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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12h

RESULT: New Orleans has a new mayor. Helena Moreno, a Democrat known as a progressive member of the city council, easily won today’s mayoral race and cleared the 50 percent threshold to avoid a runoff. She’ll replace the retiring Democratic Mayor, Cantrell.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 49m

“‘We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof, and it was deeply disturbing,’ the Rev. David Black of Chicago told CNN earlier this week in his first interview.” people.com/pastor-claim...

Pastor Claims He Was Praying When ‘Laughing’ ICE Agents Shot Him in the Head with Pepper Ball During Protest

A pastor, who was captured on video being allegedly shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents during a protest, claimed that the officers were laughing and were indiscriminate in their use of ...

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 44m

🧵2/3 #SundayFunnies

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A Blue View 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦 @ablueview.bsky.social · 45m

Sunday Funnies #ABlueView 🧵1/3

#SomethingDifferent #MakesYouThink #PoliticalHumor #SundayVibes #SundayFunday

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Leslie @leslieandrews.bsky.social · 6h

This is what comes from the constant deregulation the GOP screams for.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 44m

Note: There is no insurrection.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

Asked by Kristen Welker on Meet the Press this morning whether the White House was seriously considering invoking the Insurrection Act, Vice President Vance said, "The president is looking at all his options."

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Bad Choices Make Good Stories @badchoices.us · 3d

Trump wants to arrest Democrats.

What scares me the most is not just that history is repeating itself, but how many Americans can’t see that history is repeating itself.

Hitler put Democrats in concentration camps even before he put Jews in concentration camps.

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Bad Choices Make Good Stories @badchoices.us · 9d

Why are Republicans protecting pedophiles? Innocent people don't behave that way.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 51m

New York Times Executive Editor Joseph Kahn either does kidnap and molest preschoolers or he doesn’t. Does he or does he not? Is there troubling evidence or isn’t there? Have preschoolers shrieked in pain and terror in his office or haven’t they? All of this plus the Brooklyn Book Festival!ghv

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M Carbone @ladolcevitaone.bsky.social · 48m

@nytimes.com he’s talking to you! 👇

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 51m

New York Times Executive Editor Joseph Kahn either does kidnap and molest preschoolers or he doesn’t. Does he or does he not? Is there troubling evidence or isn’t there? Have preschoolers shrieked in pain and terror in his office or haven’t they? All of this plus the Brooklyn Book Festival!ghv

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 5h

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Paul Leigh -Some Rascal on the Internet @pleightx.bsky.social · 51m

Maybe at Trump's semi-annual physical exam, the doctor should've asked him a question to rule out dementia or cognitive issues: 'Who was the President on January 6th?'

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 1h

They’re brutalizing people. Fvkk ICE & pervert Jordon!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 1h

Proven.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 1h

Daaaaamn.

Now THIS is how you treat a guest that is outright lying to you and your audience.

Just cut them off and stop the flow of their bullsh*t.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Sir Jack Caramac @jackcaramac.bsky.social · 16h

If you think of it of less of a peace deal and more as a property deal, it all makes much more sense.

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M Carbone @ladolcevitaone.bsky.social · 1h

Love your country! Stand Up! Show Up!

PoliticalNash @politicalnash.bsky.social · 1h

Listen to @timothysnyder.bsky.social about propaganda and how Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is using a coordinated campaign of lies about the upcoming #NoKingsProtest on October 18 #StopTrumpTyranny #DV1 #ProudBlue
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

No Kings — Freedom (video)

Why protest is patriotic

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Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry @chshumanists.bsky.social · 2h

Tired of seeing news about book bans? Us too. Humanism calls on us to take action to improve our world. This 'Banned Book Week" join SHL in fighting book bans in our communities.

#BannedBooksWeek

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 1h

The Trump administration is completely inept.
There’s no way any of these people should be in charge of anything.
It’s just ridiculous already.
We need a clean sweep. Fire every Republican. Seriously. They’re getting people killed.
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

PoliticalNash @politicalnash.bsky.social · 4h

This isn’t an error @nytimes.com
Call it what it is. It is total incompetence by an administration led by trump and ordered by RFKJr. Stop sanewashing trump and the buffoons in the trump cabinet. They are destroying our democracy but by bit #DVI #ProudBlue www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3h

Last I checked the GOP controls all branches of our government.

Tweet from MeidasTouch: “Wow that’s crazy. Who’s running the federal government?”
Below, Acyn’s tweet quotes Rep. Mike Johnson: “If you look at polling, people’s faith in the federal government is at an all-time low. Why? Because they don’t see that it’s being done well.”
A C-SPAN screenshot shows Johnson speaking with another man standing beside him.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 1h

tRump decided he’d better pay the troops after allowing Qatar to build a base in Idaho. I guess troops lining up at food banks didn’t look so good for the regime.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #FucktRump

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Military members forced to go to food banks

Military members forced to go to food banks in Republican shudown: Mapping the hunger

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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