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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

The federal criminal justice system is being systematically dismantled and destroyed piece by piece and turned into a mob boss’s network of corrupt consiglieres and thugs, where good people simply doing their jobs are rooted out and eradicated.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 2h

So not only were the insurrectionists pardoned despite going on a rampage for which they are wholly unapologetic, they now have perpetual immunity as long as the regime stays in power.

That's encouraging and not at all scary. bsky.app/profile/kyle...

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3h

Breaking on MSNBC:

Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

The devil works hard but Adib works harder

Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social · 1d

Today's the day! TEA IS LOVE, illustrated by @hannayoonicha.bsky.social and written by me, is out in the world!! Go grab a copy!!

Tea Is Love by Adib Khorram: 9780593618530 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A lyrical ode to the warmth, comfort, and traditions of tea drinking, from award-winning author Adib Khorram and Caldecott Honor and the APALA winner Hanna Cha Tea is a plant. Tea is a ceremony....

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 85th day out of the last 97.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.

'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her) @kdubaygillis.bsky.social · 3d

Found a local cortisol level reduction solution: attending a local improv theatre. Supporting local arts community while laughing so hard my cheek muscles ached. Highly recommend.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."

We Have to Move

"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her) @kdubaygillis.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh the last line of this article.

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Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya.bsky.social · 4d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘The greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’

Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5d

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

“Making Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets,” with photos of how they’re uniformed and equipped

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

They're not even trying to hide it anymore.

Steve Bannon Just Assured People That Trump Has A 'Plan' To Stay In Office In 2028 In Alarming New Interview

www.comicsands.com

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Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her) @kdubaygillis.bsky.social · 4d

And I hope you keep going! Your voice is always so needed!!!

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Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her) @kdubaygillis.bsky.social · 4d

Katie is right…hope and joy and creating is needed…but I can’t create hopeful and joyful things without feeling it deeply. More outside time? More community connection time? More volunteering at my school time?

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 5d

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.

(📸 Getty Images)

A picture of the garden in front of the east wing of the White House. A mix of colorful flowers and small trees

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Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her) @kdubaygillis.bsky.social · 4d

Struggling with this so much.

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Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her) @kdubaygillis.bsky.social · 5d

Why does everything feel like we’re about to create a real-life mash up of the movies T2 and Civil War?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5d

Breaking news: The East Wing of the White House is gone.

Wrecking crews completely removed the decades-old annex by midday Thursday, just three days after they started, to make way for a pet project of President Trump: a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.

The East Wing is gone, and Trump turns to damage control

Demolition crews appeared to finish taking down the bulk of the White House wing Thursday, while President Donald Trump defended the project.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6d

Well, here we go.

www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/cour...

Court to consider whether to hear challenge to same-sex marriage on Nov. 7

The court is scheduled to consider whether to hear Kim Davis’ challenge to same-sex marriage at their private conference on Friday, Nov. 7. As a general practice, the court does […]

www.scotusblog.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6d

Breaking News: President Trump is having the White House’s entire East Wing demolished to make way for his $200 million ballroom. The project is far more extensive than he initially let on.

Trump Will Demolish Entire White House East Wing for Ballroom: Live Updates

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 6d

Obama wore a tan suit.

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 6d

Oh

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire
East Wing

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 7d

This would be a major blow to #GreatLakes science

Kristen Behrens, PhD @behrenskristen.bsky.social · 7d

www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
79% will leave behind no science staff.

Screen cap from the beginning of a paywalled Detroit News article titled “Federal Layoffs would gut Great Lakes fisheries research center.” Posted in Oct 20, 2025 at 9:25pm and written by Melissa Nann Burke. It reads “Washington - the U. S. Geological Survey is planning to lay off 79% of the workforce of the Great Lakes Science Center that’s headquartered in Ann Arbor as part of a reduction in force across the U.S Department of the Interior, officials say.”

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 7d

Trump destroying Eleanor Roosevelt‘s legacy (the east wing) feels a little on the nose.

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