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Jes 👊🇺🇸🔥 ([email protected])

@jestastrophy.bsky.social

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Organizer, activist, messy Xennial, former agent of chaos, former RRT, friend to all animals, LGBTQIA+ ally, social justice warrior, political junkie, Titi, Eastern PA forest sprite. Be prepared for some political profanity... #GardenSky #DogSky #GoBirds

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Jes 👊🇺🇸🔥 ([email protected]) @jestastrophy.bsky.social · 4d

Hey PA friends, please joins us for this Political Education Zoom Session! Come meet me/us, hang out, maybe learn something. It'll be a blast!

#LehighValley

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Know Your Vote, Shape Your City | Political Education w/ Lehigh Valley Stands Up · Pennsylvania Stands Up

Housing is built with ballots. Join Lehigh Valley Stands Up to learn how your vote can shape affordable housing, tenant protections, and community development in Lehigh Valley and across Pennsylvania....

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1h

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.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 58m

> @governor.ca.gov

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 55m

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Jes 👊🇺🇸🔥 ([email protected]) @jestastrophy.bsky.social · 2h

Cry harder, you absolute monster.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just rejected Alex Jones’s appeal, keeping the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his false claims that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 3h

Trump is counting on you thinking that everyone’s on board with his politicization of the military. He’s wrong - most Americans can see right through it.

Read more here:

The Cost of Trump’s Politicization of the Military

They’ve crossed one line after another since January - and we must not become numb to the mounting damage to our military and national security.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3h

If you’re in New Jersey and not yet registered to vote, do it today! Voters have until the end of the day to register in time to help choose the state’s next governor.

NJ DOS - Division of Elections

The State of NJ site may contain optional links, information, services and/or content from other websites operated by third parties that are provided as a convenience, such as Google™ Translate. Google™ Translate is an online service for which the user pays nothing to obtain a purported language translation. The user is on notice that neither the State of NJ site nor its operators review any of the services, information and/or content from anything that may be linked to the State of NJ site for any reason. -Read Full Disclaimer -->

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 3h

30 years later, many of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims like Annie are still waiting for justice. That’s why Oversight Dems continue to fight for the full release of the Epstein files.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

My VOTE was RECEIVED and COUNTED. YES ON PROP 50!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

I think this is the thing that will tank this whole case for Lindsey Halligan.

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2h

JUST IN: Comey confirms plan to challenge legality of Trump's appointment of Lindsey Halligan as US Attorney for EDVA. Cites rulings in NJ/NV disqualifying US attorneys there. Motion coming Oct. 20. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

ComeyHalliganNotice101425

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Jes 👊🇺🇸🔥 ([email protected]) @jestastrophy.bsky.social · 2h

Someone is losing his audience. Guess he won't be needing that makeup studio anymore.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

in a way it's heartening to see journalists realizing they don't need physical access to the halls of power in order to report on what's happening in them.

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...

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2h

Where’s the BG lie? A 13 year old was arrested by ICE and sent to a Virginia detention facility. It happened. Meanwhile, DHS has produced no evidence that a child had a rap sheet and is alleging unverifiable claims to save face.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2h

Per new court filing:

"On Oct 20... James Comey, by counsel, will file his motion to dismiss challenging the lawfulness of the appointment of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia"

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: Supreme Court officially declines to hear Alex Jones appeal of judgement against him for calling Sandy Hook a hoax.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Supreme Court Denies Alex Jones’s Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families

www.nytimes.com

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 2h

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2h

A gorgeous fall day here in the burning hellscape of Portland.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2h

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 7h

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Casey Whitaker @alphacentauri53.bsky.social · 5h

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A group of frogs is called
An army

FROGS TOGETHER
STRONG

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Today, Mike Johnson will continue to keep the House adjourned for the 71st day out of the last 83, with Republicans refusing to show up to work again to avoid having to vote on the Epstein files or negotiate with Democrats.

Epstein Shutdown

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7h

3/ The Senate keeps voting on 2 bills to reopen.

1. The GOP bill - it raises premiums on 22m Americans and lets Trump keep acting illegally.

2. The Dem bill - it stops the premium increases and checks Trump's illegality.

Each time, neither bill gets the necessary 60 votes.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

(ABC) - The Israel Defense Forces said its troops opened fire on Palestinians, killing five, after they allegedly violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Israel-Gaza live updates: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City for alleged ceasefire violation, IDF says

Israel on Tuesday identified two of the people whose remains were returned.

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

STATEMENT — PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION on Secretary of War (on Journalism) Hegseth revoking credentials because they won’t agree to a new draconian policy where he controls everything they do: “violates the first amendment.. a concern to all”

As we send them $1 TRILLION yearly🤔

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h

We need voices in media that Donald Trump's White House won't "vouch for."

I started Democracy Docket to be unapologetically pro-democracy and fearlessly independent. No compromises. No bending the knee. No corporate overlords. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Dasha Burns to Trump after he dissed her and didn't know who she was: "Sir, talk to Karoline. She'll vouch for me."

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 6h

New York Attorney General Letitia James responded to Trump’s DOJ’s bogus indictment:
“I will not bow. I will not break. I will not bend. I will not capitulate. I will not give in. I will not give up.”

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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 6h

Jesse Watters tried to make a protester he dubbed "Antifa Kermit" look menacing. I added the words of Secretary of Homeland Security describing Antifa along with some footage of Antifa protesters from an ABC affiliate Local 10 News. The music is royalty free.🎶🪩💃🕺

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