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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 1d

President Trump and Elon Musk spent $15 billion to fire 200,000+ federal workers, and now 750,000 more are furloughed without pay.

This was never about efficiency – and we’re making sure everyone knows it.

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Pam Ginex @pamginex.bsky.social · 1d

❤️❤️ This is how we respond!

Show the truth with humor, music, inflatable Halloween costumes, dancing, and community.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher @repfletcher.bsky.social · 2d

New: As many as 267,000 veterans who don't qualify for VA coverage and aren't old enough for Medicare yet are set to lose health care coverage without the ACA credits that Republicans refuse to renew. #TrumpShutUSDown

White text on blue background: "As many as 267,000 veterans are counting on Congress to save their health care."

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

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d

encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

Although Jews were the main target of Nazi hatred, they were not the only group persecuted. Other individuals and groups were considered "undesirable" and "enemies of the state." Communists, Social Democrats, and trade unionists were among the first groups persecuted by the Nazis. Once the voices of political opponents were silenced, the Nazis stepped up their terror against other
"outsiders.'

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Pam Ginex @pamginex.bsky.social · 2d

Also - these data centers are making entire communities sick and destroying the environment….

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions.

These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.

AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4d

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 4d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 4d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4d

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5d

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 6d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Pam Ginex @pamginex.bsky.social · 5d

God bless everyone who calmly and compassionately stopped and advocated for this man. Community action does work. ❤️

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Pam Ginex @pamginex.bsky.social · 5d

It’s not that hard - we know what to do to make the world a better place.

We just need elected officials to have the courage to do it.

Or - vote in people who will work for us and not their donors.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

Wow, they did all that and got *two* suspected gang members? Suspected? Wow. And two of them? Wow.

Plus a guy with a previous charge of marihuana possession? Wow.

Wow, that is impressive. Wow, when are we throwing these heroes a parade? Wow.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 7d

DHS says an operation last week in which agents raided a Chicago apartment building, rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors and detained numerous residents, resulted in the arrest of two suspected gang members.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

A guy who allegedly sexually abused teen girls and another guy who allegedly sexually abused teen girls

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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 8d

Repeating: The psychological harm we are inflicting on these children is immense. Even witnessing a parent's arrest can harm children's mental health, but being arrested as a child/teen decreases chances of graduating high school & increases chances of anxiety, depression & unemployment as an adult.

Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers, she said.

“It was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”

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Pam Ginex @pamginex.bsky.social · 8d

This is such great news!! Just what we need at this time or any time!

Congrats @mychal3ts.bsky.social !!!

Any chance for an episode for older (Reading Rainbow alum) readers? 😊😊😊

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 9d

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯

I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨

youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

Smiling Mychal with hands raised wears an outer space shirt in a library. It is a still from an episode of Reading Rainbow.

LeVar Burton smiles with hands behind his head as he lies down on a colorful pile of books. ENEMY PIE book rests on his chest.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 8d

A new survey just revealed that far more Americans blame Donald Trump and Republicans for the government shutdown than Democrats.

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Pam Ginex @pamginex.bsky.social · 8d

It WAS one of the most storied news orgs - not any more.

Does CBS news think we don’t see what’s going on?

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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