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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...

Opinion | The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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Publius 2.0 @dadaman.bsky.social · Apr 18

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 20h

ICE fired shots again, hitting a civilian and a U.S. marshal. DHS, once again, is claiming the man rammed ICE with his car. Let’s see how long before that version of events unravels. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Shooting by ICE officer in Los Angeles wounds motorist, U.S. marshal

Federal authorities said the driver had threatened officers with a vehicle while trying to flee an arrest.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ann Tracy @anntracy.bsky.social · 19h

This is an excellent idea... when you next get a fundraising text... tell them you can't donate because you need to support a local food bank

Tiffany BoOoOo 👻 @tiffanybond.com · 20h

I've gotten multiple messages from clients today that they won't get SNAP next month.

It's a really good day to donate to a food bank. Do it in the name of your favorite political candidate instead of funding crummy text campaigns.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."

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Mark Welch @markwelch.bsky.social · 1d

This is terrifying.

‘instead of paying us with cash for the land, you pay us in compute’

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says "stripping America for parts" like putting the military in hock to private equity.
www.ft.com/content/0e92...

US army taps private equity groups to help fund $150bn revamp

Apollo, KKR, Carlyle and Cerberus among investors that held talks with federal government

www.ft.com

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20h

Trump is destroying the White House and the US. From symbolism to literalism.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20h

This is nuts. And we would like to know more about these "guided missile warheads."

Good reporting via @juddlegum.bsky.social / @popular.info

ICE’s spending on weaponry has soared more than 700 percent this year

The $71.5 million spent so far has paid for guns and armor, chemical munitions, “guided missile warheads," and "explosive components.”

www.motherjones.com

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 20h

Trump's Crackdown on Dissent - Shocking Political Strategy Unveiled: This administration targets peaceful dissent. Smears justify cracking down. This was a massive resistance that a fascist cannot deal with. #PoliticalDissent #PeacefulResistance #OrganizedOpposition #WhiteHouse #PoliticalActivism…

Trump's Crackdown on Dissent - Shocking Political Strategy Unveiled

This administration targets peaceful dissent. Smears justify cracking down. This was a massive resistance that a fascist cannot deal with. #PoliticalDissent #PeacefulResistance #OrganizedOpposition #WhiteHouse #PoliticalActivism #CivicEngagement

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20h

Never forget Saint Olga of Kyiv.

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Ann Tracy @anntracy.bsky.social · 19h

Call me pollyanna... but I think perhaps he's grown as a human ... Janet Mills is the only other dem candidate that could beat Susie in the rural upstate areas...

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 20h

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19h

Millions of women and children are at risk of losing food benefits, all thanks to the government shutdown.

The shutdown will worsen hunger—which the Trump administration just stopped tracking

Millions of women and children are at risk of losing food benefits.

www.motherjones.com

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Dave The Artist @coloradofaux.bsky.social · 21h

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REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT YOU TO GO TO COLLEGE BECAUSE THE SECOND YOU LEARN HISTORY, SCIENCE, OR CIVICS, YOU'LL STOP VOTING FOR THEM.
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BRIAN TYLER COHEN

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RC deWinter @rcdewinter.bsky.social · 23h

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 1d

The most corrupt administration in generations. Trump’s conflicts of interest and grifting off his offices is astounding, and deeply violative of our constitution and shared values.

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steakum dress @twrksumn.herblkstory.com · 1d

His name is Billy Joe Cagle

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Now Arizona has also said "no," and Vanderbilt has indicated it will do the same. That leaves just the University of Texas, which has been placed under the control of the Texas GOP and is going through what Greg Abbott calls an "ideological test" for conformity with Texas GOP ideology.

All but 2 Universities Decline a Trump Offer of Preferential Funding

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

As predicted.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Georgia’s Sweeping Anti-Voting Law Suppressed Black Votes, New Data Shows

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

A spokesperson for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott argued his office’s emails with Elon Musk are confidential under a “common-law privacy” exception to public records laws because they may include “intimate and embarrassing” information.

(Published July)
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org

Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public

We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not...

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 1d

I love what Alex and co. are doing in Maine and I really hope it becomes sustainable, and -- unlikely as it may seem -- maybe even replicable elsewhere.

Alex Seitz-Wald @aseitzwald.bsky.social · 2d

Some huge news for the @midcoastvillager:

1) We just won best weekly newspaper in the state from the Maine Press Association!

2) The NYT just ran a big feature on us and why we've managed to attract national talent!

3) We just set up the ability to accept tax-deductible donations!

Running a Local Paper? In This Economy?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Here are four of the stories Democracy Docket covered today that you won't see in the legacy media. This is what independent, pro-democracy media looks like and it is what you make possible when you support Democracy Docket. Sign-up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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JohnLovesCritters @jkrump1969.bsky.social · 1d

The symbolism is overwhelming.

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jack-acid.bsky.social @jack-acid.bsky.social · 1d

He was an attorney in the DOJ who was so effective defending President Trump's first-term immigration policy, that he was promoted right away in Trump's second term. Reuveni's 15-year career ended suddenly after, he says, he witnessed government lawyers lying in court and evading orders of a judge.

DOJ whistleblower says he witnessed government officials undermining the rule of law

Former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni speaks out about the disregard of due process and for the rule of law that he says he witnessed in his final weeks at the Department of Justice.

www.cbsnews.com

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