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Pro-Democracy Indiana Resister 🇺🇸 🔄 🆘 🟦 @woodenstares.bsky.social · 7h
AOC 🔥

“We have to stop the crime in the act!”

This is what I’ve been waiting to hear.

Why isn’t this woman minority leader of the House?
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h
I'M NOT SCARED OF YOU. WE ARE NOT SCARED OF YOU.
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 6h
In less than a year, we have gone from an international leader in education, science and democracy to being ranked the same as Alabama in all three categories. MAGA! Winning!
derekberes.bsky.social Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 6h
I spend all this time trying to figure out what the master plan is, and it always hits me: nothing. Just conspiracy brain worms all the way down. And the most smug self-righteousness as Kennedy and cronies destroy over a century of concerted scientific effort and hard work.
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 6h
And by the way, DJT, false master of the universe, I watched the whole unedited video of Reagan's take on tariffs, and the edited clip accurately depicts his stance, which is negative unless they are short term. This is just another tantrum from someone who doesn't know what he is doing.
just-jack-1.bsky.social Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 8h
It’s easy to gloss over the details in his daily madness.

He basically admits he is using tariffs to be petty and vindictive.

Nothing to do with the economy.

Not a care for those it hurts on both sides of the border.

Let’s see who in Congress calls him out.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump raises tariffs on Canada by 10% in retaliation for anti-tariff TV ad
Move is response to ad sponsored by Ontario that referenced Ronald Reagan’s support for free trade
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 10h
Rule of Law Alert: Trump’s authority for country-specific tariffs comes from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which doesn’t mention tariffs—but does require a national emergency.

An ad showing that Reagan opposed tariffs surely is not a national emergency. (It may be a personal one)
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13h
It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.
A tweet from BrooklynDad_Defiant! says: “No words. If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research... I have nothing left to say to you.” The image shows an illustration of a bald child in a hospital gown, holding an IV pole and looking into an opulent golden ballroom filled with formally dressed adults.
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 13h
An excellent question and one which has no satisfactory answer that I have heard. Ideally we would become an altruistic society that uses robot productivity to improve the lives of everyone. Now that you've had a good laugh, we need to figure out an answer where everyone thrives.
boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social @Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 13h
For every action, there’s a reaction…
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 15h
"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 13h
First thing our toddler-in-chief has said that I agree with: smart people don't like me. Absolutely true.
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House Judiciary Dems @democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 15h
Trump’s dismantling our anti–human trafficking infrastructure—gutting programs at Homeland Security, the State Department, and USAID—making it much harder to combat global sex trafficking.
 
Survivors around the world are watching in horror as the systems we built to protect them are torn down.
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 16h
The corruption is astounding!
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Avery @dreadful4x.bsky.social · 1d
I ain’t gone lie if you’ve been giving to your religious organization all these years and they don’t give out free food and help when snap gets cut you need to leave them where they are and find a new spot.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
So the US military is about to become the Drug Enforcement Agency for South America since we obviously learned nothing from the last 60 years of foreign policy.
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 1d
According to the Constitution, states regulate elections, not the federal government. The feds can monitor their asses off and it won't make any difference in the results of the election.
dmt4mt.bsky.social Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 1d
Justice Department Will Monitor Elections in California and New Jersey www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

GOP voter suppression and intimidation.
Justice Department Will Monitor Elections in California and New Jersey
www.nytimes.com
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 1d
Does the DNC really not understand that their apparent abhorrence to progressives is not obvious, even though Bernie and AOC draw crowds by the thousands? Keep shoving corporate democrats in front of us and face the consecuences. I'm tired of voting for the least worst candidate.
trance.bsky.social Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1d
Hakeem Jeffries endorses Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor, 11 days before the election.

People will remember that.
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 1d
Does anyone with a brain watch CBS anymore? They are completely compromized.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
“.. it was crickets on the Bari Weiss-controlled former home of Walter Cronkite.”

@deadline.com $PSKY
deadline.com/2025/10/cbs-...
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 1d
This is news on Fox? Not only is he weak and puny, he's also pathetic. Add that to your faux reporting.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
It’s been over 2 weeks since AOC said Stephen Miller was weak and puny. Fox is still talking about it.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 1d
Choosing not to feed Americans in need is unacceptable.

The Administration knows it can use emergency funds for SNAP payments—it even deleted the memo posted on its website saying it could.

They are choosing to inflict pain on families.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Trump administration won’t use contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits | CNN Politics
The US Department of Agriculture says it will not tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month, according to an agency memo obtained by CNN. That means that roughly...
www.cnn.com
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 1d
SCOTUS handed democracy to the oligarchs. Fuck you so very much!
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 1d
State's rights. Apparently MAGA has forgotten about them after screaming about them for years to support racism.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d
This is what oligarchy looks like:

Trump gave corporate America a $920 billion tax break.

Now, corporations like Amazon, Meta, Apple, Google & Lockheed Martin are returning the favor by giving Trump $300 million for a fancy ballroom.

That’s a pretty good return on investment.
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 1d
One has to wonder how much Trump's "friends" had to pay him personally for his incredible generosity.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 2d
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 2d
Can you say a completely incompetent administration that will bankrupt the country before the end of its term?
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jreitz17.bsky.social @jreitz17.bsky.social · 2d
Imagine how successful that company could be with $1T in its pocket and without all the baggage its CEO carries.
nothoodlum.bsky.social Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2d
Musk ended Tesla’s earnings call with a fiery outburst over his proposed $1 trillion pay package, blasting advisers who tried to block it and warning his future at Tesla is on the line. He suggested he may leave if the deal doesn’t pass the Nov. 6 vote.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 2d
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As a human rights lawyer, here’s what I need you to know about no cash bail.
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