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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 6h

He's got the Grim Reaper looking over one shoulder and the Ghost of Epstein Past looking over the other

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 8h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky.bsky.social · 6h

Trump just said aboard Air Force 1 that he was the apple of Putin's eye. Truest thing he has ever said.

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Leila Warner @leilabelle.bsky.social · 10h

Taxes paid by us, NOT by foreign countries. Tariff money comes out of the pockets of Americans and goes directly to the federal government, to be appropriated by CONGRESS.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11h

History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Leila Warner @leilabelle.bsky.social · 10h

George launched him clear into outer space!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

#MedicareForAll

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Leila Warner @leilabelle.bsky.social · 19h

Biden wasn't even sworn in until two weeks AFTER the insurrection! BTW, if Joe Biden — or ANY other president — had issued such a deranged statement while in office, the 25th Amendment would have been invoked immediately.

Leila Warner @leilabelle.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump renames the Defense Department the “Department of War,” and he wonders why he wasn’t awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." — Robert Reich
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Trump’s War on America | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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Amanda Renteria @amandarenteria.bsky.social · 1d

This shutdown feels different.

States will soon reach a breaking point and millions could see disruptions to food assistance.

Now, thousands are being fired from their jobs. We deserve better. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown

More than 4,000 positions will be eliminated across agencies, the government told a court Friday night.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Leila Warner @leilabelle.bsky.social · 1d

Sign me up!

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

And one more thing. Anyone who publicly begs for, and publicly demands, the Nobel Peace Prize should never be given the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Sara Silverstein @sarasilverstein.bsky.social · 1d

Trump govt further gutted the CDC last night, while continuing the govt shutdown instead of protecting healthcare for Americans. Areas affected last night include policy, comms, intelligence, infrastructure, global health & more. This is an attack on national security
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

OUR tax dollars are being used to bail out Argentina, OUR troops are being put on the ground in Israel & OUR soil is being used by Qatar for a military base of their own.
While OUR government is shutdown.
Anyone who believes OUR so-called “president” when he says he is “America first”, is an idiot.

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Leila Warner @leilabelle.bsky.social · 1d

The NYT ceased doing serious journalism a long time ago. In fact, they would BETTER serve the nation by remaining 100% silent while the rest of us fight to overturn this autocracy. Their both-sides reporting helps the propagandists and HURTS the truth-tellers. Just sit this one out, NYT.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Gaslit Nation @gaslitnation.bsky.social · 1d

Saying ‘I don’t follow politics’ is like saying ‘I don’t believe in gravity.’ Zerlina Maxwell on Gaslit Nation: https://loom.ly/ThmswmM

#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump

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Leila Warner @leilabelle.bsky.social · 1d

“I don’t think our guard should be used against our own people. I don’t think the military should be used against our own people. In fact, it’s unconstitutional. Unless, of course, there’s an insurrection, much like we saw January 6 a few years ago.”
— Phil Scott, Republican governor of Vermont

Leila Warner @leilabelle.bsky.social · 1d

"... all the Peace Prizes for his Gaza cease-fire plan — a plan that’s basically identical to the peace plan Joe Biden hammered out on his last day in office. Donny shoved it into a drawer and ignored it, let the carnage in Gaza continue for ten months, then dusted it off and put his name on it."

Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 2d

here's today's post: "let’s laugh at the sad loser who didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize" — and let’s congratulate the woman who did.
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let’s laugh at the sad loser who didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize

and let’s congratulate the woman who did.

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Leila Warner @leilabelle.bsky.social · 2d

How psychotic do you have to be to rename your Dept. of Defense the "Dept. of War" and then demand that you be given the Nobel PEACE Prize?

Leila Warner @leilabelle.bsky.social · 2d

A repentant Republican? No such thing. He's very likely a Trojan horse — another Manchin, Sinema or Fetterman.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 2d

I know Mike Johnson says there is nothing for the House to do but there is.

You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!

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Leila Warner @leilabelle.bsky.social · 2d

Why does ANY fascist regime hate having their population rise up in resistance? As for the actual, practical purpose of labeling it terrorism, it's so that Trump can invoke the Insurrection Act and declare martial law.

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