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Fighting Liberal Texas Dem🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 17m

You won’t believe Mike Johnson’s latest shutdown lies https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/15/2348706/-You-won-t-believe-Mike-Johnson-s-latest-shutdown-lies?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=

You won’t believe Mike Johnson’s latest shutdown lies

During his daily press conference Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked whether Capitol Police should be included in the funding designated for military and law enforcement personnel during the GOP’s government shutdown. "We've always stood...

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boneyardz.bsky.social @boneyardz.bsky.social · 16m

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boneyardz.bsky.social @boneyardz.bsky.social · 14m

Technically it would be the turkey Vulva
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8m

AOC: I don't care if someone likes me or not. That will never change the fact that I'm going to fight for them to have health care. I want MAGA to have health care. I want MAGA to be paid a living wage.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6m

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5m

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!

Reuters @reuters.com · 8h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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yankeesense.bsky.social @yankeesense.bsky.social · 1h

I feel as if I’m in an episode of The Big Bang Theory! 😂

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boneyardz.bsky.social @boneyardz.bsky.social · 1h

Un-fuckin-believable compared to what we just went through with that kïrk guy

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 8h

Check out our ads running in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and more than 185 local newspapers today.

We're encouraging Americans to stand up to Donald Trump and join their local, peaceful No Kings protests this Saturday. @gtconway.bsky.social

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2h

Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert.

And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 3d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 9h

We're taking to the streets this Saturday at hundreds of protests nationwide to reject the Trump administration's attacks on our rights.

Find a No Kings protest near you at nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=a...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1d

Put a banner on every closed rural hospital

WE SAVED ARGENTINA INSTEAD

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 22h

Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

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BlueCrew community @libertyovergov.bsky.social · 21h

Letitia James sends a massive message to Trump, his Gestapo, and to ALL of us: "Trump’s illegal vindictive prosecutions over the objections of career prosecutors brought by unqualified Trump stooges should not even make it past grand juries."

#BlueCrew #Resist #ResistTrump #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

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Gentleman ✨73✨ @bullfrog2828.bsky.social · 8h

I’m over here like!🙌🏻😉💙

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

Check it out!

From the vault: Mike Johnson said he’d take a blowtorch to the ACA.

Here’s the thing… 45% of marketplace enrollees are Republicans. Cool! So he’s threatening to burn the GOP’s own base. 🔥
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h

Linus is right. Release the Epstein files!

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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yankeesense.bsky.social @yankeesense.bsky.social · 7h

I would categorize this as DISinformation, not MISinformation!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Sunny Hostin to Cheryl Hines: "The problem is that your husband is the least qualified HHS head that we've had in history. I think that's very dangerous. He has spread a lot of misinformation, chaos, and confusion."

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 9h

Elise Stefanik is scrubbing photos of herself accepting awards from the vile Young Republicans caught in the Politico group chat. She supported every single one of them in New York State.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS for Differently-Abled and Disabled Friends · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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