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Scott Stossel @stossel.bsky.social · 1d

"If you think Trumpism will simply end in three years, you are naive. This could be the rest of our lives, and our children’s, too.
So why are we doing so little? Are we just going to stand in passive witness to the degradation of our democracy?"

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

If your first thought as a reporter when racing to the scene where an invading fed paramilitary of murderous freaks are blanketing yet another neighborhood in chemical weapons after kidnapping people is to count how many objects are thrown at them, just quit. Just quit

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

newrepublic.com/post/201745/...

ICE Detains U.S. Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look” American

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson does a gigantic eye roll in response to Fox News pressing him on the Epstein coverup

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 18h

I covered politics as a reporter more than a decade ago.
I’m back in the swing and I have some news for you, America:
The divide isn’t political anymore — it’s ethical.
Corrupt or not.
That’s the line now.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

The story is thinly sourced, fearmongering, tabloid drek. It elevates the voices of a handful of cops who happen to share The Free Press’s editorial line: hostility toward Mamdani. It’s highly unlikely that CBS would have published this before Weiss took the reins.

newrepublic.com/post/201721/...

Would CBS News Have Run This Story a Week Ago?

Bari Weiss’s fingerprints can already be seen.

newrepublic.com

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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 15h

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Queensland’s pandering to climate deniers is making it even tougher for Albanese to drive down emissions | Clear Air

Queensland is Australia’s top polluter – even worse than Western Australia, which has no climate target and adores its fossil fuel industry

www.theguardian.com

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energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 19h

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TiggsCupcake @tiggsisacupcake.bsky.social · 19h

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Hal Madsen @halmadsen.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting situation in Maine: The establishment got Gov. Janet Mills to challenge Susan Collins. Mills is 78. Gordon Platner, 41, an oyster farmer and veteran, is drawing support from young and old, including Bernie Sanders, but not the establishment, in a microcosm of the party. #ProudBlue

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 16h

Not surprisingly, the guy that heads the federal agency that's been issuing "stop work" orders against permitted offshore wind projects appears to be heavily conflicted, with ties to the oil and gas industries:
www.eenews.net/articles/hou...

House Dems request ethics probe of acting BOEM director

They accused Matthew Giacona of improperly communicating with former clients.

www.eenews.net

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Just ‘Steve’ 💙 @steveplou.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

Far too many institutions are bending the knee to Trump and preemptively giving in to his demands. It’s encouraging to see these airports refuse to entertain this administration’s lawlessness. Kudos to them — hopefully their courage inspires others to follow suit. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown

Airports in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle and elsewhere cite laws barring partisan political content at TSA checkpoints

www.theguardian.com

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Shannon 🦇💩🤪 GOOD TROUBLE 💙💙💙 @shannonmaebreen.bsky.social · 21h

Wow! These kiddie diddlers just keep coming out of the woodwork!

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 19h

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ChattyCathyPRGuysGrandma @chattycathyau.bsky.social · 18h

"The LNP needs to stop it's apology tour" James Paterson

Commentator: We have yet to hear any apology from the LNP for any of the sh!tfukkery that happened over the 9 years they were in power.

#AusPol

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Rosegarden54 @rosegarden54.bsky.social · 17h

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 1d

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 15h

Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“

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robfollis.bsky.social @robfollis.bsky.social · 12h

For God sake, @albomp.bsky.social do something

Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 14h

Lunch time. I could buy this lunch for 40,000 people for the cost of this report nobody has written nor read, commissioned and then buried in the desperate thrashing of a department bargaining with the reality of what they've done to hundreds of thousands of welfare recipients.

I am holding up a banh mi sandwich in front of the sign outside one of Deloitte's offices in Sydney.

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 🐸 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 1d

I'm with AOC.....

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Rudy Terwilliger 🐺 🥷 🍉 @wolftickler2000.bsky.social · 19h

The Albo government is very concerned about making sure the very rich stay very rich

The Albo government is also very concerned that foreign corporations don’t have pay too much (any in most cases) tax in Australia

This is how Albo ‘fights tories’

Let’s hear his log cabin story again..🙄

#auspol

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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 14h

The Victorian LNP’s vow to repeal Treaty is an attack on First Peoples’ right to self-determination.

We’ve seen similar hostile attacks from the LNP on truth telling in QLD.

The Greens will always work with community towards truth, treaty, justice and reparations.

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robfollis.bsky.social @robfollis.bsky.social · 12h

Boycott LA 28 #La28

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 18h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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