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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act isn’t new, but it’s getting louder and from all directions!

We had years of warnings.
He told us what he’d do. Project 2025 laid it out, but too many shrugged.

How much is “enough” for everyone to start getting loud with one voice before it’s too late?

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 20h

Republicans who are somehow unaware that the administration is gutting programs for special needs kids are totally up to speed on the Super Bowl halftime show.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11h

I still have not gotten an answer as to why Donald would even consider pardoning Ghislane Maxwell. And Biden is not an answer.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 12h

Cutting staffing services to children with disabilities has to rank up there when you're talking maliciously incompetent.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 14h

I think this from @donmoyn.bsky.social is essential reading for the moment. I’d emphasize that the staggering process he describes doesn’t end with the assault on immigrants. It’s about creating an armed force loyal to nobody but Trump. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Tony Michaels 🎙 @thetonymichaels.bsky.social · 11h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 14h

Obama warns us: when leaders call ordinary crime an “insurrection” and turn the military inward, it corrupts democracy at its core. Using troops against citizens is the road to authoritarian rule and a loss of our Constitutional rights. We are now standing at that very edge.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Unsure how many times I have to repeat it, but health care shouldn’t be for-profit.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 1d

Drug Rehabs Lure In Patients for Insurance Money—Then Leave Them on the Street

Operators promise high-end treatment, help addicts sign up for insurance then pile on charges for little in return, say former patients and insurers.

www.wsj.com

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 19h

NPR/Alaska Public Media: alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

AP: apnews.com/article/alas...

CNN: www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/w...

Fox Weather: www.foxweather.com/weather-news...

ABC: abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

CBS: www.cbsnews.com/news/alaska-...

The Weather Channel: weather.com/news/weather...

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19h

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical.

Thinking it isn’t, is.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 19h

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

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Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Nadine Stark @nstark59.bsky.social · 23h

Why is Jared Kushner involved in anything??? What a disgrace.

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Deborah Sharp @saneresponz.bsky.social · 20h

Kushner's presence indicates money is exchanging hands.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

ICYMI — “I don’t think there’s anything that will get me into Heaven. I think I’m not, maybe, Heaven-bound.”

Trump confesses on Air Force One

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

“Fiction.”

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/p...

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 6d

Josh Hawley and Yale Law School, ladies and gentlemen.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22h

The Treasury Secretary declares himself to be pro-monarchy, and promises to punish the entire country if the people exercise their First Amendment rights.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Deborah Sharp @saneresponz.bsky.social · 23h

He'll ramble for hours as long as he hears applause. Time to get out the hook. 🙄

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 3d

Benny Johnson is a well known plagiarist, grifter, & Christian nationalist who was being paid by Russia - to the tune of well over a $100,000 a month - to push Russian propaganda on the American people - the perfect bio for a MAGA influencer. We no longer have a Justice Department.👇

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 1d

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫,

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