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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 1d

This term, the Supreme Court could pave the way for states to oust 19 Black and Brown members of Congressmen by demolishing the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais

Which would cripple minority representation at the federal level

And gerrymander up to 27 districts for Republicans in total

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 19h

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 16h

...rather accept that so that they don’t harm my mother. But they will harm her. They will kill both. Is it so hard to understand?"

yalereview.org/article/l%C3...

László Krasznahorkai on hope, apocalypse, and his new short story

Hari Kunzru interviews the Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai.

yalereview.org

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 16h

...unprecedented stance, —almost unparalleled in Hungarian history."

"How can a country be neutral when the Russians invade a neighboring country?"

"This Hungarian regime is a psychiatric case. There is the inhuman calculation behind it: Maybe they have already killed my daughter, but I would ...

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 16h

Krasznahorkai is a vocal critic of the increasingly authoritarian and Putin-friendly Orban administration in Hungary.

He is very concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

"It fills me with horror. Hungary is a neighboring country of Ukraine, and the Orbán regime is taking an ...

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 16h

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Today's Nobel Prize in Literature goes to

“a visionary writer of extraordinary intensity and vocal range who captures the texture of present day existence in scenes that are terrifying, strange, appallingly comic and often shatteringly beautiful.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...

Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

www.nytimes.com

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 15h

So far he is delivering a higher price

#TrumpShutUSDown

SHUTDOWN

THIS IS WHAT GOP CHAOS COSTS

Post from Sen Warnock showing tripling of premium cost from this year to next for the most comparable ACA plans of a Georgia constituent

PREMIUMS TRIPLING WHILE THEY PLAY POLITICS

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 21h

Can’t sleep. My amazing 25yo miracle son will undergo his 42nd surgery at 7:30am.

I won’t go into details, except to say:
💛 His medical team is excellent
🙏🏽 For the first time ever, our healthcare “insurance” was largely dependent on a GFM

No one should have to live this way.

#TrumpShutUSDown

9-pic collage of a young man with disabilities growing up through the years 💛

Devastatingly handsome young man wearing black glasses, dark t-shirt and yellow hoodie, smiling alongside his mom with long dark hair and a pink blouse, after fresh haircuts 💛

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ZiggyStardust @grancracker.bsky.social · 15h

Trump says it would be “an insult to our country” if he doesn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize! There he goes again, trying to strong arm. Need we say? It would be an insult to the WORLD if he got a prize for ‘peace’ (of all things) as he is at war with his own people! share.google/ZF6CEwqxyhk9...

Trump: It would be ‘an insult to our country’ if he doesn’t get Nobel Peace Prize

President Trump on Tuesday said it would be an insult to the United States if he doesn’t receive the Nobel Peace Prize after helping bring an end to seven global conflicts. The president said he is…

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 14h

www.wsj.com/health/healt...

The MAJORITY of RED STATES gets the most subsidies from the Affordable Care Act

What a nightmare they're in for
People will lose their Healthcare
Premiums will skyrocket

And only DEMOCRATS ARE FIGHTING FOR US
24 Million people
#TrumpShutUsDown

Who Gets Healthcare Subsidies Under the Affordable Care Act

The ACA marketplace health plans now cover more than 24 million people, many of them reliant on enhanced subsidies to keep costs down.

www.wsj.com

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Po Murray @pomurray.bsky.social · 16h

4/ If you are interested in helping to reduce gun suicides then you should consider removing AFSP from your donation list. Their Project 2025 helped to legitimize an extreme gun lobby grp with a mission to put AR15s with silencers in the hands of every man, woman, & child in the U.S. and beyond.

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Po Murray @pomurray.bsky.social · 16h

🧵 Before Project 2025 became the name of Trump & MAGA Republicans' fascist agenda, it was a name of a program for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's collaboration with the National Shooting Sports Foundation, an extreme gun lobby group that used to be headquartered in Newtown, Connecticut.

A Program Backed by the Gun Industry Failed to Reduce Suicide — and Was Secretly Shut Down Early

The country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry. The effort was good for public relations and raising money, but it never met its goal, and internal records show why.

www.thetrace.org

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 14h

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The stakes are enormous, not just for Portland, but for democracy itself. Can any president declare a rebellion at will and send troops into American streets? Or will the courts hold the line and tether power to the truth?

@nytimes.com

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 14h

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…troop deployment only in cases of actual rebellion, not to score political points or intimidate voters. Yet Trump’s lawyers are citing an 1827 case to claim presidents are beyond judicial review.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 14h

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The White House painted Portland as “a wasteland of firebombs and beatings,” but numerous on-the-ground reports show the city remains largely peaceful. Protests are confined to a single downtown block, not the “war zone” Trump describes.

Immergut’s injunction makes clear: federal law allows…

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 14h

🧵Today, a 9th Circuit panel, including 2 Trump appointees, will hear arguments on whether Trump has unchecked power to deploy troops to U.S. cities. At issue: his attempt to send the National Guard to Portland, despite Judge Immergut (also Trump-appointed) ruling the move “untethered to the facts.”

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 14h

I hate to say I agree with MTG, but she is right, and this shutdown is on the Republicans and Trump for damaging the healthcare insurance for millions of Americans.

#TrumpShutUSDown

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Analisa Swan (she/her) @analisaswan.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you Texas Dems for inspiring California to fight back against the Trump/GOP’s gerrymandering!

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GemsSeller GIA AJP @gemsseller.bsky.social · 13h

Whoop whoop!!
#YESonCA50

Analisa Swan (she/her) @analisaswan.bsky.social · 13h

Proud to VOTE YES ON PROP 50! Completed my ballot yesterday & putting it in the mail today! Californian voters, your ballot is arriving by mail! Vote by mail, dropbox, or in person. Last day to vote is 11/4/25. Vote now! Prop 50 is TEMPORARY & levels the playing field! Vote YES to stop Trump/GOP!!!

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Tana @tanalam.bsky.social · 13h

That’s very good wording 👍. Thank you from Texas!!! 🔥🩷

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Analisa Swan (she/her) @analisaswan.bsky.social · 13h

Proud to VOTE YES ON PROP 50! Completed my ballot yesterday & putting it in the mail today! Californian voters, your ballot is arriving by mail! Vote by mail, dropbox, or in person. Last day to vote is 11/4/25. Vote now! Prop 50 is TEMPORARY & levels the playing field! Vote YES to stop Trump/GOP!!!

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 2d

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 4d

BOOM 🔥:

Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.

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IrishTx @welldonetruly.bsky.social · 3d

California, it looks good but do not sit it out! Your votes are necessary, overwhelm the system. Yes votes!!

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 3d

New poll on the California redistricting amendment has it at 54% yes, 36% no.

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Majority of Calif. voters back Prop 50 in new poll

News: We’ve got some fresh polling on California’s redistricting ballot initiative ahead of the Nov. 4 election.

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