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Ms. Jacque @jacquelyne.bsky.social · 6h

#Resist
#Resistance
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#ProudBlue
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7h

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

News organizations, including Hegseth's former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 11h

NoKings.org

Sign with blue on blue no kings, repeating background. On the left is a crown with a red cross through it underneath that it says no kings. On the right is a green

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11h

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 10h

On Nov. 4, it's critical to vote Blue up and down the ballot. This is especially true in the elections for Virginia House of Delegates. Here's the Democratic lineup for Districts 89, 90, 91 and 92:
☑️ Karen Robins Carnegie
☑️ Rodney Nickens
☑️ Cliff Hayes
☑️ Bonita Anthony
Make your plan to vote!

Graphic supporting Karen Robins Carnegie, Rodney Nickens, Cliff Hayes and Bonita Anthony for Virginia House of Delegates. Election Nov. 4, 2015.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10h

SCOTUS has been focused on chipping away at civil rights laws and policies for 20 years.

Today, the justices will hear oral arguments in a case that could represent not just another chip, but a fatal blow to the load-bearing pillar of American multi-racial democracy: The 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Voting Rights Are on the Supreme Court’s Chopping Block

Tuesday's case pits fanciful claims of racial harmony against the reality of ongoing discrimination.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

Seems like the shutdown is getting to him. Here goes another Trump Tantrum

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Ms. Jacque @jacquelyne.bsky.social · 7h

This is what Donald Trump and his administration breed.

Chilling video shows arson attack on PA Governor’s residence

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#Resist
#Resistance
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Chilling video shows arson attack on PA Governor’s residence

YouTube video by NBC News

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 7h

Virginia House of Delegates!
Here are your candidates that are most worthy of your support:
⚪️Karen Robins Carnegie Dist 89
⚪️Rodney Nickens Dist 90
⚪️Cliff Hayes Dist 91
⚪️Bonita Anthony Dist 92
Please ask your friends & family to vote!
#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #Pinks #OneV1

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 7h

Excruciatingly sycophantic-&. pathetic that #47 would pose for this fake trophy award-

Let’s flip this seat!
Elect Ojeda to Congress!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Inks #DV1

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 7h

🗳️ I just voted YES on #Prop50 because Californians deserve fair representation and a REAL response to partisan gerrymandering across the country.

If you believe in protecting democracy and balanced elections, join me and vote YES on 50.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

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Ms. Jacque @jacquelyne.bsky.social · 7h

Memo to JD Vance...I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

George Stephanopoulos CUTS OFF JD Vance, ENDS Interview After CLASH Over Homan Allegations | RISING

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George Stephanopoulos CUTS OFF JD Vance, ENDS Interview After CLASH Over Homan Allegations | RISING

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Ms. Jacque @jacquelyne.bsky.social · 8h

Republicans and Donald Trump would rather see America shut down until we say it's OK to cut Health Care and close hospitals, all in the name of the rich.

#Resist
#Resistance
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#Pinks

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LadyMolly @mollyantifa.bsky.social · 10h

#ProudBlue
The Authoritarian take over is nearly complete
The court system doesn't work anymore 💯
Our 3 tiers of governance have been highjacked 😡
Don't lie to yourself
#WeThePeople
are the last baracade between
Freedom or
#Project2025

#NoKings 10/18
I was born free
I will die free
#Resist

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12h

I see that this small-minded puritanical pixie is laser-focused on getting the government reopened and the troops paid.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 12h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING: Did Trump Lean on Bibi to Stall Biden’s Gaza Deal so HE Could Profit From/Take Credit For "Peace in the Middle East"? @deanblundell.bsky.social #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

BREAKING: Did Trump Lean on Bibi to Stall Biden’s Gaza Deal so HE Could Profit From/Take Credit For "Peace in the Middle East"?

A ceasefire, a victory lap, and a lurking “Gaza Riviera” business plan—was peace timed for politics and profit?

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 17h

The think tank is widely known for creating Project 2025.

And this isn’t the first meeting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has had with allies of the U.S. president.

David Falk writes. A @desmog.com Canada reprint. #canpoli

Smith Reveals Meeting with the US Heritage Foundation After Trump Win | The Tyee

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 14h

Alberta premier Danielle Smith reveals she met with the Heritage Foundation - the group behind Project 2025 - shortly after Trump's election. Reporting by @desmog.com #abpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Smith Reveals Meeting with the US Heritage Foundation After Trump Win | The Tyee

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 13h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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Politico @politico.com · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 14h

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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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 14h

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 15h

From city streets to rural crossroads, a movement is rising: millions strong, peaceful but unyielding.

We’re the people who still believe in dignity, fairness, and freedom.

No Thrones.
No Crowns.
No Kings.
Just us, We the People, refusing to bow.

Show up if you can.
#NoKings

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