

A Portland legend is born www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

‘I’ve definitely had spicier tamales,’ says Portland ICE protest frog that got pepper sprayed by federal agents

The 24-year-old talks about the spray, the viral video and why he’s protesting.

www.oregonlive.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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