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Lyn Ettinger-Harwell @lyneh1.bsky.social · 7h

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person, "walking in someone else's shoes", the ability that narcissists lack.

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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 12h

Putting feelers out for a time-sensitive story: I’m hoping to speak to high school students about how SNAP delays are impacting them/their families. Can protect privacy. I know this is an incredibly difficult time—grateful to folks being willing to share their stories. Signal rstauff.20/email in bio

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 8h

This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ link: open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...

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mountainsstars.bsky.social @mountainsstars.bsky.social · 8h

Sure it isn't a surprise the guy who designed the float was a Trump donor. bsky.app/profile/moun...

mountainsstars.bsky.social @mountainsstars.bsky.social · 1d

He's a Trump donor.
"An Adams County man who designed a Halloween parade float featuring imagery from Auschwitz concentration camps admits he made a mistake.
“I had no ill intent,” Galen S. Shelly told PennLive on Saturday. “I made a mistake and I am deeply sorry.” www.fec.gov/data/receipt...

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 10h

The Street Vendors Association of Chicago held a news conference to announce it was giving three checks to immigrant vendors and their families after raising around $278,000 since launching a GoFundMe in late September.

3 street vendors and their families receive financial assistance from Little Village nonprofit

The Street Vendors Association of Chicago distributed its first three checks to street vendors fearful of leaving their homes as immigration enforcement ramps up.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: 12 Mississippi polling places have moved and 4 have been closed ahead of the Nov. 4 legislative special elections, an MFP investigation finds.

Counties also have incorrect addresses in the state system for 11 polling places, risking sending some voters to the wrong location.

12 Polling Places Move Before Mississippi Special Elections, 4 Close

County election officials in Mississippi have moved 12 polling places and closed four since 2024, an MFP investigation finds.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 9h

Every district gets one representative.

Ours got a reality show wannabe contestant who never stopped filming.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

He’s the guy who helped set your crypto company up for you, helped secure major foreign “investors,” and made you and your sons over a billion dollars. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

“70% of wage-earning adults who rely on government programs like SNAP and Medicaid work full-time, many at hugely profitable companies like Walmart and McDonald’s whose low wages are effectively subsidized by tax dollars without any of the blame or paternalistic lectures.”

SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more

Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 12h

dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?

great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com

Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People

“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”

www.teenvogue.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19d

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h

My law firm is currently litigating 13 redistricting cases and an additional 50 voting and election cases. 63 lawsuits and those numbers are growing. While this is a lot for a firm with fewer than 60 lawyers, I am proud that we helping to defend free and fair elections and democracy in court.🗳️⚖️💪

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 14h

Just want to remind everyone that Elon Musk was working in the U.S. illegally when he started his first company and likely obtained his citizenship through fraud. He has also been accused of sexual harassment.

Have a great day!

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15h

Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"

"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"

"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 14h

Among the many amazing things about Adams pleading his case here is that he openly supports and now is asking for help from… people who cancelled funding for cancer research.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 16h

Healthcare but only for my friends

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16h

Understandable why grocery stores might be scared off. A store caught violating the prohibition could be denied ability to accept SNAP benefits in the future. In low-inc areas where SNAP shutdown will have biggest impact, getting thrown off SNAP could mean a store is no longer financially viable.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16h

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 15h

Monsters

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16h

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 16h

Kash Patel used a government jet to travel to see his girlfriend perform at an event. The most shocking aspect of this story is that Kash Patel has a girlfriend

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 16h

Sign by Sisters of Charity, NY.
I’m so over the so-called “Christian” Nationalists.

Jesus said “I was a stranger and you _______.”
A. Called me names
B. Put me in a cell
C. Took my kids
D. Welcomed me.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 17h

someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives

from people magazine

Donald Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for
'Very Hard' IQ Test as He Brags About Results
The president predicted that Democratic Reps.
Jasmine Crockett and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could not perform as well as he did in a cognitive exam
By Greta Bjornson |
Updated on October 28, 2025 10:24AM EDT

from people magazine

Donald Trump Hosts Great Gatsby-Themed Halloween Party as 42
Million Americans Brace for SNAP Benefits to Expire
The president hosted the Roaring '20s bash at Mar-a-Lago on Oct. 31 amid the ongoing government shutdown
By Bailey Richards
Published on November 1, 2025 06:19PM EDT

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mountainsstars.bsky.social @mountainsstars.bsky.social · 16h

Teen Vogue has been doing the work for a long time. This article about it from 2017. www.ft.com/content/973b...

How Teen Vogue got political

I follow it online for its smart, ahead-of-the-curve, liberal and feminist coverage

www.ft.com

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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 17h

@allenanalysis.bsky.social ♨️
HOLY HELL; 🔥
JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump:

“Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

WATCH: “Even if these were real people this is an absurd story to cover — you’re a news organization. You need to confirm that person exists.”

@timmiller.bsky.social ethers 🔥@foxnews for falling for racist AI videos about SNAP recipients. (Then trying badly to cover it up)

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18h

🧵🧵 This thread highlights some of media people and organizations energetically covering the Trump regime’s campaign to terrorize Chicagoans. These folks are well worth a Bluesky follow.
Of special note is Unraveled, the kind of independent journalism we need when some legacy outlets are in retreat.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

ICE/CBP is rampaging through the burbs again this morning. Sightings and kidnappings reported across Bolingbrook, Summit, Addison, Bensenville, Melrose Park, Brookfield.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

ICE/CBP is rampaging through the burbs again this morning. Sightings and kidnappings reported across Bolingbrook, Summit, Addison, Bensenville, Melrose Park, Brookfield.

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