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RC deWinter @rcdewinter.bsky.social · 1d

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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A K S A R B E N T @aksarbent.bsky.social · 12h

I did not know this.
But Trump seems to.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Autism antibodies are stored in the foreskin.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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RC deWinter @rcdewinter.bsky.social · 1d

Here we go, they'll kill us off one way or another, and it's going to be uncomfortable having to choose between groceries and health insurance.

Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 1d

Got a letter from my health care yesterday. Ive been happy w it (for the most part) for 15 years of retirement.

The plan I’m on is being canceled, poof. No reason given. I have two weeks to something else.

Bet whatever I find costs a lot more.

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Brace for the largest-ever spike in health insurance premiums

The GOP's backdoor plan to gut Obamacare: Kill the tax credits.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000. nfap.com/research/new...

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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 12h

Reminder: House republicans refuse to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social to delay a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

Mike Johnson thinks protecting morally corrupt, creepy billionaires is more important than giving the families of #AZ07 the voice they voted for.

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The True American @thetrueamerican.bsky.social · 18h

There is no honor in agreeing to cease committing genocide.

I’m thankful the peace agreement may work, but I cannot applaud when a man like Netanyahu agrees to stop murdering people.

Netanyahu should be arrested, not dignified.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 16h

Latvia has ordered 841 Russian citizens to leave the country by Oct. 13 after they failed to prove their Latvian language proficiency and to undergo mandatory security checks.

Latvia orders more than 800 Russian citizens to leave by mid-October

Russian citizens who failed to comply with Riga’s new immigration rules must leave by Oct. 13 or risk deportation.

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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal Democrat @us-political-news.bsky.social · 12h

When it rains, it pours: Trump team's latest push to punish whistleblowers https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/10/2347823/-When-it-rains-it-pours-Trump-team-s-latest-push-to-punish-whistleblowers?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=

When it rains, it pours: Trump team's latest push to punish whistleblowers

As hurricane season continues, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is focused on what really matters most: illegally interrogating federal employees to hunt down anyone who’s criticized the ...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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A K S A R B E N T @aksarbent.bsky.social · 14h

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Why has the media become so vulnerable to Trump, and what can we do about it?
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Why has the media become so vulnerable to Trump, and what can we do about it?

Even after Disney's reversal on Jimmy Kimmel, the vulnerability remains — unless we change the rules.

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A K S A R B E N T @aksarbent.bsky.social · 14h

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What’s all this I hear on Fox News about weaponizing the government?

TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 15h

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is “playing a central role” in the Trump administration’s lawless investigation of liberal groups and their finances, White House officials told Reuters.
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Stephen Miller Has ‘Central Role’ Probing Liberal Groups

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 15h

CUPW leader says Ottawa made ‘mockery’ of bargaining process as workers shift to rotating strikes

Mail delivery will resume after the Canadian Union of Postal Workers announced ending its full-time strike, a day after meeting with the federal government

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Balls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 1d

The conservative justices are forgetting to tell their favorite lie

The Conservative Justices Are Not Even Bothering to Tell This Lie Anymore

Extolling the virtues of precedent used to be mandatory for Supreme Court justices. Now that the conservatives have six votes, they suddenly view it as very optional.

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A K S A R B E N T @aksarbent.bsky.social · 1d

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This is the nightmare can of worms opened by these NE state senators when they passed their recklessly-crafted online age verification bill.

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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 1d

Did you hear about the tiny company based out of a random house in Virginia that won $1.3 billion to build an ICE detention center?

How did it get that deal? Turns out a lot of the money is going to a bigger firm—whose owner is friendly with the Trump fam. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How a tiny, inexperienced firm landed a $1.3 billion detention deal

To hold 5,000 human beings.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 1d

Chain-link cages. Flooded tents. Clouds of mosquitoes. Malfunctioning AC. Scarce food. Zero recreational time: Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz. (1/x)

Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz

Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 1d

This is very much a real thing

Snowden St. @snowden.st · May 14

Yeah, this was in Dallas in the late 90s, but we had 4 armed men come in with real unloaded guns, and take a few of us aside. Said they were here to kill believers, and asked if we were believers. After we all said "Yes", they unmasked themselves as dads from church.

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

Newsom is caught between two of California’s crown jewel industries. His deep ties to both Big Tech and Hollywood are complicating what was supposed to be an easy win.

Newsom caught between Big Tech and Hollywood over online age checks

Entertainment giants are waging an eleventh-hour campaign to sink a proposed kids’ online safety feature.

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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 1d

Politico: Pentagon Staff Wracked By "Culture Of Fear" - Joe.My.God.

Politico reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s latest firing of a top Navy official injected a fresh wave of fear into the Pentagon over the cost of speaking up and who might be next. The Pentagon...

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Just a heads up: lots of Republican women get abortions too.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

We take a look at ICE's skyrocketing expansion, the agency's failing standards, and where detention centers are planned for next. bit.ly/4nIoFrB

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

conservatives used to call it "the washington compost" and now under jeff bezos, they were right

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braddroflit.bsky.social @braddroflit.bsky.social · Dec 5

Congrats to Florida, No. 1 in book censorship, No. 47 in SAT scores.

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braddroflit.bsky.social @braddroflit.bsky.social · Dec 16

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