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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 8h

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 3h

And military families are visiting food banks just to survive.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

TSA workers told Forbes the agency’s increasingly partisan rhetoric makes them feel like they are being “used as props.”

TSA Warns Staff ‘Illegitimate’ Absences During Shutdown ‘Will Not Be Tolerated’ In Partisan Email

TSA workers told Forbes the agency’s increasingly partisan rhetoric makes them feel like they are being “used as props.”

www.forbes.com

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LisaLisa @lisalisa42.bsky.social · 21h

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Rep. Janelle Bynum @bynum.house.gov · 59m

I surveyed over 300,000 of my constituents, and most of the respondents said they don’t approve of the National Guard being deployed to Portland.

As I’ve said: we don’t need this, and we don’t want this.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 53m

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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reesespeaces.bsky.social @reesespeaces.bsky.social · 28m

Pull them over

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1h

Today, I signed a series of bills that close gaps in maternal and prenatal care, improve health outcomes and access to child care resources, and protect vulnerable women.

Women in California deserve the services and resources they need to live full, self-determined lives.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 1h

I’m sorry but the guy in the WH is sicc’ing troops on Americans & taking credit for a ceasefire that’s been on the table for a year as the GOP guts healthcare & the CDC, & y’all are being a bunch of pussies about a Midwesterner doing a pheasant hunt he does every yr & a woman you didn’t elect.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 45m

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

NEW: So it IS a second home and not an investment property. Motion to dismiss for abuse of the grand jury process in 3...2...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 2h

Swear-in Rep. Adelita Grijalva! Release the Epstein files!

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 34m

#Chicago restaurant and business owners: Please print, post, and share these door signs. Let Homan’s bounty hunters know they’re 𝘯𝘰𝘵 welcome to invade your establishment.

NOTE: You have the right to refuse service to anyone carrying a weapon or creating a threatening atmosphere for your patrons.

Printable door sign reading:

NOTICE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IMMIGRATION AGENTS

[STOP sign symbol]

NO ICE ENTRY

• Private Property - Entry Restricted by Law In this Business Without a Judicial Warrant Signed by a Judge

• This is a private business - You are not permitted to enter non-public areas.

• You may not search the premises or question employees without proper legal authorization.

• Any persons on this property have the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney.

• An ICE administration warrant - Form I-200 or I-205 - does not authorize entry into private areas.

[Lower bar]

In compliance with The Constitution of the United States of America, 4th amendment and The Immigrant Worker Protection Act AB 450

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 23h

Okay, I understand that my monthly ANTIFA donation is no longer a tax write-off, but I can keep the tote bag, right?

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2h

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1h

One evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries consoles another evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries for not getting an award for which neither evil man is even remotely deserving.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 2h

No fingerprint or DNA tests were conducted in Jeffrey Epstein's cell after his death. Sus AF.

Release the Epstein files. Now.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

Schatz: They’re stopping wind and solar because this guy has some very strange ideas about the energy mix. And it’s consistent with the rest of his political and economic philosophy — if there’s less of everything, it gives him more authority to dole out favors

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 1h

Can’t unsee this…

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Wake Up America @claudiner66.bsky.social · 1h

ChatGPT safety systems can be bypassed to get weapons instructions

NBC News found that OpenAI’s models repeatedly provided answers on making chemical and biological weapons.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

ChatGPT safety systems can be bypassed for weapons instructions

NBC News found that OpenAI’s models repeatedly provided answers on making chemical and biological weapons.

www.nbcnews.com

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