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paigetomkinson.bsky.social @paigetomkinson.bsky.social · 57m

Crumbling our voting infrastructure right before our eyes. 😳👀
And narrowing our Freedom.

#NoKings march October 18th, be there or be complicit!

apnews.com/article/supr...

Supreme Court takes up GOP-led challenge to Voting Rights Act that could affect control of Congress

The Supreme Court is taking up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement.

apnews.com

paigetomkinson.bsky.social @paigetomkinson.bsky.social · 1h

No empathy genes.

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 3h

happy bday ancient Roman poet Virgil, b.70 BC.

“Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori.
Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.”

“If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.”

“Through pain I've learned to comfort suffering men”

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2h

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Uncle Poo Poo @mch1968.bsky.social · 4h

FU 🖕 TO ALL REPUBLICANS 🐘‼️

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Spencer Eisenmenger @spencereisenmenger.bsky.social · 22h

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 2h

President Donald Trump said his administration is considering “terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil” in retaliation for Beijing refusing to buy U.S. soybeans.

Trump threatens China with cooking oil embargo over soybean snub

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

Trump threatens China with cooking oil embargo over soybean snub

President Donald Trump said the U.S. is considering ending its cooking oil trade with China in retaliation for Beijing refusing to buy U.S. soybeans.

www.cnbc.com

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Kevin Engle @kdengle1.bsky.social · 2h

Hitler and the Nazis aren't the only ones who like lapel pins.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6d

"We are facing a clear and present authoritarian danger.

Don’t Democrats need to demand that provisions curbing the administration’s authoritarian moves need to be attached to legislation funding the government?"

www.thebulwark.com/p/the-rule-o...

The Rule of Law vs. The Rule of Trump

A crisis moment in the defining debate of our time.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jamie Lee-Not A Parody @scubak1ng.bsky.social · 3h

The bottom photo is all FBI plants put there by Joe Biden when he wasn’t even POTUS according to Flump🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂😂😂

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paigetomkinson.bsky.social @paigetomkinson.bsky.social · 2h

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Toledo” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

NO KINGS Toledo · Mobilize

**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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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 18h

I shared this a year ago and it we keep getting more evidence why this is so important.

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🦋 Frankie 🦋 @frankiemillie10.bsky.social · 6h

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Wooftom57 @wooftom57.bsky.social · 4h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Nothing like giving a racist white nationalist a medal!

We are in a F’ed up world. This is an ugly place and time!

Future Americans will look back at this time in horror!

Horrifying cruelty from Trump and MAGA Americans!
When this is over prosecute all involved!

Trump Awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

www.nytimes.com

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 4h

It's Always Been About The
Cruelty And Racism For Chump
And MAGA.......

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Yalda @thatopinionatedgal.bsky.social · 4h

Reagan was mentally failing, but he wasn't a traitor.
Clinton wasn't faithful, but he wasn't a traitor.
W Bush made some terrible decisions, but he wasn't a traitor.
Trump is mentally failing, has never been faithful, and makes terrible decisions. And IS a traitor...

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Peter Flaire @peterflaire.bsky.social · 22h

And it's only a ceasefire on paper only. Trump is only playing reality TV to say "war is over" in Gaza.

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Peter Flaire @peterflaire.bsky.social · 1d

In just days, Israel will prove Trump claim "war is over" a total lie.

ALREADY, IDF killed 6 unarmed Palestinians AFTER ceasefire declared.

Israel wants remains of all hostages returned, something Hamas cannot necessarily do after so much bombing.

#politics

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel reportedly gives Hamas Tuesday deadline for progress on return of hostage bodies

Ministers believe Hamas is holding back remains of some captives, Israeli media reports

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 11h

She marched to Mike Johnson’s office and will be the 218th vote to finally release the Epstein files

YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko

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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social · 23h

A powerful personal testament from Tom Bowman of NPR about the Pentagon attempt to exert complete control over all information. Protecting classified is of course fine. But when neither Fox News nor NY Times sign up to your policy, you should ask yourself if you are getting something very wrong.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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bradpsychology @bradpsychology.bsky.social · 4h

These sharp words capture the deepest fear of every narcissist.

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VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 10h

Like any Trump
deal things are not as promoted re Middle East Peace”, which is really a cease fire hostage/cadaver exchange with disarmament, well kind of, maybe, soon “or else“ sort of “do what makes me look good“ or “you’re fired“ —literally.
Bookies taking bets….
🎁 wapo.st/3KNs0ad

Trump says U.S. will disarm Hamas if it does not do so itself

Hamas has not yet publicly agreed to or signed anything that specifies how it would disarm, but Trump suggested he had received verbal assurances.

wapo.st

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GLEN JACKSON @glenjackson.bsky.social · 4h

During a question-and-answer session with the press following the meeting, Trump admitted the #bailout for #Argentina would be of little benefit to America.
“It’s not going to make a big difference for our country,”
@juddlegum.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/populari...

UPDATE: Trump admits Argentina bailout will not benefit the U.S.

A remarkable statement about the $20 billion plan that will greatly benefit a well-connected hedge fund manager.

open.substack.com

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 4h

Agree 💯 With President Obama....

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EvilBunny Pottymouth Resists The Cultists every day! @mrsquirrel.bsky.social · 4h

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There was no Black member of Congress in SC from 1893 until Clyburn in 1992. Tomorrow, the Trump Admin is urging the Court to strike down the 1982 provisions to the Voting Rights Act that made the dilution of the Black vote illegal. Pay attention.

#AttendNoKingsOnOct18th

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 5h

Los Angeles County has just declared a STATE OF EMERGENCY over the federal ICE raids.

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