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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h

Hitlergate wasn't "kids"—it was 20- and 30-something GOP flacks.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 1h

No words could ever do Big Mac justice but I tried my best...

niallharbison.substack.com/p/farewell-b...

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 20h

One day in Trump’s America where violence against civilians is the new normalcy. A woman witnesses how ICE arrest her brother in law who is a US citizen.

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Bluegal Fran Langum #NoKings @bluegal.bsky.social · 2h

Oh look, another KAVANAUGH STOP

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 20h

One day in Trump’s America where violence against civilians is the new normalcy. A woman witnesses how ICE arrest her brother in law who is a US citizen.

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 3h

Silly you. It's obviously the Loch Ness Catster.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 17h

everyone on that stage went along with pardons for jan 6 participants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 12h

A 3,000-pound, 17-foot-long "DEMOCRACY" ice sculpture is melting away on the National Mall today, a statement from activists and artists on the weakened state of American democracy under the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Of 1 Word Is Melting In Front Of The U.S. Capitol

“It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.

www.huffpost.com

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 3h

In another step towards fully transforming into MAGA state media, NBC News has officially terminated all of their teams that were specifically dedicated on covering issues that involve LGBTQ+, Black, Latino and Asian Americans.

This isn’t journalism, it’s fascism dipped in hate.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 4h

Let me turn my phone off cause this type of shit here...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

"Why doesn't Chicago want us to zip-tie more naked children in the middle of the night and shove them, screaming, into vans? So ungrateful for refusing our kind, helpful offer to help!"

Pamela Jo Bondi

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11h

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

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

newrepublic.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4h

You can't win when the facts of the case include: POTUS "has publicly stated that the layoffs will be ‘a lot’ & that they ‘will be Democrat oriented, because we figure, you know, they started this thing, so they should be Democrat-oriented.’” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 3h

ARE TRUMP'S "KINETIC STRIKES" on Venezuelan Sardine Fishermen a test to see if he can get away with "Kinetic Strikes" on Americans here?

Trump labeled the boats DTOs. He labeled "Antifa" DTOs. Coincidence?

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1d

🇱🇹 Russia is constantly creating strategic dilemmas for NATO. Are we finally ready to create strategic dilemmas for Russia? - Lithuanian Defense Minister.

🗣️ "So until Russia feels that it is suffering consequences for its aggressive war, until then everything else is just talk."

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks!!! I did fly the bird halfway through but yeah, I was restrained because I was thinking about the fact that I still needed to file my taxes tonight. Lol

Ten Graves @tengrain.bsky.social · 7h

It took 56 Minutes before the first F-Bomb dropped. Bravo @karoli.bsky.social, I was starting to worry!

Great show as always, made me feel sane for an hour and not much does these days.

#Momocrats

www.momocrats.com/p/live-with-...

Live with Donna Schwartz Mills

A recording from Donna Schwartz Mills's live video

www.momocrats.com

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 19h

Jean Smart

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

The CFPB is one of the most staunch financial watchdogs for the American people.

The agency has returned at least $20B to the victims of financial fraud and abuse since 2011.

It's no longer protecting consumers now...BECAUSE THIS REGIME DOESN'T WANT IT TO!