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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky.bsky.social · 10h

Trump just said aboard Air Force 1 that he was the apple of Putin's eye. Truest thing he has ever said.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9h

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

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Richard Silvia @yesrising.bsky.social · 6h

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hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 6h

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Richard Silvia @yesrising.bsky.social · 6h

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Richard Silvia @yesrising.bsky.social · 8h

🌿 Even in a divided world, we still have the power to pause — to remember what connects us,  to restore what’s fragile, to honor what’s still whole.

✨ I’m sharing a few pages from my poetry books as that — a small journal of reflection for our time,  written to nurture courage and connection

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 8h

🚨About 2 hours ago in Chicago. You see peaceful protestors across the street from armed, angry, geared up Trump enforcers. He wants violence. He is getting none of it. ✊🏼 Power to the People ✊🏼
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15h

Trump was POTUS on J6.

It was Trump’s FBI.

Biden’s win had not even been certified yet.

Trump’s lies are beyond insane.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h

WTF 🤬
Goons brutally pushed a peaceful protester to the ground and dragged them across the floor.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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Richard Silvia @yesrising.bsky.social · 12h

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 15h

Keep an eye on JD Vance - the least genuine person in the world. He knows truth about Trump's health and Walter Reed. After Kirk was killed, he extolled their friendship, skipped 9/11 ceremony to bring his body home. Today on Sunday shows, he spoke to the Insurrection Act.
He's preparing to ascend.

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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 14h

abcnews.go.com/Politics/pri... #ProudBlue The utter hypocrisy of JD Vance defending Tom Homan’s crime while calling for the arrest and prosecution of JB Pritzker.Homan accepted a $50,000 cash bribe. Gov Pritzker committed no crimes. Vance could not even articulate a crime Pritzker committed.

'Come and get me,’ Pritzker says of Trump threat; Vance says governor ‘should suffer some consequences’

Illinois' Democratic governor spoke on ABC's "This Week" after VP Vance.

abcnews.go.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14h

Left: Pete Hegseth, "We're building a Qatar Air Force facility in Idaho"

Right: JD Vance, "The reporting there is going to be a Qatari base on US soil, that's just not true"

If you can't trust the United States Secretary of War, who can you trust 🤷‍♂️

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 12h

JD Vance is LYING. These firings have NOTHING to do with the shutdown.

Donald Trump is CHOOSING to fire these scientists to threaten Democrats.

Trump is destroying what little is left of our public health infrastructure, and we will NOT be ready for the next pandemic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 17h

JD Vance is a coward. He sold his soul for a seat of power. He sold his soul to someone he called “Hitler” to advance his own career. JD Vance is everything that’s wrong with our politics today.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

WELKER: Is the DOJ acting on orders from the president to prosecute his political opponents?

JD VANCE: No ... You know who we haven't prosecuted? Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton ... he's allowed to have opinions about law enforcement

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 16h

Sen. Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negations to reopen the government because they're desperate to raise premiums on people in this country by 75% to finance tax cuts for the wealthy...JD Vance and Donald Trump's number one priority is raising healthcare premiums."

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 16h

'Verbal jujitsu:' ABC host ends interview as JD Vance refuses to answer bribery question

ABC's George Stephanopoulos, a host and former White House Communications Director, shut down an interview with JD Vance after the vice president refused to answer a question about a reported bribery ...

www.rawstory.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16h

JD Vance is the worst. Luckily, he’s also dumb as a rock and has the charisma of that rock.

I, too, would like to interview JD Vance, primarily to tell him I’m done with him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Richard Silvia @yesrising.bsky.social · 16h

And speaker Johnson won’t call house to order.

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Richard Silvia @yesrising.bsky.social · 16h

Vance repeatedly blamed Schumer and democrats while reality is:

Republicans control the house
Republicans control the senate
Republicans control the White House

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher @repfletcher.bsky.social · 16h

The Trump administration is using the government shutdown to dismantle our public health infrastructure.

The people laid off from the CDC are our first line of response for disease outbreaks. This will cost lives.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16h

💣CDC Cuts💥
Even with some staff having their firing rescinded, CDC has been deeply damaged by the cuts from 🧠🪱 that remain intact. We do not have a complete list as this was done in secrecy. 🧵

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❌👑 Bernadette🫘🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🟧💙🐈‍⬛ @vintageknits.bsky.social · 1d

ABSOLUTELY 💯 ‼️

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Richard Silvia @yesrising.bsky.social · 17h

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s be clear:

Republicans are 💯 responsible for the government shutdown. They don’t need a single vote from Democrats to reopen.

Republicans are 💯 responsible for firing thousands of federal workers. They don’t need a single layoff to offset the shutdown. It’s their Project 2025 playbook.

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