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SoCalDayve @socaldayve.bsky.social · 10h

Will no one rid me of this meddlesome creep?

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SoCalDayve @socaldayve.bsky.social · 10h

Lydia at Sunrise #Skyrim #Gaming #VirtualPhotography 🎮

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 13h

"Because the far right is trying to create a bogeyman term in 'antifa' to equate protests with terrorism, I got caught up in the middle of this."

Anti-Fascism Scholar Flees U.S. Fearing for His Family’s Safety Amid Trump’s “Antifa” Fearmongering

We speak with Rutgers University professor Mark Bray, who fled from the U.S. to Spain with his family after receiving death threats over his scholarship. He is the author of the 2017 book Antifa: The ...

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SoCalDayve @socaldayve.bsky.social · 15h

Actual footage from when they pitched the Chargers uniforms. #NFL

a woman sitting in front of a microphone says lemons only it 's all you need surrounded by lemons

ALT: a woman sitting in front of a microphone says lemons only it 's all you need surrounded by lemons

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16h

Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Apr 10

In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.

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SERVING SALEM, KEIZER
AND THE MID-VALLEY
"If you don't say anything, you're accepting it."
Mari Jensen, McMinnville resident
OUT OF MY
LOUR
WALLET
CHOICES
LIMIT GOVERNMENT
Oregon Taxpayers United
FREEDOM
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TIMOTHY J. GONZALEZ | Statesman Journal
Alan Grosso (center) of Happy Valley joins in chanting under the window of the speaker of the House on Wednesday during the Salem Tea Party protest at the Capitol.
Protesters slam Fed spending
Hundreds gather at Salem Tea Party to rally against bailouts, state-level taxes
BY DENNIS THOMPSON JR.
Statesman Journal
Hundreds of people uneasy over the future of their country gathered on the state Capitol steps on Wednesday to protest federal spending and state-level taxation.
Oregon State Police estimated more
SCRAP THE CODE
than 1,000 people attended the Salem Tea Party protest, which ran from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizers placed attendance at more than 2,000 people.
The rally was passionate but peace-ful, although many people carried handmade signs bearing stark and angry messages. A fake wooden pitchfork read "Politicians take note. We the people are about to revolt." Anoth er sign read "200+ years to build the Republic, 3 mos. to destroy it."
Many attendees said they were motivated to protest by the billions in stimulus spending and bailouts that have been doled out in recent months.
Willy Lowman of Falls City wears a label on his head that reads "Scrap the Code" at the tea party protest.
West Salem resident Steve Albin said he
came to protest federal bailouts of banks and automakers.
"They need to fail. That's what capitalism is all about," said Albin, who had a tea bag dangling from the brim
See Protest, 2A
Inside
Protesters take part in Tea Party events across the nation, Page 2A
Supporters to push for immigration reform, Page 2A
• ONLINE: See photo galleries and a video from the protest at StatesmanJournal.com.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

This is tyranny. We’re not lurching toward tyranny. It doesn’t loom on some hypothetical horizon. It’s here. Right now. trib.al/qJ7GJja

The Real Patriots Will Be Marching Saturday—Against the un-Americans

Republicans are calling the No Kings marches the “hate America” rallies. Let’s ask James Madison who really hates America. It’s obvious what he’d say.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

Hell yeah

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SoCalDayve @socaldayve.bsky.social · 1d

Brooklyn99 Brooklyn Nine Nine GIF

ALT: Brooklyn99 Brooklyn Nine Nine GIF

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SoCalDayve @socaldayve.bsky.social · 1d

bart simpson is looking at a cake that says at least you tried

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SoCalDayve @socaldayve.bsky.social · 1d

On fire, being attacked by a glowing sabre cat. Just another morning in Skyrim. #Gaming #VirtualPhotography 🎮

SoCalDayve @socaldayve.bsky.social · 2d

Kinda breaks my heart to see Idris Elba doing ads for fooking AI slop. 😞

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

This is the beauty of BlueSky. No-one will be force-fed this via algorithm. Trolling draws blocks rather than amplification.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 2d

By my count: Of the 15 Departments of the US Government, 13 launched new BlueSky accounts tonight (all but Justice and HUD), and all 13 have posted explicitly partisan political posts blaming Democrats and/or Chuck Schumer for the government shutdown.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2d

A lot of you have asked me: what's the latest on the government shutdown?

So far, Republicans have shown no interest in reopening the government and lowering health care costs for Americans.

And how many times have Republicans come to the negotiating table? Zero.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

I don't watch Fox, so I have no idea if they ran a segment on Don Lemon appearing on The Left Hook, saying people of color in Chicago should consider legally & peacefully exercising their 2nd Amendment Right to own arms.

Jesse Watters' show reached out to me for comment.

This is how I replied:

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 3d

I suspect there is more of this behind the scenes, which is why the admin is using the CIA

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 3d

"One current and one former U.S. official, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats" near Venezuela

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3d

It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.

Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.

Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

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SoCalDayve @socaldayve.bsky.social · 2d

#karma

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SoCalDayve @socaldayve.bsky.social · 3d

He👏has👏no👏policy👏

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

MAGA's March to Martial Law

Republicans are dehumanizing Americans as "terrorists" ahead of the NO KINGS rally, normalizing the use of state-sanctioned violence to crack down on Trump's growing critics.

With @milestaylor.bsky.social and @oliviaoftroye.com

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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SoCalDayve @socaldayve.bsky.social · 3d

a bald man wearing glasses and a sweater is standing in front of a door .

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SoCalDayve @socaldayve.bsky.social · 3d

"Thou shall not besmirch anything with Jennifer Connelly in it." - The Bible (probably)

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