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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Fat Satan is having a meltdown over his picture on TIME.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is thug trash.

Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 2d

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do.

…getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired.

…betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator.

The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

Never forget that when Bondi was appointed, Democracy Docket immediately called her out while The Washington Post gave her a thumbs up.

If you value independent, pro-democracy media that won't bow down or obey, support Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

A reminder that I have "Arkham" embedded in my name.

(not that there's anything wrong with that...)

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 3d

guys i'm beginning to think they haven't thought this through

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman, who was thrown to the ground & handcuffed by ICE, has been released without charges

DHS said she assaulted an officer, but eye witnesses claim she didn’t

The lack of charges makes it clear that ICE is lying to try and cover up the fact that they attack the press

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 3d

When we say “No Kings” this should include the nasty billionaires who use their money to control all media and the government.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

we need to abolish this shit

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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mayoisspicyy.bsky.social @mayoisspicyy.bsky.social · 5d

Donald Trump already sold out
Americans, and now he's selling
off our land to the highest bidder.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5d

🚨 BREAKING: A federal grand jury indicts New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on one count of fraud. The indictment comes after Trump ordered the DOJ to go after his perceived enemies more aggressively last month.

In Latest Political Prosecution, Trump’s DOJ Indicts New York AG Letitia James

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5d

These people are just not smart

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 6d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5d

NEWS: New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted by a federal grand jury in a case brought by Trump’s former personal lawyer-turned-prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, following Donald Trump’s demands.

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mayoisspicyy.bsky.social @mayoisspicyy.bsky.social · 5d

OCTOBER 18th IS WHERE COME TOGETHER! ✊️

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mayoisspicyy.bsky.social @mayoisspicyy.bsky.social · 5d

MAGA is a fascist movement actively trying to kill democracy in America.

Open your eyes.

Now is the time to act. ✊️

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d

Van Hollen: "What we are seeing is a gross violation of the 1st Amendment and the right to free speech. I mean, the government cannot use its power to try to silence its critics in the United States. That's what our Constitution says ... we fought a revolution for the right to free speech."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d

Kimmel: Brendan Carr is the most embarrassing Carr the Republican have embraced since the cybertruck

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