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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 28m

The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday.

🔗 www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

No one should be surprised.

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 5h

Diversity is our strength, no matter what racist, bigoted Republicans say.

Real Americans embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.

Real Americans reject Trump and his white nationalist cronies.

Trump is bad, project 2025 is bad and the people who love America, the real patriots reject both.

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 4h

Cuomo literally using the word “bothsides,” admitting to having the same donors as Trump, and ending with “condemn [Trump] for what??” in under 90 seconds.
Breathtaking, really.

“Sex Pests Unite” as a campaign slogan - certainly a choice in the homestretch.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 2h

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

taskandpurpose.com

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 2h

MSM when it comes to Trump:

"They have to think happy thoughts and say happy things because once displeased, the monster can wish them into a cornfield or change them into a grotesque, walking horror."~

Rod Serling

#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
#ResistanceUnited
#Voices4Victory

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 27m

Add to this the Court’s usurpation of trial judges’ fact-finding function, often getting facts way wrong, in ways that get the Court to desired outcomes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

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

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 45m

What a 🤡🤡🤡 show!

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 5h

Just 2 months of deep strikes against Russia, enabled by US targeting intelligence and planning, have forced Russia to start IMPORTING GASOLINE from Belarus and China amid severe domestic shortages.
Russia will have to close oil wells.
bsky.app/profile/igor...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 5h

Trump’s fraud stunt with the tariffs on China, cost the US economy $1.65 trillion, which was wiped out in seconds.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

Sen. Mark Kelly on Chuck Schumer saying "every day gets better for Democrats" during the shutdown:

"For me, this is not political...I don't think this is better for anyone...It's not about that. It's protecting people from crazy increases in the cost of their healthcare."

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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 8h

Unpaid soldiers at a food bank is on-brand for the Republicans, who thinks our vets are "suckers and losers" in Trump's words.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 21h

Trump issued the order after footage of soldiers lining up at a food bank went viral online.

Pentagon Pete Gets Trump Order to Pay Troops Despite Shutdown

Trump issued the order after footage of soldiers lining up at a food bank went viral online.

trib.al

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 7h

Good morning everyone
Stellar performance
The great Amy Poehler and Tina Fey on SNL last night

Last night Amy Poehler as Pam Bondi
"I'm not going to talk about my private conversations with the president
I'm not telling you who fell asleep mid sentence or who kept calling me Ivanka "🤣

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 5h

There can be real repercussions for shifting funding during a government shutdown. Under the Antideficiency Act, enacted to prevent federal agencies from spending money Congress hasn’t appropriated, officials who buck those restrictions face up to two years in prison and up to $5,000 in fines.

Pentagon will pay military troops, Trump says, shifting $8B

The president said Saturday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has funds available to pay troops on Wednesday.

www.politico.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Tariff money is not a Trump Regime slush fund. It is tax money deposited into the US treasury and Congress has sole authority over the appropriation of tax dollars.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social · 5h

‼️ Read @kevinhfoster.bsky.social's posts from last night and note how the protest in front of ICE had been peaceful, with little to no interaction with feds, until the right-wing propagandists and influencers showed up.

Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 17h

A crowd of right-wing agitators just stormed through chanting “Whose streets? Our streets.” A woman appears to have been shoved to the ground (hear clothes were dirty and hand had a small cut). A right-wing man may have been punched.

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An Evil Robot From The Future @anevilrobot.bsky.social · 4h

“We need to be able to rule the opposite if Dems ever come back into power”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

The reason Mike Johnson is able to keep the House closed and not pass bills to pay the military or fund the government is because Trump is going to circumvent congress and illegally steal that money from other government programs. All to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has indicated that he wants to do something about [ACA subsidies], and he wants the government open. Well, we want this fixed and we want the government open. So why is there a problem here?"

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4h

My take on the raging debate over Mills vs. Platner is that it's a bit early for people to be at each other's throats over a primary election that's eight months away and has ranked-choice voting.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Jeffries: "If Republicans continue to refuse to extend the ACA tax credits, tens of millions of people are about to experience dramatically increased premiums ... including in the state represented by Speaker Mike Johnson. In fact, in his own district, I believe premiums may increase by about 380%."

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Sara Silverstein @sarasilverstein.bsky.social · 9h

Trump govt did not reverse these firings out of goodness or self-owning a "mistake." They would have been happy to get away with it. This reversal is the result of strong opposition. We undercut our own power when we give them the credit. Resistance matters. And remaining cuts are still devastating.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 19h

TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

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

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

www.nytimes.com

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andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 7h

🍏 'is now treating federal agents...as if they’re a vulnerable minority group in need of protection from “discrimination.” This isn’t just a misapplication of...policies; it’s a fundamental inversion of what those policies were designed to do.'- @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/10/10/a...

Apple Decides ICE Agents Are A Protected Class, Because Apparently Government Accountability Is Now “Hate Speech”

Just when you think corporate content moderation can’t get any more absurd, Apple has managed to redefine “protected class” in a way that would make Orwell proud. According to int…

www.techdirt.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4h

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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