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Deborah Weeks @deborah-10.bsky.social · 5h

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Cinjaa @cinjaa.bsky.social · 16h

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 17h

Historians sometimes say that when societies are descending into fascism, it can be hard for the people to notice it in real time. Well, historians of the future, I’m here to tell you: We are noticing. Millions of us are noticing. And we are horrified and enraged.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions

"It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 4h

Our job is not to throw 15 million people off health care and double insurance premiums for more than 20 million.

Our job is not to shutter community health centers, nursing homes and rural hospitals.

Our job is to fix a broken system and guarantee health care to all.

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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 8h

www.the-express.com/news/politic...

The First Lady proudly admits she has been in contact with the Dictator running our greatest enemy, who is at war with Europe, and the media is talking about the deaths of people you never heard of.

What has happened to this country?

Melania lays bare details of private letter from Putin in surprise announcement

The first lady said Vladimir Putin had signaled a "willingness to engage with me directly" in an unexpected White House announcement.

www.the-express.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h

"She said to me after that - Samantha, 21 years old - all my life I've prepared for this moment. All my life, my mom, 53 years old, who was just going to get meat for a stew, has told me one day this could come."

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social talks ICE with @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Pod

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who has written about the Holocaust, it makes no sense at all to suggest an "affair" between an SS guard & an inmate

The circumstances make that impossible--plus here the family of the prisoner denies any such relationship occurred

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Court fines historian over claims of Holocaust survivor's lesbian affair

Dr Anna Hájková fined €4,000 amid legal battle brought by daughter of ex-concentration camp prisoner

www.theguardian.com

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 5h

Trump is using unmerited criminal prosecutions & unnecessary National Guard deployments to push autocracy

But the courts are pushing back

I explain why he will fail in my NEW @contrariannews.org Publisher's Roundup 👇 -TN

contrarian.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian moves signal weakness, not strength

Publisher's Roundup 39

contrarian.substack.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

So they are adding new wrinkles to the #KavanaughStops

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 20h

Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician.

Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 6h

Congratulations to the happy couple

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 2h

Amphibians unite 🐸🐸 #WarRavagedPortland

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2h

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2h

“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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 1h

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 50m

Ready to go!

www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS NYC: Activism through Art · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"

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lwilde11.bsky.social @lwilde11.bsky.social · 36m

I disagree. We are winning in the courts. Not every time, but we are winning most of the time. Now the Supreme Court is a different problem. www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

A public resource tracking the legal challenges to Trump administration executive orders and actions.

www.justsecurity.org

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Watch the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fykx...

DHS Lied About a Veteran They Wrongfully Arrested (w/ George Retes)

YouTube video by The Bulwark

www.youtube.com

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 7h

In places throughout the world and in moments of great social duress, such as in Poland during the Solidarity movement and El Salvador during St. Oscar Romero’s episcopate, “people’s Masses” have been organized by grassroots Catholic communities.

Amid Chicago ICE raids, a people’s Mass is an example of ‘political holiness’

Several hundred Catholics and people of faith gathered on Sept. 13 to celebrate a people’s Mass, or Misa popular, outside the gates of the Great Lakes Naval Station in the city of North Chicago.

www.americamagazine.org

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