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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 10h

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BeBetterAmerica @jts1958.bsky.social · 7h

The perfect example of a “Kavanaugh Stop”.

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IndivisibleNOCO @indivisiblenoco.com · 1d

Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, said that on October 18 we should expect to see “strategic frivolity.” Whatever the hell that is Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont, Berthoud, Greeley and more delivered! #IndivisibleNOCO #FortCollins #Loveland #Longmont #Berthoud #Greeley #AAUP #LWV-Larimer

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IndivisibleNOCO @indivisiblenoco.com · 2d

Nearly 15k people in Fort Collins voiced their concerns to Trump and his administration in the #NoKings rally! The thousands of signs spoke for themselves!
#Indivisible
#Resist

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IndivisibleNOCO @indivisiblenoco.com · 2d

Thank you to all that came out in the thousands to Fort Collins #NoKings- what a showing!!! We have raised our voices again and will continue to raise our voices!
#LWV
#AAUP

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IndivisibleNOCO @indivisiblenoco.com · 13h

Mail, drop-off, in-person — #Colorado makes voting easy! Don’t take this for granted. TX, AZ, & PA show how some states try to put up roadblocks to voting. #StayInformed and #MakeYourVoiceHeard. #EveryVoteCounts #VotingRights

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 18h

🚨Children’s Hospital Chaplain released after being detained in Cincinnati’s Butler County Jail for 73 days. He shares powerful words with us. 1/2

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15h

This is a grassroots campaign:

“Abughazaleh reports over $1.1 million in individual contributions under $200, making up around 74% of her contribution totals.
In contrast, over 90% of Biss’ campaign contributions come from big-money donations of over $200.”

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/10/20/c...

Biss and Abughazleh neck-and-neck in Democratic primary

Over the past three months, 17 active Democratic candidates for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District reported a total of $4.7 million flooding into the competitive race. All the congressional candidat...

dailynorthwestern.com

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 18h

No other executive branch scandal has featured this scale of mixing of personal and government interests, much less the sheer accumulation of profit, of President Trump’s multibillion-dollar crypto windfall.

And it's happening out in the open.

Opinion | Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared With This.

www.nytimes.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

Over 500,000 views before the Community Note fact check.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

The ballroom addition/destruction of the White House is expressly illegal and would stand as independent grounds for impeachment and removal if we had a functioning government.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h

BREAKING: The MeidasTouch Network has officially been named the #1 publisher in the country and The MeidasTouch Podcast the #1 podcast overall according to new industry data released by Podscribe, the leading independent audio and video analytics firm.

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Andy @andy.wrestlejoy.com · 13h

ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own.

Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.

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BeBetterAmerica @jts1958.bsky.social · 11h

HUNDREDS of millions…

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12h

He’s spending millions for a ballroom while American soldiers go without pay…

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BeBetterAmerica @jts1958.bsky.social · 11h

Gotta focus on building tRump’s 200 million dollar gilded ballroom. Priorities.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”

By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com

Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...

www.propublica.org

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 1d

So in western Alaska, thousands of people are homeless due to flooding rains, one person is dead & two people are missing. But yet, the regime hasn't said a word, no thoughts or prayers, nothing.
Once again, they could care less about Americans, it's about enriching themselves through GREED.

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bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings protesters in Denver, Colorado chant "Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here!"

WATCH:

#NoKings

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 2d

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

Rolling Stone excerpt about Montana’s ballot initiative to combat Citizens United

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@charliekirkrising.bsky.social

Blockable account

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

BREAKING NYT: A shell fired during a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday prematurely detonated, dropping fragments of the shell on a California Highway Patrol vehicle and motorcycle that were part of Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail, according to a patrol report.

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 1d

This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.

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