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Nicole Jones-Dion @praxiscope.bsky.social · 4h

Aspiring TV Writers - FOX Writers Incubator is now open for submissions!

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Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 42m

smh
#25thAmendment

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h

United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, flanked by Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, get loudly booed in Tel Aviv, Israel as they praise Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 11h

Indeed. Please @governor.ca.gov watch this and then please sign into law the bills that are sitting on your desk that will protect trans (ie human) rights.
Thank you.
signed a CA resident/constituent

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Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 11h

Racism & Misogyny

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 11h

Wild‼️

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Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 11h

Indeed!! Please watch @governor.ca.gov and then please sign into law the bills sitting on your desk that protect trans (ie human) rights. Thank you.
-- signed a CA resident/constituent

Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 13h

This is what I am talking about @governor.ca.gov when I ask you to please sign the bills on your desk which protect trans (ie human) rights. Please watch.
And then please sign them into law. Thank you
-- signed a constituent

jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 14h

every single dem should be taking notes. this is how you message around trans issues

(of note: i believe he is the only cis candidate for office to have trans people consult on his lgtbq+ policy platform)

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16h

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Molly is right. This is the way. The only way.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way

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

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 14h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 13h

“Political issues aren't siloes, they're all connected, and Mamdani recognizes that. Other Democrats need to see it too, and I hope they are paying attention.”

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 14h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 1d

#GOPGuardiansOfPredators
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 1d

👀👀👀👀👀

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This really captures the nexus of cruelty and corruption at the core of MAGA:

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 1d

#SwearHerIn

Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 1d

House GOP just said they won't be back in Washington next week, so the shutdown probably goes at least until the week of Oct 20th.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 1d

#GOPGuardiansOfPredators
#SwearHerIn

Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 1d

Rep. Ro Khanna said we all have to contact our Members of Congress and demand they pass this bill to release the Epstein files--YOU CAN DO IT NOW HERE:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Congress: Pass the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act

Contact Congress today!

actionnetwork.org

Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 1d

SIMPLY DO NOT EXIST

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Judge Perry rejects the Trump admin’s proposed definition of “unable” as basically any interference with federal law enforcement, and say that even if she did, “the factual conditions necessary for President Trump to have properly invoked Section 12406(3) simply do not exist.”

In any event, while decisions of the Ninth Circuit are "not binding" on this Court, Hays v.
United States, 397 F.3d 564, 567 (7th Cir. 2005), and the Court frankly does not agree that
"significantly impeded" is the same thing as "unable," the Court would still find that Plaintiffs
are likely to succeed on the merits even were the Ninth Circuit standard applied. As discussed,
there is evidence of protests, some of which have included acts of violence. There is also evidence of property destruction, and discrete groups who have attempted to impede DHS agents. At the same time, there is significant evidence that DHS has not been unable to carry out
its mission. All federal facilities have remained open. To the extent there have been disruptions,
they have been of limited duration and swiftly controlled by authorities. Pairing all this with
evidence that federal immigration officials have seen huge increases in arrests and deportations,
see Doc. 13 at 34-35; id. at 34 n.124, the Court concludes that even under the Ninth Circuit
standard, the factual conditions necessary for President Trump to have properly invoked Section
12406(3) simply do not exist.

Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 1d

ftw!!

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 2d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 1d

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 1d

You would think the Nobel Peace Prize was made out of 13 year-old girls the way Trump wants one so bad.

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Robin Budd @robinbudd.bsky.social · 1d

🎯

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Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 1d

Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s okay to not be okay. If you or a loved one are struggling, reach out. Help is available. Call or text 988 for free, confidential support.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Trump regime announces "substantial" layoffs of government workers. Wait until people call Social Security offices or the VA and no one is there to answer. You can thank Trump!

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